I Know You Got Soul (Eric B. & Rakim song)

Infobox Single
Name = I Know You Got Soul


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Artist = Eric B. & Rakim
from Album = Paid in Full
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Released = 1987
Format = 12-inch single
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Genre = East Coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop
Length = 4:48
Label = 4th & Broadway
Writer = Eric Barrier, William Griffin, Bobby Byrd, James Brown, Charles Bobbitt
Producer = Eric B. & Rakim
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Last single = "I Ain't No Joke"
This single = "I Know You Got Soul"
Next single = "Move the Crowd"

"I Know You Got Soul" is a single by hip hop duo Eric B. & Rakim from their album "Paid in Full" (1987). Allmusic's Steve Huey wrote that the song "single-handedly kicked off hip-hop's infatuation with James Brown samples". [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fpfwxqy5ldfe allmusic ((( Paid in Full > Overview )))] . Allmusic. Accessed August 6, 2008.] The track's production contains "digitized cymbal crashes, breathing sounds, and a bumping bass line." [Perry, Imani (2004). "Prophets of the Hood", p. 52. Duke University Press. ISBN 0822334461]

The song samples "I Know You Got Soul" by Bobby Byrd, "You'd Like It Too" by Funkadelic, "The Grunt" by The J.B.'s, "I Want You Back" by The Jackson 5, "Got to Be Real" by Cheryl Lynn, "Pussyfooter" by Jackie Robinson, "Ain't Nobody" by Rufus, "Ashley's Roachclip" by Soul Searchers, "Last Night Changed It All (I Really Had a Ball)" by Esther Williams, and "Greedy G" by the Brentford All-Stars. [ [http://www.secondhandsongs.com/song/29518 Song: I Know You Got Soul] . Second Hand Songs. Accessed August 6, 2008.] British band MARRS sampled the line, "Pump up the volume", for their number one UK single, "Pump Up the Volume". [Wojcik, Pamela Robertson; Knight, Arthur (2001). "Soundtrack Available", p. 254. Duke University Press. ISBN 0822328003.]

Eric B. and Rakim sampled the record on some of their subsequent recordings, including "Follow the Leader" and "Microphone Fiend". "Q" magazine ranked "I Know You Got Soul" at number one on their "30 Best Hip Hop Songs" [ [http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/q150lists.htm 30 Best Hip Hop Songs] . RockList. Accessed August 6, 2008.] and a survey by Top40-Charts.com ranked it at number 67 on a similar list. [ [http://top40-charts.com/features/top100_greatest_hiphop2.php 25 years of Hip-hop: Top 100 Greatest Hip-hop/Rap Singles of all time] . Top40-Charts.com. Accessed August 6, 2008.] "Rolling Stone" ranked it at number 386 on "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". [ [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6596231/i_know_you_got_soul I Know You Got Soul] . "Rolling Stone" (December 9, 2004). Accessed September 12, 2008.]

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