Em & Nas: Ode to Rakim

"And I am, whatever you say I am
If I wasn't, then why would I say I am?"
-Eminem from "The Way I Am" in 2000

"I'm the N, the A to the S-I-R
And if I wasn't, I must've been Escobar ..."
-Nas from "Got Ur Self a Gun" in 2001

"I'm the R, the A, to the K-I-M.
If I wasn't, then why would I say I am?"
-Rakim from Eric B. & Rakim's "As The Rhyme Goes On" in 1987

Just a quick little quip, but when you could manage pulling nods from Slim Shady in his prime and Nasir Jones on his second best album, can you getter any higher of a compliment?



... and Free Enes.