Few artists are important enough to change the game simply by returning to it, but Eric B. & Rakim might just fit that bill.
The legendary Hip Hop duo joined Hot 97’s Ebro In The Morning on Thursday (June 22) to announce that they would be reuniting for a very special show to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their Paid In Full album.
A special occasion calls for a very special venue, and Eric B. & Rakim will be performing their iconic album at the Apollo Theater in New York on July 7.
And it’s not just Eric B. & Rakim who’ll be on stage. Answering host Laura Stylez’s question about surprises for the night, Eric B. said “We got so many people, we might not even get any records off. We tryna bring the world in with us.”
The one-night-only celebration will mark the pair’s first performance together in over 20 years, since they toured in support of their 1992 record Don’t Sweat The Technique.
Watch Eric B. & Rakim make the big announcement in the video below:
The pair’s (occasionally errant) Twitter account had sounded out a return to the game last October, and even asked fans what city they should choose for kicking off their “tour.”
The anniversary show isn’t being billed as part of a broader tour, in fact it’s being promoted as “one night only,” but hey, it’s a start. Hopefully of something even bigger.
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Ever since prodigy’s passing, all these old new York niccas are coming out of nowhere. Its a Good look though.
New York always on the move of bringing old shit back . Foh
Super NYC Legends. Good that they’ve made up, life is too short for that bullshit.
Stop advertising the hellcat damn it already copped it lol got mine to 760 so far
More importantly is Rakim is back on stage. It doesn’t really matter if Eric B is there because any DJ can throw on a record.
Really? Theres alot more to DJ’ing than that. You obviously don’t understand the concept of the emcee and DJ format. The DJ was basically the producer. For example DJ Premier. You telling me that Gangstarr would be the same wothout Preem? Not even close. Guru put out albums with Solar and they were not the same.
For real they can give us an album and I don’t mind features neither on the album
Paid in Full is the greatest hip hop album of all time. These guys must go on tour. MUST!