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Eric Barrier (Eric B.) and William Griffin (Rakim), were a hip-hop duo
known as Eric B. & Rakim. The pair is generally considered to be one of the
most influential and groundbreaking groups in the history of hip hop, due
to their dark production and Rakim's revolutionary rhyming style, which was
smooth, seemingly effortless, and used remarkably complex rhyming schemes
involving internal rhymes and sophisticated metaphors. Their single "I Know
You Got Soul," which borrowed extensively from the Bobby Byrd record "I
Know You Got Soul," was one of the era's stand-out James Brown-influenced
recordings, and further popularized the extensive sampling of Mr. Brown's
catalogue in an addition to other similar soul and funk artists.
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Career 1986-92 Eric B. & Rakim began recording together in the middle of
the decade with "Eric B. Is President" (1986 in music) f
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