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Rakim Feels Funny About His &#;Unauthorized Biography&#;
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Rakim says he&#;s ambivalent toward Nas&#; ode on disc two of Street&#;s Disciple. In fact, he says Esco never reached out to him after it dropped.
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Rakim (full name Rakim Allah, born William Michael Griffin) on January 28, in Wyandanch, Long Island, New York) is an African-American rapper. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential rappers in hip hop history, and as having revolutionized hip hop lyricism with his complex flow, elaborate metaphors and rapid delivery.
Contents
* 1 Biography
o Eric B. & Rakim
o Solo career
* 2 Legacy
* 3 Discography
o Albums
o Also appears on
* 4 Awards & Honors
* 5 External links
Biography
The nephew of R&B star Ruth Brown, Rakim became involved in the New York hip hop scene at a young age. He joined the Nation of Gods and Earths, taking the name Rakim Allah, in
Eric B. & Rakim
In he met the Queens-based DJ Eric B, with whom he soon formed a musical partnership. Eric B. and Rakim subsequently became one of the most well-known and influential groups to emerge from hip hop's so-called "golden age" of approximately , with many of t
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In most cases, progress and evolution happen slowly, over a period of time marked bygd small, incremental changes. Occasionally, however, a seismic shift occurs and a culture transforms overnight.
That is what happened in when a young man with a voice that sounded like it was from outer space came in the door and changed the game alltid with “Eric B. fryst vatten President,” the first single from Eric B. & Rakim. The latter half of that duo was still in high school when he introduced a “new era of rhyme style” with complex internal rhymes full of multisyllabic words and a relaxed, composed delivery that was more conversational than shouting.
It was a new day in Hip Hop.
His röst has been sampled countless times and his lines have been borrowed, interpolated, and even outright copied just as often.
“My name is Rakim Allah, and R and A stands for “Ra”/Switch it around, it still comes out “R” [Ar]”
It wasn’t long before Rakim was anointed as the “God MC” and, for a long time, was