Rakim Allah on XXL.com

Posted by Maximum Fun on 22nd March 2006


XXL magazine, the occaisionally good hip-hop rag, has been blogging of late, and they let go a doozy today, an exclusive interview with Rakim. It’s pretty interesting, with more on the way. Rakim is one of the only 80s rappers whose style still sounds fresh, though it no longer sounds revolutionary, perhaps because almost every rapper since the early 90s has copped it. This week’s show featured two of his classic tracks, “I Ain’t No Joke” (an early classic) and “Casualties of War,” a classic from the early 90s.