Bleep

It’s 1992, and the US lives under the shadow of the Gulf War, a pivotal moment somehow predicting “fake news” over a decade before the fact. Rapper Rakim and his trusty producer Eric B. convene to split the difference between the America of the mind and ‘the real’ over introspective lyricism and house-shaking beats. The resulting Don’t Sweat the Technique is a high watermark of hip hop’s golden age and a bridge into the next.