Follow the Leader
Eric B. & Rakim
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Follow the Leader | Eric B. & Rakim | 5:36 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Microphone Fiend | Eric B. & Rakim | 5:17 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Lyrics of Fury | Eric B. & Rakim | 4:15 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Eric B. Never Scared | Eric B. & Rakim | 5:21 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Just a Beat | Eric B. & Rakim | 2:07 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Put Your Hands Together | Eric B. & Rakim | 5:15 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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To the Listeners | Eric B. & Rakim | 4:32 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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No Competition | Eric B. & Rakim | 3:52 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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The R | Eric B. & Rakim | 3:55 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Musical Massacre | Eric B. & Rakim | 4:29 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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Beats for the Listeners | Eric B. & Rakim | 4:08 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 11 Songs |
iTunes Review
Rakim’s command of language continued on its existentialist bent (“Am I eternal, or an eternalist?”) on Follow the Leader, his and DJ Eric B.’s second album. Noting in the title and opening cut that there’s “one R in the alphabet,” he both took greatness as his due and demonstrated why. Boasting about his ability to disorient with words in “Lyrics of Fury” (“The pain’s a migraine every time you think”), he convinces us that the reason “the album was late” is that we were still digesting the previous one. And Eric B.’s art kept up, with multi-instrumentalist Stevie Blass Griffin contributing to the musical flow. The backward-spun syncopations of “No Competition” opened up new possibilities of hip-hop sound, and the cutmaster’s showcase “Eric B. Never Scared” is a masterpiece of tone and intent built from a tiny group of elements: a crushing beat, samples of Bob Marley and the Eagles (!), and a couple of Rakim slogans (“Never scared, I’ll just have fun”).
Customer Reviews
Time Machine
Rakim was 20 years ahead of his time. He is one of the only artists that you can listen to today and it's still incredible. He is the ONLY artist you can listen to today and amazingly he tops all the rappers of today in the 'skills' department. He has been a legend for some time and there are times when you listen to one of his tracks and you hear something new or understand something that you missed before. We are now in a time with rap where it's all gimmicks, sex and drugs and talent has been thrown out of the window. The fans are being 'dumbed down' and if you were to play a Rakim track for them they couldn't even appreciate it. Rap is an art, but unfortunately there are only a hand full of artists today. As of now this genre is controled by nepotism, racism, drugs and homosexuals. I'm looking forward to his new album. It will be interesting to hear what he has to say about the dilemma that hip hop is in today.
wow
this album single handedly creates a blueprint for all other mc's to come. The rhyme schemes found all throughout the 90's can be traced back to rakim. Check out the song Put Your Hands Together (dont mind the mintue long piano intro), it sets the standards for rappers. Its almost 2 decades old and it still continues to hold the true meaning of hip hop, espeacially over the sad state of hip hop today. one.
Unstoppable
Rakim is one of the best that ever did it. He cotinues to shine
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- $9.99
- Genres: Hip Hop/Rap, Music, Hip-Hop, Hardcore Rap, Rap, East Coast Rap
- Released: Jul 25, 1988
- ℗ 1988 UNI Records Inc.
