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Paid In Full

So this one is to make up for saying nasty things about Wu-Tang since Ivana is a big fan or so she says. Also I think its an apt follow-on from the last post. I happen to enjoy greatly the alternative hip-hop of the late 1980’s and early 1990’s and so it would be no surprise that I am also a fan of Eric B. & Rakim, and their New York hip-hop. It seems to work so well with the Sonic Youth sound, whilst watching Larry Clark’s Kids, but you get the picture anyway.

Eric B. & Rakim’s 1987 debut album Paid In Full had two big hits, “Eric B. is President” and “I Know You Got Soul”, big in hip-hop standards for the day (back in the day etc etc) and they sampled James Brown!!!! Anyway, they are definitely worth a listen even if you name isn’t Ivana. I was thinking of posting the Souls Of Mischief, which I may do next week, and the difference between the East Coast and the West Coast sound couldn’t be more obvious. Love the tacky cover.

1. I Ain’t No Joke
2. Eric B. Is On The Cut
3. My Melody
4. I Know You Got Soul
5. Move the Crowd
6. Paid in Full
7. As the Rhyme Goes On
8. Chinese Arithmetic
9. Eric B. Is President
10. Extended Beat

Listen: I Know You Got Soul
Listen: Eric B. Is President

Buy: Opens in iTunes

Also: attention Sydney readers: tune in tomorrow (Monday) evening 10pm 89.7fm for the best damn psychedelic funk, soul, jazz and reggae on Eastside Radio from the heart of Paddington (which means you may not be able to get it if you live very far away – read: Liverpool.)