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MUSIC > Prince Paul
Beginning his career as a DJ for Stetsasonic,
rapper and producer Prince Paul has lent his
skills to albums by Boogie Down Productions,
Gravediggaz, MC Lyte, Big Daddy Kane, and 3rd
Bass, among others. Paul's big break came
when he produced De La Soul's 3 Feet High
and Rising album. Shattering the acknowledged
rules of hip-hop production, he sampled not
only funk, but all types of music to create
fresh and original backing tracks. By throwing
in comedy sketches as well, Prince Paul and De
La Soul completely ushered in a new era for
hip-hop.
In 1994, Paul returned to rapping, joining RZA
and Stetsasonic member Frukwan in Gravediggaz,
a side project that debuted with 6 Feet Deep.
He also began working with the new elite in
underground rap, recruiting the Automator, New
Kingdom's Scott Harding, and Spectre for
his debut solo album, 1997's
Psychoanalysis: What Is It? A Prince Among
Thieves followed in 1999, and later that year
Paul formed Handsome Boy Modeling School with
the Automator to release the album>
So...How's Your Girl?. His own Politics of
the Business, another concept album that was
more bitter than biting, surfaced in 2003 (a
year after a second Handsome Boy Modeling
School album), and was followed by 2005's
Itstrumental.
Prince Paul's website
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