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Eric B. & Rakim

Eric B. & Rakim

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Eric B & Rakim: 
Paid In Full

Review by Richard Grabel, New Musical Express, August 1987

THE BOY Rakim has a helluva style on the mike. ...

Eric B & Rakim: Paid In Full (4th & Broadway/Island)

Review by David Stubbs, Melody Maker, 12 September 1987

AFTER GO-GO'S burial come murmurs of the death of hip hop. Has it seized up? Why has the string of rap egos and attendant DJs ...

Eric B & Rakim: Paid In Full (4th & Broadway BRLP 5I4/CD)

Review by Damon Wise, Sounds, 19 September 1987

CENTS, NICKELS, dimes, quarters, dollar bills... if the ringing of the cash till is truly the sound of the American heartbeat, then no one can ...

Eric B and Rakim: The Rap Payback

Interview by Sean O'Hagan, New Musical Express, 10 October 1987

SEAN O'HAGAN chills out, cuts the ice and pumps it up with rap's sharpest rhythm-monger ERIC — "all the best music has a bad image" ...

Sampling the Sounds

Report by Simon Frith, Jon Savage, The Observer, 18 October 1987

SIMON FRITH and JON SAVAGE on more copyright complexities ...

LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Eric B & Rakim: Hammersmith Odeon, London

Live Review by Steven Wells, New Musical Express, 7 November 1987

SOFA, SO GOOOOOOD! ...

Eric B & Rakim: Bought and Sould

Interview by David Stubbs, Melody Maker, 14 November 1987

WITH A HIT ALBUM AND THE TOP 30 SINGLE, 'PAID IN FULL', ERIC B & RAKIM HAVE FINALLY FOUND SUCCESS WITH THEIR UNCOMPROMISING BRAND OF ...

Public Enemy/Eric B And Rakim: Brixton Academy, London

Live Review by Simon Reynolds, Melody Maker, 12 December 1987

PUBLIC NUISANCE ...

Eric B & Rakim: The Motormouths Speed On!

Interview by Simon Witter, New Musical Express, 2 July 1988

With the American music biz finally embracing hip hop, Eric B & Rakim – contract expired – have been able to cash in their uncompromised ...

Taking the Rap

Report and Interview by Bruce Dessau, The Guardian, 5 August 1988

Club violence and the whiff of gunsmoke are accompanying rap's rise to prominence in the United States. Bruce Dessau reports ...

Eric B. & Rakim: Follow The Leader (MCA MCG 6031)

Review by Jeff Lorez, Blues & Soul, 30 August 1988

WITH RAP being caught in an apparent rut with many acts seemingly utilising too many of the same beats, riffs and grooves upon which to ...

New albums from Stetsasonic, Masters Of Ceremony, Eric B. & Rakim and Salt 'N' Pepa

Review by Randall Grass, Musician, October 1988

Stetsasonic: In Full Gear (Tommy Boy); Masters Of Ceremony: Dynamite (4th & Broadway); Eric B. & Rakim: Follow the Leader (UNI); Salt 'N' Pepa: <i>A ...

Eric B & Rakim: Chain Reaction

Interview by Damon Wise, Sounds, 18 February 1989

They're picked on for wearing gold and singled out by samplers, but Eric B & Rakim don't mind — so long as their positive message ...

Eric B & Rakim: Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em (MCA DMCG 6097)

Review by Andy Gill, The Independent, 22 June 1990

THE GOLD rope worn by Eric B on the cover of the duo's first album for MCA is the largest I've seen, a ludicrous piece ...

Eric B & Rakim: Don't Sweat The Technique (MCA/All formats)

Review by Angus Batey, New Musical Express, 20 June 1992

SWEAT SOUL MUSIC ...

Rakim: I'll Be Back

Interview by Angus Batey, Hip-Hop Connection, December 1995

Once upon a rhyme, a young rapper called Rakim hooked up with a deejay named Eric B. The collision was cataclysmic and their impact deadly. ...

Eric B & Rakim: Paid In Full: Platinum Edition (Island) *****

Review by Neil Kulkarni, Melody Maker, 31 October 1998

IN THE LATE EIGHTIES, Eric B & Rakim were, simply, the coolest sonic and lyrical innovators hip hop had ever seen: street-level poets and musical ...

Marley Marl

Interview by Alex Ogg, unpublished, 1999

Marley Marl talks about his inadvertent "invention" of the drum sample and his involvement in the first Eric B and Rakim record. This was originally ...

Rhymin' And Stealin'

Retrospective and Interview by Angus Batey, MOJO, September 2003

Back in 1986 hip hop entered a golden age — lyrical revolution, sonic innovation, and individuality — that gave rise to such rap legends as ...

Eric B. & Rakim: Apollo Theater, Harlem

Live Review by Miles Marshall Lewis, The Village Voice, 10 July 2017

Eric B. & Rakim play to their die-hard fans at Paid in Full tribute show ...

Best Eric B And Rakim Songs: 20 Trailblazing Tracks

Guide by Ben Merlis, uDiscoverMusic, 28 January 2021

Measuring up to anything laid down a quarter century ago, the best Eric B And Rakim songs remain timeless and hugely influential. ...

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