The Master (Rakim album)

The Master
Studio album by Rakim
Released	November 30, 1999
Recorded	1998–1999
Genre	Hip hop
Length	1:02:07
Label	Universal 542 082
Producer	Rakim (also exec.) The 45 King Amen-Ra DJ Clark Kent DJ Premier Jaz-O Naughty Shorts Nick Wiz Punch TR Love V.I.C.
Rakim chronology
The 18th Letter (1997) The Master (1999) The Archive: Live, Lost & Found (2008)
Singles from The Master
"When I B On Tha Mic" Released: December 14, 1999

The Master is the second solo album by American rapper Rakim, released November 30, 1999, on Universal Records. It serves as the follow-up to Rakim's debut solo album, The 18th Letter (1997), and would be Rakim's last studio album for nearly a decade, until 2009's The Seventh Seal.