Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full

[DeStonerKid]

wtf i h8 this it takes too long to start and no sick beat

[Phl3xable]

@DeStonerKid This is one of the greatest verses in hip hop history, and the beat has been sampled and used in alot of other songs.

[HittokiriBattousai17]

Love this tune, true rap

[InFamousFeli]

lil wayne copied this shit

[mrBarbos1]

tyga "rack city (remix)" watch now....NOOOT

[Damnbabeeyourhot]

Whats funny is that SO MANY hip hop beats have been sampled from this song.

[PaKilluminati]

This is rap!

[beanzntoast]

background tune sounds like 2Pac used that in Hit Em Up

[hooleemack]

@beanzntoast it is....This is actually a sample itself....forgot the name though

[Damnbabeeyourhot]

@beanzntoast Intro used in 50cents the Candy Shop too.

[beanzntoast]

@Damnbabeeyourhot so it is bruv, theres about 15 songs worth of shit in there blud...peace

[kikyomare]

@beanzntoast not exaclty

[antman8947]

I wake up to this shit.

[MrNutana]

when this comes on at the club. I be clowning

[Damnbabeeyourhot]

That man you see at 2:07 is a real DJ btw, and I don't mean a DJ that pushes a button to play songs on a radio or the guy at the booth at your club with his Ipod and laptop and pretend turntables. That is a real DJ featured in this video mixing real vinyl records to create the mixed track you are hearing in this video. It's not just about Rakim rapping it's about the DJ showing his skills.

[LUKEWHITTYboii]

@Damnbabeeyourhot yea just listen to the track the DJ (Eric B) did on the track chinese arithmetic on the paid in full album

[Damnbabeeyourhot]

What some of you kids are experiencing for the first time while listening to this track is hearing a DJ actually mixing records over a beat. Durring the early 80's DJ's and rappers went hand in hand. DJ's were the original Hiphop producers. Songs such as Rakim's paid in full feature Rakims styled lyrics over a DJ Mix. It's a blend of Urban lyrics over Urban sound. Of course much today this style has all but died thanks to the commercialism of hiphop. The DJ's only spin records in the club now.

[RainNBlood]

Back in the day, I had to pay to watch this video. Ah, the PCP days, I so miss!

[MaksudLA]

Which Ofra Haza song did they sample!?

[OzPublic]

ignore the video responses. they have no clue what hip hop is about

[nynycnew]

ONLY ! MILLION VIEWS??????????????????? DIS IS CLASSIC!!!! BUT RIHANNA PUT OUT SOME BULL SHIT CALLED WE FOUND LOVE AND GETS 140 MILLION VIEWS..

[hooleemack]

@nynycnew Kids!!!

[xqvi]

I love rakim but wtf is wrong with this song

[therealraybaby]

#38(Tie)

[AmberJones42]

wtf? this shit sucks.....

[414MILboy]

@AmberJones42 GTFOH with that shit go listen to faggot ass LIl Wayne...THIS IS REAL HIP HOP!!!

[arr443]

@AmberJones42 you are retarded

[dTFrag]

@AmberJones42 lol

[youllgrowonme]

whats the name of the background song, with the girl singing?

[DaniLyn36]

@youllgrowonme the name of the girl singing is offra haza she was a arab singer or middle eastern she passed away years back look her up she has been sampled lots and sang songs for sound tracks one she did was a mickey rouke flick

[NumberOneHipHopFan]

Why is it when i search Rakim i get some gay spanish guy singing haha.

[Younotfromhere]

Lil Gay wayne swagger jacked this whole shit

[Priscilasilly]

My llittle sister knows the entire song and she's 11 (:

[whywhykk]

@Priscilasilly Who gives a shit

[InsaneDrGreenthumb]

Rakim is one of the greatest masterminds in Rap music. To me, there could never be a better MC than Rakim. He's just real but on a high level, so I get the feeling that I listen to a personified god when he kicks it.. "Because I'm number One, competition is none, I'm measured with the heat that's made by sun..."

[whiptyme]

damn i remember when this came out....i was like 8 or 9 years old!!! damn those were the days living in new york city.....

[The3M212]

Pure

[mullio]

Ofra Haza R.I.P Hebrew: עפרה חזה, Arabic: عفرة حزة

[akadanny]

@mullio do u know what song they mashed in here with this one

[mullio]

@akadanny Yes, Ofra Haza's - Im Nin`Alu.

[a55doggy]

THIS IS A JOURNEY INTO REAL MUSIC

[Jperson]

115 people eat a dick.

[MrJazzHOP]

Rakim is still God MC. Gets no better.

[Chritafurr]

Fucking classic. Still top ten on my list of songs all time.

[UptownMonster100]

Lol I started saying I'll take you to the candy sh...at the beginning

[amber442]

Right!!



[texaslilygirl]

CAN SOMEONE SAY MUSIC ORGASM!

[Jperson]

got the 45 yesterday!!!!



[pimpedvw]

How the fuck does this only have 1.8 million hits???

[rxcort]

What the fuck is doing pitbull to the side of the video

[RomaniaHouseMusic]

I don`t like to watch one of my favourite video clips when that nicky minaj hoe is looking at me. Fuck this shit, Fuck vevo in the ass!

[Demohil]

Ofra HAZA Lives !

[piffblazer1]

if u wanna hear some real hip hop from this year from london listern to london posse - hows life in london

[sebafeliciano]

fuck chris brown, lil wayne, drake, nicki minaj and other asshole rapper from the present. The only good ones right now are Jay-Z and Eminem.

[diwon100]

@sebafeliciano hey man you leave chris brown out of this he the only modern day singer that will be here 5 years from now....and you forgot kanye west at the last part give him his respect.

[WTFSTRIKEZ3]

@diwon100 what the fuck are you doing in this video when you listen to chris brown ?

[TheMaccaofbolton]

@sebafeliciano and Nas.

[UdgHHLove]

Fuck off Vevo

[HumanHigh1ightReel]

I listen to this every time I get paid

[Lutiohenrique]

da hora d+

[MrRapeacat]

illuminati

[ShellzDon]

Rakim is nasty on da mic tho

[bboysmyles]

Reminds me of when i started bboying and bought an old school hip hop album. Got this on vinyl now

[oomsbun]

was this on GTA SA? Lol

[OhelloThereJack]

I feel insulted that Nicki Minaj is linked at the side of this song.

[djcountry1985]

this is the coldcut remix just shortended

[imanintelect]

I think about Jet Set Radio everytime I hear this joint

[oswaldoceballos82]

OMG fuckn yeahh!! this song!!! 

[HittokiriBattousai17]

Best hip hop song ever

[androidX51]

The best duo ever.

[Armorhead89]

wow snoop dog you fucking whore

(papered up)

[kushinheavy]

@Armorhead89 lol rappers are allowed to do remixes dog. this original song is a remix of an old indian song, and the drums in this song are stolen from an old Soul Searchers record... lol do some research bruh

[thebeasthatfeasts]

@Armorhead89 he is a whore now lol

[lozioferro]

one of the greatest song of all the time

[nitzdaking321]

i hate when people only listen to this just because its considered "good music" and dont have their own opinion 

[treetopolist1]

@nitzdaking321 I don't mind whoever liking whatever...but don't call DRAKE hip hop-it's not everyone who know's hip hop understands it's POP.

[lifeislifesolive]

@nitzdaking321 hate is a strong word. dont use that shit man.

[JPGreen1Brookes]

@nitzdaking321 Sooo true P.S. Rakim is a genius lyricist (this should be on the radio instead of all the mainstream music)

[whiptyme]

@nitzdaking321 what the hell r u talking about???

[chub]

thinking of the master plan love that line

[Oscarallknowing]

What ever happened to music with SOUL ??

LIKE THIS -- Still tight after so many years !!

[george150676]

good music never dies

[THECHAPLIN]

even tho it was one verse, this one verse is better than anything any new rapper after 2000 ever made

[stgianaful]

A$AP brought me here:)

[Baiju900]

best hip hop anthem ever. no. 1 best song. and album

[diabolovir]

VEVO, FUCK OFF you PIECE OF SHIT

[DevinIsRaw96]

50 Cent in the club is tagged next to this......thats a fucking joke right?

[3fairrw]

@DevinIsRaw96 50 Cent is not bad, he's got some real nice flows and some decent tracks, he just bangs that gangster shit too much

[Baiju900]

@3fairrw what gangsta calls themselves "boo-boo."?

[tomdabomb999]

@3fairrw

And his music seems to be aimed at young teenagers

[3fairrw]

@tomdabomb999 yeah but thats just the marketing/commercial part of it. the labels know the young (mainly black teens) look up to guys like 50. You could say his lyrics are too adult but at the end of the day its the parents fault not 50.

[tomdabomb999]

@3fairrw

While I mostly agree with you, I feel that it's too difficult for the parents to stop their kids listening to him nowadays. I myself am only 17, so I was part of the target audience when he first emerged. While my parents disagreed with me listening to music like his, there were so many ways I could listen, it was near impossible to stop me.

[3fairrw]

@tomdabomb999 yeah I guess your right. Best way to go about it is think of music as a force of good, not gangster crap, just see through all that

[tomdabomb999]

@3fairrw

Couldn't put it better myself!

[themistateeth]

Carmen Ejogo @ 1:37

[markster7508]

slick beats great mc and samples!! old skool is the rule

[rechicken2008]

i still hate vevo

[BulgarianPigeon]

The other rappers beside the video are both fake.

[mountainhigh88]

Hank Arron Supreme!

[annahabibzadeh]

Does anyone know what song is the arabic part in the beginning???

[Dhealthstore]

@annahabibzadeh Ofra Haza - Im Nin'Alu

[00GameReviews]

Bring back tons of memories..

Too bad they dont make rap like this too often.. damn music industry. smh

[harrydosoo1971]

omg omg omg... do these 112 people know that they listening to two people who were toooo far ahead of their time... Hip Hop hall of famers...they were smooth, and poetic with innovotive ideas before it was standard for hip hop artists to be that way... now we take it for granted they are like that!

[thunderbedford]

I dont want Lil Wayne to be under a song by real hip-hop stars.

[willykNZ]

the sickest man.

[johnnys631]

best times of my life

[ganzoo2008]

es una buena epoca

[koolmuscle00]

man that rhyme scheme and flow are legendary

[henere987]

hit'em up!!

[TORONTOisallmine]

lil wayne and soulja boy is reall hip hop

[bunghole211]

@TORONTOisallmine nice try troll

[mytummyrumble]

@TORONTOisallmine

Thats a joke right, not funny but a joke..

[Illmatic816]

@TORONTOisallmine your funny as hell. Wait, don't tell me ur serious?

[xThaMuthafuckinReal]

@TORONTOisallmine lol i love a good troll.

[mztx66]

Rakim was so fine OMG!!!!!!!!!!!

[dennybish67]

The truth right here.

[olavthehairy]

my daughter is 8 and knows most of this :)

[optimum2008]

@olavthehairy fair play

[FeazyGSwag]

I'm 16 and I'm from South America and even here the old school legends are so much more respected than that bitch ass plastic new rappers.

[SaltNPeppuh]

@FeazyGSwag Same in Sweden. Me and my homies used to pump some ol' school rap while cruisin' around in our whips back in high school about one year ago. We still do. Our brothers and cousins used to listen to legends such as Pac, Nas and Rakim and when they graduated high school and went on with their lives me and my friends were the new kings in town and we pumped ol' school rap all day long. Not only because we love ol' school rap but also as a tribute to our bros whom we look up 2

[treetopolist1]

@FeazyGSwag good to hear that dog-spread the word about the SJN(skinny jean nation) and that Nicki Minaj bullshi*.. preach young brother.

[woodiewoodpecker16]

Rakim & Eric B ------> 25 years later-------> Lil wayne and Birdman smh

[ColdOasisU2]

i really want this audio version of this video

[pLaNbAKeR922]

@ColdOasisU2 type "youtube mp3" on google

[terrasidius]

brilliant

[googleboyny]

I remember when this came out. I would listen to this on my walkman while walking down the street going to work. Nodding my head with the beat. That is REAL old school.

[bigtex1453]

@googleboyny

and it's still better then all the junk out today.

I'll take classic old school where lyrics meant something and art was intentional.

[antman8947]

im paid in full!



[b18c95ej1]

110 people are not paid in full

[TIP580]

Real hiphop none of that bullshit we hear today

[eddieg671]

PUMP THAT BASS !!!!

[Jawz8u2]

Strictly Business

[carpediem081]

Why the fuck is "Big Sean Playlist" in big ass letters underneath a Rakim video?

[82airborne4325]

Hell yeah boi

[Quinox2008]

....and 25 years later, we are still listening to this music! Good music never dies!

[436068]

@Quinox2008 good music is forever and unfortunately is no longer available everywhere

[Kregonov]

R.I.P. real hip hop. The MC-s had in the 80's much better lyrics.

[doilooklikearapper]

THAT OFRA HAZA SAMPLE IS COLD AS FUCK BRUH

[jhnevans751]

they made a realllly dope book thats got the

best MCs ever all interviewed for it, to try to save

the artform of MCing, its called:

H-O-W

T-O

R-A-P

[kirkdillard]

Uhhh no. The bass in Hit em Up is like the bass in Paid in Full

[ThisKidWearsPants]

the bass is like Hit 'em Up

[PiToGoPTG]

Respect from Poland :)

[Kregonov]

I like these 2 guys! :D

[saverios321]

REAL RAP

[Zero14811111]

It sickens me to see that stupid hoe Nicki Minaj under a Rakim video.

[ScrewMainstream69]

@Zero14811111 Look at the bright side, we now got Nas under the video.

[rowchdi]

@Zero14811111

They better delete or women on youtube, cause I never listen to women at all. Only gay do.

[47freddyman]

@Zero14811111 why nikkis the shit

[EpicUnic0rn]

@Zero14811111 you are fucking lucky i got Lil Wayne and Bruno Mars

[chub]

@Zero14811111 so true

[cKunke2]

@3rf4vzsd That rap battle was definitely a "turning point", but in my opinion Ra was the one that revolutionized it and really made the biggest changes. Thanks for commenting!

[orangekrushcool]

108 people didnt get paid. How can you not like this song?

[responare]

When I hear people today say " these guys are great rappers " I have to laugh....try this shit. These guys were the absolute best. Check out the bass and the rhymes combo. Shit is heavy.

[DaPhilthyDog]

Eric B. & Rakim changed the game. Hip hop pioneers hands down!!!

[TORONTOisallmine]

lil wayne & soulja boy : REAL HIP HOP . word

[ShakeNBacon9Ely4]

i love the track, but am i the only one that found the vid a little funny in a weird way? lol

[elreytx93]

this shits ill , subscribe to my page . im workin on something hot for this beat !

[nuffottaya]

YO "bronxbomber" ya'll aint shit do know shit about old school..... neeeddd schoolinnn'

[jamesglory1]

shame 'bout the stupid garbage advertisement!

[TheDenilsonMaximino]

LENDÁRIOS PIONEIROS NO ESTILO GANGSTA !!!

[FrazerPlaysDrums]

Best videos ever...



[Bronxbomber82]

How can anybody every start a record like that again?...Thinkin of a master plan

Cuz ain’t nuthin but sweat inside my hand

So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent

So I dig deeper but still comin up with lint

So I start my mission- leave my residence

Thinkin how could I get some dead presidents