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Big daddy Kane or Rakim ?
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Big daddy Kane or Rakim ? 46 votes
Big daddy Kane
36%
17 votes
Rakim
63%
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RakimRakim has the better catalogue imo, so I'm rolling with him..
Paid In Full - classic..
Follow the Leader - classic..
Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em - classic; their best album..
Don't Sweat the Technique - near-classic; 8.5/10.. -
Big daddy KaneBig Daddy Kane has done more with less support than Rakim. Rakim always had A list producers, most of Kane's albums were largely self produced. Both are legends tho
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Rakiminb4 @ohhhla
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RakimBig Daddy Kane has done more with less support than Rakim. Rakim always had A list producers, most of Kane's albums were largely self produced. Both are legends tho
Rakim produced most of his own 🤬 too, just wasn't credited for it. Ask MC Shan about Marley Marl and Eric B. -
Big daddy KaneThey both were lyrically equal, but Kane had that "it" factor and was way more energetic on the mic than Rakim who usually came across as dull to me. (No wonder Nas idolizes this guy)
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Big daddy Kanei picked Kane but Rakim beats were way harder
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Rakim
This, and also because hes one of my top favesDMTxCannabis wrote: »Rakim has the better catalogue imo, so I'm rolling with him..
Paid In Full - classic..
Follow the Leader - classic..
Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em - classic; their best album..
Don't Sweat the Technique - near-classic; 8.5/10..
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RakimRakim in my top 5.
Better Rhymes
Better Career
Better Albums
RAKIM ALLAH -
Big daddy KaneBig Daddy Kane is my favorite rapper of all time.
He influence Jay-Z very much and his multi, flows, punches and underrated subject matters
Is the reason.
I feel that most hip hop respect him but really thinks he isn't that good.
He's very underappreciated by people my age and younger.
It is crazy but whatever -
Big daddy KaneBig Daddy Kane is my favorite rapper of all time.
He influence Jay-Z very much and his multi, flows, punches and underrated subject matters
Is the reason.
I feel that most hip hop respect him but really thinks he isn't that good.
He's very underappreciated by people my age and younger.
It is crazy but whatever
i agree 100%
rakim has the better catalog, but in terms of overall flow and swag and style. big daddy kane birthed all these 🤬 . everyone from jay-z to cam'ron to biggie to even modern day cats, have big daddy kanes blueprint.
the whole over the top bragging and smooth getting money getting ladies, staying fly, and rapping your ass off and punchlines and flows and multis
BDK was doing that 🤬 first
in terms of a comprehensive package
outside of obviously nas and jay electornica, i'm not to sure how many ppl really ran with that rakim style
i think BDK influence much more broader
and yes jay-z is essentially bdk 2.0 -
Big daddy KaneRakim took a hiatus for 5yrs and Kane put out an year almost every year or every two years.
It is funny that there is at least 40 rappers better than Kane according to hip hop heads.
Now, I think Kane is the perfect emcee but Rakim was the better artist and had better songs. -
Big daddy Kanekane...no, wait...rakim! hold on, kane...naw, wait rakim
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Big daddy Kanebig daddy kane
rakim is a better lyracist but it's close....as the young kids would say bdk has more swag as a whole
after seeing him at rock the bells last year i think big daddy kane really has or had that "it" factor and rakim is just a bit boring -
Big daddy KaneRakim ain't boring.
But he does have better lyrical content than Kane
As lyricism it can go either way -
Rakim
Don't Sweat the Technique - 1992..Rakim took a hiatus for 5yrs and Kane put out an year almost every year or every two years.
*5 year hiatus*..
The 18th Letter - 1997..
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Daddy's Home - 1994..
*4 year hiatus*..
Veteran'z Day - 1998..
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Not only did Rakim only take an extra year off, but he dropped The Master in 1999, whereas BDK ain't drop an album since 1998.. Ra also had some features in the early 2000s (e.g. The Watcher Pt. 2 by Jigga) and eventually dropped The Seventh Seal in 2009..
Now that I think about it, has BDK even been featured on a record since Platinum Plus by Big L (2000)?.. -
Big daddy Kane
Marley Marl did a bunch of the 1st album, and Large Pro did a ton of the 3rd album. Paul C also helped on a lot of the early stuff too. -
Big daddy KaneLong live the Kane
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RakimWilliam Griffin the great.
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RakimRakim the lyricist
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Rakimbig daddy kane
rakim is a better lyracist but it's close....as the young kids would say bdk has more swag as a whole
after seeing him at rock the bells last year i think big daddy kane really has or had that "it" factor and rakim is just a bit boring
Saw Kane at RTB last year too. It was an amazing performance. Even the shorty I was with enjoyed it. -
Big daddy Kanebig daddy kane
rakim is a better lyracist but it's close....as the young kids would say bdk has more swag as a whole
after seeing him at rock the bells last year i think big daddy kane really has or had that "it" factor and rakim is just a bit boring
Saw Kane at RTB last year too. It was an amazing performance. Even the shorty I was with enjoyed it.
same here, she didn't really even know who he was and only wanted to see bone thugs....she was boppin her heads the whole time -
RakimRakim changed the game, you can see a clear shift in rap after Paid in Full came out.
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RakimRakim was ahead of his time. Thirty years later, 🤬 are still catching up thinking they've created new styles of flows and rhyme patterns when Ra already did 'em.
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Ra might get him on wax, But if they ever had a live battle.....Kanes flow is to ferocious for Ra's slow flow. The crowd likes action, and Kane's flow is too action packed.
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Big daddy KaneDMTxCannabis wrote: »
Don't Sweat the Technique - 1992..Rakim took a hiatus for 5yrs and Kane put out an year almost every year or every two years.
*5 year hiatus*..
The 18th Letter - 1997..
.
.
.
Daddy's Home - 1994..
*4 year hiatus*..
Veteran'z Day - 1998..
.
.
.
Not only did Rakim only take an extra year off, but he dropped The Master in 1999, whereas BDK ain't drop an album since 1998.. Ra also had some features in the early 2000s (e.g. The Watcher Pt. 2 by Jigga) and eventually dropped The Seventh Seal in 2009..
Now that I think about it, has BDK even been featured on a record since Platinum Plus by Big L (2000)?..
Like the rest of the I.C. and Hip Hop world.
Unless you were born from '83 and up. I expect you to say this about Kane.
But Kane still raps and rips verses like he was 19-20yrs old.
The Cormega album from '09
i CAN UNDERSTAND if you say Rakim is better. This is true.
But 🤬 leaving him out of their top 40 are insane, imo.
