Don't Sweat The Technique 3/30/2004 California on October 31

California on October 31

Ian Stewart

Photographer: Zach Wolfe

"Never Lonely" features distorted

Two years after Machine Head's slightly experimental 1999 release

Don't Sweat The Technique 3/30/2004 California on October 31Personnel: Rakim (vocals, programming); Eric B. (programming). Recorded at the Hit Factory, New York, New York. As their final album as a duo, DON'T SWEAT THE TECHNIQUE still packed the high energy tracks and fierce vocal styles that had made the Eric B. & Rakim hip hop pioneers. Well recognized as one of the all time great MCs, Rakim issues lyrics that are at once stimulating and devastatingly powerful. Tracks like "Pass the Hand Grenade" and