Rakim made complex rapping sound effortless 💯 When Eric B. & Rakim emerged in 1986 with “… — @hiphopofthe90s

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@hiphopofthe90s's TikTok video "Rakim made complex rapping sound effortless 💯 When Eric B. & Rakim emerged in 1986 with “Eric B. Is President” and “My Melody,” Rakim brought a calm delivery, internal rhyme schemes and multi-syllable patterns that sounded different from much of the era. Instead of relying only on rhymes at the ends of lines, he placed them throughout his verses and changed rhythms without losing control of the beat. Rakim has connected his approach to jazz, naming John Coltrane as an influence and explaining that he wanted to bring different rhythms into his rhymes. That musical thinking can be heard in the timing, spacing and relaxed delivery that became central to his style. Their 1987 debut album, “Paid in Full,” helped establish a new standard for lyrical rap. Decades later, the technique on display here still sounds remarkably modern. What Rakim track would you play for someone hearing him for the first time? 🤔⁉️ #rap #hiphop #rapmusic #hiphopmusic #freestyle" has 81,739 views, 8,226 likes, 138 comments, 344 shares in the public metrics captured by this index. That is an engagement rate of 10.65% (likes, comments and shares over views). It was posted over two weeks ago and runs 33 seconds. It has been saved 1,230 times.

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It was posted on 2026-09-28, over two weeks ago.

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