Eric B. & Rakim - Paid in Full (New Vinyl LP)

Top 500 #61

Double vinyl LP pressing. Paid in Full is the debut album from hip hop duo Eric B. & Rakim, originally released on July 7, 1987. Often credited as a benchmark album for the golden age hip hop, the album produced five singles: “”Eric B. Is President””, “”I Ain”t No Joke””, “”I Know You Got Soul””, “”Move the Crowd””, and “”Paid in Full””, all of which set a higher standard of lyricism in the genre and served as a blueprint for future rappers and producers to come. Eric B. & Rakim formed in Long Island, New York, in 1986, composed of Eric B. (born Eric Barrier) and MC Rakim (born William Michael Griffin Jr.).

• – Side 1 –
• 1 I Ain”t No Joke
• 2 Eric B. Is on the Cut
• – Side 2 –
• 1 My Melody
• 2 I Know You Got Soul
• 3 Move the Crowd
• – Side 3 –
• 1 Paid in Full
• 2 As the Rhyme Goes on
• 3 Chinese Arithmetic
• – Side 4 –
• 1 Eric B. Is President
• 2 Extended Beat