Kool Moe Dee states that Biggie introduced a newer flow which “ dominated from 1994 to 2002 ”, and also says that Method Man was “ one of the emcees from the early to mid -’ 90s that ushered in the era of flow ... Rakim invented it, Big Daddy Kane, KRS-One, and Kool G Rap expanded it, but Biggie and Method Man made flow the single most important aspect of an emcee ’ s game ”.

& Rakim, Schoolly D, Biggie Smalls and Just-Ice.

The rappers who have used the unique rapping style employed by Rakim and attribute it as inspiration include GZA, Ghostface Killah, and Raekwon ( from the Wu-Tang Clan ), Nas, Kool G. Rap, Jay-Z, The Notorious B. I. G., Eminem, and many more.

Since 2000, however, the members of the group have worked together on various songs and rumors of a full-length HRSMN album are rampant to this day and include speculation about collaborations with Pharoahe Monch, Common and Rakim, among others.

A number of rappers, such as Ice Cube, Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, Lloyd Banks, and Nas have put him in their lists of favorite rappers.

On 1993 Nigel Haadmor and Yossi Fine, influenced by Eric B & Rakim and Flame-3 of the TPA Crew and other late 1980s Hip Hop, have produced the album " Humus Metamtem ", which was released by Yair Nitzani.

More than a dozen hip hop musicians and groups have sampled " Say It Loud — I'm Black and I'm Proud ", including Eric B. and Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, LL Cool J and 2 Live Crew.

Artists and critics often credit Rakim with creating the overall shift from the more simplistic Old School flows to more complex flows near the beginning of Hip Hop ’ s new school – Kool Moe Dee says, “ any emcee that came after 1986 had to study Rakim just to know what to be able to do ... Rakim, in 1986, gave us flow and that was the rhyme style from 1986 to 1994 ... from that point on, anybody emceeing was forced to focus on their flow ”.

Kool Moe Dee explains that before Rakim, the term ‘ flow ’ wasn ’ t widely used – “ Rakim is basically the inventor of flow.

We were not even using the word flow until Rakim came along.

Rakim created flow !” He adds that while Rakim upgraded and popularized the focus on flow, “ he didn ’ t invent the word ”.

" He also notes Rakim for his " complex internal rhymes, literate imagery, velvet-smooth flow, and unpredictable, off-the-beat rhythms.

Time magazine listed it as one of the eighteen albums of the 1980s in its " All-TIME 100 " albums ; editor Alan Light acknowledged the record for changing the " sound, flow, and potential " of hip hop and that if Rakim is " the greatest MC of all time, as many argue, this album is the evidence ".

Early hip-hop acts affiliated with the Five Percenters, and who spread its teachings through hip hop, include two MC's of the late 1980s – early ’ 90s conscious-rap era — Rakim of Eric B.

From that period to date, Jaz has accumulated volumes of songs of his own to be released in 2006 titled JazO: THE LEGACY ( Kingz Kounty Entertainment / Red Line Music Distribution, Inc .) Being the producer of the demo that got The Lox their deal with Bad Boy in ’ 96, JazO has blessed the likes of Rakim, M. O. P., Foxy Brown, Queen Latifah, Kool G Rap and numerous others.

In June 2008, on DJ Cisco's Urban Legend mixtape, Ice-T criticized DeAndre Cortez " Soulja Boy Tell ' Em " Way for " killing hip hop " and his song " Crank That " for being " garbage " compared to the works of other hip-hop artists such as Rakim, Das EFX, Big Daddy Kane and Ice Cube.

A second single, Metaforce, featuring a rap by Rakim, preceded the 1999 release of the concept album The Seduction of Claude Debussy on the ZTT label.

& Rakim's classic album Paid in Full was named the greatest hip hop album of all time by MTV, while Rakim himself was ranked # 4 on MTV's list of the Greatest MCs of All Time.

& Rakim, released July 25, 1988 on MCA-subsidiary label Uni Records.

Featuring a broader spectrum of sounds than the James Brown samples that had defined the initial release, Follow the Leader saw Rakim at his most lyrically fierce, issuing deft and def threats on such tracks as ' Microphone Fiend ,' ' Lyrics of Fury ,' and the nearly felonious ' No Competition.

Rakim was signed to Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment record label in 2000, for work on an album tentatively titled Oh, My God.

While working on the album, Rakim made guest appearances on numerous Aftermath projects, including the hit single " Addictive " by Truth Hurts, the Dr. Dre-produced " The Watcher Part 2 " by Jay-Z, and Eminem's 8 Mile soundtrack.

Rakim retreated to his Connecticut estate to work leisurely on music.

According to MTV, " We'd been used to MCs like Run and DMC, Chuck D and KRS-One leaping on the mic shouting with energy and irreverence, but Rakim took a methodical approach to his microphone fiending.

Rolling Stone magazine listed it at number 227 on " The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time ", calling it " Ice-grilled, laid-back, diamond-sharp: Rakim is a front-runner in the race for Best Rapper Ever, and this album is a big reason why.

Early influences on the genre included American hip-hop icons Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, The Sugarhill Gang, Kurtis Blow, Run-D. M. C., Ice-T, KRS-ONE & Boogie Down Productions and Eric B. and Rakim among many others.

& Rakim, released July 25, 1988 on MCA-subsidiary label Uni Records.

& Rakim worked with audio engineers Carlton Batts and Patrick Adams on the album.

From 1995 through 1996, Rakim recorded several demos / songs by himself, then he eventually returned to recording in 1997 with The 18th Letter, which included collaborations with DJ Premier and Pete Rock ; which was released in two versions, one of which included an Eric B.

* Her nephew Rakim is considered one of the most influential rappers in the history of the hip hop genre.

He is also often very highly rated in terms of his technical ability and is often ranked alongside other highly regarded golden age MCs, such as Big Daddy Kane, Rakim, and KRS-One.

Kool G Rap is known for using complex multisyllabic rhymes since his debut ( in a similar way to other golden age MCs such as Big Daddy Kane and Rakim ), and this remains a hallmark of his style, along with his rapid-fire delivery and " superhuman breath control ".

William Michael Griffin Jr. ( born January 28, 1967 ), known by his stage name Rakim, is an American rapper.

& Rakim, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential and most skilled MCs of all time.

Steve Huey of Allmusic stated that " Rakim is near-universally acknowledged as one of the greatest MCs -- perhaps the greatest -- of all time within the hip-hop community.

Rakim is the nephew of American R & B singer and actress Ruth Brown.

The album is broken down track-by-track by Rakim in Brian Coleman's book Check the Technique.

The shoe is also a focus of the 2007 Grammy-nominated single Classic ( Better Than I've Ever Been ), a collaboration between Kanye West, Nas, Rakim and KRS-One, that was produced by Rick Rubin.

Also in September during an interview Canibus sparked rumors that other members would be joining the group such as Crooked I, Pak Man, Kool G Rap, Royce Da 5 ' 9 ", Keith Murray, Journalist, Common, Rakim, Vinnie Paz ( from Jedi Mind Tricks ), Pace Won and Young Zee ( from the Outsidaz ), and Lonnie B and Danja Mowf ( from the Supafriendz ), as of yet it has still not been confirmed whether they will actually be included in the group.

While many rappers developed their technique through improvisation, Rakim was one of the first to demonstrate advantages of a writerly style, as with for instance his pioneering use of internal rhyme.

Internal rhyme continues to be used extensively in modern hip hop, rap music, artists such as Kool Moe Dee, and Rakim, as demonstrated in the latter's piece, " My Melody ":