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In 1990, Rakim proved he was still the MAN!!! Eric B. and Rakim continued to drop knowledge and excel lyrically. The down side is that their music was not keeping up with the changing times. By 1990, so many other great groups were coming out with more eclectic and revolutionary music. This caused "Let The Rythym Hit Them" to appear dated by the time it was released in the summer 1990. Other than that Ra was still light years ahead of the competition lyrically.
Top Joints: The Ghetto (Classic) Mahogany (Classic) No Omega Let The Rythym Hit'em Untouchable
It's not where you're From, It's where you're at. This album is a true hip hop classic.It's a perfect album.The reason why it's perfect is because u can listen to the whole album straight through.It's also because Rakim has lyrics,flow, and also versital,and u also got Eric B on the turntables and production.So since I can listen to the whole thing,it's hard to tell which track is the best one.One of the best hip hop albums ever.
It hit me, and it'll hit you, hard With their third album, Eric B & Rakim continued a rise to legendary status. Nearly every great artist/band/group has a point where they begin redefining the genre they work in as they continue to push its boundaries. It happened with The Beatles, and Sinatra, and by this point it was already happening with this duo.
Rakim had come in the game with an attention-grabbing flow and delivery, showing an ability to tinker with vocal syncopation and rhythm that outpaced any other MC of the day by miles. On LtRHE, he leaves them--and any modern-day contemporary--behind by lightyears. His ability to speed up, slow down, and singsong his words was a versatility not seen again in rap until Biggie, with a clear articulation that only Nas in his early days has since posessed.
Further, his lyrical abilities--both technically and topically--progressed from amusing bragadoccio rhymes to deep and thoughtful messages, laced with a cleverness of delivery and complexity of structure only early Jay-Z or Nas, or Big Pun could hope to match at their peak performance.
Eric B brings up the underrated half of this duo, perfectly suiting Rakim's abilities with upbeat and jazzy melodies; any producer of less talent (or confidence) would keep the backing relatively the same throughout. Not Eric B; as he knew what his partner could do, he had no qualms with going all-out, creating bass-heavy and quick tracks versus slower, more melodic ones, allowing Ra to show his full range on each track. The jazzyness and goodness of each, plus Rakim's presence on the mic, is enough to keep the album cohesive.
This, like the rest of the Eric B & Rakim collection, is a landmark in hip-hop. Appreciation may not come immediately, but once you are more comfortable with older rap, this will blow you away.
their darkest and best album this to me is their best album,rakim is gettin better and better,and this time now he's rappin a lil bit more slower but its really menacing and lethal,the production in this album are dark and thats surprising because nobody expect them to go that route,and he goes really personal on this album,and i like when rappers do that because that shows you that the rapper too is a human being and has been through what everybody's been through,standout tracks are let the rhythm hit em,in the ghetto (dark beat),run for cover,and mahogany (dark beat,and its about a girl).recommended for fans of rakim and early 90's hip hop.
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