#Eric B & Rakim

[opashoo]

Don't Sweat the Technique (Vultures Are Easy)

Dance below the cut

Boogie on Hunter!

Based on the way I actually dance in real life. The gameplay clips are also mine. It turns out drawing backgrounds in Flipaclip is not great, and it's better to draw them out of program to import later. Aggressive Inline (2002) for Gamecube changed my 7 year old brain chemistry the same way Rain World is doing right now.

[todayinhiphophistory]

Today in Hip Hop History:

Eric B. & Rakim released their debut album Paid In Full July 7, 1987

[canmking]

R a k i m T h e G o d M C

[madamshogunassassin]

I Ain't No Joke • Eric B. & Rakim [1987]

[creativelywise]

[sunbookie]

"I Ain't No Joke."

[cartermagazine]

Today We Honor Eric B. & Rakim

In 1987, during the golden era of hip-hop culture, there was a seismic shift in the complexity of rap activated by Eric B. & Rakim and their album Paid in Full.

Rakim introduced internal rhyme schemes that pushed rap into new directions and challenged every MC that followed.

“I was shooting for something different,” Rakim told NPR in 2009. “You know, like, some of my influence was John Coltrane. I played the sax as well. So, listening to him play in the different rhythms that he had, I was trying to write my rhymes as if I was a saxophone player.”

Tom Terrell of NPR called them “the most influential DJ/MC combo in contemporary pop music period.”

Paid In Full was ground breaking and paved the way for MCs who elevated the culture.

CARTER™️ Magazine

[chaptertwo-thepacnw]

eric b. & rakim, paid in full |1987|

[fangomusic]

Yeah, these 4, those are the ones I want. The Boys' M.M. (Mother's Milk, played by Laz Alonso) and some of his best T-shirts. (MF Doom, OutKast, Gang Starr and De La Soul.)

[soupy-sez]

Eric B. & Rakim – I Ain't No Joke (1987) [X]

[tha-wrecka-stow]

The Movie

The Soundtrack

The Single(s)

[todayinhiphophistory]

Today in Hip Hop History:

Eric B. and Rakim released their second album Follow The Leader July 26, 1988

[canmking]

E r i c - B // R a k i m

[ourladyofomega]

Hip-Hop Culture turns 51 today.

[creativelywise]

[hiphophardware]

"Timeless, so age don't count in the booth

When your flow stay submerged in the fountain of youth"

- Rakim

Rakim - Sweat the Technique: Revelations on Creativity from the Lyrical Genius