Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full

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    Music video by Eric B. & Rakim performing Paid In Full. (C) 1987 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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  • @ingamgoduka57
    @ingamgoduka57 Před 3 měsíci +965

    Pls tell me someone still listening to this masterpiece in 2024?!?!

    • @foley_3104
      @foley_3104 Před 3 měsíci +8

      Of course

    • @xxtjawsomexx6468
      @xxtjawsomexx6468 Před 3 měsíci +9

      discovering this for the first time. i’m turning 24 and i think with maturity and growth, i can finally listen to true hip hop music. That conscious shit !!!!

    • @judyabott6260
      @judyabott6260 Před 3 měsíci +12

      Only those who have a good taste of music are here

    • @synistralpsyche
      @synistralpsyche Před 3 měsíci +3

      Right here fam

    • @estellered
      @estellered Před 3 měsíci +3

      Still...massive tune

  • @lifftedhigh9216
    @lifftedhigh9216 Před 4 lety +8145

    Pls tell me someone still listening to this masterpiece in 2020?!?!

    • @jimlos7669
      @jimlos7669 Před 4 lety +72

      Off course the g.o.d. it it should be on your permanent playlist in your head like me 1

    • @LA-sz7we
      @LA-sz7we Před 4 lety +27

      Yeaaaah

    • @TheGuitar5150
      @TheGuitar5150 Před 4 lety +38

      Takes me back to my younger days

    • @mar15115
      @mar15115 Před 4 lety +34

      Its a classic

    • @albiewhaanga6242
      @albiewhaanga6242 Před 4 lety +21

      Hell yeah!!!

  • @RememberTheTime09
    @RememberTheTime09 Před 3 měsíci +302

    Vote Eric B & RAKIM into The RnR Hall of Fame 2024!

    • @cym634
      @cym634 Před 3 měsíci +10

      Eric B for President 😂 They are above the RRHOF. That whole organization is a racket to squeeze artists for $20k/ticket, while using their attendance, performances, etc for the financial gain of the owner of the RRHOF. Last I heard, it was owned by the same guy who owns Rolling Stone magazine lol
      No dope MC in hiphop needs an award for validation. Those who know already love them.

    • @travisr.9789
      @travisr.9789 Před měsícem

      @@cym634 I was gonna say it, too. What E and R is, is bigger than the RRHOF

  • @erich2186
    @erich2186 Před měsícem +88

    I am a 52-year-old father of two girls. This is the only song I INSISTED they both learn when they were kids so we could sing it together on care rides.

    • @rachelr375
      @rachelr375 Před měsícem +2

      Good Dad!🎶🎶🎶🎶

    • @cedricg190
      @cedricg190 Před 27 dny

      outstanding Fatherhood, it only comes around once in a lifetime.

    • @KG-th3cr
      @KG-th3cr Před 22 dny +1

      Thinkin of a master plan....

    • @cedricg190
      @cedricg190 Před 22 dny +1

      @@KG-th3cr 80's -90' brother!!

    • @cedricg190
      @cedricg190 Před 22 dny

      @@KG-th3cr how about King Kut?

  • @eob71
    @eob71 Před 3 lety +3497

    This shit is art. This track was so ahead of it’s time. Eric B and Rakim were so insanely brilliant. We even knew it in 1988 y’all.

    • @treyblands7275
      @treyblands7275 Před 3 lety +82

      They truly changed hip-hop when this dropped

    • @treyblands7275
      @treyblands7275 Před 3 lety +17

      And I was born in the 90s lol

    • @jefferyrandall8030
      @jefferyrandall8030 Před 3 lety +40

      Back then the debate between who was the best came down to two. Rakim or Big daddy Kane. I personally thought MOE Dee was just as good been back then. But after going back and listening to KRS ONE I’ve revised my top 4. 1. Rakim 2. MOE DEE 3. KRS ONE 4. Big daddy Kane.

    • @patrickjira7524
      @patrickjira7524 Před 3 lety +27

      So ahead of its time, it’s scary

    • @nlgbbbblth
      @nlgbbbblth Před 3 lety +8

      The best bit is when he says "THINKING OF A BASTARD PLAN"

  • @OMEGAxWARRIOR
    @OMEGAxWARRIOR Před 4 lety +4937

    Paid In Full feels like the opening credits to the golden age of Hip Hop

  • @bundy254
    @bundy254 Před 3 měsíci +277

    who's still bumping to this in 2024

  • @provethioaltum3276
    @provethioaltum3276 Před měsícem +62

    Rakim and krs1 are amongst the best to ever handle the mic 🎤

  • @drakefeet2_
    @drakefeet2_ Před 4 lety +1989

    1986: This is a good song
    2019: This is a good song
    2074: This is a good song

  • @jjthoughts9920
    @jjthoughts9920 Před 5 lety +1220

    The Paid in Full Album should be in the library of congress

  • @__N7
    @__N7 Před dnem

    Rakim was called the first ever real MC in hip hop, back then hip hop was just reciting lyrics. Rakim invented ‘flow’ and changed hip hop forever

  • @EstrelladelCaribe
    @EstrelladelCaribe Před 4 měsíci +64

    When Will Smith first recorded "Summertime" his producer said his voice pitch was too high and his delivery too fast. He asked Will to rap using his Rakim impression. Summertime became a classic after that. Will thanked Rakim many years later for his influence.

    • @ghostlover951
      @ghostlover951 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Will and Rakim never cruse in their records, or use the N word... find me an artist who can rap like today

    • @danielwilson9724
      @danielwilson9724 Před 4 měsíci +2

      ​@@ghostlover951Gza and Method Man ( Med started doing it some years back but Gza has had the ability to since day 1) there's a few others too

    • @ghostlover951
      @ghostlover951 Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@danielwilson9724 you serious? I never noticed that.. ima get that out... thanks for that info

    • @mrb-dot6025
      @mrb-dot6025 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Summertime was a hit the millisecond after the music was chosen

    • @onyxsetholin
      @onyxsetholin Před měsícem

      ​@@ghostlover951 I think Rakim says "Knocking n****s out" on that Juice record

  • @ucheodunzeh6243
    @ucheodunzeh6243 Před rokem +875

    One of the greatest hiphop tracks of all time

  • @j1saysum706
    @j1saysum706 Před 5 lety +2963

    Trust. Me. This style gonna come back. Sooner than you think.

  • @lovelymslC
    @lovelymslC Před dnem +2

    Who’s here lovin this groove!!? ❤

  • @jenniferhizzy6591
    @jenniferhizzy6591 Před 10 měsíci +30

    Rakim is the greatest ever.

  • @oscarwarren9709
    @oscarwarren9709 Před 2 lety +1717

    My dad loved this song. He used to bump this all the time when i was young. Lost him two weeks ago. RIP Oscar Raymond Warren Jr....❤️

  • @8darkknight472
    @8darkknight472 Před 3 lety +2719

    The way people look at you when you pull up blasting actual Hip Hop music is priceless

    • @faisalabdi775
      @faisalabdi775 Před 3 lety +129

      Word is born. From newark n i blasted this today n everybody froze when i came to a light.

    • @patriciacooper1308
      @patriciacooper1308 Před 3 lety +145

      Yep when I'm at the red light in my little 83 Toyota Dolphin RV with my Dingo dog named Dog, and I'm over 60, just about dancing in seat. I love seeing the reaction from youngsters. My dog Dog loves hip hop too.

    • @lokivato
      @lokivato Před 3 lety +66

      @@patriciacooper1308 your dog sounds like a G

    • @CodenameJameslee
      @CodenameJameslee Před 3 lety +67

      We get it.
      Old good
      New bad.

    • @patriciacooper1308
      @patriciacooper1308 Před 3 lety +34

      @@CodenameJameslee I like both 😎❤️

  • @Itz-Ze-Leaq-Blazer
    @Itz-Ze-Leaq-Blazer Před měsícem +36

    Real Rap!!! Old School will forever be Superior to today's mainstream Rap!

    • @provethioaltum3276
      @provethioaltum3276 Před měsícem +2

      Todays so called music is Trash cant stand that crap. Im always on youtube going back to the old days

    • @michaelwilson2340
      @michaelwilson2340 Před měsícem +2

      Yes. There wasn't mumbling in the old days.

  • @dillonlawrence5777
    @dillonlawrence5777 Před 9 měsíci +81

    Born 91 south Bronx where hip-hop was started at and still listen to this in 2023 the real hip-hop, not genocide and degrading our people hip-hop 🔥🔥

    • @peterd4827
      @peterd4827 Před 7 měsíci +6

      Born 91 in Las Vegas, NV and I brush my teeth to this!

    • @BenzinbrowncrryysLer3000
      @BenzinbrowncrryysLer3000 Před 2 měsíci +2

      This culture is lost now a day

    • @irishrover9332
      @irishrover9332 Před 5 dny

      Dude, you're born in 91 hillarious. All us Gs were popping in the clubs to this while you were breastfeeding millenial. Sit down kid, you grew up to Minimal. When were you in the bars bro! 2010 ROTFL...

  • @zanedietlin7645
    @zanedietlin7645 Před 8 lety +3082

    Everyone talking about how great R is, but how about that BEAT

    • @AS-ub2mf
      @AS-ub2mf Před 8 lety +85

      +Zane Dietlin eric b all daaaay

    • @CaptainBuggyTheClown
      @CaptainBuggyTheClown Před 8 lety +50

      +Zane Dietlin actually they were talking about how great Eric be.

    • @germxv
      @germxv Před 8 lety +53

      +Zane Dietlin listen, rakim allah is the greatest that ever touched the mic. point blank.

    • @MrBlaq
      @MrBlaq Před 8 lety +22

      +Zane Dietlin "Ashley's Roachclip" by The Soul Searchers

    • @therealflamelit
      @therealflamelit Před 8 lety +27

      +Zane Dietlin one of the most epic & recognized hip hop beatz eva!!!

  • @rbleaks818
    @rbleaks818 Před 3 lety +1574

    The album that inspired the Wu-Tang Clan, The Notorious BIG, Tupac, Nas, Kool G Rap, Eminem, 50 Cent, and Kendrick Lamar
    Greatness inspires greatness

    • @alejandroserrano4693
      @alejandroserrano4693 Před 3 lety +60

      2pac even made a song about it

    • @slowyne1on1
      @slowyne1on1 Před 3 lety +13

      Well said, One of my favorite tunes

    • @funkeewho384
      @funkeewho384 Před 3 lety +33

      Kool G Rap? As far as I know they are from the same era in even Kool G Rap did a 12" single in 1986, before this masterpiece came out

    • @fridaygang1321
      @fridaygang1321 Před 3 lety +22

      I wonder what inspired Eric B. & Rakim to make this one album?

    • @alicemillage4856
      @alicemillage4856 Před 3 lety +6

      This inspired some Japanese EDM artist from 90s-2000s too.

  • @asmitty1979
    @asmitty1979 Před 9 měsíci +42

    When hip hop was good

  • @user-nt5mt2ln1t
    @user-nt5mt2ln1t Před 9 měsíci +42

    Rakim the greatest lyricist rapper of all time!

  • @tishaharrison7117
    @tishaharrison7117 Před 2 lety +2214

    We just paid off our mortgage and I been pumping this song repeatedly feels great

  • @TNGURL08
    @TNGURL08 Před 6 lety +2850

    No cussing....
    No use of Nigga...
    Nice bars...
    Nice beat...
    Authentic.

    • @RapFanatic4ever
      @RapFanatic4ever Před 6 lety +26

      Destined4Greatness exactly

    • @littlehair5060
      @littlehair5060 Před 6 lety +70

      Obvioisly this is the origins of hip hop..

    • @suiken3149
      @suiken3149 Před 6 lety +46

      He started cussing in his later songs though.

    • @Clownie_Smiles
      @Clownie_Smiles Před 6 lety +23

      nigga

    • @jameshenson4785
      @jameshenson4785 Před 6 lety +32

      Destined4Greatness .He obviously had the Masterplan..ruined by today's junk .Eric B and Rakim paved the road but it got destroyed from there to today. Oldskool best School

  • @anisejreige5724
    @anisejreige5724 Před 3 měsíci +53

    Listening in 2024 🔥

  • @hseebold
    @hseebold Před 6 měsíci +30

    The best duo that ever did it…
    They were way beyond their time.

  • @rexphillips-dibb1823
    @rexphillips-dibb1823 Před 5 lety +571

    Rakim is honestly the greatest of all time.

  • @shaun1364
    @shaun1364 Před 6 lety +801

    This man's flow was ahead of it's time

    • @coldwar1977
      @coldwar1977 Před 6 lety +33

      he makes it look like there's no effort at all to it. true master!

    • @sincerelysincere6122
      @sincerelysincere6122 Před 6 lety +15

      His whole being was ahead of its time it's like no one can really compare except Nas....Eric b mix was dope af

    • @kellydukes8080
      @kellydukes8080 Před 6 lety +1

      No maybe you late

    • @dmbassa
      @dmbassa Před 6 lety +6

      Far ahead. Eric was waaay beyond his era.

    • @sbeast1216
      @sbeast1216 Před 6 lety +1

      BDK was the only one better

  • @dj-fedorich
    @dj-fedorich Před 3 měsíci +15

    No joke - out of job for months, trying to lift up a business, whistling and nodding my head to this, when I need a fresh air.
    As longs as I have tunes like this in my life - there is no way those would steer me wrong.
    Rakim - thanks for capturing those moments in such a masterpiece. Still touching souls of many us, I am certain.

  • @xiomanaxoxoxo3212
    @xiomanaxoxoxo3212 Před měsícem +6

    We need a documentary on how this record came about. MASTERPIECE even the MIX is phenomenal.

  • @latinainthecity9648
    @latinainthecity9648 Před 3 lety +396

    This is a work of art, the rap equivalent of bohemian rhapsody

  • @k-_-camp4372
    @k-_-camp4372 Před rokem +830

    It’s 2022, who still listening to this masterpiece????
    You’re a legend

  • @digitalkamran1
    @digitalkamran1 Před 10 měsíci +44

    One of the greatest tracks ever made.

    • @BLACKTALKTODAY
      @BLACKTALKTODAY Před 7 měsíci +1

      Is the greatest

    • @readinzession1308
      @readinzession1308 Před 4 měsíci

      LETS LAUGH, I PLAYED THIS SONG, MY GRANDDAUGHTER ASK ME WHY WE AS OLDER FOLKZ USING HER GENERATION BEATS.....I LOOKED, LAUGHED AND SAID YALL UNGREATFULL KIDS ARE WELCOME NOW GO DO YA REAL HOMEWORK

  • @kelloxx
    @kelloxx Před měsícem +8

    i can hear 5+ hip hop classics inside this, its crazy

  • @paoloteves8589
    @paoloteves8589 Před 4 lety +2410

    GF: He's probably thinking about other women
    Me: Thinkin of a master plan

  • @elenaarman-tang7811
    @elenaarman-tang7811 Před rokem +1261

    This song could be released right now in 2023 and would still be a hit record 🎯

    • @ericbarrone4130
      @ericbarrone4130 Před rokem +57

      No it really couldn't be. The whole reason I came across this is cause I'm tired of the PC Now BS and went back in time to this good kinda tunes again. It'd be blasphemy to make now. In which way I dunno but I know it would be picked apart to death if made now

    • @sketcharmstrong8491
      @sketcharmstrong8491 Před rokem +42

      @@ericbarrone4130 ok Billy O'Reilly

    • @robinking1648
      @robinking1648 Před rokem +16

      ​@@sketcharmstrong8491 😂

    • @nostalgiaof98
      @nostalgiaof98 Před rokem +4

      ​@@ericbarrone4130 word

    • @ThaMentalGod2003
      @ThaMentalGod2003 Před rokem

      nah it wouldnt, cuz these sorry ass kids nowadays.. bro 💀they dont even know what real music is💀all they listen to is pop, rock and that new autotune fucked rainbow rap shit (which i dont even wanna call rap, i dont even wanna call it music at all 😂id rather call it shit. just SHIT bruh) its sad ngl but yo 😎at least me n u found our ways to the realeness 😎we chillin bruh, peace, stay positive, stay questionin

  • @marekbydzovsky9734
    @marekbydzovsky9734 Před 4 měsíci +9

    Rakim was Pioneer of hip hop

  • @Joegoog2321
    @Joegoog2321 Před 10 měsíci +23

    This album changed hip hop forever, the greatest lyricist of all-time EASILY

    • @calvinfolan1736
      @calvinfolan1736 Před 10 měsíci +5

      Nobody even comes close to Rakim. This album turned the culture on its ear with its impact still felt to this very moment. The GOD MC indeed. He earned that title. 👑

  • @soniamed
    @soniamed Před 4 lety +926

    At 48 years old I can still rap this song word for word 😌 I’ll never forget it

    • @MrDonny27
      @MrDonny27 Před 4 lety +4

      No way

    • @badddd
      @badddd Před 4 lety +23

      Just wait til that dementia hits 😂

    • @jdm6613
      @jdm6613 Před 4 lety +4

      @@badddd LOL

    • @coachcampy6503
      @coachcampy6503 Před 4 lety +13

      im 48 and I can also. rakim grew up a couple of miles from me in wyndanch NY. I tried sampling this song in high school as a senior in 89. lotta good rappers from Long Island back in the day.

    • @helmandtigers
      @helmandtigers Před 4 lety +21

      56 and it’s still as fresh today as when we played it the boozer on the juke

  • @ohfrankieboi
    @ohfrankieboi Před 7 lety +1313

    happiness is seeing the comments and knowing that there's still true hip hop fan alive xD !

    • @ohfrankieboi
      @ohfrankieboi Před 7 lety +13

      Fans*

    • @nicolaenechita500
      @nicolaenechita500 Před 7 lety +5

      wanna know about true hip hop

    • @M0n3ySt34L3rs
      @M0n3ySt34L3rs Před 7 lety +4

      sadness is seeing the support on this shitty song and seeing what age does to people

    • @adnank5064
      @adnank5064 Před 7 lety +2

      LMAO @ a bunch of white people talking about "true hip hip" stay in your own lane snowflakes

    • @toolhuman
      @toolhuman Před 7 lety +2

      You're an idiot.

  • @intello8953
    @intello8953 Před 9 měsíci +115

    Paid in Full is literally in my top 10 greatest Hip Hop tracks of all time 👍🏾😁

  • @Ridikuluzt
    @Ridikuluzt Před 9 měsíci +43

    One of the greatest hip hop tracks of all-time!

  • @CranyumHipHop
    @CranyumHipHop Před 5 lety +951

    This is what scared the government about HipHop , this realness.

    • @goonzsquad1
      @goonzsquad1 Před 4 lety +6

      Hahahahahhahaha

    • @amypieterse3706
      @amypieterse3706 Před 4 lety +9

      and then they knocked off biggie and tupac and replaced them with p diddy. god, save us all from this mess..... they flipped hip hop for product placement.......

    • @Isa-qh3ue
      @Isa-qh3ue Před 4 lety +26

      They hijacked it made ppl think they’re all thugs sadly rappers nowadays only cAre about materialistic shit they forget the struggle that produced hip hop it got ppl off the streets

    • @Deputydawne
      @Deputydawne Před 4 lety

      Preach

    • @Isa-qh3ue
      @Isa-qh3ue Před 4 lety +7

      Listen to 2 rappers from England they rap about corrupt governments etc they’re called , Akala and lowkey two of the best rappers let me tell you

  • @joshyd1164
    @joshyd1164 Před 7 lety +704

    Shout out all my young g's that listen to real hip hop 💪🏾

  • @lauracorcoran3183
    @lauracorcoran3183 Před 4 měsíci +26

    I’ll never forget hearing this for the time blaring from my sister’s room. When she would leave, I’d sneak in her room to play the record over and over. The meld of that woman singing, the conga drums, the hard beat, the random samples, their rhyme…it is a journey into sound.

    • @dennispantig
      @dennispantig Před 2 dny

      The singing is a sample from Ofra Haza - Im Nin'alu. Ofra Haza was an Israeli singer.

  • @kimberlydiaz81
    @kimberlydiaz81 Před 10 měsíci +14

    I’m 25yrs old & I’ve been listening to back in the day music , i like it more than the new music . 😌

  • @christophershaw127
    @christophershaw127 Před 3 lety +622

    Brings me tears to hear this again after so many years, such beauty, authenticity, love.

    • @moududahmed2757
      @moududahmed2757 Před 3 lety +26

      Rakim revolutionized music.

    • @jakaden5
      @jakaden5 Před 2 lety +4

      This that European remix. I think he was the first to do a remix

    • @kensley94
      @kensley94 Před 2 lety +4

      Then you gta imagen how i feel, this was and still is my jam

    • @yolaeddie9830
      @yolaeddie9830 Před 2 lety +1

      Early 90's

    • @MaySun74
      @MaySun74 Před 2 lety +4

      @@yolaeddie9830 , late 80’s. I remember because I couldn’t go to the house party my neighbor was having…

  • @edimujic5651
    @edimujic5651 Před 9 lety +4208

    lol fun fact: both Eminem and Tupac consider Rakim the best MC ever. So when these kids come and do these comments it is just for laughs. Poor little kids. Know nothing but what they are fed by the mainstream media.

    • @Mike-mu3fs
      @Mike-mu3fs Před 9 lety +104

      Amen to that😂😂😂

    • @edimujic5651
      @edimujic5651 Před 9 lety +44

      Terrell James
      hehe u know pac well

    • @edimujic5651
      @edimujic5651 Před 9 lety +26

      TheGuy0verTh3r3
      Are u refering to me there? Comment about mainstream for attention? What te fuck are you talking about, besides putting 2 different eras into the same basket. Previous mainstream you cant compare to todays mainstream in any scenario. People used to have radios, tvs and tapes only back then.Their stuff barely reached anyone. Now every bullshit can be spread instantly over the internet and other media. You are just some random hater/naysayer. Go back to the cave where you came from stupid.

    • @alirocksize
      @alirocksize Před 9 lety +68

      lol rakim also thinks eminem is one of the best to spit on the mic, anything else you want to say?

    • @danieldevito6380
      @danieldevito6380 Před 9 lety +46

      Fun Fact...2 Pac said he would destroy Rakim

  • @90s_Deep-Records_
    @90s_Deep-Records_ Před 9 měsíci +18

    One of the greatest HIP HOP CLASSICS

  • @chewsmba
    @chewsmba Před 4 měsíci +6

    This is still a vibe

  • @creativemungai
    @creativemungai Před 4 lety +570

    This gem was released exactly 32 years ago.July 7 , 1987. 🎼🎶🎵🎶🎵🎼🎶🎵🎶.

    • @Tienatra
      @Tienatra Před 4 lety +9

      Damn that's when I was born may 7 1987 in I'm 32

    • @joemartin1253
      @joemartin1253 Před 4 lety +3

      Joseph Mungai I was a freshman in high school.

    • @matthewbrinkman8807
      @matthewbrinkman8807 Před 4 lety

      Dang I was 4 months old .to think I'm rocking it still my brother

    • @scarlettskies100
      @scarlettskies100 Před 4 lety +1

      I remember that very clearly.....done some dancing to this track

    • @real.j1
      @real.j1 Před 4 lety +2

      That's the day my uncle was born exactly

  • @OmarGarcia-sl1sg
    @OmarGarcia-sl1sg Před 3 lety +541

    how the hell did rakim have this level of visuals and rhyme before everyone

  • @user-mb7vd3ky3i
    @user-mb7vd3ky3i Před 9 měsíci +51

    Still a kickass classic. "This is a journey" plays into my head 24 years later without thought or warning

  • @tomasjonsson7141
    @tomasjonsson7141 Před 4 měsíci +5

    This is a journey...

  • @bladedcandle5876
    @bladedcandle5876 Před rokem +821

    I can tell you as a Palestinian New Yorker born in the 70’s in the streets of Queens, when I would hear Rakim I always felt proud and this song will always be legendary! Hearing the Arab rhythms, the belly dancers that always reminded me of my Pops and the energy of the city deeply embedded in this 👊🏾💛

    • @xrated2k3
      @xrated2k3 Před rokem +43

      Your daddy was a belly dancer ?

    • @buntastic7756
      @buntastic7756 Před rokem +64

      the arab rhythyms is Im Nin'Alu by Ofra Haza, a yemenite jew from israel

    • @agioni99
      @agioni99 Před rokem +24

      @Bladed Candle
      Not to mention Rakim was and IS a proud Muslim.

    • @lewis72
      @lewis72 Před rokem +14

      All of the samples, including Im Nin'Alu by Ofra Haza, were added by British duo Coldcut.

    • @_AceGems
      @_AceGems Před rokem +21

      ​@agioni99 lmao he's not Muslim. Rakim is a 5 percenter.

  • @robertopavon8168
    @robertopavon8168 Před rokem +414

    OVER 30 YEARS OLD AND STILL A SUPERMASTERPIECE!!!!

  • @jessieclark5608
    @jessieclark5608 Před 4 měsíci +12

    Rakim is the God sent to make sense for his brothers before him, no names our individual need to be named 70&80&90& late 90's

  • @CK-dd7eq
    @CK-dd7eq Před 4 měsíci +6

    Still rocking in 24 🇮🇪

  • @fookinluvinit4041
    @fookinluvinit4041 Před 5 lety +433

    1987 as a young teen listening to this on my Sony Walkman.

    • @jackal8607
      @jackal8607 Před 5 lety +9

      You were a teen in the 80s? Lucky as fuck. It was late 80s but still.

    • @marimartell3498
      @marimartell3498 Před 5 lety +4

      Me too! On my way to school in queens.

    • @calvinwalkerwalker5698
      @calvinwalkerwalker5698 Před 4 lety

      Sigh....on leave fm rm school to join first ship......damn.....

    • @klauswenner4871
      @klauswenner4871 Před 4 lety +1

      @@calvinwalkerwalker5698 Check CHABO ma Region in CZcams,,,and give me your mean pleace,,,Listen!

    • @arthurwashington5881
      @arthurwashington5881 Před 4 lety +2

      2019 blastin it on CZcams✊🏽✊🏽

  • @MrDezCTE
    @MrDezCTE Před 4 lety +281

    Hardcore rapper ✅
    Beats fresh to death ✅
    No cursing ✅

    • @scottlarock7924
      @scottlarock7924 Před 4 lety +11

      Let your beats do the cursing.

    • @suziukanovic42
      @suziukanovic42 Před 3 lety +1

      💯🙌

    • @dsgg5714
      @dsgg5714 Před rokem

      guys, if you love real hip hop, please watch on CZcams a short story of former music executive Krayzie Bone, who speak about a special meeting, that happened in year 1991 in LA, which changed the entire hip hop music industry, you can find this on YT: "Krayzie bones exposes the secret meeting that destroyed our generation"

  • @090nj2
    @090nj2 Před 9 měsíci +8

    This king brought flow to rap
    Legend❤

  • @wickpascal4964
    @wickpascal4964 Před 3 lety +67

    Never heard anything better in Rap, and don't forget I'm 79 and white!

  • @xxxxbigrich5752
    @xxxxbigrich5752 Před 2 lety +449

    Rakim is definitely the greatest hip hop artist of all time! It's a damn shame so many young kids don't watch any of his video he was way ahead of his time. Before Rakim everybody was yes yes ya'll after him Rhyme patterns became the norm. Salute to the GOD

    • @provethioaltum3276
      @provethioaltum3276 Před 2 lety +12

      One of the best to do it Ever

    • @provethioaltum3276
      @provethioaltum3276 Před 2 lety +4

      @yabghus I got some Jordan's Yesterday I feel happy cuz I'm the only one on my city with them 😎

    • @2jcward
      @2jcward Před 2 lety +9

      I don’t know about the best, but he definitely started the era of hip hop telling the stories from the hood, which never went away and probably won’t. Most people forget, the world was introduced to rap by Rappers Delight.

    • @TheLastOutlaw289
      @TheLastOutlaw289 Před 2 lety +4

      No he is not...don't be silly... thats like saying the guy who invented candles is greater than Tesla...sure both inventions were excellent for their time but even now rap/hip-hop artists are in general better than artists back then....dont be silly

    • @davisindustries47
      @davisindustries47 Před 2 lety

      @@provethioaltum3276 Are we even supposed to care? What do jordans have anything to do with this. Is it cause Michael Jordan is black and Rakim is black. Is it cause those two raided Fort Knox and Area 51. Is it because they were gang bangers? Why do you pick on people like this? Does it make you happy? Im just kidding man...

  • @paulotamiazo1468
    @paulotamiazo1468 Před 6 dny +1

    Timeless masterpiece of my life

  • @renegadetherapper
    @renegadetherapper Před 3 lety +674

    Please understand.... The sampling, the disc spinning, the carefully-crafted lyrics and simplistic subliminal messages in the video... This is real hip hop. And we might not ever get it again 🥺

    • @michaelhatcher5264
      @michaelhatcher5264 Před 3 lety +8

      Exactly right sister

    • @JasdeepSinghBindra
      @JasdeepSinghBindra Před 3 lety +11

      We are on our way to get something evolutionary, thanks to legends like rakim to inspire a whole generation

    • @soiledhalo2296
      @soiledhalo2296 Před 3 lety +4

      Let's feel blessed that we were there when it blew up. It sucks to see where hip-hop/rap is going.

    • @furtuna28
      @furtuna28 Před 3 lety +14

      sampling from Ofra Haza im in alu. song

    • @ferchodaog
      @ferchodaog Před 3 lety +4

      @@furtuna28 just came back to listening to that.. her voice was beautiful and eric b did a great job on getting those special vocals of hers and put it into this track. all of that makes it a masterpiece.

  • @tr377723
    @tr377723 Před 3 lety +377

    This was beyond hip hop. It moved the culture of hip hop into a different space... Paid And Full raised the bar of how in sync an Emcee and a DJ could be on a record... Eric B & Rakim set the tone for hip hop to move to the next level within main stream music .. The visuals with the lyrics, it was all so ground breaking.

    • @thebrownfilmshow
      @thebrownfilmshow Před 2 lety +3

      I agree. Check out Rakim's Lyric Breakdown czcams.com/video/zg3xcZnzbCw/video.html

    • @johnnytorino9455
      @johnnytorino9455 Před 2 lety +4

      Well said.

    • @macvsogjunkie8035
      @macvsogjunkie8035 Před 2 lety +1

      @@johnnytorino9455 g

    • @roberttange805
      @roberttange805 Před rokem

      nah rakim and eric singlehandded destroyd rap music.
      electronic sytnhi only, no sampling. bad lyrics like a 1st. grader mean muggin , glorify gangbanging.
      theese major label selling donkeys are artist lmao .they just sold u racist uneducated crap

    • @dsgg5714
      @dsgg5714 Před rokem

      guys, if you love real hip hop, please watch on CZcams a short story of former music executive Krayzie Bone, who speak about a special meeting, that happened in year 1991 in LA, which changed the entire hip hop music industry, you can find this on YT: "Krayzie bones exposes the secret meeting that destroyed our generation"

  • @peteelvo4290
    @peteelvo4290 Před 4 měsíci +6

    Mad respect to the OGs of hip hop.

  • @Princeboogy
    @Princeboogy Před 9 měsíci +3

    If Rakim is not on the Top 5-10, then the list is null and void.

  • @echsenmensch1698
    @echsenmensch1698 Před 8 lety +466

    dope af still in 2016

  • @JRPRNYC
    @JRPRNYC Před 3 lety +285

    I grew up listening to Rakim he's one of the best rap lyricist to ever pick up the 🎤

  • @derek2918
    @derek2918 Před 22 dny +2

    In my humble opinion 1 of the greatest hip hop song of all time

  • @sweetlady3188
    @sweetlady3188 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Real hip hop!!!

  • @RuckRuRaggie
    @RuckRuRaggie Před 7 lety +891

    Zero autotune. Zero bullshit... Pump up the volume on my own, cause nobody else is trying to hear this. But I am...

    • @1995yuda
      @1995yuda Před 7 lety +14

      Me too, though

    • @whitekong7869
      @whitekong7869 Před 7 lety +11

      Jerissa Martinez This song still sounds good.

    • @TheTokan123
      @TheTokan123 Před 7 lety +13

      Jerissa Martinez oh you special little snowflake

    • @RuckRuRaggie
      @RuckRuRaggie Před 7 lety +21

      Grow up??? Special little snowflake??? I can't believe you are saying these things. I didn't post anything offensive. I don't get it. I was only saying how much I like this song, and to get negative responses. Wow...

    • @gregzeman1270
      @gregzeman1270 Před 7 lety +14

      Dudes like Tony and Louis pick one-sided fights online to cope with their inadequacy and failure to connect with other humans. Shed a tear for their families and carry on.

  • @Velmahepcat
    @Velmahepcat Před rokem +61

    Rakim had the clearest delivery of all rappers. Each syllable was perfect, intonation and accent exactly where he wanted your attention.
    The sonic wall of samples was a masterpiece and nothing like this could be done today due to copyright laws

  • @hmax1591
    @hmax1591 Před 4 měsíci +5

    The original gangsters. Talent, style and no need to curse.

  • @tomasjonsson7141
    @tomasjonsson7141 Před 4 měsíci +5

    This beat goes hard 🙀🙀🙀

  • @zackzallie8735
    @zackzallie8735 Před 3 lety +139

    Paid in Full is the album that aged well!

    • @yunarukami14
      @yunarukami14 Před 3 lety +1

      LOL! Found you. Nice to see you here

    • @zackzallie8735
      @zackzallie8735 Před 3 lety

      @@yunarukami14 Aw, dang! How did you find me?

    • @yunarukami14
      @yunarukami14 Před 3 lety

      @@zackzallie8735 Hehe. I’m omnipresent

    • @TheBatorner
      @TheBatorner Před 2 lety +1

      listened to it, when it came out. my buddy had a knack for picking albums. Partied in the northwoods to this album great at 2am in the middle of nowhere.

    • @thebrownfilmshow
      @thebrownfilmshow Před 2 lety

      It is, and check out czcams.com/video/zg3xcZnzbCw/video.html

  • @georgew.morrowiii118
    @georgew.morrowiii118 Před 2 lety +372

    I bought this album on vinyl when it was first out ... moved 13 times and it’s still in my music collection.

    • @thebrownfilmshow
      @thebrownfilmshow Před 2 lety

      Its in ours too! check out czcams.com/video/zg3xcZnzbCw/video.html

    • @davidpouncy8471
      @davidpouncy8471 Před 2 lety +5

      That's what u do when u love something u take it everywhere u go it becomes part of u 🙏👊💯🎯

    • @jeremystark3350
      @jeremystark3350 Před 2 lety +6

      I had an over 500 cd collection of all best 1990s underground and mainstream hip hop, rap, bass music and it was all stolen when I moved to Tallahassee in college back in early 2000s.

    • @georgew.morrowiii118
      @georgew.morrowiii118 Před 2 lety +3

      @@jeremystark3350 sorry to hear about that

    • @georgew.morrowiii118
      @georgew.morrowiii118 Před 2 lety

      @@davidpouncy8471 you are so right

  • @celined8836
    @celined8836 Před 8 měsíci +2

    THIS VIDEO DOES SOMETHING TO ME !

  • @DavidOJurak
    @DavidOJurak Před měsícem +1

    this song is a Master Piece, Phenomenal, Legendary, all the same time

  • @maji___
    @maji___ Před 7 lety +112

    holy crap this version is even better than the album one (they're still both good)

    • @zahirali7959
      @zahirali7959 Před 7 lety

      Eshq coldcit cold cut remix is the king

    • @zahirali7959
      @zahirali7959 Před 7 lety

      Eshq 7 minutes of madness

    • @zahirali7959
      @zahirali7959 Před 7 lety

      Eshq how'd you find it? 😏

    • @maji___
      @maji___ Před 7 lety +2

      +#336600 Ol' Dirty Bastard Viesky™ blasted it on the speakers its amazing

    • @zahirali7959
      @zahirali7959 Před 7 lety +2

      Eshq told ya :D
      Glad you like it

  • @Drmokat1
    @Drmokat1 Před 3 lety +54

    Ofra Haza's voice still gives me chills

  • @madennok1406
    @madennok1406 Před 10 měsíci +10

    the song was my enlightenment❤50 years of hip hop!

  • @nicolerosen6857
    @nicolerosen6857 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Only Eric B and Rakim would sample Ofrah Haza. Rakim is the best MC ever.

  • @WhizMitchell
    @WhizMitchell Před 7 lety +34

    One of the greatest hip hop records of all time.

  • @iammrberserker6068
    @iammrberserker6068 Před rokem +380

    even to this day , i dont think anyone reliases how much of a groundbreaking record this was...it was on some levels others couldnt reach only copy...pure genius, the start of an amazing journey for all of us

    • @RapFanatic4ever
      @RapFanatic4ever Před rokem +9

      Yep you can’t mention Hip Hop and not this record

    • @youruncleted
      @youruncleted Před rokem

      to hip hop, sure, but the most groundbreaking album of all time is debut black sabbath, it literally molded music for the next 50 years. you still can't possibly learn guitar without learning riffs, and the pioneer and god of riffing is tony iommi, no doubt.

    • @nematoad
      @nematoad Před rokem +8

      @@youruncleted clearly we’re talking about hiphop..

    • @youruncleted
      @youruncleted Před rokem

      @@nematoad sorry yo no hablo monkey

    • @jakesnake8372
      @jakesnake8372 Před rokem +1

      Samples, Tight rhyming schemes, Scratches and a baseline that is out of this world. In regards to the comment mentioning the Black Sabbath album - Much Props to that album but lessons from this one song are felt not only by hip hop to this day, but along a myriad of other musical genres that cross sample and utilize ad libs the same way rakim uses the hypnotic phrase "Paid in full"

  • @chroniclesofharmony8174
    @chroniclesofharmony8174 Před 9 měsíci +9

    This beat is an all time classic…. Ageless & Timeless .. Thank You Brother🙌🏿🥂🍾🤩‼️

  • @rafarodriguez9757
    @rafarodriguez9757 Před 3 dny

    I miss the old days.☝🏾

  • @RodMurray777
    @RodMurray777 Před 4 lety +884

    If anyone is thinking Of A Master Plan like me In 2019. Let me know by giving a thumbs up

    • @CheminisVienetas
      @CheminisVienetas Před 4 lety +8

      I don't like to dream about getting paid

    • @amypieterse3706
      @amypieterse3706 Před 4 lety +7

      100% OLD SCHOOL FOREVER.

    • @shons5893
      @shons5893 Před 4 lety +6

      Yep, ain't nothing but sweat inside my hand...

    • @skinnyslimpala09
      @skinnyslimpala09 Před 4 lety +2

      I am

    • @olsonwoods236
      @olsonwoods236 Před 4 lety +3

      Bruce Nelson trying to start my own business by 2020 smh tried of working for this shitty Companies

  • @SouthCentralChannel
    @SouthCentralChannel Před 9 lety +71

    that kicked ass

  • @GregCampbell-fn4yi
    @GregCampbell-fn4yi Před rokem +1

    Rakim is the greatest lyrical rapper of all time

  • @Kuzuri76
    @Kuzuri76 Před 4 měsíci +1

    PURE GENIUS BY RAKIM

  • @raygordonteacheschess5501

    This album established rap as an independent genre.

  • @mycolortv1
    @mycolortv1 Před 7 lety +75

    From The Blues to Rap the musical Genius of Black Americans

    • @slideguitarclem
      @slideguitarclem Před 6 lety +5

      blues and rap are actually pretty similar, afro americans created it and basically you sing / rap your story, your life , your love pain.

    • @Mooreeezy
      @Mooreeezy Před 6 lety +3

      Let's not forget jazz and the inspiration for rock and roll. #blackexcellence

    • @coldwar1977
      @coldwar1977 Před 6 lety

      and don't forget house and early techno.

  • @user-zj7pk7fn4x
    @user-zj7pk7fn4x Před 2 měsíci +5

    paid in full remember 20.03.2024

  • @xp8969
    @xp8969 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Rakim is a god MC but we all know that, what doesn't get talked about enough in HipHop history though is how revolutionary Eric B was in terms of mixing and production, he was never the flashiest DJ in a purely technical sense but his ear for picking and mixing samples and his sense of timing and rhythm and pacing were all incredible, and nobody was making beats as diverse as B was back then, people always talk about Paul's Boutique as being a revolutionary album (and it was and still is) but without Eric B doin it first then the Beastie Boys would have never been inspired to make Paul's Boutique

  • @alex-ku6ey
    @alex-ku6ey Před 7 lety +272

    these guys were musical geniuses

    • @maji___
      @maji___ Před 7 lety +17

      You should read up on the controversy surrounding the album, turns out rakim and large pro produced most of the album and eric b was the businessman, still gamechanging records tho

    • @soundgardener4940
      @soundgardener4940 Před 6 lety +2

      This is veritably The Golden Path, right here.

    • @lith1156
      @lith1156 Před 6 lety +1

      this is the Coldcut remix (a UK group) and Eric B was just a frontman/businessman...Rakim actually made a lot of the beats along with Marley Marl, Large Professor and others

  • @Liam-lz1ms
    @Liam-lz1ms Před 7 lety +173

    one of the most iconic songs and albums in hip hop

    • @soundgardener4940
      @soundgardener4940 Před 6 lety +4

      In MUSIC (and I'm a rock / metal head)

    • @thebrownfilmshow
      @thebrownfilmshow Před 2 lety

      Agreed! Check out Rakim's Lyric Breakdown czcams.com/video/zg3xcZnzbCw/video.html