Eric B. & Rakim, Paid in Full - 45m 38s

Tracks & Durations

1. I Ain't No Joke	3:55
2. Eric B. Is On The Cut	3:52
3. My Melody	6:48
4. I Know You Got Soul	4:50
5. Move The Crowd	3:50
6. Paid In Full	3:54
7. As The Rhyme Goes On	4:03
8. Chinese Arithmetic	4:10
9. Eric B. Is President	6:20
10. Extended beat	3:49

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Review

This debut album, basically a collection of early singles ("Eric B. Is President," "I Know You Got Soul," the title track), is the motherlode of late-'80s New York rap--assured, serious, and hugely influential. Rakim, a rapper's rapper, is the Chow Yun-Fat of hip-hop: cool as steel, absolutely calm, absolutely deadly. His verbal wit and rhythmic gift go hand-in-hand. He flows like a waterfall, playing around the beat, leaping from one ingenious phrase to another, letting the words do all the work. And Eric B.? He comes up with some straightforward but effective backing tracks (he favors James Brown grooves), scratches on a couple of block-rocking instrumentals, and makes room for the master to do his thing. --Douglas Wolk

Other Versions

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Paid in Full

Tracks: 10, Disk length: 45m 31s (-1m 53s)

Paid in Full

Tracks: 12 (+2 tracks), Disk length: 52m 41s (+7m 3s)

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