Paid in Full: The Platinum Edition

~ Release by Eric B. & Rakim (see all versions of this release, 10 available)

Tracklist

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1▼CD: The Album
#	Title	Length
1	I Ain’t No Joke engineer: Patrick Adams and Elai Tubo producer: Eric B. and Rakim phonographic copyright (℗) by: Island Records, Inc. (in 1987) recorded at and mixed at: Power Play Studios in New York, New York, United States recording of: I Ain’t No Joke writer: Eric B. and Rakim	3:54
2	Eric B. Is on the Cut engineer: Patrick Adams and Elai Tubo producer: Eric B. and Rakim phonographic copyright (℗) by: Island Records, Inc. (in 1987) recorded at and mixed at: Power Play Studios in New York, New York, United States recording of: Eric B. Is on the Cut writer: Eric B. and Rakim	3:51
3	My Melody engineer: Patrick Adams and Elai Tubo producer: Eric B. and Rakim remixer: Marley Marl phonographic copyright (℗) by: Island Records, Inc. (in 1986) recorded at and mixed at: Power Play Studios in New York, New York, United States recording of: My Melody writer: Eric B. and Rakim	6:50
4	I Know You Got Soul engineer: Patrick Adams and Elai Tubo producer: Eric B. and Rakim phonographic copyright (℗) by: Island Records, Inc. (in 1987) recorded at and mixed at: Power Play Studios in New York, New York, United States samples: I Know You Got Soul by Bobby Byrd part of: Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (number: 386) recording of: I Know You Got Soul writer: Eric B. and Rakim	4:45
5	Move the Crowd engineer: Patrick Adams and Elai Tubo producer: Eric B. and Rakim phonographic copyright (℗) by: Island Records, Inc. (in 1987) recorded at and mixed at: Power Play Studios in New York, New York, United States recording of: Move the Crowd writer: Eric B. and Rakim	3:47
6	Paid in Full engineer: Patrick Adams and Elai Tubo producer: Eric B. and Rakim phonographic copyright (℗) by: Island Records, Inc. (in 1987) recorded at and mixed at: Power Play Studios in New York, New York, United States samples: Ashley’s Roachclip by The Soul Searchers and Change the Beat (French Rap) by Beside part of: Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 132) recording of: Paid in Full writer: Eric B. and Rakim	3:49
7	As the Rhyme Goes On engineer: Patrick Adams and Elai Tubo producer: Eric B. and Rakim phonographic copyright (℗) by: Island Records, Inc. (in 1987) recorded at and mixed at: Power Play Studios in New York, New York, United States samples: Funky President (People It’s Bad) by James Brown, Hold It Now, Hit It by Beastie Boys, I’m Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby by Barry White and His Orchestra (bass guitar) and Love's Theme by Fausto Papetti (membranophone) recording of: As the Rhyme Goes On writer: Eric B. and Rakim	4:00
8	Chinese Arithmetic engineer: Patrick Adams and Elai Tubo producer: Eric B. and Rakim phonographic copyright (℗) by: Island Records, Inc. (in 1987) recorded at and mixed at: Power Play Studios in New York, New York, United States recording of: Chinese Arithmetic writer: Eric B. and Rakim	4:08
9	Eric B. Is President engineer: Patrick Adams and Elai Tubo producer: Eric Barrier and Rakim remixer: Marley Marl phonographic copyright (℗) by: Island Records, Inc. (in 1986) recorded at and mixed at: Power Play Studios in New York, New York, United States music videos: Eric B. Is President by Eric B. & Rakim recording of: Eric B. Is President writer: Eric B. and Rakim	6:19
10	Extended Beat engineer: Patrick Adams and Elai Tubo producer: Eric B. and Rakim phonographic copyright (℗) by: Island Records, Inc. (in 1987) recorded at and mixed at: Power Play Studios in New York, New York, United States recording of: Extended Beat writer: Eric B. and Rakim	3:50

2▼CD: The Remixes
#	Title	Artist	Length
1	Paid in Full (Seven Minutes of Madness: The Coldcut remix) engineer: Raine Shine producer: Eric B. & Rakim turntable and turntable [scratching]: Matt Black and DJ Cell remixer: Coldcut samples: I Know You Got Soul by Eric B. & Rakim, Im Nin'alu by Ofra Haza and Train Sequence by [unknown] recording of: Paid in Full (Coldcut remix) lyricist: Rakim writer: Louis Eric Barrier and William Michael Griffin Jr. is based on: Paid in Full part of: American Psycho	Eric B. & Rakim	7:13
2	I Know You Got Soul (The Richie Rich mega mix) engineer: PJ Dynamix remixer: Richie Rich recording of: I Know You Got Soul writer: Eric B. and Rakim	Eric B. & Rakim	4:57
3	Move the Crowd (The Wild Bunch remix) remixer: The Wild Bunch	Eric B. & Rakim	4:27
4	Paid in Full (Derek B’s Urban Respray) remixer: Derek B recording of: Paid in Full writer: Eric B. and Rakim	Eric B. & Rakim	5:15
5	As the Rhyme Goes On (Pumpin’ the Turbo: Chad Jay in Effect) remixer: Chad Jay recording of: As the Rhyme Goes On writer: Eric B. and Rakim	Eric B. & Rakim	6:10
6	Move the Crowd (The Democratic 3 beatmix)	Eric B. & Rakim feat. DJ Slack	7:12
7	I Know You Got Soul (a cappella) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Island Records, Inc. (in 1987) partial recording of: I Know You Got Soul writer: Eric B. and Rakim recording of: I Know You Got Soul writer: Eric B. and Rakim	Eric B. & Rakim	4:46
8	I Know You Got Soul (dub) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Island Records, Inc. (in 1987) partial recording of: I Know You Got Soul writer: Eric B. and Rakim recording of: I Know You Got Soul writer: Eric B. and Rakim	Eric B. & Rakim	4:49
9	Eric B. Is President (dub) remixer: Marley Marl and MC Shan recording of: Eric B. Is President writer: Eric B. and Rakim	Eric B. & Rakim	4:07
10	My Melody (dub) instrumental recording of: My Melody writer: Eric B. and Rakim	Eric B. & Rakim	6:29

Credits

Release

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/103358 [info]
ASIN:	US: B00000DC4O [info]

Release group

associated singles/EPs:	Eric B. Is President / My Melody by Eric B. featuring Rakim I Ain’t No Joke I Know You Got Soul Move the Crowd Paid in Full

part of:

Z-Trip’s Top Nine 80s Records (number: 1) (order: 1)
Rolling Stone: 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time (number: 15) (order: 15)
Pitchfork: The 100 Best Rap Albums of All Time (number: 18) (order: 18)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2020 edition (number: 61) (order: 61)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2023 edition (number: 61) (order: 61)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2003 edition (number: 227) (order: 227)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2012 edition (number: 228) (order: 228)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/12854 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/Eric-b-and-rakim/Paid-in-full [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/eric_b__and_rakim/paid_in_full/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000193005 [info]
Wikidata:	Q1643785 [info]