Just listened to paid in full wasn’t impressed

GTFOOH

He is known for his monotone flow, similar to Guru’s from Gang Starr, but it his not his charisma that grabs the listener; it’s his intelligent, braggadocio lyrics and internal rhyme schemes. Before that album, there was nobody who ever did that.

kill yourself. rakim is a legend.

Paid in Full is a classic bro!

Judging by your name, you like Drake. Mr. I sound like a robot when I rap.

^lol true

Follow me into a solo
Get in the flow — and you can picture like a photo
Music mixed mellow maintains to make
Melodies for MC’s motivates the breaks
I’m everlastin, I can go on for days and days
With rhyme displays that engrave deep as X-rays
I can take a phrase that’s rarely heard, FLIP IT
Now it’s a daily word
I can get iller than ‘Nam, a killin bomb
But no alarm — Rakim will remain calm
Self-esteem make me super superb and supreme
But for a microphone still I fiend
This was a tape I wasn’t supposed to break
I was supposed to wait, but let’s motivate
I want to see who can keep followin and swallowin
Takin the making, bitin it and borrowin
Brothers tried and others died to get the formula
But I'ma let ya sweat — you still ain’t warm, you a
Step away from frozen, stiff as if ya posin
Dig into my brain as the rhyme gets chosen
So follow me and were ya thinkin’ you were first?
Let’s travel at magnificent speeds around the Universe
What could ya say as the Earth gets further and further away
Planets are small as balls of clay
Astray into the Milky Way — world’s outasight
Far as the eye can see — not even a satellite
Now stop and turn around and look
As ya stare in the darkness, ya knowledge is took!
So keep starin soon ya suddenly see a star
You better follow it cause it’s the R
This is a lesson if ya guessin and if ya borrowin
Hurry hurry step right up and keep followin
The Leader

BORING? GTFO

The resistance, underground kings, we’ll be fine, over,the ride…???? drake doesn’t sound like a robot when he raps retard

Come on, guys. Obviously this person is a troll. I mean, just look at the user name

Paid In Full was groundbreaking for its time although the sound of its a little dated today its an important peice of hip hop history and if you listen to Rakims subsequent albums he keeps up with the times. If you listen to his solo albums they easily match up to todays music. Type of stuff you can bump in your car etc. Although its true if i ever tried to play paid in full at a party thered be a wtf and changing of the song.

You say Rakim is boring, yet Drake isn’t? Smh

Okay I’ll be honest, when I was younger,maybe like 11 years old, I thought the bulk of his music except a few select songs was boring. I still had my mom buy me his albums cause shit there weren’t many rap groups anyway. And my mom thought Rakim was like Fresh Prince, no where near as violent as Run Dmc or Beastie Boys. She was half right. Don’t Sweat The Technique was the first Eric B and Rakim album I enjoyed through and through. But his music ages like fine wine.Rakim don’t follow trends he keeps his music consistent to this day. Go through his discography and find he’s only had 2 cameos on his albums ever ! Man’s a artist.

R to the A to the K-I-M, if I wasn’t, why would I say I am?

I can’t believe this person compared Drake to Rakim and determined Drake is a better rapper.