Rakim - New York to Cali

[5 Grand]

That was from a series of tracks that Rakim made in the mid 90s that never got released

New York To Cali

Living for the City

Everything is Cool

Hypnotic

Last Resort

I Get Visual

You Don't Fool Me

Once Upon A Rhyme

Shades of Black (From the Pump Ya Fist Soundtrack)

Heat It Up Noise A Pella - (From the Gunman Soundtrack)

^^^ Those songs would have made a dope album in 1995/96. Its too bad he never released them. He could have stayed relevant while the game was changing. That 5 year hiatus didn't help his career at all.

 

[ikesmood]

When that was out, I was hearing it. Not on the main fm station, but a college station that was pirating ny radio. That shit was dope. They used to pump the I shot ya remix & ol' dirty bastards don't you know pt. 2

 

[Intelligent_Hoodlum]

That was from a series of tracks that Rakim made in the mid 90s that never got released

New York To Cali

Living for the City

Everything is Cool

Hypnotic

Last Resort

I Get Visual

You Don't Fool Me

Once Upon A Rhyme

Shades of Black (From the Pump Ya Fist Soundtrack)

Heat It Up Noise A Pella - (From the Gunman Soundtrack)

^^^ Those songs would have made a dope album in 1995/96. Its too bad he never released them. He could have stayed relevant while the game was changing. That 5 year hiatus didn't help his career at all.

Appreciate the back story on that I never heard those other records, ima take all those songs and put em on a CD

At the bolded, yea I agree

Why him and Eric B had fell out in the first place tho?

 

[5 Grand]

That was from a series of tracks that Rakim made in the mid 90s that never got released

New York To Cali

Living for the City

Everything is Cool

Hypnotic

Last Resort

I Get Visual

You Don't Fool Me

Once Upon A Rhyme

Shades of Black (From the Pump Ya Fist Soundtrack)

Heat It Up Noise A Pella - (From the Gunman Soundtrack)

^^^ Those songs would have made a dope album in 1995/96. Its too bad he never released them. He could have stayed relevant while the game was changing. That 5 year hiatus didn't help his career at all.

Appreciate the back story on that I never heard those other records, ima take all those songs and put em on a CD

At the bolded, yea I agree

Why him and Eric B had fell out in the first place tho?

@ the bolded. I'm not sure why they broke up, but at the time we felt that Eric B was holding Rakim back. I always felt that Eric B was average at best when it came to DJing (scratching) and that Rakim could have used better beats.

When Rakim went solo we all thought we were going to get that perfect album that Eric B and Rakim never gave us. But for some reason, the 18th Letter was just ok. It wasn't wack but it didn't have those neck snapping club bangers. Personally I think The 18th Letter would have been better with two tracks from Puff Daddy, he was the hottest producer in the game that year.

 

[genocidecutter]

Dope