Rakim – Holy Are You

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Published on July 14, 2009 with 52 Comments">52 Comments

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Rakim – Holy Are You

OK, Ra, you got me. I give up. I’m starting believe that 7th Seal actually exists. I know it’s been a long time you shouldn’t have left us without a dope beat to step to, but it was worth the wait.

I have no idea who produced “Holy Are You,” but that David Axelrod sample is off the pliers.

Sorry, ladies. I gave my word that I won’t leak the mp3, so a stream would have to do for now. Just remember where you heard it first. Enjoy!

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  • Ivan

    RSS subscribers get an MP3 link embedded w/this post… :D

    Just sayin’…

  • Ivan

    RSS subscribers get an MP3 link embedded w/this post… :D

    Just sayin’…

  • D.L.A.

    not feeling the beat, makes it a little hard to listen, but good effort from the g-o-d

  • D.L.A.

    not feeling the beat, makes it a little hard to listen, but good effort from the g-o-d

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  • Mich De Lorme

    cool

  • Mich De Lorme

    cool

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  • ignite mindz

    G.O.A.T… signed sealed and delivered. i got real excited when i saw this. synth beats arent my favorites but its straight.

  • ignite mindz

    G.O.A.T… signed sealed and delivered. i got real excited when i saw this. synth beats arent my favorites but its straight.

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  • TotalPackage

    I ain’t felling the track at all!!!!! I have lost all respect for Rakim!!!! Yes he is a dope a Emcee. He has a very impressive flow but, I can’t call him the GOD emcee….!!!! There is only one God. The God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob!!! If he is so against God, why would he use a sample from a Christian worship song. Dude went to far on this one…. I will have to keep praying for him.

  • TotalPackage

    I ain’t felling the track at all!!!!! I have lost all respect for Rakim!!!! Yes he is a dope a Emcee. He has a very impressive flow but, I can’t call him the GOD emcee….!!!! There is only one God. The God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob!!! If he is so against God, why would he use a sample from a Christian worship song. Dude went to far on this one…. I will have to keep praying for him.

  • DAME~T’SEDEQ

    Its a shame dudes still get caught up in the G.O.D. concept. If you know your bible refer to John 10:34 where Y’Shuah proclaims Ye are Gods.. So how is he against God… but i didnt even come here for that.. i dont rock with religion its deceitful.. But as for the GOD RAKIM ALLAH im glad he’s back with the lyrical content.. Looking forward to more material…

  • DAME~T’SEDEQ

    Its a shame dudes still get caught up in the G.O.D. concept. If you know your bible refer to John 10:34 where Y’Shuah proclaims Ye are Gods.. So how is he against God… but i didnt even come here for that.. i dont rock with religion its deceitful.. But as for the GOD RAKIM ALLAH im glad he’s back with the lyrical content.. Looking forward to more material…

  • supaslick

    good shit.

  • supaslick

    good shit.

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  • DDotOmen.com

    yeah well..Rakim or his management don’t communciate with me. downloads on the house at my crib.

  • DDotOmen.com

    yeah well..Rakim or his management don’t communciate with me. downloads on the house at my crib.

  • http://my.rawkus.com/xn/detail/u_2zyfwzd7nwlw3 Illmatic620

    Okay, please stop listening to Nas and Rakim because they use the word God. I’ll have a great time banging good hiphop and basking in the warm glow of enlightenment and rationality. It is Bastille Day after all.

    I want to call this a good track, but I’m heavily biased towards the g.o.d. MC so…

  • http://my.rawkus.com/xn/detail/u_2zyfwzd7nwlw3 Illmatic620

    Okay, please stop listening to Nas and Rakim because they use the word God. I’ll have a great time banging good hiphop and basking in the warm glow of enlightenment and rationality. It is Bastille Day after all.

    I want to call this a good track, but I’m heavily biased towards the g.o.d. MC so…

  • http://my.rawkus.com/xn/detail/u_xffvtmnmwwjz dhewdog78

    i like the song is great. i love the sample at the beginning which helps for people who have forgotten who the greastest m.c. of all time is. without rakim setting a standard for hip hop i dont think we would have other great m.c.s in the game. if you dont believe he was ahead of his time, get the single microphone fiend. and after listening to that song if u still dont believe then u truly do not know what hip hop is

  • http://my.rawkus.com/xn/detail/u_xffvtmnmwwjz dhewdog78

    i like the song is great. i love the sample at the beginning which helps for people who have forgotten who the greastest m.c. of all time is. without rakim setting a standard for hip hop i dont think we would have other great m.c.s in the game. if you dont believe he was ahead of his time, get the single microphone fiend. and after listening to that song if u still dont believe then u truly do not know what hip hop is

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  • rosenhayn

    Banger but then again i’m biased I love ra so sue me. By the way, please stop with the god references meaning this or that. Ever been to a Jay-Z concert?? No one has a bigger “God” complex then that dude. He gets twenty thousand minions to scream “Hova Hova” every time he walks on the stage. Its not that serious.

  • rosenhayn

    Banger but then again i’m biased I love ra so sue me. By the way, please stop with the god references meaning this or that. Ever been to a Jay-Z concert?? No one has a bigger “God” complex then that dude. He gets twenty thousand minions to scream “Hova Hova” every time he walks on the stage. Its not that serious.

  • Rick.

    Epic.

  • Rick.

    Epic.

  • MimesisBTG

    On the “god” topic, if anyone wants a good read on the influence of Muslim culture on hip hop, check out a book by Michael Muhammad Knight called “The Five Percenters.”

  • MimesisBTG

    On the “god” topic, if anyone wants a good read on the influence of Muslim culture on hip hop, check out a book by Michael Muhammad Knight called “The Five Percenters.”

  • breezy

    YOO WHERE DO I DOWNLOAD THIS SONG ??????

  • breezy

    YOO WHERE DO I DOWNLOAD THIS SONG ??????

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  • Skullman

    This is the diamond era of Ra! Time+Knowledge+Science= Wisdom! The experiments r over, now the sound, message n flow, have symmetry. I’m also glad folks are still askin how can a man call himself GOD? Because now brothers with the knowledge can guide! All this from one track.
    Peace to the GOD MC, Rakim.

  • Skullman

    This is the diamond era of Ra! Time+Knowledge+Science= Wisdom! The experiments r over, now the sound, message n flow, have symmetry. I’m also glad folks are still askin how can a man call himself GOD? Because now brothers with the knowledge can guide! All this from one track.
    Peace to the GOD MC, Rakim.

  • http://my.rawkus.com/xn/detail/u_21jetr7m0pp7r Leland Legend 20

    Hands down the greatest!!!!!!! He should be highlighted by this site. He is why there is others….I do wish he would change his flow up sometimes. Go with the beat like 11 said. I am the biggest God fan. My children love him.My 19 year old daughter down to my 3 year old son kno wthe god. So i feel i can say this. Please RA Sometimes just sometimes flow with the beat. that being said this track is what i have been waiting for. THANK YOU RAKIM

  • http://my.rawkus.com/xn/detail/u_21jetr7m0pp7r Leland Legend 20

    Hands down the greatest!!!!!!! He should be highlighted by this site. He is why there is others….I do wish he would change his flow up sometimes. Go with the beat like 11 said. I am the biggest God fan. My children love him.My 19 year old daughter down to my 3 year old son kno wthe god. So i feel i can say this. Please RA Sometimes just sometimes flow with the beat. that being said this track is what i have been waiting for. THANK YOU RAKIM

  • basil

    palms 82 even jesus called us gods, ye are gods

  • basil

    palms 82 even jesus called us gods, ye are gods

  • basil

    john 10 verse 34 my bad but also psalms 82 it’s in the scripts then you know why rakim says god so much

  • basil

    john 10 verse 34 my bad but also psalms 82 it’s in the scripts then you know why rakim says god so much

  • 5tunner

    Well, I’ve been a long-tiime fan of Ra, but dude is spitting the same rhyme schemes and words since 97. Gods, Pharoahs in ghetto apparrels, Egypt etc. etc. He just keeps repeating himself, so that the whole phrases start sounding empty to me.

    He has nothing new and importatnt to say anymore. He’s just doing what everybody else from the golden age is trying to do: achieving something by self-iconizing and claiming a status (god mc) which they earned and held down back in the days, but can’t claim nowadays – it’s 2009. I don’t know if you’ve been sleeping the last 12 years, but there’s been a lot going on a lot more which could be discussed about, than that. There’s a difference between saying I am a rhyme god and proofing it. The beat is great, though.

    Sorry, but it is what it is: Ra needs to put the mic down.

  • 5tunner

    Well, I’ve been a long-tiime fan of Ra, but dude is spitting the same rhyme schemes and words since 97. Gods, Pharoahs in ghetto apparrels, Egypt etc. etc. He just keeps repeating himself, so that the whole phrases start sounding empty to me.

    He has nothing new and importatnt to say anymore. He’s just doing what everybody else from the golden age is trying to do: achieving something by self-iconizing and claiming a status (god mc) which they earned and held down back in the days, but can’t claim nowadays – it’s 2009. I don’t know if you’ve been sleeping the last 12 years, but there’s been a lot going on a lot more which could be discussed about, than that. There’s a difference between saying I am a rhyme god and proofing it. The beat is great, though.

    Sorry, but it is what it is: Ra needs to put the mic down.

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