Rakim yog ib tus rappers muaj hwj chim tshaj plaws hauv Tebchaws Meskas. Tus neeg ua yeeb yam yog ib feem ntawm qhov nrov duo Eric B. & Rakim. Rakim yog dav suav hais tias yog ib qho ntawm cov kws tshaj lij MC txhua lub sijhawm. Tus rapper pib nws txoj haujlwm muaj tswv yim rov qab rau xyoo 2011.
Thaum yau thiab hluas ntawm William Michael Griffin Jr.
Nyob rau hauv lub tswv yim pseudonym Rakim, lub npe ntawm William Michael Griffin Jr. yog muab zais. Tus tub yug rau lub Ib Hlis 28, 1968 hauv lub xeev lub zos Wayandanch, hauv Suffolk County (New York).
Zoo li txhua tus menyuam yaus, nws tau mus kawm ntawv. Txij thaum yau, William tau qhia txog kev txawj poetic. Twb yog thaum muaj hnub nyoog 7 xyoo, ib zaj paj huam hais txog Mickey Mouse los ntawm nws tus cwj mem.
Ntxiv rau qhov tseeb tias William tau txais txiaj ntsig nrog cov txuj ci poetic, nws muaj teeb meem nrog txoj cai raws li ib tug hluas. Thaum muaj hnub nyoog 12 xyoos, tus tub hluas tau txais nws thawj zaug them rau kev muaj riam phom tsis raug cai.
Raws li ib tug hluas, William ua yeeb yam nyob rau hauv lub tswv yim pseudonym Kid Wizard. Xyoo 1985, nws thawj zaug qhia nws txoj kev taug mus rau theem tsev kawm theem siab hauv nws lub zos Wyandanche.
Cov tub ntxhais hluas rapper tau txais thawj zaug rau hauv Lub Tebchaws ntawm Islam lub koom haum kev ntseeg hauv xyoo 1986. Tsis ntev tom qab ntawd, nws tau los ua ib feem ntawm Pawg Neeg ntawm Vajtswv thiab Av. Nws coj lub npe Rakim Allah.
Rakim koom tes nrog Eric B.
Nyob rau hauv 1986, Rakim ntsib Eric B. Thaum lub sij hawm kev koom tes, cov hais mav tswj tso tawm 4 studio albums. Qhov no duet yog "ua pa ntawm huab cua ntshiab" rau Asmeskas rap thaum lub sijhawm.
Tus kws sau xov xwm Tom Terrell ntawm NPR tau piav qhia lub duo yog "kev sib xyaw ua ke zoo tshaj plaws ntawm DJ thiab MC hauv suab paj nruag hnub no." Ntxiv mus, cov neeg kho ntawm lub vev xaib About.com tso lub duo nyob rau hauv cov npe ntawm "10 Qhov Zoo Tshaj Plaws Hip-Hop Duos ntawm Txhua Lub Sijhawm".
Cov kws ntaus suab paj nruag tau raug xaiv tsa rau kev ua yeeb yam rau hauv Pob Zeb thiab Roll Hall of Fame hauv 2011. Txawm li cas los xij, rappers yeej tsis tau ua nws mus rau qhov kev xaiv zaum kawg.
Rakim thiab Eric B. tus neeg paub pib thaum Rakim tau hnov txog Eric B. cov lus tshaj tawm txog kev nrhiav tus MC zoo tshaj hauv New York. Qhov tshwm sim ntawm qhov kev paub no yog qhov kev kaw lus ntawm kev khiav Eric B. Yog Thawj Tswj Hwm.
Cov ntaub ntawv no tau sau tseg rau ntawm daim ntawv sau npe ywj pheej Zakia Cov Ntaub Ntawv. Lub duo thawj txoj kev raug tso tawm hauv xyoo 1986.
Debut album Paidin Full
Tom qab Def Jam Recordings tus thawj coj Russell Simmons tau mloog cov nkauj rappers, tus duo tau kos npe rau Island Records.
Cov kws ntaus nkauj tau pib kaw lawv qhov debut album ntawm Power Play Studios hauv Manhattan.
Nyob rau hauv 1987, lub duo tso lawv thawj album, Paidin Full. Kev muab tso ua ke yog li "kev phem" uas nws tau nce siab ntawm tus lej 58 ntawm daim duab nrov Billboard 200.
Cov neeg nyiam suab paj nruag tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nyiam cov nkauj: Eric B. Yog Thawj Tswj Hwm, Kuv Tsis Yog Tsis Muaj Dab Tsi, Kuv Paub Koj Tau Txais Tus Ntsuj Plig, Tsiv Cov Neeg Sawv Cev thiab Them Tag Nrho.
Tsis ntev, qhov thib ob studio album tau tso tawm. Cov duo tau nthuav tawm rau lawv cov kiv cua ntau ua raws li Tus Thawj Coj muab tso ua ke, uas tau txais "kub xwm txheej".
Ntau tshaj 500 lab luam ntawm ob lub studio album tau muag thoob ntiaj teb. Cov Ua Raws Tus Thawj Coj sau tau nyiam tsis yog los ntawm cov neeg nyiam suab paj nruag, tab sis kuj los ntawm cov neeg thuam suab paj nruag.
Cia lub Rhythm Hit 'Em yog qhov nrov duo thib peb muab tso ua ke album, tso tawm xyoo 1990, qhov twg duo lub suab tau tsim kho ntxiv - Rakim tau txais kev xa khoom hnyav dua ntawm cov lem.
Tsis tas li ntawd, cov kiv cua tau sau tseg tias "loj hlob" ntawm tus neeg ua yeeb yam. Nyob rau hauv cov lem, tus singer pib kov rau cov ntsiab lus loj. Nws yog ib qho tseem ceeb uas qhov no yog ib qho ntawm ob peb qhov kev sau ua ke uas tau txais tsib-mic ntsuas los ntawm cov ntawv xov xwm nrov The Source.
Ntxiv mus, nyob rau hauv lub lig 1990s, cov ntaub ntawv raug xaiv los ntawm Lub Source magazine ua ib qho ntawm "Top 100 Rap Albums".
Xyoo 1992, Eric B. & Rakim nthuav tawm lawv cov nkauj tshiab Don't Sweat the Technique rau cov kiv cua. Tom qab ntawd, kev sau los ua haujlwm kawg hauv duo's discography.
Thawj zaj nkauj ntawm kev sau yog me me hauv xov tooj cua ntaus. Casualties of War kuj raug tso tawm ua ib leeg. Paub Ledge thawj zaug tshwm sim hauv cov yeeb yaj kiab Juice hu ua Juice (Know the Ledge).
Eric B. tsis xav kos npe nrog MCA. Nws ntshai tias Rakim yuav ncaim nws mus. Eric B. qhov kev txiav txim siab ua rau muaj kev sib ntaus sib tua ntev thiab nyuaj nrog rau ob tus kws ntaus nkauj thiab MCA. Lub duo nws thiaj li tawg.
Qhov pib ntawm kev ua haujlwm solo ntawm rapper Rakim
Rakim tsis tawm ntawm ob leeg ib leeg. Nws tshem tawm ntau tus kiv cua tseem ceeb. Txawm li cas los xij, tom qab tawm mus, tus neeg hu nkauj tau coj li discreetly li sai tau thiab thaum xub thawj tsis tshua pom cov kiv cua nrog kev tsim tshiab.
Nyob rau hauv 1993, tus rapper tau nthuav tawm txoj kev Heat It Up. Qhov kev hloov tshiab ntawm MCA tau ua qhov kev tso dag siab phem tawm tsam daim ntawv lo nws tus kheej. Nyob rau hauv 1994, tus kws kos duab thaum kawg txiav txim siab tawm ntawm daim ntawv lo, mus solo "ua luam dej".
Tsis ntev, tus rapper tau kos npe rau daim ntawv cog lus nrog Universal Records. Nyob rau hauv 1996, Rakim nthuav tawm nws tus solo debut album The 18th Letter. Lub album tau tso tawm thaum lub Kaum Ib Hlis 1997.
Cov txiaj ntsig tau tshaj txhua qhov kev cia siab. Cov khoom sau tau txais 4th txoj haujlwm ntawm Billboard 200 daim ntawv. Ntxiv mus, cov khoom sau tau txais daim ntawv pov thawj "kub" los ntawm RIAA.
Nyob rau hauv lub lig 1990s, tus rapper tau tshwm sim nyob rau hauv peb lem ntawm qhov muab tso ua ke album The Seduction ntawm Claude Debussy los ntawm cov nrov band Art of Noise.
Keith Farley ntawm Tag Nrho Cov Suab Nkauj tau hais tias "cov ntaub ntawv zoo kawg nkaus khaws cov kev siv yeeb yam ntawm cov qauv kev sib tw uas tau tshwm sim thawj zaug ntawm Art of Noise compilations.
Nyob ib ncig ntawm tib lub sijhawm, Rakim nthuav tawm qhov sau thib ob Tus Tswv. Txawm hais tias rapper qhov kev cia siab, album muag tsis zoo. Tab sis nws tsis tuaj yeem hu ua "ua tsis tiav".
Kev koom tes nrog Dr. Dre Aftermath
Xyoo 2000, tus neeg hu nkauj koom tes nrog daim ntawv lo Dr. Dre Aftermath Entertainment. Ntawm no tus rapper tau ua hauj lwm rau ib tug tshiab album. Txawm hais tias ua ntej tshaj tawm, lub npe ntawm cov ntaub ntawv Au, Kuv tus Vajtswv tau tshwm sim.
Qhov kev nthuav qhia ntawm cov lus sau tau raug ncua tas li. Ua ntej ntawm tag nrho cov, qhov no yog vim lub fact tias lub album cov nkauj raug hloov kho. Thaum ua haujlwm ntawm cov ntaub ntawv, Rakim tau ua tus qhua tuaj ntawm ntau qhov haujlwm tom qab.
Xyoo 2003, tus neeg hu nkauj tshaj tawm tias nws tawm ntawm daim ntawv lo. Rau cov kiv cua ntawm rapper, qhov no txhais tau tias lawv yuav tsis pom Oh, Kuv tus Vajtswv muab tso ua ke txhua lub sijhawm sai sai. Yog vim li cas thiaj li tawm ntawm daim ntawv lo yog Rakim tsis sib haum nrog Dr. Dre.
Tom qab tus kws kos duab tawm ntawm daim ntawv lo, nws tau tsiv mus rau nws lub tsev hauv Connecticut qhov chaw nws ua haujlwm rau cov nkauj tshiab. Lub sijhawm no tau dhau los ua ib xyoos ntawm kev ntsiag to rau rapper. Nws tsis muab concerts thiab zam ntau yam suab paj nruag.
Xyoo 2006, Rakim hais rau cov kiv cua txoj xov zoo. Tsis ntev cov neeg nyiam suab paj nruag tuaj yeem txaus siab rau album Lub Xya Hli. Txawm li cas los xij, rapper tsis ntev tau tshaj tawm tias qhov kev tso tawm ntawm album tau raug ncua mus rau 2009.
Hloov chaw, tus neeg hu nkauj tau nthuav tawm qhov kev tso ua ke nyob hauv The Archive: Nyob, Poob & Pom nyob rau xyoo 2008. Lub album Lub Xya Hli Ntuj tau tso tawm xyoo 2009.
Cov kab tau raug kaw ntawm Rakim Ra Cov Ntaub Ntawv, nrog rau TVM thiab SMC Cov Ntaub Ntawv.
Artist tom qab lull ...
Rau 10 xyoo, tus neeg ua yeeb yam tau "tsim" kom cov ntaub ntawv tsim nyog yuav tawm tuaj. Cov nkauj saum toj kawg nkaus ntawm cov nkauj no yog cov nkauj hu ua Holy Are You and Walk This Streets.
Ntawm qhov muab tso ua ke koj tuaj yeem hnov cov suab ntawm Styles P, Jadakiss thiab Busta Rhymes, nrog rau cov kws ua yeeb yam R & B: Maino, IQ, Tracey Horton, Samuel Christian thiab Rakim tus ntxhais, Destiny Griffin. Ntau tshaj 12 daim ntawv raug muag hauv thawj lub lim tiam ntawm kev muag khoom.
Nyob rau hauv 2012, Rakim qhia cov kiv cua hais tias, nyob rau hauv kev hwm ntawm 25th hnub tseem ceeb ntawm Paidin Full's duet nrog Eric B., cov rappers yuav tso ib qho tshwj xeeb muab tso ua ke nrog cov qub thiab tshiab lem los ntawm duo.
Tus rapper tau hais tias thaum kawg ntawm 2012, cov kiv cua yuav nyiam cov nkauj zoo.
Ib xyoos tom qab, tus rapper thiab DMX tau tso tawm qhov sib koom ua ke tshiab Tsis Txhob Hu Kuv. Ib xyoos tom qab, tus rapper thiab cov legendary band Linkin Park tau tso tawm cov suab paj nruag Guilty All the Same.
Txoj kev taug tau kaw rau ntawm daim ntawv nrov npe Warner Bros. cov ntaub ntawv. Raws li txoj cai, cov ntaub ntawv muaj nyob rau rub tawm tsuas yog hauv 2014.
Hauv 2015, nws tau paub tias tus kws ua yeeb yam tau ua haujlwm ntawm cov nkauj tshiab. Tsis tas li ntawd, nyob rau hauv ib qho ntawm nws kev xam phaj, tus neeg hu nkauj tau hais tias cov nkauj ntawm cov disc tshiab yuav txaus siab rau nws cov kiv cua.
Thiab yog hais tias qhov sau Lub Xya Hli Ntuj tau tshwm sim loj thiab pompous, ces lub disc tshiab yog lub teeb thiab rosy li sai tau.
Xyoo 2018, txoj kev tshiab King's Paradise tau tso tawm rau lub suab nkauj rau lub caij thib ob ntawm Lukas Cage. Rakim ua yeeb yam thawj zaug hauv Tiny Desk Concerts series.
Rakim lub rooj sib tham nrog Eric B.
Xyoo 2016, cov ntaub ntawv tau tshwm sim tias Eric B. thiab Rakim txiav txim siab ua haujlwm ua ke dua. Lub duo teased kiv cua nrog ib tug reunion ncig saib tag kis sawv ntxov.
Cov rappers tau tshawb fawb txog cov nroog twg lawv yuav tsum mus ncig ua ib feem ntawm kev ncig xyuas.
Lub duo thawj qhov kev ua yeeb yam tau tshwm sim thaum Lub Xya Hli 2017 ntawm Apollo Theatre hauv New York. Hauv 2018, lawv tshaj tawm lawv qhov kev ncig xyuas 17th ntawm Tebchaws Meskas.
Rapper Rakim hnub no
Lub Kaum Hli 2018, Rakim nthuav tawm Qhov Zoo Tshaj Plaws Ntawm Rakim | Cov yam ntxwv. Ib xyoos tom qab, tus rapper lub discography tau ntxiv nrog Melrose sau. Hauv 2019, cov yeeb yaj kiab tshiab ntawm tus kws kos duab tau tshwm sim.
Xyoo 2020, rapper Rakim npaj siab rau ntau lub hlis rau nws cov kiv cua. Tus neeg ua yeeb yam yuav mus xyuas ntau lub teb chaws nrog nws cov concerts.
