Listening to Eric B. & Rakim

PopTodd · **Posted:** Tue Dec 21, 2004 3:58 pm

It's the first time I've really listened to them.
I'm borrowing the 20th Century Masters collection from a friend at work and loving it.
Damn good stuff.

hey look · **Posted:** Tue Dec 21, 2004 4:14 pm

Damn right its good stuff.

Rick Derris · **Posted:** Tue Dec 21, 2004 4:17 pm

One of the best MC's ever:

Thinkin of a master plan
Cuz ain't nuthin but sweat inside my hand
So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent
So I dig deeper but still comin up with lint
So I start my mission- leave my residence
Thinkin how could I get some dead presidents
I need money, I used to be a stick-up kid
So I think of all the devious things I did
I used to roll up, this is a hold up, ain't nuthin funny
Stop smiling, be still, don't nuthin move but the money
But now I learned to earn cos I'm righteous
I feel great! so maybe I might just
Search for a 9 to 5, if I strive
Then maybe I'll stay alive
So I walk up the street whistlin this
Feelin out of place cos, man, do I miss
A pen and a paper, a stereo, a tape of
Me and Eric B, and a nice big plate of
Fish, which is my favorite dish
But without no money it's still a wish
Cos I don't like to dream about gettin paid
So I dig into the books of the rhymes that I made
To now test to see if I got pull
Hit the studio, cos I'm paid in full

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

that there is the rosetta stone of modern rapping

hey look · **Posted:** Tue Dec 21, 2004 4:22 pm

Even though "Paid In Full" and "Follow The Leader" are generally considered in the top 10 hip hop albums of all time...I think i listen to "Don't Sweat the Technique" the most.

PopTodd · **Posted:** Tue Dec 21, 2004 4:25 pm

jewels santana Wrote:

that there is the rosetta stone of modern rapping

That is one goddamn accurate statement, my friend.
You can hear how EVERY-FUCKING-BODY was influenced by these guys.
Rakim is as smooth as liquid.

"Follow the Leader" is my favorite track so far.
Damn!

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

contradiction Wrote:

Even though "Paid In Full" and "Follow The Leader" are generally considered in the top 10 hip hop albums of all time...I think i listen to "Don't Sweat the Technique" the most.

the song "don't sweat the technique" is one of the finest beats ever.

Odds Bodkins · **Posted:** Tue Dec 21, 2004 4:50 pm

Eric B. is President... he gets my vote every time.

tehobner · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 8:48 pm **Posts:** 4479

stole my line ^

hey look · **Posted:** Tue Dec 21, 2004 4:58 pm

I was going to buy an Eric B. For President t-shirt.

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

i'm listening to diamond d's first album right now.
i'm in a throwback kind of mood today.

as good or better than i remember.

tehobner · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 8:48 pm **Posts:** 4479

contradiction Wrote:

I was going to buy an Eric B. For President t-shirt.

A friend of mine made one.

Black Magic Putin · **Posted:** Tue Dec 21, 2004 5:06 pm

jewels santana Wrote:

i'm listening to diamond d's first album right now.
i'm in a throwback kind of mood today.

as good or better than i remember.

i play the mp3s of best kept secret and sally's got a one track mind with alarming frequency for me to not have this album anymore.

hey look · **Posted:** Tue Dec 21, 2004 5:06 pm

They used to have one at Hiphopsite.

It's not there anymore, bogus.

Twilightkid · **Posted:** Tue Dec 21, 2004 5:08 pm

Rakim has the coolest voice ever....

tell ya the truth, Tone Loc sounds just like Rakim too.

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

chase Wrote:

jewels santana Wrote:

i'm listening to diamond d's first album right now.
i'm in a throwback kind of mood today.

as good or better than i remember.

i play the mp3s of best kept secret and sally's got a one track mind with alarming frequency for me to not have this album anymore.

nice.
"sally got a one track mind" is the first thing i play every time i pick up a bass.

Busty Rhodes · **Posted:** Tue Dec 21, 2004 5:15 pm

contradiction Wrote:

I think i listen to "Don't Sweat the Technique" the most.

Tight!

Black Magic Putin · **Posted:** Tue Dec 21, 2004 5:16 pm

jewels santana Wrote:

nice.
"sally got a one track mind" is the first thing i play every time i pick up a bass.

that song just reminds me of how totally awesome BET Rap City was back in highschool.

Odds Bodkins · **Posted:** Tue Dec 21, 2004 5:22 pm

chase Wrote:

that song just reminds me of how totally awesome BET Rap City was back in highschool.

Seriously... that show was on point.

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Tue Dec 21, 2004 5:23 pm

chase Wrote:

jewels santana Wrote:

nice.
"sally got a one track mind" is the first thing i play every time i pick up a bass.

that song just reminds me of how totally awesome BET Rap City was back in highschool.

Yeeeah!

Linden Blvd. Represent, Represent-sent, my favorite jam back in the day was Eric B. is President. -- Q-Tip

I'm partial to the song off the Juice Sdtk.

That Diamond D album is probably one of the more underrated/underknown in hip hop.

hey look · **Posted:** Tue Dec 21, 2004 5:24 pm

That's because it has such limited release. Not even on AMG.

Black Magic Putin · **Posted:** Tue Dec 21, 2004 5:26 pm

contradiction Wrote:

That's because it has such limited release. Not even on AMG.

eh?

hey look · **Posted:** Tue Dec 21, 2004 5:28 pm

Yeah, but I was right. Not even under his artist profile.

Besides, was Stunts, Blunts...not before that one?

jewels santana · **Joined:** Thu Nov 04, 2004 2:36 pm **Posts:** 10198

"best kept secret" was just a single, not an album

Black Magic Putin · **Posted:** Tue Dec 21, 2004 5:34 pm

wait, what are you talking about? what's not on AMG?

album:
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=am ... q3g4attvoz

subsequent album:
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=am ... 8ibkd9kakx

i just want to make sure that i'm not mentally missing one.

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