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Eric B. Is President

by Eric B. feat. Rakim

Golden Age

Producers

Samples

What this samples (2)

  • "I Know You Got Soul" — Bobby Byrd (1971) · drum break · WhoSampled ↗
  • "Funky President (People It's Bad)" — James Brown (1974) · drums and bass · WhoSampled ↗

Sample identification: WhoSampled (treated as Tier A-equivalent for sample IDs per methodology).

Linked moments 2

Lyrics: https://genius.com/Eric-b-and-rakim-eric-b-is-president-lyrics (external — we don't host lyrics; see methodology)

External

Citations 2

  1. B
    Wikipedia — Eric B. Is President Retrieved 2026-05-24.
  2. B
    AllMusic — Eric B. Is President — credits Retrieved 2026-05-24.

Per methodology: Tier A = scholarly / institutional / primary; Tier B = trade press + paper of record + Wikipedia; Tier C = fan / community / specialist (with corroboration).

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