Weekend Wildcard - Paid in Full by Eric B. & Rakim

This Weekend's Wildcard is Paid in Full by the hip hop duo Eric B. & Rakim. This is the title track off of their 1987 debut album Paid in Full which is considered to be a benchmark album for the golden age of hip hop.

Rakim pioneered the use of internal rhyming which set a higher standard of lyricism in hip hop and rap. An internal rhyme is a rhyme that occurs in the middle of a line versus the usual rhyming at the end of the line (end rhyme). The song uses samples from the English dance music duo Coldcut.