{"id":200214,"date":"2024-07-20T10:45:11","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T08:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=200214"},"modified":"2024-07-20T00:51:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T22:51:50","slug":"rakim-x-b-g-x-hus-kingpin-x-compton-menace-now-is-the-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/rakim-x-b-g-x-hus-kingpin-x-compton-menace-now-is-the-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Rakim x B.G. x Hus KingPin x Compton Menace &#8211; Now Is The Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_UPUBR85_A0?si=Nrd_dH8M0ZiBFRXd\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The one and only <strong>Rakim<\/strong> released the second single off of his upcoming album, &#8220;G.O.D.\u2019s Network (Reb7rth),&#8221; his first one in almost 15 years! After <a href=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/rakim-x-kurupt-x-masta-killa-be-ill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Be Ill,&#8221;<\/a> which featured <strong>Kurupt<\/strong> and <strong>Masta Killa<\/strong>, Kid Wizard gathered<strong> B.G.<\/strong>, <strong>Hus KingPin<\/strong>, and<strong> Compton Menace<\/strong> on &#8220;Now Is The Time.&#8221; The crew delivered some top-class rhymes, carefully placed upon the smooth instrumental, produced by Rakim himself. As a matter of fact, the whole album will be self-produced.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;G.O.D.&#8217;s Network (Reb7rth)&#8221; is due for release on <strong>July 26th<\/strong>, and will feature a wide array of renowned emcees, including <strong>Kool G Rap<\/strong>, <strong>Snoop Dogg<\/strong>,<strong> Planet Asia<\/strong>, and <strong>Method Man<\/strong>, as well as the late legends, <strong>DMX<\/strong>, <strong>Nipsey Hussle<\/strong>, and <strong>Prodigy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"200224\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/rakim-x-b-g-x-hus-kingpin-x-compton-menace-now-is-the-time\/now-is-the-time-artwork\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Now-Is-The-Time-Artwork.jpg?fit=1800%2C1800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1800,1800\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Now Is The Time Artwork\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Now-Is-The-Time-Artwork.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-200224 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Now-Is-The-Time-Artwork.jpg?resize=540%2C540&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Now-Is-The-Time-Artwork.jpg?resize=540%2C540&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Now-Is-The-Time-Artwork.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Now-Is-The-Time-Artwork.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Now-Is-The-Time-Artwork.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Now-Is-The-Time-Artwork.jpg?resize=1536%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Now-Is-The-Time-Artwork.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Now-Is-The-Time-Artwork.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff The one and only Rakim released the second single off of his upcoming album,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-Q5g","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200214\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}