Follow the Leader is the second studio album by American hip hop duo Eric B. ), released 06 August.Album. Nuclear Winter Records, Dark Descent Records.
On the album's back cover, Eric and Rakim posed with the Posse.The results of the election skewed heavily towards Barrier, who captured 89.4 percent of the vote. & Rakim recorded their debut album, they named it after the Paid in Full Posse, a notorious street crew that included Kool G Rap, who was not yet a rapper, and the first person to call himself 50 Cent. And Rakim, would become Burkina Faso’s next president.Eric was connected, too. They recorded Follow the Leader at Power Play Studios in New York City.01 My Melody (Original Mix) 02 I Know You Got Soul (Dub) 03 Move the Crowd (Wild Bunch Remix) 04 Paid In Full (Mini Madness) (The Coldcut Remix) 05.OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - A hefty crowd in downtown Ouagadougou erupted into wild applause late this afternoon when it was announced that Eric Barrier, one half of famed hip-hop duo Eric B. Rakim left 4th & B'way Records and signed with Uni Records, a subsidiary label of major label MCA Records.
I copped Paid in Full way back in ‘87, felt like I got dropped into the South Bronx boogie. That man, his sh it is red hot. We need a ‘holy grail.’ We need confidence,” Mouhoun added.It didn’t come as a surprise to Burkinabé political leaders nor Barrier, either.“I’m not going to hate,” remarked the visibly deflated now-former prime minister, Ernest Paramanga Yonli.
But you know, when Eric B. Hard to compete,” the ex-prime minister conceded.“We had a campaign based on solid economic practices, a little bit of bribery here and there for sure, though were also having big plans about this drought and improving the quality of life for citizens. And then you have got Rakim, spitting effortless rhymes. It’s a highly admirable hip hop instrumental. When I heard ‘Chinese Arithmetic,’ I was at first appalled, then entertained by the tricky little cuts and the trickling water.
Sucka MCs beware.”Supporters made their feelings abundantly clear on the issue. But I feel privileged to be able to come here and make some serious changes.”When asked if he would choose former partner as his prime minster, Barrier laughed and simply replied, “You never know. We done some good stuff over the years and this is just kind of like the icing on the cake or whatever. “I knew it was bound to happen some time, though, you know, ‘cause Rakim, he’s a truth speaker. Kna’mean?”“I ain’t never even heard of Burkono Facilo until a week ago,” Eric Barrier noted, as he attempted modesty at a press conference held just after the news broke.
You could get by with a stiff delivery before Rakim but afterwards, you had to come with a command of language. Tena Banwa, an ardent supporter of the CMWAST, said, “Listen, Rakim raised the bar for MCs. Stetsasonic had that classic line, ‘To tell you the truth James Brown was old / ‘Til Eric and Rakim came out with ‘I Know You Got Soul’’.”Iuomba was not alone in the sentiment. Even their peers shouted them out. I’ve heard a half a dozen albums in the last couple years alone, that have explicitly referred to Rakim in some way. “They also send to him much love and respect.
I could do that you know, because I’m president. So break the fu ck out before I have y’all shot. “But yo, I gotta go to my girl’s house because this press meeting is taking too long. His mastery of communication would be an excellent asset for foreign relations,” exclaimed the twenty-nine year old nurse from Kaya.“I’m just gonna try to do my best to keep the peace, right, and after not too long, Berkana Fina ain’t gonna be no joke,” Barrier boasted.
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