Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em
by Eric B. & Rakim
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Eric B. & Rakim bestography
Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em 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 960 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,806.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 50/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 2/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 52 Music Albums of 1990 | 33/52 | 2 |
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 20 Music Albums of 1990 | 18/20 | 1 |
| 2026 | covecove | Favorite Albums 200-101 | 21/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 24/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 60 Music Albums of 1990 | 31/60 | 3 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 92 Music Albums of 1990 | 62/92 | 2 |
| 2026 | PapaShiz86 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1990 | 23/50 | 3 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 32/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 63 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 152 | |||
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Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/13/2026 01:16 |  Brandon8 | 1,054 | 88/100 |
| ! | 04/15/2026 15:22 | covecove | 6,713 | 74/100 |
| ! | 04/07/2026 06:08 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,858 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.1/100, a mean average of 75.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.
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Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em forum mentions
Repo 08/28/2018 16:34 in What album are you listening to right now?
Romanelli 04/27/2018 23:56 in Albums You Added To Your Collection TodayLet The Rhythm Hit 'Em comments
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Larcx13 11/23/2021 02:43 | #276583 | TOP COMMENT
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It will grow on you with time if you let it. At first I would tell you this is my least favorite from them. Now Im not so sure which one is my #1. Great hip hop record.
Graeme2 TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/26/2015 15:04 | #144627 | TOP COMMENT
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First listen in over 20 years. Quite shocked at how good this is. Only used to really rat the first couple of tracks. This is solid.
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/09/2018 16:49 | #219453 | TOP COMMENT
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Still solid, but slipping from the standard of the first two. Just like other hip-hop trailblazers, the groups they inspired have surpassed them.
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