Paid in Full

Paid in Full is the debut full-length LP by rap duo Eric B. & Rakim, released in 1987. The album was generally very well received on release, with many calling it captivating, profound, innovative and instantly influential. According to Vibe Magainze: "...[When Rakim] took to the mike in 1987, and served up Paid in Full with DJ Eric B., he set hip hop's new course....[Rakim was] a street-wise mystic with eminently clear and dexterous rhymes that sounded like they might never end..." . Furthermore, Eric B.'s innovative distillation of a James Brown sample in "I Know You Got Soul" introduced the "godfather rap" period that witnessed the extensive sampling of R&B and soul music as instrumentals for hip hop songs. Eric B. is President, the first single off the album and by the duo, was somewhat revolutionary at the time of its release in that it showcased a different style of rapping that would soon be adapted by numerous MC's of the past and present. The song was also produced mostly by Marley Marl, contrary to the popular belief that Eric B. had produced it singlehandedly.

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:01:08

This is the stage.

:01:29

And I was there.

:01:32

Me, Mitch, and Rico.

:01:35

We did our thing, you know?

:01:37

We was living.
We was living that life.

:01:41

So, you know, I'm up at this
birthday party the other day.

:01:44

You told me about it.
Talkin' about Charlie Rucks?

:01:47

Exactly.

:01:48

Yeah, I couldn't make
that shit.

:01:50

So, I'm up
at that birthday

:01:52

I didn't bring him nothin'.

:01:54

So, I see everybody up there
got stuff for him,

:01:56

so I walk up
to the table

:01:57

Ain't got no soy sauce
up there, B.?

:01:59

No, they didn't put no fuckin'
soy sauce in the bag, man.

:02:01

Why these Chinese niggas
always doin' this shit, man?

:02:04

Fuck the soy sauce, man!

:02:05

Mitch, can I tell a story?

:02:07

I walk up to the table, right?

:02:08

Chinese niggas
-Pick up the cake

:02:11

mush it in his face,
tell him, "Happy birthday."

:02:14

Niggas at the party
looking at me like I'm buggin'.

:02:17

I showed that nigga
mad love, B.

:02:19

We lookin' at you
like you buggin', man.

:02:21

You buggin', man.

:02:22

This nigga thinks it's funny.

:02:24

You took the whole cake
and mushed it in his face?

:02:26

Whole cake.

:02:27

What's up with this nigga here?
That's love right there, man.

:02:30

Why you doin' that, B.?

:02:31

Why you fuckin' a birthday
party up like that?

:02:34

I know his girl was there.

:02:36

Ace, make that shot again.

:02:38

Five thou
you can't make it again.

:02:40

I ain't gonna take your $5,000,
man. Hold onto your money.

:02:43

Penny-pinchin'
nigga here, man.

:02:46

You know,
he fucks me up, man.

:02:48

You always trying to save
your dough and shit, B.

:02:50

The thing is, baby, you're
fuckin' with the wrong nigga.

:02:53

You need to be
fuckin' with me, man.

:02:55

Give me that bet, man.

:02:57

Yeah, you got the bet,
Mr. Mitch. What, you drunk?

:02:59

I'm gonna take this nigga
Uptown, man.

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