Eric B. & Rakim

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hip hop duo musical group

Eric B. & Rakim are a pioneering hip hop duo renowned for revolutionizing rap lyricism and production during the genre’s Golden Age.

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Label Occurrences
Eric B. & Rakim canonical 5
Eric B. 1
Eric B. & Rakim album "Don't Sweat the Technique" 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hip hop duo ⓘ
musical group ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1986 ⓘ
associatedAct Jive Records artists NERFINISHED ⓘ
Juice Crew NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marley Marl NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived VH1 Hip Hop Honors NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
describedAs one of the most influential hip hop duos of all time ⓘ
era Golden Age of Hip Hop NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre golden age hip hop ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
hasPart DJ ⓘ
MC ⓘ
influenced A Tribe Called Quest NERFINISHED ⓘ
Eminem NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gang Starr NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jay-Z NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kanye West NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nas NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Notorious B.I.G. NERFINISHED ⓘ
lyricsBy Rakim NERFINISHED ⓘ
member Eric B. NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rakim NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicBy Eric B. NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCharacteristic complex multisyllabic lyricism ⓘ
innovative sampling-based production ⓘ
pioneering internal rhyme schemes ⓘ
notableSong Eric B. Is President NERFINISHED ⓘ
I Ain’t No Joke NERFINISHED ⓘ
Microphone Fiend NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork Don’t Sweat the Technique NERFINISHED ⓘ
Follow the Leader NERFINISHED ⓘ
Let the Rhythm Hit ’Em NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paid in Full NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation rappers ⓘ
record producers ⓘ
placeOfOrigin New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordLabel 4th & B’way Records NERFINISHED ⓘ
Island Records ⓘ
MCA Records ⓘ

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Golden Age of hip hop → notableArtist → Eric B. & Rakim ⓘ
Rakim → memberOf → Eric B. & Rakim ⓘ
Rakim → partnerInMusicWith → Eric B. & Rakim ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eric B.
Renegades → originalArtistOfCoveredSong → Eric B. & Rakim ⓘ
4th & B'way Records → released → Eric B. & Rakim ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eric B. & Rakim album "Paid in Full"
4th & B'way Records → released → Eric B. & Rakim ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eric B. & Rakim album "Follow the Leader"
4th & B'way Records → released → Eric B. & Rakim ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eric B. & Rakim album "Don't Sweat the Technique"
4th & B'way Records → released → Eric B. & Rakim ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eric B. & Rakim single "Eric B. Is President"
4th & B'way Records → released → Eric B. & Rakim ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eric B. & Rakim single "Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em"
4th & B'way Records → released → Eric B. & Rakim ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eric B. & Rakim single "Casualties of War"
4th & B'way Records → released → Eric B. & Rakim ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eric B. & Rakim compilation "Gold"
4th & B'way Records → associatedAct → Eric B. & Rakim ⓘ
Hank Shocklee → associatedAct → Eric B. & Rakim ⓘ