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Rakim Songs

(with biography below if available)

Below is a list of Rakim songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Aftermath 497710
chart position: RandB #2, US #9, UK #3
written by: Static Major, DJ Quik and Rakim
album: Truthfully Speaking
Truth Hurts featuring Rakim Addictive
2002 Aftermath
2 record label: MCA 53660
chart position: RandB #3, US #9, UK #21, US dance #7
written by: A. Cymone, Jody Watley, Eric B. (as Eric Barrier) & Rakim (as William Griffin)
album: Larger Than Life
Jody Watley With Eric B. & Rakim Friends
1989 MCA
3 record label: MCA 1256
chart position: RandB #16, UK #21, US dance #11
written by: Rakim (as William Griffin) & Eric B. (as Eric Barrier)
album: Follow the Leader
comments: [hip hop]
Eric B. & Rakim Follow the Leader
1988 MCA
4 record label: 4th and Bway 456
chart position: US dance #3, UK #53
written by: Rakim and Eric B.
album: Paid in Full
comments: [hip hop]
Eric B. & Rakim Move the Crowd
1988 4th and Bway
5 record label: Island 520
chart position: US dance #3, RandB #65, UK #15
written by: Eric B. (as Eric Barrier) & Rakim (as William Griffin Jr.)
album: Paid in Full
comments: [hip hop]
Eric B. & Rakim Paid in Full
1987 Island
6 record label: 4th and Bway 106 (UK)
chart position: UK #18
album: Paid in Full
Eric B. & Rakim As the Rhyme Goes On
1988 4th and Bway
7 record label: Island 422 878 923 1
chart position: RandB #39, UK #33, US Dance #20
written by: Dancin' Danny D, Andres Levin, Camus Celli, Marga Roman and Michelle Vice
album: Contribution
Mica Paris with Rakim Contribution
1990 Island
8 record label: MCA 54369
chart position: RandB #14, US dance #12
album: Don't Sweat the Technique
Eric B. & Rakim Don't Sweat the Technique
1992 MCA
9 record label: Universal 56203 (UK)
chart position: UK #53
written by: Jane Eugene, Rakim, Carl McIntosh and Steve Nichol
album: The 18th Letter
Rakim Stay a While
1998 Universal
10 record label: MCA 24026
chart position: RandB #23, UK #81, US dance #37
album: Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em
comments: [hip hop]
Eric B. & Rakim Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em
1990 MCA
11 record label: Universal
chart position: RandB #22
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: Eric B., Clark Kent, Rakim, Chuck D, Eric Sadler and Hank Shocklee
album: The 18th Letter
comments: [album cut] [RandB chart position is for RandB airplay charts]
Rakim Guess Who's Back
1997 Universal
12 record label: Cooltempo 146
chart position: RandB #64, UK #76, US dance #39
written by: Rakim, Eric B. and Bobby Byrd
album: Paid in Full
comments: [hip hop]
Eric B. & Rakim I Know You Got Soul
1987 Cooltempo
13 record label: UNI 50005
chart position: UK #74
written by: Eric B. (as Eric Barrier) and Rakim (as Rakim Allah)
album: Follow the Leader
Eric B. & Rakim The Microphone Fiend
1988 UNI
14 record label: MCA 54381
chart position: RandB #38, US #96
written by: William Griffen
album: Don't Sweat the Technique
comments: [hip hop]
Eric B. & Rakim Juice (Know the Ledge)
1992 MCA
15 record label: MCA 54279
chart position: RandB #34
album: Don't Sweat the Technique
Eric B. & Rakim What's on Your Mind (House Party II Rap Theme)
1992 MCA
16 record label: 4th and Bway 7448
chart position: RandB #38
written by: Eric B. and Rakim
album: Paid in Full
Eric B. & Rakim I Ain't No Joke
1987 4th and Bway
17 record label: MCA 54742
chart position: RandB #92, US #118
weeksinr&bchart: 2
written by: Rakim
album: Gunmen: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Rakim Heat It Up
1993 MCA
18 record label: 4th and Bway 431
chart position: RandB #48
written by: Rakim (as Rakim Allah)
comments: [hip hop]
Eric B. & Rakim Eric B. Is President
1986 4th and Bway
19 record label: MCA 53901
chart position: RandB #82
album: Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em
comments: [hip hop]
Eric B. & Rakim In the Ghetto
1990 MCA
20 record label: J Records
chart position: RandB #122
comments: [hip hop]
Alicia Keys featuring Nas & Rakim Streets of New York
2003 J Records




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