Paid In Full vs Follow The Leader

Jaz · Post by **Jaz** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 6:16 am

Which album was doper to you?

or

gaccu01 · Post by **gaccu01** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 6:41 am

They are both excellent, but Paid in Full to me is one of the most monumental albums of all times.

docpacino · Post by **docpacino** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 7:53 am

thats a good ???

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 7:58 am

Probably not the popular choice, but I prefer Follow The Leader.

Yohan · Post by **Yohan** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:05 am

Could be just me, but I always thought Paid in Full was the blueprint for a lot of albums to follow, not to mention stylistically. However, I also thought Follow the Leader was, at least lyrically, an upgrade to Paid in Full. Might be a minority opinion, but these are my thoughts, yo.

Kool Max Power · Post by **Kool Max Power** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:31 am

Follow The Leader! Beats and lyrics were on a higher level than PIF.

In my opinion this poll is kinda meaningless, to me it would've been more interesting to know if kids prefer Follow The Leader or Long Live The Kane.

Echo Leader · Post by **Echo Leader** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 8:46 am

Follow the Leader.

Quotashun · Post by **Quotashun** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:17 am

I prefer Paid in Full for sure, but have no problem with others thinking Follow the Leader was the better record.

PTS · Post by **PTS** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:43 pm

As a whole, I guess I prefer Paid in Full. But the first songs of Follow the Leader are arguably the best moment in Rakim's career...

kimani · Post by **kimani** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 5:48 pm

I put on Follow The Leader way more, but that's just because the first three songs are unfuckwitable. Paid In Full is a better album though.

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Fri Sep 18, 2009 6:11 pm

it's been said before but the first three songs on "follow the leader" >>>> most albums ever made.

that alone gives it the edge. "paid in full" is an undeniable classic but "follow the leader"s high points are too ill.

boogs · Post by **boogs** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:40 am

couldn't have said it better, also hugely prefer Follow The Leader to Paid In Full. However that might also be because all the Paid In Full classics have been rinsed to death and I simply appreciate Follow The Leader more. Similar to the first Wu-Tang album. I rinsed that shit so hard back in the day I simply can't listen to it anymore. It's still dope and legendary though.
That being said, I honestly never rated the song "Paid In Full" very highly. Certainly not a popular opinion but that's how I see it.

vincentlopez · Post by **vincentlopez** » Sat Sep 19, 2009 11:30 am

kimani wrote:I put on Follow The Leader way more, but that's just because the first three songs are unfuckwitable. Paid In Full is a better album though.

Agreed.

Dragondude R · Post by **Dragondude R** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 9:53 pm

Sumthin_Funky · Post by **Sumthin_Funky** » Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:01 pm

Blockhead wrote:it's been said before but the first three songs on "follow the leader" >>>> most albums ever made.

that alone gives it the edge. "paid in full" is an undeniable classic but "follow the leader"s high points are too ill.

Deezal · Post by **Deezal** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 5:35 pm

Its a difficult choice as albums they are both patchy. Too many crap instrumentals and psuedo Eric B cuts, but the great tracks are some of the greatest songs in rap history.

let the rhythm hit em is their most consistent album IMO

Sumthin_Funky · Post by **Sumthin_Funky** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 10:06 pm

Deezal wrote:Its a difficult choice as albums they are both patchy. <b>Too many crap instrumentals and psuedo Eric B cuts,</b> but the great tracks are some of the greatest songs in rap history.

let the rhythm hit em is their most consistent album IMO

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SOC4L · Post by **SOC4L** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 3:49 am

ima have to go with paid in full but see the other side tooo

clark bent · Post by **clark bent** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 9:50 am

the individual songs on paid in full are much better than those on follow the leader

but the album as a whole doesnt come close to the sum of its parts...mostly because of the the horrific instrumentals and the god awful outro to my melody...also the drums and vocals are over recorded on the album making it "noisy"

to this day tho i still cant get over how far ahead of his time rakim was on this album...its mind boggling when compared to all the other albums released around the same time and prior

as for follow the leader...its an emceeing seminar pure and simple...the beats are pretty much irrelevant...you cant really describe how good ra is on it....you just have to play it for someone

in the end i rate the albums as completely different but equally good....follow the leader gets more run from me because of the negatives i mentioned re: paid in full...but as i said the songs on paid in full are better

TIE