Paid In Full

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

Tracklist

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	3:49
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	6:46
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	4:44
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	3:48
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	4:06
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	?:??
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	3:49

2▶CD: The Remixes

Credits

Release

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/317327 [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]

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