Eric B. & Rakim

Not in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Eligible since: 2012

First Recording: 1986

Nominated: 2012   2024   

Previously Considered? Yes  what's this?

Eric B. & Rakim
HALL OF FAME INDICATORS
Rolling Stone 500 Albums
Rolling Stone 500 Songs
🔲Rolling Stone Cover
🔲Saturday Night Live
🔲Major Festival Headliner
🔲Songwriters Hall of Fame
🔲“Big Four” Grammys

Inducted into Rock Hall Projected in 2023 (ranked #275) .

R.S. Top 500 Albums (?)RankVersion
Paid in Full612020
Paid in Full2282012

R.S. Top 500 Songs (?)RankVersion
Paid in Full (1987)1322021

Essential Albums (?)WikipediaYouTube
Paid In Full (1987)
Follow the Leader (1988)
Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em (1990)
Don't Sweat the Technique (1992)

Essential Songs (?)WikipediaYouTube
Paid in Full (1987)
I Know You Got Soul (1987)
I Ain't No Joke (1987)
Follow The Leader (1988)
Don't Sweat the Technique (1992)

Eric B. & Rakim @ Wikipedia

Will Eric B. & Rakim be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
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Eric B. & Rakim (especially) greatly influenced a MANY of the newer rappers today. Old AND new school rappers talk about his style which was one of a kind.

Posted by James on Saturday, 08/17/2013 @ 22:10pm


Along with N.W.A. this duo should be the next hip hop artist to go in.....Rakim is still constantly mentioned at the top of the all-time MC lists that appear every so often.

Hope another nomination is coming soon for these 2.

Posted by Boar on Saturday, 05/23/2015 @ 09:36am


Yes he deserves to be in the hall. But greatest Hip-Hop lyricist of all time? No that would be Aesop Rock, an underground rapper who stands no chance of ever getting in the Hall, because he isn't known enough.

Posted by Michael on Wednesday, 06/22/2016 @ 15:21pm


ERIC B & RAKIM are the most influential artists in Hip-hop culture. FOLLOW THE LEADER!

Posted by Cash Jones -Admin. Rakim Allah on Saturday, 04/4/2020 @ 05:13am


Of course, they're one of the greatest there is. I had Eric B. Is President on continuously when I had my first apt., in 1985 at 19 yrs. old. My neighbor would borrow it, and bring it back, we took turns !
#EricBForPresident (No typo)

Posted by Shirlean Nelson on Sunday, 04/5/2020 @ 23:02pm


Eric B and Rakim Deserve to be inducted into the hall of fame..they are great influences for the younger generation of music..

Posted by Travis on Tuesday, 04/7/2020 @ 01:30am


No question yes! They're the best to ever do it of course
The Michael Jordan of Hip Hop!

Posted by Calvin B. on Sunday, 04/26/2020 @ 14:11pm


*sigh* the "all lives matter" approach is not working ppl ("I'm just stating my opinion" "they need to start their own rap Hall of Fame" How about.. Seriously think about this a second (because otherwise you wouldn't be so loose-lipped and disrespectful) you gather together and start YOUR own Hall of Fame... Do you even have a genre? Oh that's right it's fans that approve of some genres/artists but not others, even though the tiniest bit of music history would show you how there's a DIRECT line connecting from the banjo and drum since bein forcefully brought over here to hip hop last week. SoundCloud, Google search and Wikipedia are free, and the historical docuseries on Netflix "Hip Hop Evolution" even the first 3/4eps are worth the subscription process alone- even then you can cancel within a month which is more than enough time to watch and digest... do you have the same energy for hating Kendrick's Pulitzer?... Dave or Eddie's Mark Twain Prize, or the countless other hip hop artists that weren't nearly as influential?
Seriously. "Do you critics listen to music or do you just skim through it?" -Hov

Posted by Neil W. on Friday, 05/8/2020 @ 10:29am


Hell Yeah GOATS

Posted by Ryan Johnson on Monday, 05/11/2020 @ 05:49am


Why isn't Eric B and Rakim inducted?
You have to wonder who is voting?
How the heck did the Beastie Boys get in and they have no talent?

Posted by JEAN on Friday, 02/26/2021 @ 23:44pm


Certainly agree Eric B. & Rakim are way better than The Beastie Boys. They were a 'rap parody' act when they started, for christsakes!!

I'm sure being white rappers didn't hurt their odds. Guess G. Eazy, NF and a few others are getting delusions...

Posted by Paul in KY on Saturday, 02/27/2021 @ 11:52am


They should be in rock and roll hall they change the game

Posted by Anthony Aytch on Tuesday, 02/21/2023 @ 20:15pm


They definitely should be in the hall of Fame... he is the originator of "flow" RAKIM literally changed the rap game!....I don't understand how the hell they aren't already inducted!

Posted by Denise Williams on Friday, 09/15/2023 @ 19:23pm


Congrats on the rrhof nomination (fairly well verified on X). Hope this duo gets inducted this time.

Posted by Boar on Thursday, 02/8/2024 @ 15:56pm


Pretty wild that this got leaked ahead of time. Congratulations! I very much did not predict them but welcome to hear!

Posted by Will m on Thursday, 02/8/2024 @ 16:09pm


Eric B and Rakim don't make the popular music that makes the radio stations ..you have to be a hip hop head to know who Eric B and Rakim is because the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a popularity contest and it's not based on the actual talent and the hip hop culture history is still not respected in the white man world and the hall of fame voters are all white and they don't know the hip hop culture history and they are bias radio listeners only..real talk and facts and no cap

Posted by Vernon Johnson on Monday, 04/22/2024 @ 00:00am


It has to be trendy popular music for Eric B and Rakim to get in

Posted by Vernon Johnson on Monday, 04/22/2024 @ 00:05am


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