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Rakim

William Michael Griffin Jr. (born January 28, 1968), known by his stage name Rakim, is an American rapper. One half of golden age hip hop duo Eric B. & Rakim, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential and most skilled MCs of all time.

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Song	Album	Duration
Addictive	Truthfully Speaking 2002	3:46
Addictive	Truthfully Speaking [Clean] 2002	3:46
Addictive	DJ Language/Sean B. 2002	1:42
Addictive	Unknown Album	3:46
Addictive-Contagious	Unknown Album
Adiós	Masterpiece [Bonus Tracks] 2006	3:08
After You Die	Unknown Album
All Night Long	The Master 1999	4:23
All Night Long	The Master [Clean] 1999	4:22
Amigo	Masterpiece [Bonus Tracks] 2006	3:03
As the Rhyme Goes On	Paid in Full 1987	4:01
As the Rhyme Goes On	Paid in Full [Bonus Tracks] 1987	4:00
As the Rhyme Goes On [Pumpin' the Turbo - Chad Jay in Effect Version]	Rarities Edition: Paid in Full 2010	6:10
Better Than I've Ever Been: Classic [DJ Premier Remix]	Better Than I've Ever Been: Classic [DJ Premier Remix] 2007
Black Messiah	Unknown Album	4:09
Casualties of War	The 18th Letter/The Book of Life 1997	4:02
Chinese Arithmetic	Paid in Full 1987	4:07
Chinese Arithmetic	Paid in Full [Bonus Tracks] 1987	4:06
Classic	Heavy Rotation Allstar Compilation, Vol. 9 2007	2:02
Concrete Jungle	Chant Down Babylon 1999	4:13
Concrete Jungle	Unknown Album	4:12
Dame lo Que Quiero	Unknown Album	3:34
Dedicated	Unknown Album	5:58
Dime	Masterpiece [Bonus Tracks] 2006	4:23
Dime Que Será	Unknown Album	3:21
Don't Sweat The Technique	The Archive: Live, Lost & Found 2008	1:58
Don't Sweat the Technique	Icon 2014	4:20
Don't Sweat the Technique	The Lincoln Lawyer [Original Soundtrack] 2011	4:22
Down	Bad Boy: The Concert 2007	4:04
Down	Masterpiece [Bonus Tracks] 2006	3:45
E.L.E. 2 Intro	Unknown Album	7:12
Eric B is President	Soho Session 2010	1:43
Eric B. Is President	Paid in Full 1987	6:19
Eric B. Is President	Mr. Magic's Rap Attack, Vol. 2 1987	4:58
Eric B. Is President	Paid in Full [Bonus Tracks] 1987	6:18
Eric B. Is President	The Archive: Live, Lost & Found 2008	2:43
Eric B. Is President	Icon 2014	6:18
Eric B. Is President	Hip Hop Essentials, Vol. 10 2006	6:18
Eric B. Is President	The 18th Letter/The Book of Life 1997	6:15
Eric B. Is President	Unknown Album	6:15
Eric B. Is President [Album Version]	Fabriclive.14 2004	2:23
Finest Ones	The Master 1999	4:25
Finest Ones [Featuring Clark Kent]	The Master 1999	4:24
Finest Ones [Featuring Clark Kent]	The Master [Clean] 1999	4:24
Flow Forever	The Master 1999	4:11
Flow Forever	The Master [Clean] 1999	4:11
Follow The Leader	The Archive: Live, Lost & Found 2008	1:39
Follow the Leader	The Hip Hop Box 2004	5:34
Follow the Leader	Essential R&B - The Very Best of R&B Summer 2004 2005	5:33
Follow the Leader	Icon 2014	5:33
Follow the Leader	Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap 2012	5:32
Follow the Leader	The 18th Letter/The Book of Life 1997	5:32
Friends	20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Jody Watley 2000	4:31
Friends	Larger Than Life 1989	4:23
Friends	You Wanna Dance with Me? 1990	5:52
Friends	Ladies of the 80's, Vol. 2 [Madacy] 1999	4:31
Friends	Hot Airplay R 'N' B: The Ultimate Collection 1998
Friends	Classic DJ Mix, Vol. 1 1996
Friends	Black Millennium Party 1999	4:28
Friends	Unknown Album	4:23
God Emcees	Unknown Album
Guess Who's Back	Street Jams 1998	4:11
Guess Who's Back	The 18th Letter/The Book of Life 1997	4:10
Guess Who's Back	The 18th Letter 1997	4:11
Guess Who's Back	Hip Hop Classics Collection 2008	3:45
Guess Who's Back	The Archive: Live, Lost & Found 2008
Guess Who's Back	Black Summer Party 2000
Guess Who's Back	CMJ New Music, Vol. 53
Guess Who's Back	Gold Hip Hop Classics
Guess Who's Back	Most Wanted Hip Hop/R&B Classics, Vol. 2 2006
Guess Who's Back	Guess Who's Back 1997	3:31
Guess Who's Back	Unknown Album	4:10
Guess Who's Back [Alternate Mix]	The 18th Letter/The Book of Life 1997	4:10
Guess Who's Back [Alternate Mix]	The 18th Letter 1997	4:11
Guess Who's Back?	The Archive: Live, Lost & Found 2008	2:04
Guess Who's Back?	Unknown Album	2:04
Guess Whos Back	Wake Up Show: Mix Archives, Vol. 3-4 2004	2:36
Guilty All The Same	Unknown Album	5:55
Guilty All the Same	The Hunting Party 2014	5:53
Guilty All the Same	Hunting Party [CD/DVD] 2014	5:53
Heat It Up	Gunmen 1993	3:42
Heat It Up	Gangsta Hip Hop, Vol. 2 1994	3:44
Heat It Up	Heat It Up 1993	4:01
Heat It Up	Unknown Album	3:42
Holy Are U	The Seventh Seal 2009	4:05
Holy Are You	Holy Are You 2009	4:07
Holy Are You	Soho Session 2010	3:50
Holy Are You	The Seventh Seal 2009	4:06
Hoodlum	Hoodlum [Original Score] 1997
Hoodlum	Armed and Dangerous: Best of Big Noyd 2003	3:14
Hoodlum	Hoodlum [Original Soundtrack] 1997	4:16
How I Get Down	The Master 1999	4:05
How I Get Down	The Master [Clean] 1999	4:05
How To Emcee	Unknown Album	7:02
I Ain't No Joke	Paid in Full 1987	3:55
I Ain't No Joke	Paid in Full [Bonus Tracks] 1987	3:52
I Ain't No Joke	The Archive: Live, Lost & Found 2008	3:33
I Ain't No Joke	Icon 2014	3:53
I Ain't No Joke	The 18th Letter/The Book of Life 1997	3:52
I Ain't No Joke	Unknown Album	3:52
I Am	Child of the Ghetto 2001	3:58
I Am	Unknown Album	3:58
I Know	The Master 1999	4:07
I Know	The Master [Clean] 1999	4:07
I Know You Got Soul	Paid in Full 1987	4:44
I Know You Got Soul	Paid in Full [Bonus Tracks] 1987	4:44
I Know You Got Soul	Eastside 2003	4:47
I Know You Got Soul	The Archive: Live, Lost & Found 2008	2:41
I Know You Got Soul	Pushing It Hard 2003	4:45
I Know You Got Soul	Time After Time, Vol. 2 2003	5:57
I Know You Got Soul	This or That 1999	1:05
I Know You Got Soul	Icon 2014	4:45
I Know You Got Soul	Euro Dance Party, Vol. 2 [Radikal] 2004	3:08
I Know You Got Soul	Hip Hop Essentials, Vol. 11 2006	4:45
I Know You Got Soul	Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas [Box Set] 2004	4:43
I Know You Got Soul	I Know You Got Soul [CD/12" Single] 2003	6:46
I Know You Got Soul	Unknown Album	6:01
I'll Be There	The Master 1999	5:10
I'll Be There	The Master [Clean] 1999	5:09
I'll Be There [Featuring Nneka Morton]	The Master 1999	5:09
In the Ghetto	The Complete Collection 1987-1992 2018	5:50
Intro	The Master 1999	1:23
Intro	The 18th Letter/The Book of Life 1997	0:12
Intro	The 18th Letter 1997	0:13
Intro	The Master [Clean] 1999	1:22
It's Been A Long Time	The Archive: Live, Lost & Found 2008	2:59
It's Been A Long Time	Hip Hop: A Tribute To Urban Culture 2006	3:57
It's Been a Long Time	Hip Hop Mix 1999	1:15
It's Been a Long Time	The 18th Letter/The Book of Life 1997	3:57
It's Been a Long Time	The 18th Letter 1997	3:57
It's Been a Long Time	The Tables Have Turned 1999	3:26
It's Been a Long Time	Mix Tape, Vol. 1 1998	1:15
It's Been a Long Time	Tha Remix Album 2005	3:47
It's Been a Long Time	Unknown Album	3:57
It's Been a Long Time [Suave House Mix]	The 18th Letter/The Book of Life 1997	3:58
It's Been a Long Time [Suave House Mix]	The 18th Letter 1997	3:59
It's a Must	The Master 1999	4:24
It's a Must	The Master [Clean] 1999	4:23
It's a Must [Featuring Rahzel]	The Master 1999	4:23
It's the R	The Master 1999	4:16
It's the R	Unknown Album	4:15
Juice (Know The Ledge) *	Unknown Album
Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em	20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Eric B. & Rakim 2001	5:25
Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em	The 18th Letter/The Book of Life 1997	5:24
Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em	Icon 2014	5:24
Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em	The Complete Collection 1987-1992 2018	6:12
Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em	The Remixes [1987-1992] 2017	5:30
Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em	Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em 1990	5:28
Let the Rhythm Hit Em	Soho Session 2010	5:46
Living For The City	Unknown Album
Lyrics of Fury	The Complete Collection 1987-1992 2018	4:13
Lyrics of Fury	Follow the Leader 1988	4:13
Lyrics of Fury	The 18th Letter/The Book of Life 1997	4:11
Mahogany	The 18th Letter/The Book of Life 1997	4:27
Mahogany	The Archive: Live, Lost & Found 2008	1:32
Mahogany	Icon 2014	4:36
Mahogany	The Remixes [1987-1992] 2017	4:08
Mahogany	The Complete Collection 1987-1992 2018	4:08
Man Above	The Seventh Seal 2009	4:27
Message In The Song	Unknown Album
Microphone Fiend	The 18th Letter/The Book of Life 1997	5:13
Microphone Fiend	Soho Session 2010	6:22
Microphone Fiend	The Archive: Live, Lost & Found 2008	3:19
Microphone Fiend	Unknown Album	5:13
Microphone Fiend	Hip Hop Essentials, Vol. 3 2005	5:24
Microphone Fiend [Album Version]	Unknown Album	3:32
Militia [Remix]	Belly 1998	3:38
Move The Crowd	The Archive: Live, Lost & Found 2008	1:49
Move the Crowd	Paid in Full 1987	3:47
Move the Crowd	Paid in Full [Bonus Tracks] 1987	3:48
Murderer	Barrington 1993	4:21
My Melody	Paid in Full 1987	6:47
My Melody	Paid in Full [Bonus Tracks] 1987	6:47
My Melody	Soho Session 2010	4:18
My Melody	The Archive: Live, Lost & Found 2008	2:37
My Melody	Hip Hop Essentials, Vol. 6 2006	6:48
My Melody	The Complete Collection 1987-1992 2018	5:57
My Melody	The Remixes [1987-1992] 2017	5:57
My Melody	Unknown Album
Mystery (who Is God)	Unknown Album
Nena	Pina Records All Stars, Vol. 2 2004	2:41
Nena	Reggaeton Explosion, Vol. 2 [CD/DVD] 2006	3:37
Nena	Unknown Album	2:41
New York (Ya Out There)	The 18th Letter/The Book of Life 1997	4:03
New York (Ya Out There)	The 18th Letter 1997	4:04
New York (Ya Out There)	Hip Hop History: Chapters 1 & 2: 90's Finest 2017	2:39
Nos Fuimos	Unknown Album	2:54
Off the Hook [D-Dot RMX]	Off the Hook [CD #3] 1998	4:06
Outro	The 18th Letter/The Book of Life 1997	1:19
Outro	The 18th Letter 1997	1:20
Paid In Full	Hip To The Hop	3:49
Paid In Full	The Archive: Live, Lost & Found 2008	1:52
Paid In Full	Respect the Classics 2016	3:50
Paid In Full [Seven Minutes of Madness - The Coldcut Remix]	Old School Hip Hop Jams/Old School Jams, Vol. 6	7:07
Paid in Full	Hip Hop: The Collection 2004	3:44
Paid in Full	Paid in Full 1987	3:50
Paid in Full	Best of Maxi Club Mix, Vol. 5	7:10
Paid in Full	Paid in Full [Bonus Tracks] 1987	3:48
Paid in Full	Icon 2014	3:48
Paid in Full	History Of HipHop [Universal] 2004	3:48
Paid in Full	The Definitive Electro & Hip Hop Collection 2004	3:27
Paid in Full	The Complete Collection 1987-1992 2018	3:50
Paid in Full	Unknown Album	3:49
Paid in Full [Derek B's Urban Respray Version]	Rarities Edition: Paid in Full 2010	5:15
Paid in Full [Mini Madness-The Coldcut Remix; Bonus Track]	Unknown Album	3:37
*Paid in Full [Mini Madness-The Coldcut Remix][]**	Paid in Full [Bonus Tracks] 1987	3:37
Paid in Full [Seven Minutes of Madness - The Coldcut Remix]	Old School Hip Hop Jams, Vol. 3 2007	7:07
Paid in Full [Seven Minutes of Madness - The Coldcut Remix]	Rarities Edition: Paid in Full 2010	7:10
Paid in Full [Seven Minutes of Madness - the Coldcut Remix]	Fabriclive.26 2006	3:05
Pasado	Reggaeton's Best Features 2005	3:44
Pasado	Romantic Reggaeton Mix 2007
Pasado	Unknown Album	3:44
R.A.K.I.M.	Vinyl LPs 2015
R.A.K.I.M.	8 Mile 2002	4:24
R.A.K.I.M.	8 Mile [Deluxe Edition] 2002	4:23
RAKIM	8 Mile [Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture] 2002
Real Shit	The Master 1999	4:21
Real Shit	Unknown Album	4:21
Remember That	The 18th Letter/The Book of Life 1997	4:40
Remember That	The 18th Letter 1997	4:40
Remember That	The Archive: Live, Lost & Found 2008	1:18
Sacarte de Mi Mente	Unknown Album	3:42
Saga Begins	The Archive: Live, Lost & Found 2008	1:25
Satisfaction Guaranteed	Unknown Album	7:23
Show Me Love	The 18th Letter/The Book of Life 1997	4:18
Show Me Love	The 18th Letter 1997	4:19
State of Hip Hop (Interlude)	The Master 1999	0:39
State of Hip Hop Interlude	The Master 1999	0:39
State of Hip Hop Interlude	The Master [Clean] 1999	0:39
Stay a While	The 18th Letter/The Book of Life 1997	4:25
Stay a While	The 18th Letter 1997	4:25
Still In Love	Unknown Album	4:30
Streets of New York (City Life)	Diary of Alicia Keys [Import Bonus Track] 2003	4:55
Streets of New York (City Life)	Miss Keys 2008
Streets of New York (City Life)	Songs in A Minor/The Diary of Alicia Keys 2006	4:55
Strong Island	The Master 1999	4:33
Strong Island	The Master [Clean] 1999	4:33
Sueltate	Masterpiece [Bonus Tracks] 2006	3:47
Sueltate	Unknown Album	3:47
Take the Train	Rugrats: The Movie 1998	4:06
Take the Train	The Rugrats Movie: Music from the Motion Picture 1998	4:05
Take the Train	Unknown Album	4:05
The 18th Letter (Always and Forever)	The 18th Letter/The Book of Life 1997	3:00
The 18th Letter (Always and Forever)	The 18th Letter 1997	3:01
The Militia	Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr 1999	3:36
The Militia II [Remix]	Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr [Clean] 1999	3:36
The Militia II [Remix]	Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr 1999
The Mystery (Who Is God?)	The 18th Letter/The Book of Life 1997	5:20
The Mystery (Who is God?)	The 18th Letter 1997	5:21
The Punisher	The Complete Collection 1987-1992 2018	4:06
The Saga Begins	The 18th Letter/The Book of Life 1997	4:22
The Saga Begins	The 18th Letter 1997	4:22
The Watcher	The Blueprint 2.1 2003	5:54
The Watcher 2	The Blueprint Collector's Edition 2009	5:57
The Watcher 2	The Blueprint²: The Gift & the Curse 2002	5:57
The Watcher 2	The Blueprint²: The Gift & the Curse [Clean] 2002	5:57
The Watcher 2	The Blueprint 2.1	5:57
The Watcher 2	The Blueprint 2.1 [Clean] 2003	5:54
The Watcher Pt. 3	Unknown Album
Tocarte Toa	Unknown Album	4:45
Tu No Estas	Unknown Album	3:17
Uplift	The Master 1999	3:09
Uplift	The Master [Clean] 1999	3:09
Uplift	Unknown Album	3:09
Waiting For the World To End	The Master 1999	4:05
Waiting for the World to End	The Master [Clean] 1999	4:05
Walk These Streets	Unknown Album
We'll Never Stop	The Master 1999	4:22
We'll Never Stop	The Master [Clean] 1999	4:21
We'll Never Stop [Featuring Connie McKendrick]	The Master 1999	4:21
What's on Your Mind	Blazin: The After Party 2005	4:33
What's on Your Mind?	The Archive: Live, Lost & Found 2008	1:44
When I B On Tha Mic	Unknown Album	6:12
When I'm Flowin	The 18th Letter 1997	5:04
When I'm Flowin	Unknown Album	5:04
When I'm Flowin'	The 18th Letter/The Book of Life 1997	5:04
When I'm Flowin'	The 18th Letter 1997	5:04
Wonders	Unknown Album	3:29
Working For You	Unknown Album	4:18
You Know the Deal	Rotten Apple 2006	4:05
You Know the Deal	Unknown Album	4:05

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