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Paid In Full

Paid In Full

Year
1987
Genre
Hip Hop
Label
Island Records
Producer
Eric B. & Rakim

Album Summary

Paid in Full is the debut studio album by American hip hop duo Eric B. & Rakim, released on July 7, 1987, by Island-subsidiary label 4th & B'way Records. The duo recorded the album at hip-hop producer Marley Marl's home studio and Power Play Studios in New York City, following Rakim's response to Eric B.'s search for a rapper to complement his disc jockey work in 1985. The album peaked at No. 58 on the Billboard 200 chart, No. 8 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, 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".

Tracklist

  1. A1 I Ain't No Joke Spotify 3:54
  2. A2 Eric B. Is On The Cut Spotify 3:48
  3. A3 My Melody Spotify 6:46
  4. B1 I Know You Got Soul Spotify 4:46
  5. B2 Move The Crowd Spotify 4:23
  6. C1 Paid In Full Spotify 3:50
  7. C2 As The Rhyme Goes On Spotify 4:00
  8. C3 Chinese Arithmetic Spotify 4:07
  9. D1 Eric B. Is President Spotify 6:15
  10. D2 Extended Beat Spotify 3:49
Total Runtime: 45:38

Most Popular Members

William Michael Griffin, Jr. Eric Barrier

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