Microphone Fiend by Eric B. & Rakim Song Details

Eric B. & Rakim's ' "Microphone Fiend" was released on its scheduled release date, November 4, 1996. With this song being about 5 minutes long, at This song is fairly a long song compared to the average song length. This song does not have an "Explicit" tag, making it safe for all ages. There are a total of 32 in the song's album "The 18th Letter / The Book Of Life". In this album, this song's track order is #4. Furthermore, we believe that the track originated from United States. In terms of popularity, Microphone Fiend is currently below average in popularity. Even with the track produces more of a neutral energy, it is pretty danceable compared to others.

BPM and Tempo

With Microphone Fiend by Eric B. & Rakim having a BPM of 94 with a half-time of 47 BPM and a double-time of 188 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Andante (at a walking pace) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall slow tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with yoga or pilates. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

E Major is the music key of this track. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 12B. So, the perfect camelot match for 12B would be either 12B or 1A. While, 1B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 9B and a high energy boost can either be 2B or 7B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 12A or 11B will give you a low energy drop, 3B would be a moderate one, and 10B or 5B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 9A allows you to change the mood.

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