Eric B. & Rakim "Paid in Full"

In 1987, probably two of the most important hip-hop discs were ever published. In addition to Beastie Boys' Licensed to Ill "likely" Paid in Full "by Eric B. & Rakim probably among the milestones in the hip-hop history.
Eric B. & Rakim were the first sampelten grossly and outrageously. Without scruples, the percussion of Soul icon James Brown and the bass lines of 70's disco producer Bernard Edwards (Chic) was sampled. Maybe the two were even the innovators of modern hip-hop. Among the stolen Musikpasagen Nölte the Black Muslim Rakim. With eloquent rhymes he became the Ghetto poets of his time. With its exuberant coolness heartthrob among Ghetto Girls.
Just one year later, in 1988, appeared Public Enemy's masterpiece "It takes a nation of millions to hold us back" the best hip-hop album of all time, which maybe without Eric B. & Rakim's "Paid in Full" probably not this status would have gained.