{"id":3761,"date":"2009-12-22T08:22:31","date_gmt":"2009-12-22T07:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=3761"},"modified":"2009-12-22T08:22:31","modified_gmt":"2009-12-22T07:22:31","slug":"rakims-faves-of-the-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/rakims-faves-of-the-decade\/","title":{"rendered":"Rakim&#8217;s Faves of the Decade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"486\" height=\"412\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"name\" value=\"flashObj\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"videoId=54234156001&amp;playerId=1126070790&amp;viewerSecureGatewayURL=https:\/\/console.brightcove.com\/services\/amfgateway&amp;servicesURL=http:\/\/services.brightcove.com\/services&amp;cdnURL=http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com&amp;domain=embed&amp;autoStart=false&amp;\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f8\/1126070790\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Rakim tells Billboard.com what his favorite albums and songs of the 2000s are.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/#\/features\/best-of-the-2000s-video-artists-picks-1004053063.story\" target=\"_blank\">Billboard.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rakim tells Billboard.com what his favorite albums and songs of the 2000s are. 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