Rakim on James Brown: “That was the beginning of Hip Hop”, Also Talks Sampling, Creative Process

In honor James Brown’s birthday, we wanted to upload a classic Hard Knock Tv interview from 2007 where Rakim talked to Nick Huff Barili about what James Brown meant to him and to Hip Hop. “What he did” Rakim says “That was the beginning of Hip Hop”. Rakim also talks sampling and creative process.

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