Eric B. & Rakim helped transform hip-hop with intricate internal rhymes, controlled delivery and sample-based production. This 1997 compilation collects defining recordings such as Paid in Full, I Know You Got Soul, Microphone Fiend and Follow the Leader. A useful overview of the duo’s foundational catalogue.

Original pressing. Vinyl condition: VG+ (seller graded). The black stickered sleeve shows visible ring wear, creasing, scuffs and edge/corner wear. Catalogue U2-53117. This is a greatest-hits compilation, not a new Rakim studio album. The photograph shows the actual copy offered; the carpet background has been cropped away without redrawing the sleeve.