Handsome Boy Modeling School

Handsome Boy Modeling School

Infobox musical artist
Name = Handsome Boy Modeling School


Img_capt = Dan The Automator & Prince Paul
Background = group_or_band
Origin =
Genre = Hip hop
Years_active = 1999 – present
Label = Tommy Boy Records
Elektra Records
Associated_acts = Del tha Funkee Homosapien
De La Soul
URL = [http://www.handsomeboymodelingschool.com/ Official Site]
Current_members = Dan the Automator
Prince Paul

Handsome Boy Modeling School is a hip hop collaboration between Dan the Automator and Prince Paul, producer of rap trio De La Soul.

History

Handsome Boy Modeling School is a conceptual hip hop duo that parodied and acted as a commentary on vain, consumerist, materialistic, and self-absorbed members of upper class society, such as supermodels and people from old money. The pair often satirized upper class snobbery and perceived beauty.

In 1999, they released the concept album "So... How's Your Girl?", which was loosely based on an episode of the Chris Elliott sitcom "Get a Life" entitled "The Prettiest Week of My Life." The episode also contains the origin of the name Handsome Boy Modeling School, where Chris Elliott's character enrolls to become a male model. In the album, Dan and Paul assume the characters of Nathaniel Merriweather and Chest Rockwell, respectively. A number of guest musicians appear, including Del tha Funkee Homosapien, J-Live, Sean Lennon, Miho Hatori (of Cibo Matto), Mike D (of the Beastie Boys) and Don Novello (as comic character Father Guido Sarducci).

Their 1999 single "The Projects" in collaboration with Trugoy, De La Soul and Del tha Funkee Homosapien was featured in the 2001 film Ocean's Eleven.

Their second album, "White People" was released in November 2004. Some collaborators from the first album returned, and new collaborators included RZA, Cat Power, Casual, Alex Kapranos, Chester Bennington, Mike Shinoda, Jack Johnson, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Mike Patton, Pharrell, John Oates, Chino Moreno, Lord Finesse, Black Sheep, and comedy actor Tim Meadows.

In 2006, Prince Paul announced his retirement from Handsome Boy Modeling School due to business conflicts with Dan the Automator. citation |date=2006-01-10 |accessdate=2008-04-18 |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/2006/01/10 |title=Pitchfork:News - January 10, 2006 ]

Season 4 of HBO original series "Entourage" episode The Young and the Stoned featured "I've Been Thinking" by Cat Power, from "White People" in 2007.

Discography

ingles

* 1999 "Magnetizing"
* 1999 "Rock 'n' Roll (Could Never Hip Hop Like This)"
* 1999 "The Projects (PJays)"
* 2000 "Sunshine"
* 2004 "The World's Gone Mad" (feat. Alex Kapranos, Del The Funky Homosapien and Barrington Levy)

Albums

* "So... How's Your Girl?" (1999)
* "White People" (2004)

Remixes

* 1999 Beastie Boys - "The Negotiation Limerick File"
* 2004 Jack Johnson - "Breakdown" (On "White People" Album)

References

External links

* [http://www.handsomeboymodelingschool.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/handsomeboymodelingschoool Handsome Boy Modeling School's Myspace]


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