Paid In Full (studio album)
by Eric B. & Rakim
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Paid In Full is ranked as the best album by Eric B. & Rakim.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/18/2025 18:12 | Exist-en-ciel | 2,488 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2025 23:11 | NYAndreas | 1,432 | 43/100 |
| ! | 11/06/2025 01:11 |  Larcx13 | 2,848 | 74/100 |
| ! | 05/19/2025 21:31 | brent13 | 1,622 | 71/100 |
| ! | 05/12/2025 14:00 | CharonBri | 1,001 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.6/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.6.
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HoldenM 08/30/2024 15:52 | #305045
No idea why this didn't click the first time around. This thing owns from top to bottom. Tight beats from Eric B. Bulletproof verses from Rakim. Just a match made in heaven.
Smooth delivery, good beats, and ingenious rhymes. 9.5/10!
Album Rating: 83.50
(835/10)
07.07.1987
Eric B. & Rakim (USA): Paid In Full
1.I Ain't No Joke. 91
2.Eric B. Is On The Cut. 70
3.My Melody. 84
4.I Know You Got Soul. 86
5.Move The Crowd. 85
6.Paid In Full. 100
7.As The Rhyme Goes On. 79
8.Chinese Arithmetic. 72
9.Eric B. Is President. 78
10.Extended Beat. 90
This album is very influential hip hop record and one of the best in 1980s. Rakim rapping skills were ahead of his time and production is decent. A lot of iconic tracks on here, but overall it still suffers a bit of being so early in the genre that not much variety is here.
Album Rating: 82.30
(823/10)
1.I Ain't No Joke. 91
2.Eric B. Is On The Cut. 70
3.My Melody. 84
4.I Know You Got Soul. 86
5.Move The Crowd. 85
6.Paid In Full. 88
7.As The Rhyme Goes On. 79
8.Chinese Arithmetic. 72
9.Eric B. Is President. 78
10.Extended Beat. 90
teague 10/15/2021 18:53 | #275061
You gotta admit this is supremely influential. The face of rap would be completely different without Rakim and the production from Eric B. is impressive for the time.
VictorVale 07/26/2021 22:44 | #271955
Clássico!
Stand out tracks are their Top 20 hits, "I know you got soul"(13) & "Paid in Full"(15).
StefanR10 11/28/2020 16:04 | #261560
The album is remarkable for his scratching and the perfect rap parts by rakim. My favorite song is Eric B is President especially for his The Mohawks "Champ" Sample.
planetneutral 11/07/2020 05:35 | #260305
Completely listenable throughout with some genuinely iconic stuff that just permeates so much of what came after it.
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