Rakim

Dear Rick Rubin 11/04/2009

It’s A Beautiful Thing Being R.A. the Rugged Man 10/29/2009

We Hear Dead People: 10 Duets With Deceased Singing Partners 10/26/2009

Teach the Babies 10/19/2009

Eminem, Public Enemy Celebrate Def Jam Catalog At VH1's 'Hip Hop Honors' 10/14/2009

Although he never became a household name, 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, ...more