Don't Sweat The Technique
by Eric B. & Rakim
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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 958 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,815.
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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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| ! | 04/09/2026 00:40 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,372 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/11/2026 19:37 |  covecove | 6,670 | 74/100 |
| ! | 02/26/2026 12:20 | Gedi | 351 | 83/100 |
| ! | 03/29/2025 17:55 | daCritic | 4,587 | 73/100 |
| ! | 12/09/2024 08:31 | TonySayers61 | 25,205 | 64/100 |
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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 75.4/100, a mean average of 76.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 10.9.
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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. (Edited)
junodog4 08/09/2018 16:50 | #219454 | TOP COMMENT
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Pales in comparison to their earlier work, but so does 95% of hip-hop. Goes to show how good their first two albums were. (Edited)
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