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Track: State Of Hip Hop Interlude
Artist: Rakim
Album: The Master

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Name: Rakim
Spotify Genres: east coast hip hop, old school hip hop, hip hop
Followers: 1,018,040
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Born: January 28, 1968 / Long Island, NY, United States Rakim Allah, a native of Wyandanch, New York, revolutionised the rap artform during the late 1980s as one half of the influential hip-hop duo Eric B & Rakim. The duo parted ways in 1992 after releasing four popular albums, including the all-time hip-hop classic 'Paid In Full'. After taking a five-year break from music, Rakim returned as a solo artist in 1997 with the album 'The 18th Letter'. He continues to record sporadically.

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Release: Rakim - The Master
Year: 1999
Genres: Hip Hop

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The state of hip-hop right now man, as far as the way I see it
Um I think right now, um, hip-hop is advancing as far as skills
You got brothers, namsayin', getting like more witty
Bringing out more styles, you got DJ's
Doing all kind of crazy shit on the turntables
So you know hip-hop is definitely advancing
We just get, we just get flack because our lyrical content
But um, I like I like the way it's going, and I like you namsayin
The creative process brothers that is tryin' to take it to right now
You nah mean