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The Master
Hip-Hop · 1999 · 17 tracks

The Master

Rakim

Technical lyricism and late-90s New York production. Stoic, heavy-hitting, and intellectually sharp rap from the genre's greatest architect.

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The God MC shows you exactly why he's the one who invented your favorite rapper's favorite flow.

A cold, calculated display of lyrical dominance and street-level wisdom.

The Master · vs · Rakim
Drum Machine+4.0σ

The instrumentation foregrounds drum machine far more than the catalogue usually does.

Tracklist · 17 Tracks
01
Intro
1:23
02
Flow Forever
4:12
03
When I B on tha Mic
3:43
04
Finest Ones
4:25
05
All Night Long
4:23
06
State of Hip Hop (interlude)
0:39
07
Uplift
3:09
08
I Know
4:07
09
It’s the R
4:15
10
I’ll Be There
5:10
11
It’s a Must
4:24
12
Real Shit
4:21
13
How I Get Down
4:06
14
L.I. Interlude
0:52
15
Strong Island
4:34
16
Waiting for the World to End
4:05
17
We’ll Never Stop
4:20
Moments Worth Waiting For
The surgical precision of the internal rhymes on track 3 where the beat drops out to highlight the syllables.
The haunting, apocalyptic piano loop on track 16 that anchors the album's most spiritual reflection.
The seamless transition from the Long Island interlude into the celebratory hometown energy of track 15.
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