The 25 greatest East Coast hip-hop albums of the 1990s

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No. 13 Let the Rhythm Hit ‘Em by Eric B. & Rakim (1990)


The last truly classic album from a duo that helped birth hip-hop’s Golden Age, this brilliant set of songs was ghost-produced by a then-unknown Large Professor. Featuring his trademark loops and some of the most fluid and remarkable rhymes of Rakim’s career, it’s a masterpiece of unfiltered hip-hop.


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