Rakim “The R: The Best Of The Rest”

My God, the Philaflava Forum is such a great place! What started as a single person posting a link to 3 volumes of Rakim material has turned in to a monster project. So far I have finished 6 volumes on my own and probably have an additional 6 to come. Most of the tracks came from various rips I have collected over the years. Shouts to musiclover123 for compiling the initial 3 volumes and to truthaddict for posting about it. Special thanks to Roy Johnson, Step One and DJ Mike Nice for posting more tracks from the vaults and spending time to rips their vinyls.

There will be some remixes & mash-ups in here that people are going to hate, but there are also plenty of great surprises. If you don't like it, don't download it. This is my attempt to get EVERYTHING in one place. If you have something to add, please leave a comment or add on to the thread in the forum.

The original 3 volumes can be downloaded HERE.

Rakim - The R: The Best Of The Rest Part 1

01 Eric B and Rakim - As The Rhyme Goes On (Radio Mix)

02 Eric B and Rakim - Bobby Corridor Short Mix

03 Eric B and Rakim - Casualties Of War (Extended Club Camouflage Version)

04 Eric B and Rakim - Casualties Of War (Militant Remix)

05 Eric B and Rakim - Casualties Of War (Soulpower Remix)

06 Eric B and Rakim - Complicatem (Pass The Handgrenade Pt. 2)

07 Eric B and Rakim - Don't Sweat The Technique (Belief Summer '04 Remix)

08 Eric B and Rakim - Don't Sweat The Technique (Dub)

09 Eric B and Rakim - Don't Sweat The Technique (Funky Ginger Club Version)

10 Eric B and Rakim - Don't Sweat The Technique (Funky Ginger Radio Edit)

11 Eric B and Rakim - Don't Sweat The Technique (Funky Ginger Single Edit)

12 Eric B and Rakim - Don't Sweat The Technique (UK Flavor Club Version)

13 Eric B and Rakim - Don't Sweat The Technique (UK Flavor Radio Edit)

14 Eric B and Rakim - Don't Sweat The Technique (UK Flavor Single Edit)

15 Eric B and Rakim - Don't Sweat The Technique (Xtended)

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Rakim - The R: The Best Of The Rest Part 2

01 Eric B and Rakim - Eric B. Is President (Dub)

02 Eric B and Rakim - Follow The Leader (Dub)

03 Eric B and Rakim - Follow The Leader (Gene Carbonells Less Equals More Mix)

04 Eric B and Rakim - Follow The Leader (Rjd2 Remix)

05 Eric B and Rakim - I Know You Got Soul (Booty Camp Remix)

06 Eric B and Rakim - I Know You Got Soul (Dub)

07 Eric B and Rakim - I Know You Got Soul (The Richie Rich Mega Mix)

08 Eric B and Rakim - I Know You Got Soul 2002 (Illicit Remix)

09 Eric B and Rakim - I Know You Got Soul bw Cru - Just Another Case

10 Eric B and Rakim - In The Ghetto (Blockhead vs. Omega One Extended Remix)

11 Eric B and Rakim - In The Ghetto (Cuts Mix)

12 Eric B and Rakim - In The Ghetto (DJ Revolution Remix)

13 Eric B and Rakim - In The Ghetto (Drums Mix)

14 Eric B and Rakim - In The Ghetto (Extended Mix)

15 Eric B and Rakim - In The Ghetto (Freestyle Mix)

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Rakim - The R: The Best Of The Rest Part 3

01 Eric B and Rakim - In The Ghetto (Omega One Remix)

02 Eric B and Rakim - Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em (45 King Club Mix)

03 Eric B and Rakim - Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em (Brixton Bass Mix)

04 Eric B and Rakim - Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em (Brixton Upso Mix)

05 Eric B and Rakim - Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em (Chris Read Remix) (1990)

06 Eric B and Rakim - Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em (Clean UPSO Mix)

07 Eric B and Rakim - Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em (DJ Shadow Remix)

08 Eric B and Rakim - Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em (Mark 45 King Mix)

09 Eric B and Rakim - Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em (Mashed Up Funk Remix)

10 Eric B and Rakim - Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em (The Riddin' Dub)

11 Eric B and Rakim - Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em (Upso Dub)

12 Eric B and Rakim - Mahogany (Beat Bass and Rakim)

13 Eric B and Rakim - Mahogany (Extended Remix Version)

14 Eric B and Rakim - Microphone Fiend (45 King Extended Remix)

15 Eric B and Rakim - Microphone Fiend (DaBlenda Mix)

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Rakim - The R: The Best Of The Rest Part 4

01 Eric B and Rakim - Microphone Fiend (Extended Remix)

02 Eric B and Rakim - Microphone Fiend (Remix)

03 Eric B and Rakim - Move The Crowd (The Democratic 3 Remix)

04 Eric B and Rakim - Move The Crowd (The Wild Bunch Remix)

05 Eric B and Rakim - My Melody (Dub)

06 Eric B and Rakim - No Omega (Extended Remix)

07 Eric B and Rakim - Paid In Full (Cold Cut Remix)

08 Eric B and Rakim - Paid In Full (Derek B's Urban Respray)

09 Eric B and Rakim - Paid In Full (Mini Madness) (The Coldcut Remix)

10 Eric B and Rakim - Paid In Full (Seven Minutes Of Madness: The Coldcut Remix)

11 Eric B and Rakim - Put Your Hands Together (Fan Force Mix)

12 Eric B and Rakim - The R (Extended Remix)

13 Eric B and Rakim - The R (Remix Edit)

14 Eric B and Rakim - The R (Work Rest and Play Remix by Dave Dorrell and CJ Macintosh)

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Rakim - The R: The Best Of The Rest Part 5

01 Rakim - Acapella Freestyle One

02 Rakim - Acapella Freestyle Two

03 Rakim - Guess Who's Back (Alternative Mix)

04 Rakim - Guess Who's Back (Break Remix)

05 Rakim - Guess Who's Back (So So Def Remix)

06 Rakim - Guess Who's Back [G.C.'s Remix]

07 Rakim - It's Been A Long Time (Suave House Mix)

08 Rakim - Light It Up feat. Faith Evans

09 Rakim - Streets Of New York feat. Alicia Keys and Nas (DJ Easy Remix)

10 Rakim - The Saga Begins (DJ Easy Remix)

11 Rakim - The Saga Begins (S.T.T.R.E.S.S. Mix)

12 Rakim - When I B On The Mic (DJ G Sweet Mix)

13 Rakim and Truth Hurts - The Watcher 2 (Rakim Verse Mix)

14 Rakim feat. M.O.P. - It's Nothin (Remix)

15 Rakim vs. Black Grass - Heat It Up (Jayceeoh Remix)

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Rakim - The R: The Best Of The Rest Part 6

01 Rakim vs. Midnight Star - Got Me Curious

02 Rakim vs. Porno For Pyros - DJ Muggs and DJ Warrior Mash-Up

03 Jason Nevins vs. Eric B and Rakim - I Know You Got Soul (Original Remix)

04 Jason Nevins vs. Eric B and Rakim - I Know You Got Soul (Breakz Mix)

05 Jason Nevins vs. Eric B and Rakim - I Know You Got Soul (Caba Knoll Remix)

06 Jason Nevins vs. Eric B and Rakim - I Know You Got Soul (Spacekid vs. Funkfried Remix)

07 Jason Nevins vs. Eric B and Rakim - I Know You Got Soul (JN Club Mix)

08 Jason Nevins vs. Eric B and Rakim - I Know You Got Soul (Clap Your Hands Edit)

09 2Pac - Nothin' Like The Ol' Skool feat. Slick Rick Rakim and Big Daddy Kane (Cinema Remix)

10 2Pac and The Notorious BIG - Outlawz feat. Rakim

11 Art Of Noise feat. Rakim - Metaforce (Roni Size Mix)

12 DJ Break - KRS-1-My Philosophy bw Gang Starr-DWYCK bw Eric B and Rakim-Pump Up The Volume bw MC Humor bw Slick Rick-Children's Story - Ghetto Superstar (Break Remix)

13 Eightball and MJG - It's Been A Long Time feat. Rakim

14 Erykah Badu vs. Eric B and Rakim - On and On (Jayceeoh Remix)

15 Havoc, Jay-Z, Rakim, Jadakiss, Biggie, Prodigy and Nas - Seven MCs

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enjoy,

--dirt_dog

Eric B "Eric B"

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Peace party peoples, it's Eric B. checking in, once again. You're probably thinking that it's been a long East Elmhurst minute since I've stepped in the spotlight. And you'd be right in thinking that. Things done changed, youngblood. Back in the day this rap shit took a nigga clear across the globe. Out for ducats. Shines that could blind ya. And that sweet power-u that only a fussy Dominican waitress named Lola knows how to throw down. But sure as the good Lord above will one day cut out the lights on this cozy lil' bachelor pad we call Planet Earth, Eric B.'s gotta lay in the cut and settle down far, far away from the fast life.

Now, you might be tempted say that I've earned a bit of a reputation as a, well how should I put it? A dangerous man. A scoundrel even. And you'd be right in saying that as well. The poo-putt, wet behind the ears, dry-dick whippersnappers of today betta recognize the force that was Eric B. In my day I was, how them old folks say? Persuasive. I wasn't sipping Grand Marnierout of chalices alongside Alpo and Rich and Oran "Juice" Jones at the LQ solely on account of my fly custom Ballys. Those Main Source eskimo-ass wondertwin niggas and Mr. Coke-bottle glasses still shudder when "Chinese Arithmetic" comes on their ITunes. You think the great Eric B. does so much as bat a motherfuckin' eyelid when he hears "Snake Eyes"? Sheeeeeeeeit, I might even sing along.

Let me hip you to some game, kid. The internets is full of perpetratin' ass pepetrators. Seems every time I'm up in Google Reader, some Paul C pallbearer is popping shit in an Unkut interview. But I'm askin' for real, you ever peeped the "I Ain't No Joke" video? Youtube it up right now. G'head. Wait for that shit to buffer. Check me out, akh, manhandling the wheels of steel with ferocity. Not unlike a lioness preying on a gazelle. Steely nerves right there. I'm cold, man. That chill up your spine when you first heard "Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em"? That was your conscience telling you to START LOOKING OUT ... OR LOOK OUT!

I once cancelled a studio session with Freddie Fox. F'real, did you know that? Admit it if you ain't know, straight up. I told son "if you're on time you're ten minutes late." He was on some "oh it's like that now?" and I was all "psssshaw." Mean motherfucker right here. I make Joe Fatal look like Kurious Jorge's gay nephew. And don't let anyone gas your head up. I produced every Kool G. Rap song that exists. All I gotta do is mean mug a SP1200 and it does what I want like a slave. And fuck what you heard because every last one of those Energizers throwin' ducks in Trenton turned up dead within eighteen months. You know the motherfuckin' odds of that shit happening by chance? Shit must be a zillion to one, at least.

But enough of that ying-yang. Eric B. lives coolout style in these last days and times. Picture the don trying to catch a case! A man got silk suits in dry cleaning, a leased Volvo with tints, and a Staten Island mortgage from a bank that doesn't take "no" for an answer. The path stays straight and narrow as a crackhead's behind from here on in. Bust it, though, on the real tip, let's build on my solo album. What you blogger types might call a "slept-on classic." Some of you may say that the samples are played out, or that the drums are weak, or that I sound like Grand Daddy IU suffered a nervous breakdown. And you'd be right in saying that. And by "right" of course I mean "you'd best to change your name, rent a disguise, and get your honky ass on the first flight to Phoenix if you wanna see your kids grown."

Peep my album cover, nigga. I shaped that Van Dyke beard with a boxcutter. You think that Beauty And The Beast font is easy to get? My head made all giant and shit and Fire N' Ice color scheme, that's some whole 'notha othea next levelness right there. Nowadays any pickaninny can whip together an album and sell it exclusively through CD Baby - I had to grind hard at extorting my way into solo artistry. You know how challenging it is to keep a suit like that from wrinkling while you're pistol whipping an A&R? I spent the first half of '87 on my Vic20 logged into the local dial-up "RAPPMuZAK" BBS promoting Paid In Full, so I know this online promotions game something fierce. My disk drive was a JVC box that ate tapes for Christ's sake.

Listen, I'm not saying that you should feel obligated to download my album. And I am in no way suggesting that I'll be tracing the IP address of anyone who says I'm looking like Barry White after a gastric bypass in that photo. All I'm saying is, give the record a chance. Feel the rugged yet smooth styling laid over the Quiet-Storm-esque backing tracks. Bump this in your Benzy Box or while you're sipping Calvin Coolers with a honeydip, curled up in front of the gas fireplace. Imagine how wack this would sound if Large Pro made the beats and Rakim was rapping on it. The thought alone got my blood pressure shootin' shit up. Before I jet, I want to give an extra large shout out to the staff of the T.R.O.Y. Blog for honoring my extremely polite request to guest blog with zero hesitation. Keep doin' what ya'll doin' 'cause you doin' it well. Peace. -- Eric B