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Song Stories

“I Know You Got Soul”

Eric B. & Rakim | 1987
Eric B. and Rakim both had successful careers on their own before they joined forces to become a powerful, and trend-setting, hip-hop duo. One the first acts to use sampling in their songs, they quickly developed a strong following after the release of this single, from both local fans and famous celebrities. “Eric B. was driving a Rolls Royce before he ever put out a record,” Chris Rock told Rolling Stone. “My man was gangsta.”
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“I Can See for Miles”

The Who | 1967

A foreboding accusation of lies and deception, "I Can See for Miles" was given a psychedelic hard-rock veneer by Pete Townshend's whiplash guitar riffs and Keith Moon's thundering drums. The song helped break the Who as stars in the United States, giving them a Top Ten hit in late 1967. "I swoon when I hear the sound," boasted Townshend in Rolling Stone. "The words, which aging senators have called 'drug oriented,' are about a jealous man with exceptionally good eyesight. Honest."

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