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Paid in Full
Studio albumby
Eric B. & Rakim
ReleasedJuly 7, 1987(1987-07-07)[1]
Recorded1986–1987
Studio
GenreGolden age hip hop
Length45:08
Label
ProducerEric B. & Rakim
Eric B. & Rakimchronology
Paid in Full
(1987) 		Follow the Leader
(1988)
SinglesfromPaid in Full
  1. "Eric B. Is President"
    Released: 1986
  2. "I Ain't No Joke"
    Released: 1987
  3. "I Know You Got Soul"
    Released: 1987
  4. "Move the Crowd"
    Released: 1987
  5. "Paid in Full"
    Released: 1987

Paid in Fullis the debut studio album by Americanhip hopduoEric B. & Rakim,released on July 7, 1987, byIsland-subsidiary label4th & B'way Records.The duo recorded the album athip hop producerMarley Marl's home studio and Power Play Studios in New York City, followingRakim's response toEric B.'s search for a rapper to complement hisdisc jockeywork in 1985. The album peaked at No. 58 on theBillboard200chart, No. 8 on theR&B/Hip-Hop Albumschart, and produced five singles: "Eric B. Is President","I Ain't No Joke","I Know You Got Soul","Move the Crowd ", and"Paid in Full".

Paid in Fullis credited as a benchmark album ofgolden age hip hop.Rakim's rapping, which pioneered the use ofinternal rhymesin hip hop, set a higher standard of lyricism in the genre and served as a template for future rappers. The album's heavy sampling by Eric B. became influential in hip hop production. The record has sold over a million copies and theRecording Industry Association of America(RIAA) certified itplatinumin 1995. In 2020, the album was ranked number 61 onRolling Stonemagazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".[2]

Background

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Eric B.andRakimmet in 1985 after Eric B. looked for a rapper to complement histurntable workat the New York City radio stationWBLS.[3]After Rakim responded to Eric B.'s search for "New York's top MC",[4]Eric B.'s friend and roommateMarley Marlallowed him to use his home studio. The first track they recorded, "Eric B. Is President",was released as a single on the independent Zakia Records in 1986. AfterDef Jam RecordingsfounderRussell Simmonsheard the single, the duo were signed toIsland Recordsand began recording the album inManhattan's Power Play Studios in early 1987.[4]Rakim wrote his songs in approximately one hour while listening to the beat. He then recorded his vocals in the booth by reading his lyrics from a paper. In 2006, Rakim revealed, "When I hear my first album today I hear myself reading my rhymes but I'm my worst critic."[5]The duo completed the album in one week. They have said that they worked in 48-hour shifts and recorded in single takes to complete the album within budget.[6]In a 2008 interview withAllHipHop,Eric B. stated, "[T]o sit here and say we put together this calculated album to be a great album would be a lie. We were just doing records that felt good."[7]

The album's success led to a contract withUni RecordsandMCA Records,where they released their second album,Follow the Leader(1988).[8]Eric B. and Rakim are credited as officially producingPaid in Full.Although Marley Marl claimed to have produced two tracks ( "My Melody" and "Eric B. Is President"[9]), Eric B. has argued that Marley Marl was only an engineer.[7]In 2003, Eric B. alleged the duo had not been paid in full for their work, and filed a lawsuit against theIsland Def Jam Music Group,Lyor Cohen,and Russell Simmons.[10]

The album cover featured a photo of Eric B. and Rakim wearing custom-madeGucci"knock-ups" byHarlemtailorDapper Dan.[11]

Music

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Rakim's rhyming deviated from the simple rhyme patterns of early 1980s hip hop. His free-rhythm style ignoredbarlines and had earned comparisons toThelonious Monk.[12]The New York Times'Ben Ratliffwrote that Rakim's "unblustery rapping developed the form beyond the flat-footed rhythms of schoolyard rhymes".[13]While many rappers developed their technique through improvisation, Rakim was one of the first to demonstrate advantages of a writerly style, as with for instance his pioneering use ofinternal rhyme.[14]Unlike previous rappers such asLL Cool JandRun-DMCwho delivered their vocals with high energy, Rakim employed a relaxed, stoic delivery.[4][15]According toMTV,"We'd been used to MCs likeRunandDMC,Chuck DandKRS-Oneleaping on the mic shouting with energy and irreverence, but Rakim took a methodical approach to his microphone fiending. He had a slow flow, and every line was blunt, mesmeric. "[16]Rakim's relaxed delivery resulted from hisjazzinfluences; he had played thesaxophoneand was aJohn Coltranefan.[9][12][17][18]His subject matter often covered his own rapping skills and lyrical superiority over other rappers.[19][20]

AllMusiceditor Steve Huey characterized Rakim for his "complex internal rhymes, literate imagery, velvet-smooth flow, and unpredictable, off-the-beat rhythms."[21]Pitchforkwriter Jess Harvell described his rapping as "authoritative, burnished, [and] possessing an unflappable sense of rhythm".[20]Paid in Full,which contains gritty, heavy, and dark beats,[22]marked the beginning of heavysamplingin hip hop records.[13]Of the album's ten tracks, three areinstrumentals.[23]As adisc jockey,Eric B. had reinstated the art of live turntable mixing.[9]Hissoul-filled sampling became influential in future hip hop production.[16]Music criticRobert Christgaunoted that Eric B. had incorporated "touches of horn or whistle deep in the mix" of his sampled percussion and scratches.[24]

Singles

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"Eric B. Is President" was released as the first single with "My Melody" as theB-side.[12]It peaked at number 48 on theHot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracksand number forty on theHot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales.[25]The track sparked debate on the legality of unauthorized sampling whenJames Brownsued to prevent the duo's use of his music.[26]PopMatters'Mark Anthony Nealcalled it "the most danceable hip-hop recording" of 1986.[27]According toTouréofThe New York Times,"It is Rakim's verbal dexterity as well as his calm, deep voice and dark tone that has made this song a rap classic: 'I came in the door/ I said it before/ I'll never let the mic magnetize me no more/ But it's bitin' me/ Fightin' me/ Invitin' me to rhyme/ I can't hold it back/ I'm looking for the line/ Takin' off my coat/ Clearin' my throat/ The rhyme will be kickin' it/ Til I hit my last note.'"[28]Remixes of both “Eric B. Is President” and “My Melody” were included on the album as opposed to their original versions.

The second single, "I Know You Got Soul",peaked at number 39 on theHot Dance Music/Club Playchart, number 34 on theHot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales,and number 64 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks.[25]The track's production contains "digitized cymbal crashes, breathing sounds, and a bumping bass line."[29]The song popularized James Brown samples in hip hop songs.[30]The British bandM|A|R|R|Ssampled the line, "Pump up the volume", on their number one UK single, "Pump Up the Volume".[31]Rolling Stoneranked it at number 386 on "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[32]

The third single, "I Ain't No Joke",peaked at number 38 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks.[25]Described as one of the album's "monumental singles",[33]Michael Di Bella wrote in theAll Music Guide to Rockthat "Rakim grabs the listener by the throat and illustrates his mastery of the rhyming craft".[8]The fourth single, "Move the Crowd", peaked at number three on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart and number 25 on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales.[25]The track's B-side, "Paid in Full",was released as a single in 1987 and laterremixedby the production duoColdcut.The remix used several vocal samples, most prominently "Im Nin'alu"by Israeli singerOfra Haza.[31]In 2008, the song was ranked at number 24 onVH1's "100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs".[34]

Reception and influence

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Retrospective professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[21]
Blender[35]
Melody Maker[36]
Muzik[37]
Pitchfork7.8/10[20]
Q[38]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[39]
The Source[40]
Spin Alternative Record Guide10/10[41]
Uncut[42]

In a contemporary review forThe Washington Post,Mark Jenkins highlighted the single "Eric B. Is President" but was unimpressed by the rest ofPaid in Full:"Its beats are monotonous, and the attempts to take 'jazz and the quiet storm' and 'convert into hip-hop form' fall flat."[43]Robert Christgau gave the album a "B" grade in his "Consumer Guide" column forThe Village Voice.[24]Writing in 2001, he said it has "four groundbreaking masterworks" in "I Ain't No Joke", "I Know You Got Soul", "Paid in Full", and "Eric B. Is President", but was less enthusiastic about the other six songs: "They're pure, innovative, in-your-face—no doubt. But they're also turntablism with spoken decoration, of small use to anyone who hasn't internalized the 'real' hip hop aesthetic."[44]In the newspaper's annualPazz & Jopcritics' poll, it was named the 27th best album of 1987.[45]

Paid in Fullwas released during what became known as thegolden age hip hopera.[46]InThe Rolling Stone Album Guide(2004),Sasha Frere-Jonescalled it "one of hip-hop's perfect records",[39]while Alex Ogg considered it to be the duo'smagnum opusin his bookThe Men Behind Def Jam.[4]Rakim's rapping on the album set a blueprint for future rappers and helped secureEast Coast hip hop's reputation for innovative lyrical technique.[14][47]Author William Cobb stated inTo the Break of Dawnthat his rapping had "stepped outside" of the preceding era ofold school hip hopand that while the vocabulary and lyrical dexterity of newer rappers had improved, it was "nowhere near what Rakim introduced to the genre".[46]The New York Times'Dimitri Ehrlich, who described the album as "an artistic and commercial benchmark", credited Rakim for helping "give birth to a musical genre" and leading "a quiet musical revolution, introducing a soft-spoken rapping style".[48]AllMusic's Steve Huey declaredPaid in Fullone of hip-hop's most influential albums and "essential listening" for those interested in the genre's "basic musical foundations".[21]MTV ranked it at number one in "The Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of All Time", stating it raised the standards of hip-hop "both sonically and poetically" and described it as "captivating, profound, innovative and instantly influential".[16]The album is broken down track-by-track by Rakim in Brian Coleman's bookCheck the Technique.[49]

In 2003,Rolling StonelistedPaid in Fullat number 228 on "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time",maintaining the rating in a 2012 revised list, calling it" Ice-grilled, laid-back, diamond-sharp: Rakim is a front-runner in the race for Best Rapper Ever, and this album is a big reason why. "[50]In the 2020 reboot of the list, the album's rank shot up to number 61.[51]Similarly,Blendermagazine included the album in its "500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die".[52]Timemagazine listed it as one of the eighteen albums of the 1980s in its "All-TIME 100" albums; editorAlan Lightacknowledged the record changed the "sound, flow, and potential" of hip hop and that if Rakim is "the greatest MC of all time, as many argue, this album is the evidence".[15]Jess Harvell ofPitchforkcomplimented Rakim for an "endless display of pure skill" and described the album as "laidback and funky", but believed it contained "too much filler to get a free 'classic' pass".[20]PitchforkplacedPaid in Fullat number fifty-two in its "Top 100 Albums of the 1980s"; editor Sam Chennault wrote that Rakim inspired a generation of MCs and "defined what it meant to be a hip-hop lyricist".[53]By 2018, at which pointPitchforkhad substantially altered their list of the top albums of the 1980s,Paid in Fullwas moved to number eleven and called ″a crowning achievement of hip-hop's first golden age″ and one of the genre's ″glittering Rosetta Stones″.[54]Slant Magazinelisted the album at #32 on its list of "Best Albums of the 1980s" saying "For his part, Rakim didn't need to rely on macho jargon and trite gangsterisms for his self-aggrandizing sermons; he would simply reel off line after line of spellbinding wordplay, influencing an entire decade of tongue-twisting MCs in the process."[55]

Rakim is credited with influencing rappers including theWu-Tang Clan,Jay-Z,50 Cent,andNas,[48][56]who citedPaid in Fullas one of his favorite albums.[57]50 Cent toldNMEthatPaid in Fullwas the first album he bought: "I used to get my grandmother's tape recorder – the one she used to tape church services – and record hip-hop off the radio. And, with Eric B. & Rakim, I think that was the first moment where I felt like, 'I've got to own this. This is crucial.'"[58]"It was a record that caused trouble," remarkedBusta Rhymes,"but it was one you couldn't top."[59]Eminemborrows or interpolates lines fromPaid in Fullon tracks fromThe Marshall Mathers LPincluding "My Melody" ( "I'm Back" ) and "As The Rhyme Goes On" ( "The Way I Am").

On July 11, 1995, theRecording Industry Association of America(RIAA) certified the albumplatinum.[60]As of December 1997, it had sold over a million copies.[48]

Track listing

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All songs written and produced by Eric B. & Rakim.

No.TitleLength
1."I Ain't No Joke"3:54
2."Eric B. Is on the Cut" (instrumental)3:48
3."My Melody" (remix)6:46
4."I Know You Got Soul"4:45
5."Move the Crowd"3:49
6."Paid in Full"3:50
7."As the Rhyme Goes On"4:00
8."Chinese Arithmetic" (instrumental)4:07
9."Eric B. Is President"(remix)6:20
10."Extended Beat" (instrumental mix of "Move the Crowd" )3:49

Personnel

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Adapted from AllMusic.[61]

  • Ruth Kaplan – art direction
  • Patrick Adams – engineer
  • Robert Hill – executive producer
  • Herb Powers – mastering
  • Ron Contarsy – photography
  • Eric B. & Rakim – producers
  • Marley Marl – remixing

Charts

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Charts (1987)[62][63] Peak
position
UK Albums Chart 85
U.S.Top Pop Albums[64] 58
U.S.Top Black Albums 8

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[65] Platinum 1,000,000^

^Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Reissues

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Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States October 27, 1998 Island/PolyGram Records Double CD (Platinum Edition)Out Of Print 524 573
November 4, 2003 Island/IDJMG/Universal Records Double CD (Deluxe Edition) 986 083
April 26, 2005 Island/IDJMG/Universal Records CD (Expanded Edition) 988 042

See also

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Notes

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