Rakim

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  The 18th Letter/The Book Of Life

  
  

  Not long before hip-hop gave way to gangsta rap in the late '80s, Rakim was the new-school MC of the moment, using a smooth baritone to become the jazz soloist of mystic Afrocentric rap. Along with his street-militant Strong Island alter ego, Chuck D of Public Enemy, Rakim reigned with metaphoric...

  1997 RS: 3.5of 5 Stars

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