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| Rakim: "Live, Lost & Found" Legendary lyricist Rakim is set to release a brand new album titled "Live, Lost & Found" on March 4th, 2008. "Live, Lost & Found" features four previously unreleased tracks, including the new single "It's Nothing, " as well as an additional 17 tracks of classic Rakim material performed live. Rakim is near-universally acknowledged as one of the greatest MCs - perhaps the greatest - of all time within the hip-hop community. His flow is smooth and liquid, inflected with jazz rhythms and carried off with an effortless cool that makes it sound as though he's not even breaking a sweat. After teaming up with Queens DJ Eric B. in 1986, Rakim recorded a string of classic material like "Eric B. Is President, " "I Ain't No Joke" and "Paid in Full." The duo's first two full-length albums, 1987's "Paid in Full" and 1988's "Follow the Leader, " are still regarded as all-time hip-hop classics; Rakim's work set out a blueprint for other, similarly progressive-minded MCs to follow, and helped ensure that even after the rise of other fertile scenes around the country, East Coast rap would maintain a reputation as the center of innovative lyrical technique. write your comments about the article :: © 2008 Jazz News :: home page |