from the album Don't Sweat the Technique and Juice (soundtrack)
Released
February 1992
Recorded
1991
Studio
The Hit Factory (New York City)
Genre
Hardcore hip hop
Length
4:00
Label
MCA Records
Songwriter(s)
Rakim
Producer(s)
Rakim
Eric B. & Rakim singles chronology
"What's on Your Mind" (1992)
"Know the Ledge" (1992)
"Don't Sweat the Technique" (1992)
Music video
"Know the Ledge" on YouTube
"Know the Ledge" – originally on the soundtrack of the film Juice as "Juice (Know the Ledge)" – is a 1992 single by hip-hop duo Eric B. & Rakim. The film's theme song, also released on the duo's 1992 album Don't Sweat the Technique, it features a distinctive sample from Nat Adderley's 1968 hit "Rise, Sally, Rise".
"Know the Ledge" showcases Rakim's storytelling ability, sharing a first-person narrative of a neighborhood thug and drug dealer forced to come to grips with his violent and reckless lifestyle. Among Eric B. & Rakim's final hits as a duo, it was one of the most successful singles from the Juice soundtrack.
50 Cent told NME that the song was the one that made him want to be a rapper: "They were painting a picture of where I lived and all the moves you needed to make in order to live on the streets there. It was the law of the jungle out there."[1]
^Haynes, Gavin (October 1, 2015). "Soundtrack of my life". NME: 48.
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