Rakim is not modern breh. He was dope for his time and influenced the new school but he has an 80s flow. Stop it. Multi syllable rhyme patterns didn’t become standard until the Mid 90s with rappers like I named (Nas, Jay, Biggie). In 1991, nikkas was just rhyming one word, not flowing the same way and splitting up sentences or making up words so they’d rhyme.
Compare this
To this
Nas is gliding over this beat. Rakim isn’t. Famous sounds like Nas when people back in 1991 would’ve been rapping like Rakim. It’s not accurate.
This is super inaccurate... because Rakim wasn't rapping like 'Follow the Leader' by '96/'97 either.
nikkas were definitely past just rhyming one word with one word before '91... the multi shyt actually started becoming prevalent during Rakim's era.