I Ain't No Joke

I Ain't No Joke

Infobox Single
Name = I Ain't No Joke


Artist = Eric B. & Rakim
Album = Paid in Full
B-side = "Eric B. Is on the Cut"
Released = 1987
Format = 12-inch single
Recorded =
Genre = East Coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop
Length = 3:54
Label = Zakia, 4th & B'way
Writer = Eric B. & Rakim
Producer = Eric B. & Rakim
Certification =
Last single = "Eric B. Is President"
This single = "I Ain't No Joke"
Next single = "I Know You Got Soul"

"I Ain't No Joke" is a single by hip hop duo Eric B. & Rakim from their debut album, "Paid in Full" (1987). The song samples "Pass the Peas" by The J.B.'s and "Theme from the Planets" by Dexter Wansel. Described as one of the album's "monumental singles", [Huey, Steve. [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:dcfexqw5ldje~T1 allmusic ((( Eric B. & Rakim > Biography )))] . Allmusic. Accessed August 15 2008.] it peaked at number thirty-eight on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fpfwxqy5ldfe~T31 allmusic ((( Paid in Full > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))] . Allmusic. Accessed August 15 2008.] According to Allmusic's Michael Di Bella, "Rakim grabs the listener by the throat and illustrates his mastery of the rhyming craft over a simple James Brown loop produced by Eric B." [Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2002). "All Music Guide to Rock". Backbeat Books, p. 374. ISBN 087930653X.]

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