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1.
10/1986
2





48
R&B






[4th & B'way 7431]
written by Rakim (as Rakim Allah) 
2.
05/1987
11



39
dance
64
R&B




76
UK
[Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs #386]
[4th & B'way 7438]
written by Rakim (as William Griffin) , Eric B. (as Eric Barrier) & Bobby Byrd
3.
10/1987
3





38
R&B






[4th & B'way 7448]
written by Eric B. & Rakim 
4.
11/1987
72



3
dance
65
R&B




15
UK
[artist #3 hit]
[novelty]
charted as Move the Crowd / Paid in Full in US dance charts
[4th & B'way 7456]
written by Eric B. (as Eric Barrier) & Rakim (as William Griffin Jr.) 
5.
01/1988
34



3
dance






53
UK
charted as Move the Crowd / Paid in Full in US dance charts
written by Rakim (as William Griffin)  & Eric B. (as Eric Barrier)
6.
03/1988
66











13
UK
[artist #4 hit]
[R]
written by Rakim (as William Griffin) , Eric B. (as Eric Barrier) & Bobby Byrd
7.
07/1988
63



11
dance
16
R&B




21
UK
[artist #5 hit]
[Uni 50003]
written by Rakim (as William Griffin)  & Eric B. (as Eric Barrier)
8.
07/1988
7











81
UK
written by Eric B. (as Eric Barrier) & Rakim (as William Griffin) 
9.
11/1988
9











74
UK
written by Eric B. (as Eric Barrier) & Rakim (as Rakim Allah) 
10.
01/1989
13



28
dance
79
R&B




76
UK
[Uni 50014]
written by Eric B. (as Eric Barrier) & Rakim (as William Griffin) 
11.
05/1989

 ②  Friends by Jody Watley

from Larger Than Life   Larger Than Life
153

9
US
7
dance
3
R&B




21
UK
[artist #2 hit]
with Eric B. & Rakim
[MCA 53660]
written by André Cymone, Jody Watley, Eric B. (as Eric Barrier) & Rakim (as William Griffin) 
12.
06/1990
15



37
dance
23
R&B




81
UK
[MCA 79018]
written by Eric B. (as Eric Barrier) & Rakim (as William Griffin) 
13.
09/1990
1





82
R&B






[MCA 53901]
written by Eric B. (as Eric Barrier) & Rakim (as William Griffin) 
14.
12/1991
3





34
R&B






[MCA 54311]
written by Eric B. (as Eric Barrier) & Rakim (as William Griffin) 
15.
02/1992
8

96
US


38
R&B






[Soul/MCA 54333]
written by Rakim (as William Griffin) 
16.
06/1992
19



12
dance
14
R&B






[MCA 54418]
written by Eric B. & Rakim 
17.
12/1992
1





107
R&B






written by Eric B. & Rakim 
18.
11/1993
4

118
US


92
R&B






[MCA 54743]
written by Rakim 
19.
10/1994
1





106
R&B






written by Ahmad (as Ahmad A. Lewis), Redfoo (as Stefan K. Gordy), Eric B. (as Erik Barrier) & Rakim (as William Griffin) 
20.
05/1995
3











157
UK
as Parliament, Funkadelic & The P-Funk Allstars
written by Rakim (as William Griffin)  & Eric B. (as Eric Barrier)
21.
12/1995
2





58
R&B






written by Eric B. (as Eric Barrier), Rakim (as William Griffin) , Dennis Lambert (sample), Duane Hitchings (sample) & Franne Golde (sample)
22.
12/1995
1





74
R&B






as Angie B
[Bust It/Capitol 74001]
written by Rakim (as William Griffin) , Eric B. (as Eric Barrier), Prince Markie Dee (as Mark Morales), Cory Rooney (as Mark C. Rooney) & K. Price
23.
05/1997
30











29
UK
written by Eric B. (as Eric Barrier), Rakim (as William Griffin)  & Tricky (as Adrian Thaws)
24.
07/1997
10

81
US


43
R&B






featuring Yvette Michele
[Payday 850916]
written by O.C. (as Omar Credle), Buckwild (as Anthony Best), Michelle Bryant, George Johnson, Louis Johnson, Eric B. (as Eric Barrier) & Rakim (as William Griffin) 
25.
08/1997
1





101
R&B






featuring Big Noyd & Rakim
written by Havoc, Prodigy, Rakim  & Big Noyd
26.
12/1997
31





22
R&B




32
UK
[R&B chart position is for R&B airplay charts]
[Universal album cut]
written by Eric B. (as Eric Barrier), Clark Kent (as Rodolfo Franklin), Rakim (as William Griffin) , Chuck D (as Carlton Ridenhour), Eric Sadler & Hank Shocklee
27.
05/1998
29











30
UK
written by Eric B. (as Eric Barrier), Rakim (as William Griffin) , Dave Randall (as David Randall) & Phil Ward (as Philip Ward)
28.
08/1998
14











53
UK
written by Jane Eugene, Rakim (as William Griffin) , Carl McIntosh & Steve Nichol
29.
10/1998
3











154
UK
featuring Erik B. & Rakim
written by Eric B. (as Eric Barrier), Rakim (as William Griffin) , James Brown, Bobby Byrd & Charles Bobbit
30.
06/1999
14











53
UK
featuring Rakim
written by Lol Creme, Anne Dudley, Trevor Horn, Paul Morley & Rakim (as William Griffin) 
31.
01/2000
4









31
alt.


written by Eric B. (as Eric Barrier), Wes Borland, Fred Durst, Rakim (as William Griffin) , John Otto (as Johnny Otto), Sam Rivers & Method Man
32.
01/2000
1





119
R&B






written by Rakim (as William Griffin)  & DJ Premier (as Christopher Martin)
33.
06/2000
45

60
US


15
R&B




35
UK
[Queen Bee 84703]
written by Edward Archer, Eric B., Jackey Beavers (as Robert Beavers), José Feliciano, Darren Henson, Jack Hill (as Jack C. Hill), Lil' Kim (as Kimberly Jones), Peter Joyner, Rakim , Ro, Dennis Taylor & H. "Hank" Thomas
34.
03/2002
259

9
US


2
R&B




3
UK
[artist #1 hit]
featuring Rakim
[Aftermath 497710]
written by Static Major (as Stephen Garrett), DJ Quik (as David Blake) & Rakim (as William Griffin) 
35.
01/2003
1





123
R&B






featuring Dr. Dre, Rakim & Truth Hurts
written by Jay-Z (as Shawn Carter), Dr. Dre (as Andre Young), Rakim (as William Griffin Jr.)  & Scott Storch
36.
07/2003
53

95
US


49
R&B




22
UK
featuring Missy Elliott
[Blackground 001609]
written by Timbaland, Magoo, Dennis Taylor, Edward Archer, Eric B. (as Eric Barrier), Freddie Byrd, Howie Thompson, Jack Hill, Jackey Beavers, Lael Williams, MC Lyte, Missy Elliott, Preston Joyner & Rakim (as William Griffin) 
37.
09/2003
1





122
R&B






featuring Nas and Rakim
written by Alicia Keys, Taneisha Smith, Eric B. (as Eric Barrier), Nas (as Nasir Jones), DJ Premier (as Chris Martin) & Rakim (as William Griffin) 
38.
04/2005
36

35
US


9
R&B






[Roc-A-Fella 004632]
written by Eric B. (as Eric Barrier), Vito Colapietro, Neely Dinkins (as Neely Dinkins Jr.), Sean Garrett, Rakim (as William Griffin)  & Willie Hutchinson
39.
04/2008
20

64
US


13
R&B






featuring Lil Wayne
[The Incorporation LP Cut]
written by Lloyd (as Lloyd Polite), Lil Wayne (as Dwayne Carter), Eric B. (as Eric Barrier) & Rakim (as William Griffin) 
40.
12/2008
10

65
US










co-starring Lil Wayne
[DTP/Def Jam Digital]
written by Vito Pallavicini, Ludacris, Lil Wayne (as Dwayne Carter), Wyatt Coleman, Youtha Fowler, Pino Donaggio (as Giuseppe Donaggio), Eric B. (as Eric Barrier) & Rakim (as William Griffin) 
41.
03/2014
40

117
US




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rock
21
alt.
138
UK

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