1. Intro ft Kendrick Lamar 00:54
2. Eric B is President 01:39
3. Microphone Fiend 01:58
4. When I Be On The Mic 01:46
5. Paid in Full 01:57
6. Classic Verse 01:14
7. Set 'em Straight 03:32
8. As The Rhyme Goes On 02:52
9. In the Ghetto 03:40
10. For The Listeners 01:41
11. Move the Crowd 01:34
12. Check My Melody (Original Version) 03:49
13. When I'm Flowin' 02:15
14. 18th Letter (Chorus) 00:39
15. Mahogany ft Al Green 03:45
16. New York (Y'all Out There) 02:34
17. The Empire State Of Mind (Dj Tiger blend) 01:10
18. NY to Cali 02:17
19. The Saga Begins 02:28
20. Working For You 01:38
21. Madiba (Nelson Mandela Tribute) 02:10
22. Murderer ft Barrington Levy 02:04
23. Gettin Up verse 01:16
24. Militia Pt 2 ft Gang Starr 01:57
25. Waiting for The World To End 02:13
26. Trying To Write Rhymes 01:10
27. Hoodlum II Verse 00:41
28. Tell Me Whats Wrong 01:31
29. Hoodlum (Original), a Dj J Love Exclusive 02:31
30. Step Back 02:34
31. Bring It On 01:09
32. When You Die (Prod by Dr Dre) 02:10
33. Concrete Jungle verse 00:56
34. Exclusive freestyle with Chinese 01:07
35. Curious (Whats On Your Mind) 03:11
36. Off The Hook verse ft Jody Watley 01:02
37. So Addictive verse 00:37
38. U Got It! (Soul Break) 00:34
39. I Know U Got Soul 01:09
40. I Aint No Joke ft The JB's 02:53
41. Dont Sweat The Technique 01:21
42. Run for Cover 01:48
43. Follow The Leader 02:12
44. The R ft Rock Creek Park 01:57
45. Let The Rhythm Hit Em' 03:07
46. No Omega 03:40
47. Know The Ledge 03:19
48. No Competition 02:40
49. Lyrics of Fury ft The Funky Drummer 02:41
50. Heat it Up 02:58
51. Complicatem (unreleased exclusive) 02:04
52. Hypnotic (unreleased exclusive) 01:48
53. You Don't Fool Me (unreleased exclusive) 02:06
54. Everything's Cool (unreleased exclusive) 02:16
55. King's Paradise 03:02
FLAC - (CHECK ''ASK FOR FLAC'' SECTION ABOVE)
MP3 320 - Uploaded / Mega
Check this dope mix out. If you like the stuff, support artist who released this mix, here.
Rakim is near-universally acknowledged as one of the greatest MCs -- perhaps the greatest -- of all time within the hip-hop community. It isn't necessarily the substance of what he says that's helped him win numerous polls among rap fans in the know; the majority of his lyrics concern his own skills and his Islamic faith. But in terms of how he says it, Rakim is virtually unparalleled. 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. He raised the bar for MC technique higher than it had ever been, helping to pioneer the use of internal rhymes -- i.e., rhymes that occurred in the middle of lines, rather than just at the end. Where many MCs of the time developed their technique through improvisational battles, Rakim was among the first to demonstrate the possibilities of sitting down and writing intricately crafted lyrics packed with clever word choices and metaphors (of course, he also had the delivery to articulate them). Even after his innovations were worshipfully absorbed and expanded upon by countless MCs who followed, Rakim's early work still sounds startlingly fresh, and his comeback recordings (beginning in the late '90s) only added to his legend.
