anyone pick up the homage to rakim ?

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not goin to say he was biting, but he did use a variation of a classic rakim line.

on spacebound he says "before you love its evil spell it backwards ill show yah"

classic rakim line "coz love backwards is evil"


prounounced "evol"


just wondering if the newer cats on heer would have picked up on it

[Evil-Genius]

I dont think Em had Rakim in his mind when wrote that lol

[Wic Kid]

I dont think Em had Rakim in his mind when wrote that lol

Actually, I think he did. That line is clearly payin homage to Rakim. We all know that Em respects him, and the man isnt that stupid, so he wouldn't think that this shit could pass as his own.

And Im still waitin for that collab.

[Evil-Genius]

I dont think Em had Rakim in his mind when wrote that lol

Actually, I think he did. That line is clearly payin homage to Rakim. We all know that Em respects him, and the man isnt that stupid, so he wouldn't think that this shit could pass as his own.

And Im still waitin for that collab.

Might be

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any rakim fan (not even including major rakim fans like eminem) know that line, its a classic and so fucking dope. there's no way eminem used that not knowing rakim had used it...every big rakim fan knows it lol

im not saying its biting or anything, its dope and he switches it a little, i just so happy that hes back in the hip hop mindframe

[mcZu]

Wouldn't be suprising, I mean it wouldn't be the first time. He payed homage to Rakim in the chorus of The Way I Am, so I'm pretty sure that Em had Rakim in his mind while writing that line.

[RealSickLindley]

You see, i thought Nas said it on a Remix a while ago

Couldn't think of which one though.

[Bistnal]

lol I knew I had heard a similar line before, just couldn't place it. Not surprising though, Em's paid homage to Rakim a lot (way I am, I'm back, probably others as well)

[classthe_king]

He's payed homage to alot of old songs actually. I've been listening to more classic albums and have been finding stuff like this.

[xRas]

I dont think Em had Rakim in his mind when wrote that lol

Actually, I think he did. That line is clearly payin homage to Rakim. We all know that Em respects him, and the man isnt that stupid, so he wouldn't think that this shit could pass as his own.

And Im still waitin for that collab.

Did you hear about the Collab they scrapped of TES ?