Newark88
Superstar
Paid In Full had more club bangers (For that time period). But lyrically, I think Ra stepped it up a notch on Follow The Leader.
Paid In Full vs Follow The Leader
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damn man..follow the leader in hindsight.
Piff Perkins
Veteran
Lyrically I agree Follow The Leader stepped it up, but I also think the production was better on that album too.
I can't think of an album that starts with three tracks better than it.
title song
Microphone Fiend
Lyrics Of Fury
I can't think of an album that starts with three tracks better than it.
title song
Microphone Fiend
Lyrics Of Fury
Newark88
Superstar
I remember when Follow The Leader (the song) dropped, it was soooo ahead of its time lyrically. It still holds up today.
playing follow the leader now..thanks guys.
I'm rolling with Paid In Full. Cant go wrong with either, but to me the best of Paid in Full trumps Follow the Leader. Subtracting the beat song, each one has about 8 rapping songs. Follow the leaders has its iconic songs, but everything on Paid in Full is classic. Songs like I know you got soul, As the Rhyme goes on are better than Musical Massacre, Put your hands together, which are great but aren't that level imo.
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Oroko Saki
The Shredder
I aint no joke 
Oroko Saki
The Shredder
Ive been askin for a while but seeing as how this is a Rakim thread, does anyone have a link to the "A God in the Game" compilation?
Follow The Leader to me, but both are great.
Lyrically I agree Follow The Leader stepped it up, but I also think the production was better on that album too.
I can't think of an album that starts with three tracks better than it.
title song
Microphone Fiend
Lyrics Of Fury
Exactly, probably the best start to an album I've heard.
JuvenileHell
Veteran
Microphone fiend is my fav song between the two, so I'm gonna go with Follow The Leader.
The OG God MC with two classic albums back to back
The OG God MC with two classic albums back to back
JuvenileHell
Veteran
Microphone Fiend
Microhpone fiend is probably my fav song by Rakim ever, he was blacking out on that track something serious
Now I don't want to have to let off, you should have kept off
You didn't keep the stage warm, step off
Ladies and gentleman, you're about to see
A pastime, hobby about to be
Taken to the maximum, I can't relax see, I'm
Hype as a hypochondriac cause the rap be one
Hell of a antidote, something you can't smoke
More than dope, you're trying to move away but you can't, you're broke
More than cracked up, you should have backed up
For those that act up need to be more than smacked up
Any entertainer, I got a torture chamber
One on one and I'm the remainder
So close your eyes and hold your breath
And I'mma hit ya with the blow of death
Before you go, you'll remember the scene
The fiend of a microphone, I'm the microphone fiend
The microphone fiend
My fav part of the song, the way Rakim was flowin
Not on either album, but "What's on your mind" shows how you flip a female oriented track. This shyt would be a hit based off the beginning alone lol
I seen her in the subway, on my way to Brooklyn
Hello, good looking, is this seat tooken
On the A-train, picking at her brain
I couldn't get her number, I couldn't get her name
I seen her in the subway, on my way to Brooklyn
Hello, good looking, is this seat tooken
On the A-train, picking at her brain
I couldn't get her number, I couldn't get her name
killa the goat
Banned
Microhpone fiend is probably my fav song by Rakim ever, he was blacking out on that track something serious
Now I don't want to have to let off, you should have kept off
You didn't keep the stage warm, step off
Ladies and gentleman, you're about to see
A pastime, hobby about to be
Taken to the maximum, I can't relax see, I'm
Hype as a hypochondriac cause the rap be one
Hell of a antidote, something you can't smoke
More than dope, you're trying to move away but you can't, you're broke
More than cracked up, you should have backed up
For those that act up need to be more than smacked up
Any entertainer, I got a torture chamber
One on one and I'm the remainder
So close your eyes and hold your breath
And I'mma hit ya with the blow of death
Before you go, you'll remember the scene
The fiend of a microphone, I'm the microphone fiend
The microphone fiend
My fav part of the song, the way Rakim was flowin
rakik follow the leader was my favorite song off the album.
[Verse 3: Rakim]
A furified freestyle - lyrics of fury
My third eye make me shine like jewelry
You're just a rent-a-rapper, your rhymes are minute-maid
I'll be here when it fade, I'll watch you flip like a renegade
I can't wait, to break and eliminate
On every traitor or snake, so stay awake
And follow and follow because the tempo's a trail
The stage is a cage, the mic is a third rail
I'm Rakim, the fiend of a microphone
I'm not him, so leave my mic alone
Soon as the beat is felt, I'm ready to go
So fasten your seatbelt, cause I'm about to flow
No need to speed, slow down and let the leader lead
nobody was rhyming like rakim back in the 80's
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Mike Otherz
All Star
i remeber rollingstone giving follow the leader either 2 or 3 stars when it came out...