{"id":468,"date":"2007-03-07T10:30:06","date_gmt":"2007-03-07T09:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=468"},"modified":"2007-03-07T10:30:06","modified_gmt":"2007-03-07T09:30:06","slug":"eric-b-and-rakim-microphone-fiend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=468","title":{"rendered":"eric b and rakim &#8211; microphone fiend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>       <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">sometimes words are just not required to describe a  drop dead classic.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">while <STRONG>eric b and rakims<\/STRONG> debut,  <EM>paid in full<\/EM>, is the biz, for me, this single lifted from the golden  era duos second album <EM>follow the leader<\/EM>&nbsp;is the main deal.  <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">something about that rolling bass line sample, the  jingle bells, and the voice. <\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">ah yes, the voice.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">even in 2007 that voice is still rocking the joint  with all manner of greatness<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>more detail<\/EM> : <A href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tmAvJ-Llj-Q\">here<\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">but enough of the new school, here&#8217;s a quick trip  down memory lane to the old school.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM>mp3<\/EM> : <STRONG>eric b and rakim<\/STRONG> :  <A href=\"http:\/\/www.ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/music\/microphone_fiend.mp3\"><EM>microphone  fiend<\/EM> <\/A>(7&#8243; remix version) &#8211; remixed by <STRONG>dj mark &#8211; the 45  king<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>sometimes words are just not required to describe a drop dead classic. while eric b and rakims debut, paid in full, is the biz, for me, this single lifted from the golden era duos second album follow the leader&nbsp;is the main deal. something about that rolling bass line sample, the jingle bells, and the voice. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mp3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}