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Paul Huston, better known by the stage name
Stage name

A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, comedians, musician, and professional wrestling....
 Prince Paul, is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 disc jockey
Disc jockey

A disc jockey is a person who selects and plays sound recording for an audience. Originally, disk referred to phonograph records, while disc refers to the Compact Disc, and has become the more common spelling....
 and hip-hop
Hip hop music

Hip hop music is a music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rapping which is accompanied with backing beats. Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture, which began in the Bronx, in New York City in the 1970s, predominantly among African Americans and Latino Americans....
 record producer
Record producer

In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
.

inally a member of Stetsasonic
Stetsasonic

Stetsasonic was an USA Hip hop music group formed in 1981 in Brooklyn, New York. It is remembered as one of the first hip-hop crews to use a live band, and their positive, uplifting lyrics have made the group forerunners of alternative hip hop and jazz rap....
, he produced tracks on hip-hop albums such as 3rd Bass
3rd Bass

3rd Bass was an American hip-hop group that rose to fame in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and was notable for being one of the first successful interracial hip-hop groups....
' 1989 debut album The Cactus Album and De La Soul
De La Soul

De La Soul is an American hip hop music group formed in 1987 in Amityville, New York. They are best known for their eclectic sampling and quirky, surreal lyrics, and their contributions to the evolution of the jazz rap and alternative hip hop subgenres....
's first three albums. After which he put together two solo albums: Psychoanalysis: What is It?
Psychoanalysis: What is It?

Psychoanalysis: What Is It? is the first album by African-American hip hop producer Prince Paul. The album marks Prince Paul's first turn as a solo artist after gaining recognition for producing De La Soul, among others, as well as being a member of the hip hop super group the Gravediggaz....
 and the hip hop opera
Opera

Opera is an Performing arts in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work which combines a text and a musical score. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition....
 A Prince Among Thieves
A Prince Among Thieves

A Prince Among Thieves is the second studio album by hip hop music artist and producer Prince Paul. It is considered an apex in the hip hop world, and was one of the most acclaimed concept albums of its time....
, which featured Big Daddy Kane
Big Daddy Kane

Antonio Hardy , better known by his stage name, Big Daddy Kane, is an African-American rapper. He started his career in 1986 as a member of the rap group, the Juice Crew....
, Xzibit
Xzibit

Alvin Nathaniel Joiner , better known by his stage name Xzibit , is an United States Rapping, actor, and Celebrity. He is also known for hosting MTV's Pimp My Ride....
, Kool Keith
Kool Keith

Keith Matthew Thornton, better known by his stage name Kool Keith, is an United States rapping. A founding member of Ultramagnetic MCs, Kool Keith has also recorded extensively both as a solo artist and under multiple aliases....
 and Everlast. He, along with Frukwan
Frukwan

Frukwan is best known as "The Gatekeeper" from the hip-hop group Gravediggaz and was a member of the seminal hip-hop band Stetsasonic....
 of Stetsasonic, Too Poetic
Poetic (hip hop)

Anthony Ian Berkeley better known by his stage names Too Poetic, Grym Reaper, or just Poetic was a rapping and producer from the horrorcore hip-hop group Gravediggaz....
 of Brothers Grimm, and The RZA
RZA

Robert F. Diggs , better known as RZA , is an United States Grammy winning music producer, rapper, and occasional actor. A prominent figure in hip hop music, he is the de facto leader of the hip hop music group Wu-Tang Clan....
 of Wu-Tang Clan
Wu-Tang Clan

The Wu-Tang Clan is a New York City?based hip hop group. Wu-Tang Clan consists of nine United States rapping: RZA, GZA, Raekwon, U-God, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, Method Man, Masta Killa, and the late Ol' Dirty Bastard....
, made up the Gravediggaz
Gravediggaz

Gravediggaz was an United States of America hip hop group from New York City, well-known for its dark sense of humor and abrasive, menacing soundscapes....
.

In the liner notes of De La Soul
De La Soul

De La Soul is an American hip hop music group formed in 1987 in Amityville, New York. They are best known for their eclectic sampling and quirky, surreal lyrics, and their contributions to the evolution of the jazz rap and alternative hip hop subgenres....
's 1993 album Buhloone Mindstate
Buhloone Mindstate

Buhloone Mindstate is De La Soul third full-length album. It was the last De La Soul album to be produced with Prince Paul. In 2005, comedian Chris Rock named it as the 10th greatest hip-hop album ever, in a list written for Rolling Stone magazine....
, Paul hinted at his future projects with the Gravediggaz
Gravediggaz

Gravediggaz was an United States of America hip hop group from New York City, well-known for its dark sense of humor and abrasive, menacing soundscapes....
: "I would like to thank all my friends and business cohorts who dissed me, played me, and jerked me when times were hard.






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Paul Huston, better known by the stage name
Stage name

A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, comedians, musician, and professional wrestling....
 Prince Paul, is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 disc jockey
Disc jockey

A disc jockey is a person who selects and plays sound recording for an audience. Originally, disk referred to phonograph records, while disc refers to the Compact Disc, and has become the more common spelling....
 and hip-hop
Hip hop music

Hip hop music is a music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rapping which is accompanied with backing beats. Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture, which began in the Bronx, in New York City in the 1970s, predominantly among African Americans and Latino Americans....
 record producer
Record producer

In the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, Audio mixing and audio mastering processes....
.

Biography

Originally a member of Stetsasonic
Stetsasonic

Stetsasonic was an USA Hip hop music group formed in 1981 in Brooklyn, New York. It is remembered as one of the first hip-hop crews to use a live band, and their positive, uplifting lyrics have made the group forerunners of alternative hip hop and jazz rap....
, he produced tracks on hip-hop albums such as 3rd Bass
3rd Bass

3rd Bass was an American hip-hop group that rose to fame in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and was notable for being one of the first successful interracial hip-hop groups....
' 1989 debut album The Cactus Album and De La Soul
De La Soul

De La Soul is an American hip hop music group formed in 1987 in Amityville, New York. They are best known for their eclectic sampling and quirky, surreal lyrics, and their contributions to the evolution of the jazz rap and alternative hip hop subgenres....
's first three albums. After which he put together two solo albums: Psychoanalysis: What is It?
Psychoanalysis: What is It?

Psychoanalysis: What Is It? is the first album by African-American hip hop producer Prince Paul. The album marks Prince Paul's first turn as a solo artist after gaining recognition for producing De La Soul, among others, as well as being a member of the hip hop super group the Gravediggaz....
 and the hip hop opera
Opera

Opera is an Performing arts in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work which combines a text and a musical score. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition....
 A Prince Among Thieves
A Prince Among Thieves

A Prince Among Thieves is the second studio album by hip hop music artist and producer Prince Paul. It is considered an apex in the hip hop world, and was one of the most acclaimed concept albums of its time....
, which featured Big Daddy Kane
Big Daddy Kane

Antonio Hardy , better known by his stage name, Big Daddy Kane, is an African-American rapper. He started his career in 1986 as a member of the rap group, the Juice Crew....
, Xzibit
Xzibit

Alvin Nathaniel Joiner , better known by his stage name Xzibit , is an United States Rapping, actor, and Celebrity. He is also known for hosting MTV's Pimp My Ride....
, Kool Keith
Kool Keith

Keith Matthew Thornton, better known by his stage name Kool Keith, is an United States rapping. A founding member of Ultramagnetic MCs, Kool Keith has also recorded extensively both as a solo artist and under multiple aliases....
 and Everlast. He, along with Frukwan
Frukwan

Frukwan is best known as "The Gatekeeper" from the hip-hop group Gravediggaz and was a member of the seminal hip-hop band Stetsasonic....
 of Stetsasonic, Too Poetic
Poetic (hip hop)

Anthony Ian Berkeley better known by his stage names Too Poetic, Grym Reaper, or just Poetic was a rapping and producer from the horrorcore hip-hop group Gravediggaz....
 of Brothers Grimm, and The RZA
RZA

Robert F. Diggs , better known as RZA , is an United States Grammy winning music producer, rapper, and occasional actor. A prominent figure in hip hop music, he is the de facto leader of the hip hop music group Wu-Tang Clan....
 of Wu-Tang Clan
Wu-Tang Clan

The Wu-Tang Clan is a New York City?based hip hop group. Wu-Tang Clan consists of nine United States rapping: RZA, GZA, Raekwon, U-God, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, Method Man, Masta Killa, and the late Ol' Dirty Bastard....
, made up the Gravediggaz
Gravediggaz

Gravediggaz was an United States of America hip hop group from New York City, well-known for its dark sense of humor and abrasive, menacing soundscapes....
.

In the liner notes of De La Soul
De La Soul

De La Soul is an American hip hop music group formed in 1987 in Amityville, New York. They are best known for their eclectic sampling and quirky, surreal lyrics, and their contributions to the evolution of the jazz rap and alternative hip hop subgenres....
's 1993 album Buhloone Mindstate
Buhloone Mindstate

Buhloone Mindstate is De La Soul third full-length album. It was the last De La Soul album to be produced with Prince Paul. In 2005, comedian Chris Rock named it as the 10th greatest hip-hop album ever, in a list written for Rolling Stone magazine....
, Paul hinted at his future projects with the Gravediggaz
Gravediggaz

Gravediggaz was an United States of America hip hop group from New York City, well-known for its dark sense of humor and abrasive, menacing soundscapes....
: "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
Teo Macero

Teo Macero , born Attilio Joseph Macero, was an United States jazz saxophonist, composer, and record producer. He was a producer at Columbia Records for twenty years, and most notably produced the Miles Davis album, Kind of Blue, which at #12, is the highest-ranked jazz album on Rolling Stone Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of A...
, Prince Paul co-produced guitarist Vernon Reid
Vernon Reid

Vernon Reid is an English guitarist, songwriter, composer and bandleader. Best known as the founder and primary songwriter of the heavy metal band Living Colour, Reid was named #66 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time....
's solo debut in 1995.

Huston teamed up with Dan the Automator
Dan the Automator

Dan "the Automator" Nakamura is a Japanese-American Hip hop production. He founded the record label 75 Ark, which was distributed by Tommy Boy Entertainment during its short existence....
 to form Handsome Boy Modeling School
Handsome Boy Modeling School

Handsome Boy Modeling School was a Hip hop music collaboration between Dan the Automator and Paul Huston, Record producer of hip hop music trio De La Soul....
; the group's album So... How's Your Girl?
So... How's Your Girl?

So... How's Your Girl? is the debut album by Handsome Boy Modeling School on Tom Silverman's independent record label, Tommy Boy Records."Holy Calamity" is a sequel to the Dr....
 featured diverse names from Sean Lennon
Sean Lennon

Sean Taro Ono Lennon is an United States singer, songwriter, musician and actor. He is the son of musicians and peace activists John Lennon and Yoko Ono....
 and Del tha Funkee Homosapien
Del tha Funkee Homosapien

Teren Delvon Jones , better known as Del tha Funkee Homosapien, is an alternative hip hop artist....
 to Alec Empire
Alec Empire

Alec Empire is a German musician who is best known as a founding member of the band Atari Teenage Riot. Also a prolific and distinguished solo artist, Record producer and Disc jockey, he has released well over a hundred albums, EPs and singles and remixed over seventy tracks for artists popular and relatively unknown alike....
 and Don Novello
Don Novello

Don Novello is an United States writer, film director, television producer, actor, singer, and comedian. Novello is best known for his work on NBC's Saturday Night Live, from 1977 until 1980, and then 1985 until 1986, often as the character "Father Guido Sarducci"....
. In the year 2000, Paul Produced MC Paul Barman
MC Paul Barman

MC Paul Barman is a Jewish American rapper from Ridgewood, New Jersey, who attended Brown University....
's début EP It's Very Stimulating
It's Very Stimulating

It's Very Stimulating is an EP by MC Paul Barman....
. White People
White people

White people is a term which is usually used to refer to Human characterized, at least in part, by the light Human skin color. It often refers narrowly to people claiming ancestry exclusively from Europe....
 continued Handsome Boy's tradition of strange skits and an odd mix of guests over Paul- and Automator-produced beats, including The RZA
RZA

Robert F. Diggs , better known as RZA , is an United States Grammy winning music producer, rapper, and occasional actor. A prominent figure in hip hop music, he is the de facto leader of the hip hop music group Wu-Tang Clan....
, Linkin Park
Linkin Park

Linkin Park is an American Rock music band from Agoura Hills, California, California. Since its formation in 1996, the band has sold more than 50 million albums and won two Grammy Awards....
, Tim Meadows
Tim Meadows

Timothias Jazzmina "Tim" Meadows is an United States actor and comedian. He is most notably a popular former member of the TV show Saturday Night Live....
, and John Oates
John Oates

John William Oates is an United States musician and record producer best known as the mustachioed half of the successful Rock music and Soul music duo Hall & Oates....
.

Politics of the Business
Politics of the Business

Politics of the Business is the third album by African-American hip hop producer Prince Paul. This album is considered to be a concept album similar to A Prince Among Thieves....
 (2003) is a look at present-day hip hop, again featuring many guests, from Chuck D
Chuck D

Carlton Douglas Ridenhour , better known by his stage name, Chuck D, is an American rapper, author, and producer. He helped create politically and socially conscious rap music in the late 1980s as the leader of the rap group, Public Enemy ....
 and Ice T
Ice T

Tracy Marrow , better known by his stage name Ice-T, is a Grammy Award and NAACP Image Award winning rapper, actor, and author. He is credited with helping to pioneer gangsta rap, a sub-genre of hip hop music, in the late 1980s....
 to the Beatnuts and Wordsworth
Wordsworth (rapper)

'Wordsworth' is an underground hip hop music MC from Brooklyn, best known for his freestyle rap.Wordsworth grew up in Brooklyn. A graduate of the State University of New York College at Old Westbury, Wordsworth recorded with his partner Punchline on A Tribe Called Quest's The Love Movement and on Mos Def and Talib Kweli's Black Star '...
. The latter also collaborated on a track Paul composed for the SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie is a 2004 in film feature film based on Nickelodeon 's TV series SpongeBob SquarePants, released on November 19, 2004....
 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
Om Records

Om Records is a United States-based record label, established in 1995 in music, which releases electronic dance music such as House music, Downtempo, Nu-jazz and Lounge....
's "Deep Concentration" and Bill Laswell
Bill Laswell

Bill Laswell is an American bassist, Record producer and record label owner. He is married to Ethiopian singer Gigi .Laswell ranks among the most prolific of musicians, being involved in hundreds of recordings with many musicians from all over the world....
's "Altered Beats" collections.

His most recent release is the album Itstrumental
Itstrumental

Itsrumental is the fourth album by African-American hip hop producer Prince Paul. Similar to other Prince Paul albums, it follows a theme. The album is strung together by a series of skits about the Mental Victims Unit tracking down and arresting Prince Paul....
, 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
Clinical depression

Major depressive disorder is a mental disorder characterized by a pervasive depression , low self-esteem, and anhedonia in normally enjoyable activities....
. He also produced the album The Art of Picking Up Women of imaginary rockers the Dix
The Dix

The Dix is a fictional R&B group from a fictional place called Compton, New York. Its real members are record producer Prince Paul, Mr. Len, Mr....
, which bring some of hip-hop's misogyny and boasting to 1960s-style R&B.

Paul nabbed a deal with satellite radio
Satellite radio

A satellite radio or subscription radio is a digital radio signal that is broadcast by a communications satellite, which covers a much wider geographical range than terrestrial radio signals....
 company XM 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 as Don Newkirk
Don Newkirk

Donald Newkirk is a musician and record producer known for his voice-overs on hip hop albums such as De La Soul's Three Feet High and Rising and 3rd Bass' song The Gas Face....
 (who closes engineer Al Watt's imaginary 3 Feet High and Rising game show and also appears on 3rd Bass
3rd Bass

3rd Bass was an American hip-hop group that rose to fame in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and was notable for being one of the first successful interracial hip-hop groups....
's The Gas Face.). 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 with R.A. the Rugged Man
R.A. The Rugged Man

R.A. Thorburn, better known as R.A. the Rugged Man, is a rapper from Suffolk County, New York on Long Island. He began his music career at age 12, and, at 18, was subject to a 9 label bidding war including Def Jam, Mercury, Tommyboy, Warner Bros., eventually signing with Jive Records as part of the group Crustified Dibbs, a vehicle for...
.

Paul's latest project is Baby Elephant, a collaboration with Parliament
Parliament (band)

Parliament was an African American music band most prominent during the 1970s. It and its sister act Funkadelic, both led by George Clinton , began the funk culture of that decade....
 and Talking Heads
Talking Heads

Talking Heads was an American rock music rock band formed in 1974 in New York City and active until 1991. The band comprised David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison....
 keyboardist Bernie Worrell
Bernie Worrell

George Bernard "Bernie" Worrell, Jr. is an United States Keyboard instrument and composer best known for his work with Parliament-Funkadelic and Talking Heads....
, and longtime Paul associate Don Newkirk
Don Newkirk

Donald Newkirk is a musician and record producer known for his voice-overs on hip hop albums such as De La Soul's Three Feet High and Rising and 3rd Bass' song The Gas Face....
. Released September 11th, 2007, Turn My Teeth Up!, features George Clinton
George Clinton (funk musician)

George Clinton is an United States musician and the principal architect of P-Funk. He was the mastermind of the musical bands Parliament and Funkadelic during the 1970s and early 1980s, and is a solo funk artist as of 1981....
, Shock G
Shock G

Gregory E. Jacobs , known by the stage names Shock G and Humpty Hump, is an United States musician and rapper best known as the lead vocalist for the hip hop music group Digital Underground....
, Yellowman
Yellowman

Yellowman is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall deejay, widely known as King Yellowman. He was popular in Jamaica in the 1980s, coming to prominence with a series of singles that established his reputation....
, Reggie Watts
Reggie Watts

Reggie Watts is a multidisciplinary comedic performer....
, Nona Hendryx
Nona Hendryx

Nona Hendryx is an American vocalist, record producer, songwriter, musician, author, and actor. Many articles mistakenly give her first name as Wynona, which her manager, Vicki Wickham, has verified to be incorrect....
, David Byrne
David Byrne (musician)

David Byrne is a Scotland-United States musician and artist perhaps best known as a founding member and principal songwriter of the New Wave band Talking Heads, which was active between 1974 and 1991....
, and Gabby La La
Gabby La La

Gabby Lang, better known by her stage name, Gabby La La, is a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist , signed to Prawn Song Records. Her music is self described as "fun, unique, crazy kooky." La La's eccentric debut album, Be Careful What You Wish For..., is a collaboration with Les Claypool that though "peculiar......
.

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 the Souls of Mischief
Souls of Mischief

Souls of Mischief is an alternative hip hop group from Oakland, California, that is also part of the hip hop musical collective, Hieroglyphics ....
.

Discography


Albums

  • 1996 Psychoanalysis: What is It?
    Psychoanalysis: What is It?

    Psychoanalysis: What Is It? is the first album by African-American hip hop producer Prince Paul. The album marks Prince Paul's first turn as a solo artist after gaining recognition for producing De La Soul, among others, as well as being a member of the hip hop super group the Gravediggaz....
     (WordSound Records, later reissued by Tommy Boy
    Tommy Boy Records

    Tommy Boy Entertainment is a record label started in 1981 in music by Tom Silverman. The label is widely recognized for significant contribution to the development of hip hop music, dance music, and electronica....
    /Warner Bros. Records
    Warner Bros. Records

    Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an United States record label that operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group. It is also affectionately known as "Warners" and 'the Bunny', based on the Bugs Bunny cartoons released by Warner Bros....
     in 1997 with bonus cuts)
  • 1999 A Prince Among Thieves
    A Prince Among Thieves

    A Prince Among Thieves is the second studio album by hip hop music artist and producer Prince Paul. It is considered an apex in the hip hop world, and was one of the most acclaimed concept albums of its time....
     (Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. Records)
  • 2003 Politics of the Business
    Politics of the Business

    Politics of the Business is the third album by African-American hip hop producer Prince Paul. This album is considered to be a concept album similar to A Prince Among Thieves....
     (Razor & Tie
    Razor & Tie

    Razor & Tie is a New York based corporation founded in 1990 in music by Cliff Chenfeld and Craig Balsam. The company encompasses a record label with major label distribution, a home video company, a media buying company, a music publishing business, a marketing, promotion and sales team, and a direct marketing operation....
    )
  • 2005 Itstrumental
    Itstrumental

    Itsrumental is the fourth album by African-American hip hop producer Prince Paul. Similar to other Prince Paul albums, it follows a theme. The album is strung together by a series of skits about the Mental Victims Unit tracking down and arresting Prince Paul....
     (Female Fun Records)
  • 2005 Hip Hop Gold Dust (Antidote)

Production

  • On Fire by Stetsasonic
    Stetsasonic

    Stetsasonic was an USA Hip hop music group formed in 1981 in Brooklyn, New York. It is remembered as one of the first hip-hop crews to use a live band, and their positive, uplifting lyrics have made the group forerunners of alternative hip hop and jazz rap....
     (1986)
  • In Full Gear
    In Full Gear

    In Full Gear is the highly acclaimed second album from Hip hop music band Stetsasonic. The album is considered revolutionary in style and production for its time period....
     by Stetsasonic
    Stetsasonic

    Stetsasonic was an USA Hip hop music group formed in 1981 in Brooklyn, New York. It is remembered as one of the first hip-hop crews to use a live band, and their positive, uplifting lyrics have made the group forerunners of alternative hip hop and jazz rap....
     (1988)
  • The Cactus Album by 3rd Bass
    3rd Bass

    3rd Bass was an American hip-hop group that rose to fame in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and was notable for being one of the first successful interracial hip-hop groups....
     (1989)
  • 3 Feet High and Rising
    3 Feet High and Rising

    3 Feet High and Rising is the influential debut album from American hip hop music trio De La Soul, released in 1989.The album marked the first of three full-length collaborations with producer Prince Paul, which would become the critical and commercial peak of both parties....
     by De La Soul
    De La Soul

    De La Soul is an American hip hop music group formed in 1987 in Amityville, New York. They are best known for their eclectic sampling and quirky, surreal lyrics, and their contributions to the evolution of the jazz rap and alternative hip hop subgenres....
     (1989)
  • It's a Big Daddy Thing
    It's a Big Daddy Thing

    It's a Big Daddy Thing is the second full-length album by Big Daddy Kane. To date, it is his most successful effort commercially and is held by many listeners to be his greatest work so far....
     by Big Daddy Kane
    Big Daddy Kane

    Antonio Hardy , better known by his stage name, Big Daddy Kane, is an African-American rapper. He started his career in 1986 as a member of the rap group, the Juice Crew....
     (1989)
  • It Takes a Nation of Suckas to Let Us In by Resident Alien (1991)
  • Derelicts of Dialect
    Derelicts of Dialect

    Derelicts of Dialect was Brooklyn rappers 3rd Bass's second LP , released on Def Jam. The album is considered to be a critical success , and gained publicity by featuring the surprise mainstream hit Pop Goes the Weasel, a battle rap aimed at then-popular white rapper Vanilla Ice....
     by 3rd Bass
    3rd Bass

    3rd Bass was an American hip-hop group that rose to fame in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and was notable for being one of the first successful interracial hip-hop groups....
     (1991)
  • De La Soul Is Dead
    De La Soul Is Dead

    De La Soul Is Dead is De La Soul's second full-length album, released in 1991 . The album was produced by Prince Paul, whose work on 3 Feet High and Rising was highly praised by music critics....
     by De La Soul (1991)
  • Blood, Sweat & No Tears
    Blood, Sweat & No Tears

    Blood, Sweat & No Tears is the third and final album from Hip hop music group Stetsasonic. Producer Prince Paul, acclaimed for his work with De La Soul, continued a successful production career....
     by Stetsasonic
    Stetsasonic

    Stetsasonic was an USA Hip hop music group formed in 1981 in Brooklyn, New York. It is remembered as one of the first hip-hop crews to use a live band, and their positive, uplifting lyrics have made the group forerunners of alternative hip hop and jazz rap....
     (1991)
  • Buhloone Mindstate
    Buhloone Mindstate

    Buhloone Mindstate is De La Soul third full-length album. It was the last De La Soul album to be produced with Prince Paul. In 2005, comedian Chris Rock named it as the 10th greatest hip-hop album ever, in a list written for Rolling Stone magazine....
     by De La Soul (1993)
  • My Field Trip to Planet 9 by Justin Warfield
    Justin Warfield

    Justin Warfield is a musician and hip hop rapper who is currently half of the darkwave band She Wants Revenge. In 1993 he released a hip hop album titled My Field Trip to Planet 9, which featured production from Prince Paul and Quincy Jones III....
     (1993)
  • 6 Feet Deep
    6 Feet Deep

    6 Feet Deep was the debut album of the New York-based Horrorcore Supergroup Gravediggaz. It was released August 9, 1994, by Gee Street Records....
     by the Gravediggaz (1994)
  • Roll With the New
    Roll with the New

    Roll with the New is a 1997 comedy album by Chris Rock. It is a combination of live material and comedy sketches. The album won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Comedy Album....
     by Chris Rock
    Chris Rock

    Christopher Julius "Chris" Rock III is an United States comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer and Film director....
     (1997)
  • The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel
    The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel

    The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel, released October 14 1997, was the second album by the Gravediggaz, an influential Horrorcore Hip hop music Supergroup ....
     by the Gravediggaz (1997)
  • So... How's Your Girl?
    So... How's Your Girl?

    So... How's Your Girl? is the debut album by Handsome Boy Modeling School on Tom Silverman's independent record label, Tommy Boy Records."Holy Calamity" is a sequel to the Dr....
     by Handsome Boy Modeling School
    Handsome Boy Modeling School

    Handsome Boy Modeling School was a Hip hop music collaboration between Dan the Automator and Paul Huston, Record producer of hip hop music trio De La Soul....
     (1999)
  • Bigger & Blacker
    Bigger & Blacker

    Bigger & Blacker is an album by Chris Rock, originally released on July 13 1999, on the Dreamworks label. The album features live, stand-up comedy tracks recorded for an HBO special at the Apollo Theater in Harlem and studio-recorded comic sketches, featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard, Biz Markie, Gerald Levert, Ali LeRoi, Wanda Sykes, Kaz Silv...
     by Chris Rock
    Chris Rock

    Christopher Julius "Chris" Rock III is an United States comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer and Film director....
     (1999)
  • It's Very Stimulating
    It's Very Stimulating

    It's Very Stimulating is an EP by MC Paul Barman....
     by MC Paul Barman
    MC Paul Barman

    MC Paul Barman is a Jewish American rapper from Ridgewood, New Jersey, who attended Brown University....
     (2000)
  • Both Sides of the Brain
    Both Sides of the Brain

    Both Sides of the Brain is a hip-hop album by Del tha Funkee Homosapien....
     by Del tha Funkee Homosapien
    Del tha Funkee Homosapien

    Teren Delvon Jones , better known as Del tha Funkee Homosapien, is an alternative hip hop artist....
     (2000)
  • The Best Part
    The Best Part

    The Best Part is the debut album by underground music rapper, J-live. It was recorded from 1995 to 1999 and featured production by Prince Paul, DJ Premier, and Pete Rock....
     by J-Live
    J-Live

    J-Live is an Rapper, Disc Jockey, and Record producer from New York, and also the founder of Triple Threat Productions....
     (2001)
  • Paullelujah!
    Paullelujah!

    Paullelujah! is MC Paul Barman's first full length album, released in 2002. It featured production from artists: MF Doom and Prince Paul, MikeTheMusicGuy and Phofo....
     by MC Paul Barman
    MC Paul Barman

    MC Paul Barman is a Jewish American rapper from Ridgewood, New Jersey, who attended Brown University....
     (2002)
  • Palace of the Pretender by Last Emperor (2003)
  • White People
    White people

    White people is a term which is usually used to refer to Human characterized, at least in part, by the light Human skin color. It often refers narrowly to people claiming ancestry exclusively from Europe....
     by Handsome Boy Modeling School
    Handsome Boy Modeling School

    Handsome Boy Modeling School was a Hip hop music collaboration between Dan the Automator and Paul Huston, Record producer of hip hop music trio De La Soul....
     (2004)
  • The Art of Picking Up Women by The Dix
    The Dix

    The Dix is a fictional R&B group from a fictional place called Compton, New York. Its real members are record producer Prince Paul, Mr. Len, Mr....
     (2005)
  • Turn My Teeth Up! by Baby Elephant (2007)
  • Baby Loves Hip Hop Presents The Dino 5 by Dino 5
    Dino 5

    Dino 5 is a hip hop Supergroup featuring Prince Paul, Chali 2na from Jurassic 5, Scratch from The Roots, Wordsworth and Lady Bug Mecca from Digable Planets....
     (2008)


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