The Music In My Mind

Tag: RAKIM

  • Every Producer’s Best Sample Flip – West Coast

    Every Producer’s Best Sample Flip – West Coast

    A good producer needs to have a musical ear for things that most humans might not hear, it could be a one-second snippet, or many layered chops of random parts of a song. This series will comprise the best sample flip from producers from each coast (East, West, Midwest, and South).

  • Best 80s Rap Album – Runners Up

    Best 80s Rap Album – Runners Up

    This album revolutionized the art of rapping for the better. Rakim used rhymes in the middle and end of the bar, instead of just the end and used multisyllabic rhymes. Great examples of this are album highlights: “I Ain’t No Joke” & “Eric B is President”.