Genres: East Coast Rap, Golden Age Active: 80's, 90's Formed: 1985 in Queens, New York, NY
Kurtis Blow, Run-D.M.C., James Brown, Parliament, Sly & the Family Stone, Isaac Hayes, Grandmaster Melle Mel, Marley Marl, MC Shan, The Last Poets, Whodini, Schoolly D, Kool Moe Dee, Treacherous Three Rob Base, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Kool Moe Dee, EPMD, Stetsasonic, Boogie Down Productions, Ultramagnetic MC's, Poor Righteous Teachers, Paris, Digital Underground, Erick Sermon, KRS-One, Just-Ice, Steady B, King Tee, True Mathematics, Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, Kool G Rap Jay-Z, DJ Shadow, Kool G Rap & DJ Polo, Son of Bazerk, Dibiase, DJ Cam, Dilated Peoples, Soul Position, Delinquent Habits, Slum Village, Coldcut, Common Market, Raekwon, Gravediggaz, The Proov, Juice Aleem, Busta Rhymes, Mr. Lif, The Cool Kids |  |
They never had a mainstream hit of their own, but during rap's so-called golden age in the late '80s, Eric B. & Rakim were almost universally recognized as the premier DJ/MC team in all of hip-hop. Not only was their chemistry superb, but individually, each represented the absolute state of the art in their respective skills. Eric B. was a hugely influential DJ and beatmaker whose taste for hard-hitting James Brown samples touched off a stampede through the Godfather of Soul's back catalog that continues up to the present day. Rakim, meanwhile, still tops fan polls as the greatest MC of all time. He crafted his rhymes like poetry, filling his lines with elaborate metaphors and complex internal rhymes, and he played with the beat like a jazzman, earning a reputation as the smoothest-flowing MC ever to pick up a mic. His articulation was clear, his delivery seemingly effortless, and his influence on subsequent MCs incalculable.
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Release: January 5, 2010
Label: Island
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Release: February 5, 2008
Label: Island
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