Rakim

For any of you interested in hearing some remarkably good new tracks from the legendary MC Rakim, a couple of them are streaming on Soulbounce.

I just downloaded the whole of his new "archive" collection from iTunes, and I'm pretty psyched about it. It's a collection of unreleased tracks, rare tracks, and live cuts of a bunch of his classics. I'm especially enthused about the quality of the newer, unreleased material...for a hip hop pioneer who's only been heard from rarely in recent years, I hope it bodes well for his long-awaited new album, possibly to be released later in the year.