Paid In Full

Paid in Full(1987年発売)/ Eric B. & Rakimのデビューアルバム。
HIPHOP史上伝説的なデビューを果たし、後のHIPHOPシーンに最も影響を与えた名盤。 大ヒット曲「I Know You Got A Soul」、「Paid In Full」含め、シングル曲5曲を収録。

Rolling Stone (4/11/02, p.106) - Ranked #19 in Rolling Stone's "50 Coolest Records" - "...Lean, spare beats, driven by Rakim's visionary staccato growl..." Rolling Stone (4/11/02, p.106) - Ranked #19 in Rolling Stone's "50 Coolest Records" - "...Lean, spare beats, driven by Rakim's visionary staccato growl..." Rolling Stone (11/13/03, p.100) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...[When Rakim] took to the mike in 1987, and served up PAID IN FULL with DJ Eric B., he set hip-hop's new course....[Rakim was] a street-wise mystic with eminently clear and dexterous rhymes that sounded like they might never end..." Spin (1/99, p.92) - Ranked #7 in Spin's list of the "Ten Best Reissues Of 1998." Q (2/04, p.114) - 3 stars out of 5 - "'I Know You've Got Soul' and 'I Ain't No Joke remain benchmarks, inventing the slick linguistic tricks later perfected by Nas and Jay-Z." Q (12/98, p.140) - 4 Stars (out of 5) - "...A hip hop record that set new standards of rhyming, rhythmic world play, cutting, sampling and scratching...this 2CD reissue combines a 10-trach selection of such remixes and dub versions with the excellent, still thoroughly fresh, original LP." Uncut (2/04, p.88) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Sixteen years down the line, the bold minimalism of Eric B's work and Rakim's mic control seem little less than biblical." Muzik (12/98, p.74) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Their first groundbreaking album is here in full, and sounding so timeless, so forward-looking yet steeped in black music tradition that the last decade seems barely to have happened at all..." CMJ (11/23/99, p.26) - "....Eric B. was a master of the cut; his sparse, soulful yet hardcore beats did as much to establish the DJ as an expressive, integral part of the music as Grandmaster Flash did in the early 80's....one of the most complete albums in hip-hop history..." Vibe (12/99, p.162) - Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century Vibe (12/99, p.162) - Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century Rap Pages (3/99, p.144) - 5 (out of 5) - "Few veteran rap acts from years past are as significant today as they were in their heyday....PAID IN FULL contains ten tracks of masterfully executed music and rhymes..." Mojo (Publisher) (2/99, p.104) - "...PAID IN FULL remains their seminal recording: through pre-gangsta, pre-daisy age, pre-Wu-Tang, it still holds it own against all comers, without breaking too much of a sweat..."

何でもアリ状態になってきた〈Deluxe Edition〉シリーズから初のヒップホップ作品……エリックB&ラキムの87年作『Paid In Full』!　時代の音質を尊びたいこういう作品にリマスターは余計な気もするが、注目はDisc-2。コールドカットによる〈Seven Minutes Of Madness〉はもちろん、ワイルド・バンチによる“Move The Crowd”など貴重なリミックスが山盛りだ。オマケに“Paid In Full”のプロモ・クリップもエンハンスト収録!
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