Don't Sweat The Technique (studio album)
by Eric B. & Rakim

Don't Sweat The Technique by Eric B. & Rakim
Year: 1992
Overall rank: 7,716th   
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 37 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1992 (126th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (1,263rd)
Award Best albums of all time (7,716th)

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Eric B. & Rakim bestography

Don't Sweat The Technique is ranked 3rd best out of 5 albums by Eric B. & Rakim on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Eric B. & Rakim is Paid In Full which is ranked number 923 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,872.

Eric B. & Rakim album bestography « Higher ranked (2,882nd)
Follow The Leader
This album (7,716th)
Don't Sweat The Technique
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Don't Sweat The Technique track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Don't Sweat The Technique rankings

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Overall rank: 7,716th | 1990s rank: 1,263rd | 1992 rank: 126th

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75/100 (from 37 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.5/100, a mean average of 76.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.9.

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From 07/08/2020 12:59 | #255239
On this one, Eric B. and Rakim updated their typical Golden Age-sound of the late 80's in order to keep up with the newer, more jazzy East Coast sound of the early 90's. The results are often pleasant. Rakim still knew how to move the crowd.
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From 08/09/2018 16:50 | #219454
Pales in comparison to their earlier work, but so does 95% of hip-hop. Goes to show how good their first two albums were.
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