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Prince Paul (born Paul Huston) is a legendary DJ and hip hop producer. Prince Paul is known for having a very unorthodox, but mostly well-received sense of humor. Musically, he was one of the driving forces of what was to become known as alternative rap, by using surprising samples and quirky humour.

Originally a member of Stetasonic, he produced De La Soul’s 1989 debut album 3 Feet High and Rising (It was on this album that Prince Paul invented the hip hop skit which has a long-standing and pervasive tradition on Hip hop albums to this day). After two more albums, he left them, putting together two solo projects: Psychoanalysis: What is It? and the hip hop opera A Prince Among Thieves featuring rappers such as Big Daddy Kane and Everlast. He (along with Frukwan of Stetsasonic, Too Poetic of Brothers Grimm and the RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan) made up the Gravediggaz.

With jazz legend Teo Macero, Prince Paul co-produced guitarist Vernon Reid’s solo debut in 1995.

Paul teamed up with Dan the Automator to form Handsome Boy Modeling School; their album So… How’s Your Girl? featured prominent names such as Sean Lennon and Del Tha Funkee Homosapien. In the year 2000, Paul produced I Hope I Sell a Lot of Records at Christmastime by Princess Superstar as well as MC Paul Barman’s debut 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 RZA, Linkin Park, Tim Meadows, and John Oates.

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kickadopeverse wrote:
last month

itstumental motherfuckers

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solobuttons wrote:
October 2008

More Than U Know! It rules.

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adomay wrote:
September 2008

Join the Danja group!

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maciejusz wrote:
August 2008

who tagged prince paul 'female vocalists' ? :/

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emerica171 wrote:
August 2008

pain is too sick

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[deleted-user] wrote:
June 2008

Fuckin ill.
beezer_b wrote:
May 2008

ay, you know Prince Paul man? Isn't he the weirdest?

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MFSOUL wrote:
May 2008

http://goldenerahiphop.blogspot.com New Forum, come join.

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BlindWilliam wrote:
April 2008

It's not all about chickeneads and hoes... Find out what it's all 'bout @ Great Black Music. Bring on your noise. P E A C E > bw

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Dominicanbred wrote:
March 2008

i gave your girl some chloraseptic, cause yo shes a hard worker..haaaaaaaaa

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saxamo wrote:
December 2007

welcome to weapon world!

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blackitolism wrote:
November 2007

it's a beautiful night for a date rape, a beautiful night for a kill LOLOLOL

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Jackkkk wrote:
October 2007

Anyone listened to http://www.last.fm/music/baby+elephant ? Prince Paul's new project. He's amazing.

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mattdh12 wrote:
September 2007

im pretty sure i could have seen him live 2-3 weeks ago but i found out about it while it was going on. im still extremely mad at myself about it, so annoying.

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beezer_b wrote:
August 2007

Whats up with Psychoanalysis tracks being so far down the list? Thats my favourite DJ Paul album by a long way. Dope shit.

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qb_browns wrote:
August 2007

Well put, sektah. Itstrumental has a ton of solid tracks on it. A lot of the beats sound like they should be on a De La Soul album, which makes sense of course. Point is, get it and you will not be disappointed.

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sektah wrote:
July 2007

Prince Among Thieves is probably the best hip-hop concept album of all time. I've only just gotten my hands on Itstrumental and I friggin' love it - pure, understated, signature Prince Paul mastery.

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JTIII wrote:
July 2007

Man, I wish I still had my Prince Among Thieves CD...best concept album I've ever heard.

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knifeintheback wrote:
June 2007

Only cd I've got by him is the Instrumental cd but that shit has some great beats.

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coffeecorrupts wrote:
June 2007

Wow, I was expecting like 100,000 people to have listened to him. one of the best things to happen to hip-hop

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