The dynamic duo that still has a spot on many hip-hop lovers' Top Five list has a fascinating backstory that is just as much ...

Eric B. & Rakim usher in hip-hop’s Golden Age with their debut album, Paid in Full. The album cover features custom clothing created by hip-hop’s go-to fashion designer at the time, Dapper Dan.

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first broadcast on 17 March 1988 and featuring Bros, Heart, Erasure, Sinitta, Simon Harris, Keith Sweat, David Lee Roth, Eighth Wonder, Aswad, Kylie Minogue and Eric B. & Rakim.