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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Add this track to your playlist I Know You Got Soul full track	4:44	27,855	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist Paid in Full full track	3:48	22,590	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist I Ain't No Joke full track	3:53	16,098	Buy mp3
Add this track to your playlist My Melody full track	6:48	12,873	Buy mp3

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–	1	Add this track to your playlist I Know You Got Soul full track	663
–	2	Add this track to your playlist Paid in Full full track	541
–	3	Add this track to your playlist I Ain't No Joke full track	385
–	4	Add this track to your playlist My Melody full track	274
2	5	Add this track to your playlist Follow the Leader full track	249
–	6	Add this track to your playlist Don't Sweat the Technique full track	246
1	7	Add this track to your playlist Move the Crowd full track	231
3	8	Add this track to your playlist Microphone Fiend full track	202
1	8	Add this track to your playlist Eric B. Is President full track	202
1	10	Add this track to your playlist Chinese Arithmetic full track	172
1	11	Add this track to your playlist As the Rhyme Goes On full track	170
–	12	Add this track to your playlist Eric B. Is on the Cut full track	169
–	13	Add this track to your playlist Lyrics of Fury full track	140
–	14	Add this track to your playlist Extended Beat full track	119
–	15	Add this track to your playlist Know the Ledge full track	108
1	16	Add this track to your playlist No Competition full track	78
4	17	Add this track to your playlist Put Your Hands Together full track	75
6	18	Add this track to your playlist Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em full track	72
3	19	Add this track to your playlist Eric B. Never Scared full track	70
–	20	Add this track to your playlist Just a Beat full track	68

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–	1	Add this track to your playlist I Know You Got Soul full track	9,078
–	2	Add this track to your playlist Paid in Full full track	7,490
–	3	Add this track to your playlist I Ain't No Joke full track	5,074
–	4	Add this track to your playlist My Melody full track	3,978
–	5	Add this track to your playlist Don't Sweat the Technique full track	3,424
–	6	Add this track to your playlist Follow the Leader full track	3,353
–	7	Add this track to your playlist Move the Crowd full track	3,321
–	8	Add this track to your playlist Microphone Fiend full track	3,239
–	9	Add this track to your playlist Eric B. Is President full track	3,112
–	10	Add this track to your playlist As the Rhyme Goes On full track	2,719
–	11	Add this track to your playlist Chinese Arithmetic full track	2,548
–	12	Add this track to your playlist Eric B. Is on the Cut full track	2,470
1	13	Add this track to your playlist Lyrics of Fury full track	2,037
1	14	Add this track to your playlist Extended Beat full track	2,029
1	15	Add this track to your playlist Know the Ledge full track	1,469
1	16	Add this track to your playlist Paid in Full (Coldcut remix)	1,383
–	17	Add this track to your playlist In the Ghetto full track	1,160
–	18	Add this track to your playlist Just a Beat full track	1,069
1	19	Add this track to your playlist Eric B. Never Scared full track	1,059
1	20	Add this track to your playlist Put Your Hands Together full track	1,050
3	21	Add this track to your playlist No Competition full track	1,010
1	22	Add this track to your playlist Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em full track	994
2	23	Add this track to your playlist Casualties of War full track	993
2	24	Add this track to your playlist Musical Massacre full track	971
1	25	Add this track to your playlist What's on Your Mind full track	943
1	26	Add this track to your playlist The R full track	915
1	27	Add this track to your playlist The Punisher full track	911
6	28	Add this track to your playlist Eric B Is on the Cut	898
1	29	Add this track to your playlist Beats for the Listeners full track	865
1	30	Add this track to your playlist Pass the Hand Grenade full track	799
2	31	Add this track to your playlist No Omega full track	794
4	32	Add this track to your playlist Mahogany

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