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Topic subjectEVERY rapper prior to Rakim rapped in an AABB style
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2850229, EVERY rapper prior to Rakim rapped in an AABB style
Posted by justin_scott, Wed Oct-23-13 09:43 PM
Rakim didn't. his first bars from "Eric B is President" completely changed lyricism. Rakim brought about all the 5 percenter talk, "kickin knowledge," etc.