{"id":87822,"date":"2015-03-26T19:26:33","date_gmt":"2015-03-26T18:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=87822"},"modified":"2015-03-26T19:26:33","modified_gmt":"2015-03-26T18:26:33","slug":"video-big-daddy-kane-interview-with-vlad-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/video-big-daddy-kane-interview-with-vlad-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Big Daddy Kane Interview with Vlad TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/38jK9_pZZ4A\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Grammy-winning rapper Big Daddy Kane recently sat down with VladTV and was challenged to create a list of Hip-Hop&#8217;s 3 greatest MCs that did not include himself.<\/p>\n<p>Pausing to contemplate the challenge of not being able to include himself on the list, the &#8220;Ain&#8217;t No Half Steppin'&#8221; wordsmith insists, &#8220;I can&#8217;t do that,&#8221; before adding, &#8220;Because I&#8217;m so f***ing incredible. I gotta be in there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, the lists is comprised of himself and two other Golden Era titans, Rakim and KRS-One. Expanding his perspective on why he chose The Alpha and Omega of Hip-Hop and the Teacha, he says, &#8220;With Rakim you&#8217;re talking about someone who helped change and reshape Hip-Hop.&#8221; Kane quips that several great lyricists have followed Rakim&#8217;s legacy, but &#8220;I haven&#8217;t seen anyone change the lyrical game like how it changed in the &#8217;80s&#8230;me, KRS and Rakim, we basically changed the whole way people rhymed in the &#8217;80s.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When speaking on The Blastmaster, Big Daddy Kane avows, &#8220;His longevity, his diversity, and his battle skills are amazing as an MC [and] as a lyricist.&#8221; Kane then asserts, &#8220;Me, KRS, and Rakim we basically changed the whole way people rhymed in the &#8217;80&#8217;s.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Later on, he states that he considers Rakim, KRS, Nas, Kool G Rap, Biggie, Jay Z, Eminem, and Big Pun to be lyrical geniuses, so narrowing it down to such a small list is difficult. Kane insists, &#8220;it&#8217;s really hard to name three.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Check out the full clip to see what Big Daddy Kane says about Nas and what other MCs inspired today&#8217;s legends.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"87823\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/video-big-daddy-kane-interview-with-vlad-tv\/2015-03-26-07-24-53-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015-03-26-07.24.53-pm.png?fit=632%2C343&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"632,343\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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=\"big daddy kane\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015-03-26-07.24.53-pm.png?fit=632%2C343&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015-03-26-07.24.53-pm.png?fit=640%2C293&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"big daddy kane\" width=\"640\" height=\"293\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-87823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015-03-26-07.24.53-pm.png?resize=540%2C293&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015-03-26-07.24.53-pm.png?w=632&amp;ssl=1 632w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grammy-winning rapper Big Daddy Kane recently sat down with VladTV and was challenged to create&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","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":[9,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interviews","category-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-mQu","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87822","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\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87822\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}