Eric B. & Rakim : iSOUND.COM™

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Members:
Eric B.
Rakim

Formed: 1985

iSound Site: www.isound.com/eric_b_and_rakim

Biography

Sounds Like

Artists:
EPMD
Boogie Down Productions
Kool Moe Dee
Public Enemy
LL Cool J
Stetsasonic
Rob Base
Paris
Poor Righteous Teachers
Ultramagnetic MC's
Digital Underground
True Mathematics
KRS-One
Erick Sermon
Steady B
Ice Cube
Jungle Brothers
Grandmaster Flash
Ice-T
Intelligent Hoodlum
Kool G Rap
Beastie Boys
Genres:
East Coast Rap
Hip Hop

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	Gold Released: 2005

Biography

Eric B and Rakim are partly responsible for elevating hip-hop from a guy doing call and response at the party, into a real art involving deep, rapid-fire lyrics that take skill to deliver.

Eric B and Rakim also signified the ideal relationship between a rapper and a DJ -- they worked together as a team and showed that this kind of compilmentary partnership can bring both much further along than if they were simply being "produced" in some studio.

Some of the tracks by Eric B and Rakim are classics due to their impact on hip-hop history, such as "Paid in Full" or "I Know You Got Soul" from their first album.

Some tracks are classics due to the cutthroat rhyming over cataclysmic beats, such as "Musical Massacre" and "Follow the Leader".

Some are classics due to Rakim's construction of thematic raps that take you on crazy journies, such as "The Ghetto" or "What's On Your Mind."

You would be wise to buy all their albums immediately and listen to them repeatedly. Period.

Bio written by: mobbSF

Artist Forum


Discussion Topic	Creator
Old school Party in Orlando Hi Eric, Trying to find you contact info for an old school party promotional please contact me at bridgethn@kemetintl.com	01_bridget

Replys	Listener
WHAT THERES GONNA BE A OLD SCHOOL PARTY WHERE AT WHAT TIME ARE WHAT EVER WELL IM GONNA GO NOW OK YO ILL BE THERE NOT LOL WHY I BE SAYIN THAT ANY WAY DAMN WELL OK	WESTSIDE
Eric B and Rakim are Icons of "Real Hip-Hop". If more newbies kept it as real as RAKIM, I wouldn't find new socalled Hip-Hop so comical or "Teenie-Hopper". LOL P.S. I wish whoever is writing about these artist, had better grammar. For example: Dont use all capitals it's a bit "ignant" like you be screamin'.LOL Let Me help - Here. WHAT,(comma) THERES GONNA BE A OLD SCHOOL PARTY,(comma) WHERE ?(use punctuation, like a question mark) AT WHAT TIME? ARE(maybe you meant or whatever) WHAT EVER.(period) WELL(comma) I(apostrophe)M GONNA GO (made no sense before)(your welcome) NOW, OK YO(apostrophe) ILL BE THERE!(exclamation) NOT.(period) LOL. WHY I BE SAYIN THAT ANY WAY(question mark) DAMN(comma) WELL OK (owwkayyy whatever - non sensical grammar) Now, I'm not the best writer, but when tons of people are reading this, I want to respect those lyricists that came before me and still control the industry (behind the scenes) or at least be real about what I write. RAKIM is still my favorite and the greatest!! Peace to Rakim and Eric B.	xtek
what happened 2 dem n e way? aint heard of eric b in ages and last time i heard rakim rap it was on canibus' 2000BC albulm back in '01	jiggyX7