Rakim NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

June 25, 2018, Abby O Neill It had been nearly a decade since Rakim released new music, but that drought ended Friday when the godfather of rap lyricism and one half of the revered duo Eric B Rakim released a new song, King s The track was written for Season 2 of Marvel s Luke Cage, which premiered on Netflix the same day, but it wasn t entirely new to select NPR staff; they heard it days earlier when the God MC performed at the Tiny Desk. Set List King s Paradise Paid In Full Know The Ledge MUSICIANS Rakim (vocals), Adrian Younge (keys), Ali Shaheed Muhammad (bass), Jack Waterson (guitar), David Henderson (drums), Loren Oden (vocals), Saudia Mills (vocals), Angela Munoz (vocals), Stephanie Yu (violin), Bryan HernandezLuch (violin), DeAndre Shaifer (trumpet), Jordan Pettay (saxophone), Joi Gilliam (vocalist), Christone Ingram (Kingfish) (guitar)