Before going through Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, I had never heard of I Know You Got Soul, by Eric B and Rakim. And it never showed up on any Billboard charts, either.
So why is it on this list of greatest songs ever?
Must have a beautiful melody, right?
Wrong.
It's an old school rap: Rhythmic talking over a sterile beat and a few record scratches.
Well then, the lyric must be amazing, right?
Wrong.
Consider the world-changing opening foursome:
It's been a long time, I shouldn't have left you
Without a strong rhyme to step to
Think of how many weak shows you slept through
Time's up, I'm sorry I kept you
Yeah...well...I'm sorry, too. Sorry I hung around long enough to listen to the whole waste of megabits.
And I feel that from the bottom of the soul I got.
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