about the Eric B. stuff....speculation for years about what happened but suffice it to say that Eric B ran with the dream team of new york crack era street dudes. That's the element he's from so any of the rumors are possible
one issue that can be discussed and settled is about album credit....Rakim was a high school football player(pretty good from what I heard) and was scheduled to go to D1 or D2 school to play so he initially didn't sign any contracts when they did the first song or two. I think the first single said "featuring Rakim".I think someone in his family might have been in the music business so he understood not to sign his life away at 18. Unlike traditional music where there are session musicians...not sure if everybody involved in hip hop projects understood fully about production credits and what they meant.Eric B. did though.
