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In the present day in Hip Hop Historical past: Rakim Launched Solo Debut Album ‘The 18th Letter’ 27 Years In the past

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On at the present time in Hip Hop historical past, veteran MC Rakim launched his debut solo LP The 18th Letter. Coming off of the notorious break up of Eric B & Rakim and a 5 yr hiatus, this album was surprisingly thorough and left no room to doubt Rakim’s resilience within the ever-changing Hip Hop world.

Though far faraway from his heyday, Rakim was capable of ship an LP that not solely debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200 but in addition stayed true to the approach that made him wealthy. Tapping producing legends DJ Premier, Pete Rock, Clark Kent(RIP), and Father Shaheed(RIP), Rakim was capable of produce a stable Golden Period album in a time the place mafioso rap was taking New York by storm. Peaking just one spot beneath certainly one of New York’s latest brightest star’s Jay-Z, this album proves that Rakim ages like wine in relation to his lyrical mastery and microphone prowess.

The album additionally got here with a second disc, The E book of Life, which was an Eric B & Rakim biggest hits album.

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