| True Legends | | | | Hit top ten on the R&B LP Charts in 1986. The album |
| Eric B and Rakim are two of hip hop's most influential | | | | went on to sell over one million units, placing Eric B. & |
| pioneers with music way ahead of their time. With hits | | | | Rakim amongst hip hop's elite. |
| like "Eric B Is President" rocking New Yorks | | | | The first single on the album "Eric B Is President" |
| underground club scene in the mid 1980's this duo was | | | | produced by Marly Marl was an instant hit in the clubs. |
| well on its way to mega star status. | | | | "Eric B Is President" was a masterpiece, with Eric B.'s |
| | | | unique scratching and mixing style to Rakim's rugged |
| Eric "Eric B." Barrier got his first job as a DJ for WBLS | | | | street influenced lyrics. |
| in New York DJing mobile events around the city. | | | | The stand out tracks from Paid In Full were "I Ain't No |
| Soon after he was introduced to MC Rakim Allah | | | | Joke", "Move the Crowd", "I Know you got Soul", and |
| (born William Michael Griffin Jr.) by Alvin Toney a | | | | "My Melody". These songs displayed Rakim's rapping |
| promoter based out of Queens, New York. | | | | skills, which pioneered the use of internal rhymes in hip |
| That's when they formed the legendary duo known as | | | | hop and raised the bar for other rappers in hip hop. |
| "Eric B. & Rakim". The duo recorded at Power Play | | | | The next album |
| Studios in New York and finished their first album in | | | | Two young teens from Long Island, New York paved |
| one week. Seven short days later their extraordinary | | | | the way, and molded the future of New York hip hop. |
| album was finished, it was titled Paid In Full. | | | | Without "Eric B. and Rakim" there wouldn't be any Nas, |
| Paid in Full | | | | Jay Z, or Notorious B.I.G. |