Follow the Leader (Eric B. & Rakim album)
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| Released | July 26, 1988 | |||
| Recorded | 1987–1988 | |||
| Studio | Power Play Studios (Queens, New York City) | |||
| Genre | Golden age hip-hop | |||
| Length | 48:47 | |||
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Follow the Leader is the second studio album by American hip hop duo Eric B. & Rakim, released on July 26, 1988. Following their debut album, Paid in Full (1987), Eric B. & Rakim left 4th & B'way Records and signed with Uni Records, a subsidiary label of major label MCA Records. They recorded Follow the Leader at Power Play Studios in Long Island City in Queens, New York. The duo produced, composed, and arranged the album with additional contributions from Rakim's brother Stevie Blass Griffin, who contributed with various instruments. Eric B. & Rakim worked with audio engineers Carlton Batts and Patrick Adams on the album.