Back in the day, a god came to us. His name was Rakim. Rakim Allah. The god of hip hop. Hip Hop was about style and lyrics, but it did have its downfalls. One thing that is....or, at least was certain about hip hop music was the "biter."

You see, the "biter" was somebody who was not talented enough to create his/her own style of spit, so they just "borrowed" or bit another emcee's rap style to make themselves look like they were doing something special. Nowadays, if you were to bite a million-selling artist's rap style, you'd actually be praised and given money and fame (see, "Shyne"). But, back then, a biter was just a fucking scrub. And, even GOD had biters.

enter, MC Rell and the Houserockers. Dope name, huh? I mean, "Houserockers?" That's ill as fuck, right? It reminds me of a joint by Howling Wolf called "House Rocking Boogie."

You see....MC Rell had a song called "Life of an Entertainer" which caught my ear, because of his voice. Dude sounds like Rakim's twin brother. The song is dope, and one could argue that it's even relevant today!

But, was Rell really a biter? As a rap fan, I knew instantly that he was biter. He sounded exactly Rakim with less lyrical ability. In the "Into the Future" video posted below, he had a similar haircut as Ra (flattop with a part), and this jacket that looked strangely identical to the jacket Rakim and Eric B rocked on the Follow the Leader album cover with the Nation of Gods and Earths logo on the back. Well? same voice? haricut?? gear??

WAS RELL A BITER? I say yes. But, his album was dope as fuck. The remix of "Something about it" was SICK.