Eric B. & Rakim

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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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BriceTM wrote:
Thursday evening

Microphone Fiend

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Elppe wrote:
Tuesday morning

Paid In Full <3

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yarikh1 wrote:
7 days ago

Lyrics Of Fury

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yarikh1 wrote:
7 days ago

real hip hop

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IanCat87 wrote:
12 days ago

I have the same birthday as Rakim. Chea.

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xdevilbunny wrote:
12 days ago

Legendary.

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PhotonicJuice wrote:
14 days ago

Microphone Fiend!

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STEREOASSASSIN1 wrote:
15 days ago

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Stratopolonez wrote:
16 days ago

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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Stratopolonez wrote:
17 days ago

G-G-G-G-G-GGGODLIKE!

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TheAbbott wrote:
17 days ago

This is how it should be done.

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Onyx_is_here wrote:
last month

He is da KING......

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decks-n-lps wrote:
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Rakim - the best flow ever.

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xenoq wrote:
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<3 Paid in Full

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bauerdude212 wrote:
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E.F.F.E.C.T - a smooth op-er-tor op-er-atin' correct-ty!

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zo55 wrote:
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greatest duo of all time!

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Rogal91 wrote:
October 2009

!!!!!

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dgk3188 wrote:
October 2009

i wish i was around when Eric B & Rakim dropped...shit must've been mindblowing!!! imagine going from the simple A-B-C rhymes that rappers were spitting back then, to hearing this dude with his complex rhyming, multis, wordplay, knowledge, etc.

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Liquid_Exodus wrote:
October 2009

Rakim. God MC. The greatest rapper/DJ duo.

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FiyahG wrote:
October 2009

THE DEFINITION OF REAL OLD FASHIONED HIP HOP

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