The Master

by Rakim

The Master cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 30 November 1999
  • Label: Universal
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:02:07
  • Community rating: 3.38/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

On his second solo outing, the legendary MC famously reunited with DJ Premier to produce one of the album's standout tracks[cite: 1]. 'The Master' continues Rakim's legacy of incredibly complex, highly technical internal rhyme schemes, delivered with his signature, unfaltering smooth flow over classic New York boom bap production[cite: 1].

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, technical, about-music, rap, old-school, sampling, conscious, hard

Tracklist

  1. Intro (1:22)
  2. Flow Forever (4:11)
  3. When I B On Tha Mic (3:42)
  4. Finest Ones (4:24)
  5. All Night Long (4:27)
  6. State Of Hip Hop Interlude (0:39)
  7. Uplift (3:09)
  8. I Know (4:07)
  9. 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 (4:05)
  14. L.I. Interlude (0:53)
  15. Strong Island (4:34)
  16. Waiting For The World To End (4:05)
  17. We'll Never Stop (4:19)

Credits

  • Rahzel - backing vocals [background], effects [sound effects], human beatbox [beat box], featuring
  • DJ Slyce - bass, scratches [scatches]
  • Trevor Randolph - drum, programmed by, tracking by, written-by
  • Kevin Osborne - keyboards
  • Ted Birkey - keyboards
  • James Rainey - songwriter [services]
  • Adams Hawkins - tracking by
  • DXT - tracking by

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