“Microphone Fiend”

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“Microphone Fiend” is a classic hip hop track originally by Eric B. & Rakim, later famously covered by Rage Against the Machine on their album *Renegades*.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
album Follow the Leader NERFINISHED
artist Eric B. & Rakim NERFINISHED
BsideOf single Follow the Leader
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
coverArtist Rage Against the Machine NERFINISHED
coveredBy Rage Against the Machine NERFINISHED
coverVersionAlbumType studio album
coverVersionLabel Epic Records NERFINISHED
coverVersionOn Renegades NERFINISHED
coverVersionPerformer Brad Wilk NERFINISHED
Tim Commerford NERFINISHED
Tom Morello NERFINISHED
Zack de la Rocha NERFINISHED
coverVersionReleaseYear 2000
genre hip hop
hasCoverVersionGenre rap metal
hasInstrumentation bassline
drum machine
turntables
hasMusicalStyle golden age hip hop
hasNotableLyric "I was a fiend before I became a teen"
hasSubgenre rap
hasTempo mid‑tempo
hasTheme addiction to the microphone and performing
hasTrackNumber 2 on album Follow the Leader
hasVocalStyle rapping
includedIn Eric B. & Rakim discography NERFINISHED
influenced later hip hop artists
isClassicOf hip hop
language English
notableFor complex lyricism
influential status in hip hop
originallyPerformedBy Eric B. & Rakim NERFINISHED
partOf album Follow the Leader
performedLiveBy Eric B. & Rakim NERFINISHED
Rage Against the Machine NERFINISHED
performer Eric B. & Rakim NERFINISHED
producer Eric B. & Rakim NERFINISHED
recordLabel MCA Records
UNI Records NERFINISHED
releaseYear 1988
usesElement sampling
writer Eric B. NERFINISHED
Rakim NERFINISHED

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Renegades containsCoverOf “Microphone Fiend”