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Eric B. & Rakim were an East Coast hip hop duo that popularised the jazz-influenced hip hop of the late 1980s. Despite spawning no major chart hits, the duo are generally considered to be one of the most influential and groundbreaking hip-hop groups ever. This is due to both Eric B.’s jazzy production and Rakim’s revolutionary rapping style, which was smooth, seemingly effortless, and used remarkably complex rhyming schemes, involving internal-rhymes and sophisticated metaphors. It is the general consensus that almost all modern MCs have been influenced in some way by Rakim’s rapping technique. Eric B.’s use of a James Brown sample in “

I Know You Got Soul” introduced the “godfather rap” period of heavy use of old R&B and soul music as background music for hip-hop songs.

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2	I Know You Got Soul full track	1,050
3	I Ain't No Joke full track	737
4	Don't Sweat The Technique full track	637
5	Microphone Fiend full track	538
6	My Melody full track	533
7	Move The Crowd full track	436
8	Follow The Leader full track	418
9	Eric B. Is President full track	402
10	Eric B. Is On The Cut full track	341
11	As The Rhyme Goes On full track	244
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13	Lyrics Of Fury full track	217
14	Chinese Arithmetic full track	200
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feeras wrote:
Friday evening

da classic King

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sheepareevil wrote:
Friday morning

if you take them out of context, album vs. album, i definitely think follow the leader is better, and still my preference. but it's hard to deny the absolute landmark that paid in full is

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AcidBathory_ wrote:
Thursday afternoon

LYRICS OF FURY

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alphabetagaga87 wrote:
last month

They're both good albums, and both are very highly regarded. There's no reason to get all bent out of shape about it. Paid in Full is their debut album. That probably has a lot to do with it.

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DStyles23 wrote:
last month

Follow the Leader>>>Paid in Full, just saying.

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FootToFace wrote:
last month

that's a pretty dumb answer. they were only made a year apart.

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skylerlol wrote:
last month

because music is contextual, and Pain in Full made a pretty big impact on hop-hop, while Follow the Leader, well, didn't.

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FootToFace wrote:
last month

i'm sitting here wondering why people dick over Paid in Full more than Follow the Leader. Eric B is 10x better on the latter.

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yarikh1 wrote:
last month

paid in fulllllllll

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SuperCoolBros wrote:
last month

astonishing

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Alec_Trevelyan wrote:
last month

I heard Mahogany on SirusXM radio. It blew my mind. How come people don't give that album props?

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BriceTM wrote:
December 2009

Microphone Fiend

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Elppe wrote:
December 2009

Paid In Full <3

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yarikh1 wrote:
December 2009

Lyrics Of Fury

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yarikh1 wrote:
December 2009

real hip hop

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IanCat87 wrote:
December 2009

I have the same birthday as Rakim. Chea.

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xdevilbunny wrote:
December 2009

Legendary.

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PhotonicJuice wrote:
December 2009

Microphone Fiend!

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STEREOASSASSIN1 wrote:
December 2009

LIKE ERIC B??? ok, guys this is the deal... In case you havent heard, Born Wrong Records is giving away FREE ADVANCE CD STEREO ASSASSIN PROMO PACKS TO ALL FANS! The packs inlcude: 1. 3 song Stereo Assassin Cd sampler 2. A bad ass vinyl Stereo Assassin band sticker 3. 2 free song downloads (inlcuding Come Back Clean by The Crystal Method & Stereo Assassin) 4. The Cd "Performing An Exact Revenge" by ny's legendary Metal/Hardcore/Hip Hop band "Soul-Sick" (featuring menbers of Stereo Assassin w/ guest apprearences from Carly Coma & Kenneth Schalk of Candiria! produced by AJ Novello of Leeway!!!) Go to http://www.reverbnation.com/stereoassassin enter your email in the mailing list box (check the street team if you want more free stuff in the future.. that's it, the goods are yours! any questions please contact me @ bornwrongrecords@hotmail.com Jenna Ventura Born Wrong Mgt Bklyn NY

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Stratopolonez wrote:
December 2009

wat? why rakim is in similar artists? the only thing that this other rakim and eric b.'s rakim have in common is name!:O

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