- Prince Paul
Infobox musical artist 2
Name = Prince Paul
Background = non_performing_personnel
Birth_name = Paul Huston
Born =
Origin =New York City ,New York
Occupation =Record producer and DJ
Genre = Hip hop
Years_active = 1986–present
Label = Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. Records Elektra Records WordSound Records Razor and Tie Records
Associated_acts =Stetsasonic Handsome Boy Modeling School Gravediggaz De La Soul MC Paul Barman Chris Rock
Resident AlienPaul Huston, better known by the
stage name Prince Paul, is an Americandisc jockey and hip-hoprecord producer .Biography
Originally a member of
Stetsasonic , he produced tracks on hip-hop albums such as3rd Bass ' 1989 debut album "The Cactus Album " andDe La Soul 's first three albums. After which he put together two solo albums: "" and the hip hopopera "A Prince Among Thieves ", which featuredBig Daddy Kane ,Xzibit ,Kool Keith and Everlast. He, along withFrukwan of Stetsasonic, Too Poetic of Brothers Grimm, and TheRZA ofWu-Tang Clan , made up theGravediggaz .In the liner notes of
De La Soul 's 1993 album "Buhloone Mindstate ", Paul hinted at his future projects with theGravediggaz : "I would like to thank all my friends and business cohorts who dissed me, played me, and jerked me when times were hard. For you made me wiser, stronger, crazier, and, most of all, a Gravedigga!"In 1991, he produced the underground record "
It Takes a Nation of Suckas to Let Us In " by Resident Alien.Alongside
Teo Macero , Prince Paul co-produced guitaristVernon Reid 's solo debut in 1995.Paul teamed up with
Dan the Automator to formHandsome Boy Modeling School ; the group's album "So... How's Your Girl? " featured diverse names fromSean Lennon andDel tha Funkee Homosapien toAlec Empire andDon Novello . In the year 2000, Paul produced "I Hope I Sell a Lot of Records at Christmastime" byPrincess Superstar as well asMC Paul Barman 's début EP "It's Very Stimulating ". "White People " continued Handsome Boy's tradition of strange skits and an odd mix of guests over Paul- and Automator-produced beats, including TheRZA ,Linkin Park ,Tim Meadows , andJohn Oates ."
Politics of the Business " (2003) is a look at present-day hip hop, again featuring many guests, fromChuck D andIce T to theBeatnuts and Wordsworth. The latter also collaborated on a track Paul composed for the "SpongeBob SquarePants Movie" soundtrack. The response to "POTB" was lackluster; Paul's intention of ridiculing the sterile beats of the day either missed or fell flat.Several songs by Paul have been featured only on compilation releases such as
Om_Records 's "Deep Concentration" andBill Laswell 's "Altered Beats" collections.His most recent release is the album "
Itstrumental ", a return to Paul's previous work, depending on how one saw POTB. "Itstrumental" contained a range of genres, relying heavily on past samples, especially those from "A Prince Among Thieves", and tying it together with several lighthearted skits about his apparently real depression. He also produced the album "The Art of Picking Up Women " of imaginary rockersthe Dix , which bring some of hip-hop's misogyny and boasting to 1960s-styleR&B .Paul nabbed a deal with
satellite radio companyXM and currently is the host of "The Ill Out Show" on the company's Rhyme 65 channel. The show is hosted with members of the Ill Out Crew, various staple partners Paul has worked with throughout his career such asDon Newkirk (supposedly the game show host of "3 Feet High and Rising" fame, although the host is elsewhere identified as Al Watts, who was the engineer on "3 Feet High and Rising" and did play the part of the game show host. The studio was Island Media formerly ofWest Babylon, New York ). The show is a hip-hop fan favorite, airing news, classic songs, and interviews with various hip-hop artists. What may become one of the show's most famed episodes was a love-joint show in July 2006, featuring love/relationship-oriented Hip-Hop songs programmed in an unorthodox fashion through an in-depth interview withR.A. the Rugged Man .Paul's latest project is
Baby Elephant , a collaboration with Parliament andTalking Heads keyboardistBernie Worrell , and longtime Paul associateDon Newkirk . Released September 11th, 2007, "Turn My Teeth Up! ", features George Clinton,Shock G ,Yellowman ,Reggie Watts ,Nona Hendryx , David Byrne, andGabby La La .On
October 30 ,2006 , it was reported on the official Hieroglyphics blog that Prince Paul was in the studio doing production work on upcoming album of theSouls of Mischief .Discography
Albums
* 1996 "" (WordSound Records, later reissued by Tommy Boy/
Warner Bros. Records in 1997 with bonus cuts)
* 1999 "A Prince Among Thieves " (Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. Records)
* 2003 "Politics of the Business " (Razor & Tie )
* 2005 "Itstrumental " (Female Fun Records)
* 2005 "Hip Hop Gold Dust" (Antidote)Production
* "On Fire" by
Stetsasonic (1986)
* "In Full Gear " byStetsasonic (1988)
* "The Cactus Album " by3rd Bass (1989)
* "3 Feet High and Rising " byDe La Soul (1989)
* "It's a Big Daddy Thing " byBig Daddy Kane (1989)
* "It Takes a Nation of Suckas to Let Us In " by Resident Alien (1991)
* "Derelicts of Dialect " by3rd Bass (1991)
* "De La Soul Is Dead " by De La Soul (1991)
* "Blood, Sweat & No Tears " byStetsasonic (1991)
* "Buhloone Mindstate " by De La Soul (1993)
* "My Field Trip to Planet 9 " byJustin Warfield (1993)
* "6 Feet Deep " bythe Gravediggaz (1994)
* "Roll With the New " byChris Rock (1997)
* "The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel " bythe Gravediggaz (1997)
* "I Hope I Sell a Lot of Records at Christmastime" byPrincess Superstar (1999)
* "So... How's Your Girl? " byHandsome Boy Modeling School (1999)
* "Bigger & Blacker " byChris Rock (1999)
* "It's Very Stimulating " byMC Paul Barman (2000)
* "Both Sides of the Brain " byDel tha Funkee Homosapien (2000)
* "The Best Part " byJ-Live (2001)
* "Paullelujah! " byMC Paul Barman (2002)
* "Palace of the Pretender " byLast Emperor (2003)
* "White People " byHandsome Boy Modeling School (2004)
* "The Art of Picking Up Women " byThe Dix (2005)
* "Turn My Teeth Up! " byBaby Elephant (2007)
* "Baby Loves Hip Hop Presents The Dino 5 " byDino 5 (2008)External links
* [http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/TUTORS.9.0.html?act_session=64 Prince Paul RBMA video lecture session]
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