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I Know You Got Soul (Vocal) / I Know You Got Soul (Acapella) + I Know You Got Soul (Dub)
I Know You Got Soul (Vocal) / I Know You Got Soul (Acapella) + I Know You Got Soul (Dub)

I Know You Got Soul (Vocal) / I Know You Got Soul (Acapella) + I Know You Got Soul (Dub)

Record company Island Records, Inc.
Recording venue Powerplay
Performing artist Eric B. & Rakim
Record company 4th B'Way
Producer Eric Barrier
Date1987
Mediumpolyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
DimensionsOverall (Diameter): 11 13/16 in. (30.004 cm)
Credit LineMoPOP permanent collection
Object number1999.425.50.A,.B
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"I Know You Got Soul" is a song recorded and produced by Eric B. & Rakim in 1987 on Island Records, Inc. The single ranked #23 by Rolling Stone on their list of Top 50 Hip-Hop songs, and #396 on their list of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Eric B. & Rakim are a Hip-Hop duo from Long Island, New York. The duo is composed of DJ Eric B. (Eric Barrier, b. 1963) and MC Rakim (William Michael Griffin Jr., b. 1968). Eric B. & Rakim were recognized as the premier and most influential DJ/MC team in all of Hip-Hop in the late 80s and Rolling Stone ranked them No. 5 on its list of the 20 Greatest Duos of All Time.

Front cover: A large number four is in the center. 4th B’Way is printed under the number 4. Back cover: A large number four is in the center. Track list and credits are printed on vinyl.
CopyrightThis work is issued under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) License. For more information, go to https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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