Everything Prince Paul has produced is pure gold and I am mystified that "6 Feet Deep" is not recognized as one of the best produced albums of all time - I have listened to it over ten thousand times
Prince Paul definitely gets props. The reason I believe he doesn't get more props is because outside of De La Soul, the groups he was associated with didn't have a lot of commercial success. He's one of the dopest producers and definitely deserves his flowers.
Had the pleasure of meeting and hanging out with Paul (a friend of a friend) on a NY trip a few years ago. Really cool, humble guy with a great sense of humour, exactly as you’d imagine. Don’t sleep on his 33.3 podcast too.
Prince Paul is very underrated. He's the reason De La Soul is dope. I don't know what album I like more, 3 Feet High and Rising or De La Soul is dead. Yeah, Prince Paul deserves his props!
Prince Paul was never underrated. He was the hottest producer in the late eighties and everyone in rap knew it. 3 feet high and rising was the first real album to showcase the production over the lyrics. That’s why it was so huge, the sampling. Trugoy and Pos were very mediocre rappers. Around this time Paul did the best song on MCLytes album as well as the best songs on 3rd Bass’s debut. Calling him underrated means you weren’t there or you don’t remember.
Prince Among Thieves is probably my fav but I like the Psychoanalysis album a lot too and that first De La album is a masterpiece. Handsome Boy Modeling School was great as well. Gravediggaz. Dude is all over the place. Very creative and influential cat.
@@ShayJToday you know apparently they were gonna make it into a short film but it got scrapped at some point. You can still find some of the little videos floating around. Like the scene with Everlast as the corrupt cop.
@@Shlogger oh bro i saw all the clips on UA-cam i could find a while back. Spent my high school years absorbing this tape. Not many producers could ever replicate that type of art man. That tape should be in a time capsule.
@@ShayJToday it pretty much is a time capsule. lol. a little piece of history from a time some of the best hip hop. Paul was definitely a big part of that.
@niko478 it was released on my mom's birthday in February of 1999, according to wiki. I remember 99 specifically because that's the year I could finally afford a Clarion amp and two 10s for my car.😁
In 1988 I was 10 years old and that Stetsasonic album "In Full Gear" blew my mind as a kid. I couldn't stop listening to it and that was my introduction to prince paul and the reason I fell in love with hip hop. 35 years later and I still listen to that album! Thank you so much for covering Prince Paul. I've always thought he was top 5 in terms of creativity and originality in hip-hop
Well done! I had an opportunity to work with Paul a few times over the years as a Concert Producer and Tour Producer (A Prince Among Thieves and DJ Events), an amazing experience with a solid Brother.
My favorite beat made by Paul was pass the plug a classic boom bap beat that to this day can hang with any beat from then to today...big up's to Prince Paul.
as a '71er from turkiye w/o much 'english' i fell in love with the beats, samples, and rhymes from rap artists like \°°/PRINCE PAUL\°°/ that name alone, just mind blowin'. a must for me that album PRINCE AMONG THIEVES. but i was more of a 12"vinyl lover with those club, i-mental, dub, and all kinds of remixxs. all da early DE LA SOUL 12"vinyl, and that 'TALKIN' ALL THAT JAZZ' still with me, not lost, not sold and not stolen.
This was thoroughly well done, much deserved flowers for Prince Paul. Because of you, you reminded me to search up my absolute favorite track from him... "You Made Me (A.K.C)"
Great video and thank you for giving Paul his well deserved flowers. He is the original abstract producer in this hip hop game. The reason producers like Madlib exist.
I was about to say how u forgot to mention his boy band the Dix 😂😂. That ep is hilarious. Bit yea prince paul is one of my biggest inspirations. Psychoanalysis, handsome boy modeling school and prince among thieves get heavy plays from me still as well as all the legendary group stuff he did
Gratitude Ps Talking All That Jazz is one of the first hip hop songs to use a jazz samples. Didnt know Prince Pau produced "No Sex (In the Champagne Room) . Peace to Gerald Levert.
Not exactly a Prince Paul beat but an album that he coproduced with Two Macero (Miles Davis) was Vernon Reid the guitarist from Living Colour's first solo album "Mistaken Identity".
Nice job w this. i usually dont like these narrated recaps of aspects of hiphop but i appreciated this. gravediggaz was really influential in my life. prince amongst thieves is one of my favorite albums. real hiphop heads respect prince paul!
That's a song by Kool Keith on prince among thieves album its number like 12 I think on the CD. Lol. I'd rap that song to my friends back in the day and they'd all b amazed
WOW! Thanks for this insight! I knew Paul was good but you just unlocked something that I've been missing... I'll check out Paul's work. Much appreciated.
Good stuff I like the fact that your channel is high lighting more underground, unsung talent of the hip hop genre…. Good job 👍🏿 3 feet high & rising One of my favorite albums of all time ..
The methods of production in hip hop has changed utterly since the era of the sampler and deck, yet in terms of the music, I have yet to see it bettered.
Thanks for this Video! It's just a few days ago that I thought damn...Prince Paul is maybe the most underrated Producer there. And here is your video, amazing. But it's always the people that arent interested in hiphop that much and don't know about it that much. and it's simply a small amount of people who are interested that much really, they are called the real hiphop heads in the scene. cause if you know, you definetly know prince paul and how he influenced hiphop. nice that this happens before he dies...not like Dilla and DOOM...especially them both weren't mentioned that much either before they died.... After death everybody claims he knew them always..bullshit. most people didn't :D cause...they are no hiphop heads, they only claim to be. it's easy today with internetz, everybody is an expert lol. if prince paul passes away it will be the same, remember my words... But good point..you can easily get an expert by simply interest and using the internetz..that was much much harder back then...then you really had to have an addiction, passion...and that divided the heads from the non heads..
Another great mini doc! Keep dropping gems for real hip-hop heads!also I was a huge gravediggaz fan! I introduced them to so many of my friends. And they all ended up loving their music. No one sounded like them still to this day! But I was always a big fan of Prince Paul and I never understood why he didn't get the respect he deserved? But I'm glad this is out there for people to see because his influence and Hip-Hop is undeniable!
DOPE presentation! First time seeing your work. This video flowed very well and was executed straight to its points, LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE IN THE FUTURE
Prince among Thieves is an absolute masterpiece.🙏🏼I’m still bumpin it in my ride on the regular.🔊 His production on De La and Gravediggaz was phenomenal as well.🔥💾🔥 Paul always brought his unique flava to the table to nourish the souls. Mad props to the legendary Prince Paul. Another dope vid Bro. Peace Def.
I highly recommend the What Had Happened Was podcast, they have a great series of interviews with the Prince. And other amazing Hip Hop people as well.
Wow, just found your channel and have watched this and the one on Def Jux. The only thing I can say besides they're awesome is I wish they were longer. Subscribed.
His Hip Opera album, A Prince Among Thieves, is still something I bump to this very day. You had some incredible performances by Kool Keith (Weapon World), Big Daddy Kane (Macula’s Theory), Xzibit & Sadat X (Handle Your Time), Everlast (The Men In Blue), De La Soul (More Than U Know), and so many more 💯 Between that album and De La Soul Is Dead, I’ve had Prince Paul in my Top 3 for decades! Much respect
I got the gravediddaz vinyl and a prince among thieves vinyl dude is classic even stetsasonic with frukwan and the horror city album is fire if u ain't heard that original man some of the stuff went to a prince among thieves album
"I said, The weebles wobble, but I dabble in verbals The movies that you're makin get the herbalz This ain't a Prince Paul loop from The Turtles It's just 3rd Bass givin y'all the herbalz''
How is the guy responsible for the most famous classic in all thee world of music - Plug Tunin. The orgy of samples used, breathtakingly crafted for years of listening enjoyment. ✌🏿💯👍🏿
Everything Prince Paul has produced is pure gold and I am mystified that "6 Feet Deep" is not recognized as one of the best produced albums of all time - I have listened to it over ten thousand times
Dope I have a Gravediggaz forearm tattoo
it was .. until A Prince Among Thieves came out!
Before Madlib and Alchemist there was Prince Paul! One of my favorites of all time!
Prince Paul definitely gets props. The reason I believe he doesn't get more props is because outside of De La Soul, the groups he was associated with didn't have a lot of commercial success. He's one of the dopest producers and definitely deserves his flowers.
Had the pleasure of meeting and hanging out with Paul (a friend of a friend) on a NY trip a few years ago. Really cool, humble guy with a great sense of humour, exactly as you’d imagine.
Don’t sleep on his 33.3 podcast too.
Prince Paul is very underrated. He's the reason De La Soul is dope. I don't know what album I like more, 3 Feet High and Rising or De La Soul is dead. Yeah, Prince Paul deserves his props!
De la without Paul is dope too.
Prince Paul was never underrated. He was the hottest producer in the late eighties and everyone in rap knew it. 3 feet high and rising was the first real album to showcase the production over the lyrics. That’s why it was so huge, the sampling. Trugoy and Pos were very mediocre rappers. Around this time Paul did the best song on MCLytes album as well as the best songs on 3rd Bass’s debut. Calling him underrated means you weren’t there or you don’t remember.
@@babyblutube-s5jYh he is now underated this is not the past de la soul has reduced commercial success after 3 feet high that also contributed
Prince Among Thieves is probably my fav but I like the Psychoanalysis album a lot too and that first De La album is a masterpiece. Handsome Boy Modeling School was great as well. Gravediggaz. Dude is all over the place. Very creative and influential cat.
Prince among thieves is the album for me. I based every conceptual album I ever created off of that project. This man is the truth.
@@ShayJToday you know apparently they were gonna make it into a short film but it got scrapped at some point. You can still find some of the little videos floating around. Like the scene with Everlast as the corrupt cop.
@@Shlogger oh bro i saw all the clips on UA-cam i could find a while back. Spent my high school years absorbing this tape. Not many producers could ever replicate that type of art man. That tape should be in a time capsule.
@@ShayJToday it pretty much is a time capsule. lol. a little piece of history from a time some of the best hip hop. Paul was definitely a big part of that.
Handsome Boy Modelling School!
A Prince Among Thieves(1999) was a masterpiece. I still listen to that to this day.
1998*
@niko478 it was released on my mom's birthday in February of 1999, according to wiki. I remember 99 specifically because that's the year I could finally afford a Clarion amp and two 10s for my car.😁
In 1988 I was 10 years old and that Stetsasonic album "In Full Gear" blew my mind as a kid. I couldn't stop listening to it and that was my introduction to prince paul and the reason I fell in love with hip hop. 35 years later and I still listen to that album! Thank you so much for covering Prince Paul. I've always thought he was top 5 in terms of creativity and originality in hip-hop
If you can't say it all, just sat STET!
Lol The Stet is the reason why I know all the countries in South Africa.
✌🏿💯🫡👍🏿
Well done! I had an opportunity to work with Paul a few times over the years as a Concert Producer and Tour Producer (A Prince Among Thieves and DJ Events), an amazing experience with a solid Brother.
Very cool!
Same. Several projects including Negroes On Ice.
@@DefGoldbloom, clever handle you have, a play on on Jeff Goldblum's name...nice one!
@@LordChastened, diggit!
‘The Truth’ on Handsome Boy album (with J Live) is amazing.
I have the Prince Among Thieves on vinyl too.
I'd fucking love to own the prince amongst thieves on vinyl. That's awesome brother!!
One of my all time fave tunes of any genre.
My favorite beat made by Paul was pass the plug a classic boom bap beat that to this day can hang with any beat from then to today...big up's to Prince Paul.
PRINCE PAUL! Yeah thanks Mase
Prince Paul is a legend!
as a '71er from turkiye
w/o much 'english'
i fell in love with the
beats, samples, and
rhymes from rap
artists like
\°°/PRINCE PAUL\°°/
that name alone,
just mind blowin'.
a must for me that album
PRINCE AMONG THIEVES.
but i was more of a
12"vinyl lover with those
club, i-mental, dub,
and all kinds of remixxs.
all da early DE LA SOUL
12"vinyl, and that
'TALKIN' ALL THAT JAZZ'
still with me, not lost,
not sold and not stolen.
Thanks for this. Prince Paul definitely deserves his flowers and respect/recognition for all his contributions. Big up DJ Paul aka the Doo Doo Man
This needed to be done💯🔥 One correction. When Gravediggaz was form.. Rza was on fire in 94 with Wu Tang.
Their first album came out in 94 but they were formed even before the Wu!
Definitely one of my favorite producers.. Prince among thieves is indeed highly underrated. Great video. I still listen to "Sally" on wax in 2023 ✌️
You did it again, man - Prince Paul is 100% one of the best to ever do it, for sure. Keep 'em coming!
No doubt!
He also did some amazing work on Justin Warfields debut album, yep Prince Paul is one of my fav producers as well, great video!
Cool, thanks!
Great album!
Great video!!!! Paul is sooo underrated!!! A Prince Among Thieves is a classic! So creative
I'm excited to check out Resident Alien, Itstrumentals, and Hip Hop Gold Dust. And The Dix!
I don't think we talk about goats in terms of producers, but Prince Paul is top 5 100%
I will quote something I wrote years ago...because he inspires me...
"Word to Prince Paul I stand tall"...
This was thoroughly well done, much deserved flowers for Prince Paul. Because of you, you reminded me to search up my absolute favorite track from him... "You Made Me (A.K.C)"
The internet needed this vid so bad! Gravediggaz blew my mind in high school, I think I like them even more than Wu-Tang. Yeah, I said it.
Great video and thank you for giving Paul his well deserved flowers. He is the original abstract producer in this hip hop game. The reason producers like Madlib exist.
I was about to say how u forgot to mention his boy band the Dix 😂😂. That ep is hilarious. Bit yea prince paul is one of my biggest inspirations. Psychoanalysis, handsome boy modeling school and prince among thieves get heavy plays from me still as well as all the legendary group stuff he did
I'm 2 minutes in and this is already dope. Peace. My favorite one of his projects is buhloone mindstate
His work on Buhloone Mindstate is some of the best production of all time
Such a wonderful album.
@@mrmass71 yea i kno🐐. What's ur favorite song on it?
@@eesh9714 it's a list I'm afraid - Long Island Wildin', I Am I Be, Breakadawn, In The Woods, Patti Duke, Ego Trippin'!
@@mrmass71 nice mine is probably breakadawn
Gratitude
Ps Talking All That Jazz is one of the first hip hop songs to use a jazz samples.
Didnt know Prince Pau produced "No Sex (In the Champagne Room) . Peace to Gerald Levert.
Prince Amongst Thieves is one of my favorite albums of all time. And the 1st 2 gravediggaz albums are dope af
love the content, a dan the automator doc would be dope!
Great idea!
@@DefGoldbloom Ant on atmosphere
Not exactly a Prince Paul beat but an album that he coproduced with Two Macero (Miles Davis) was Vernon Reid the guitarist from Living Colour's first solo album "Mistaken Identity".
thank you so much for giving this legend his flowers
Wow!!! Great idea with Prince Paul!! Amazing work 👌
Thank you! Cheers!
this was great! I hope prince Paul sees this...hes a true producer!
Prince among thieves is my favorite album of any genre
Good call excellent album
One of my faves of all time and is so often forgotten in these discussions! He made me feel like weird nerds like me had a place in hip hop!
Thanks for making this video. Spread the doo doo that is Prince Paul
Prince Paul and Larry Smith I would say are the 2 most underrated.
Oooooh, Larry Smith too!!!
prince paul definitely an underrated og
This was so much needed thank you!!! 12:54
Always loved Prince Paul, have many of his 💿 Thanks for making this!
Prince among thieves...
Treal dope dope!!!!
Thanks Prince Paul!!! Always
Thank you for that I love Prince Paul’s work
K-Def is another under rated
Great video! However, De La didn’t drop Paul. Paul suggested that they made their album themselves
Good point!
Nice job w this. i usually dont like these narrated recaps of aspects of hiphop but i appreciated this. gravediggaz was really influential in my life. prince amongst thieves is one of my favorite albums. real hiphop heads respect prince paul!
Welcome to weapon World! Is my favorite Prince Paul album
That's a song by Kool Keith on prince among thieves album its number like 12 I think on the CD. Lol. I'd rap that song to my friends back in the day and they'd all b amazed
Great video! Two other super-underrated producers are Easy Moe Bee and Q-Tip!
Totally agree!
Easy Mo Bee is one of the most humblest beings I have ever met, and am glad to call him a friend...
WOW! Thanks for this insight! I knew Paul was good but you just unlocked something that I've been missing... I'll check out Paul's work. Much appreciated.
The Biz Markie Doc was shown at the Tribeca Festival so hopefully out soon. Salute Prince Paul, always a legend for me
Dope!! I can’t wait to see it
One of my favorite joints he produced was Brooklyn Queens from 3rd Bass
Good stuff
I like the fact that your channel is high lighting more underground, unsung talent of the hip hop genre…. Good job 👍🏿
3 feet high & rising
One of my favorite albums of all time ..
Thank you! Very cool video essay, I really didn't know much about him outside De La Soul.
This was great! I absolutely love Handsome Boy Modeling School! Their second album is a fucking classic!! I can't wait for their third album! 😊
The methods of production in hip hop has changed utterly since the era of the sampler and deck, yet in terms of the music, I have yet to see it bettered.
So happy I just found this channel. Dude is covering all my favorite shit. Can’t wait to watch this
Thanks for this Video! It's just a few days ago that I thought damn...Prince Paul is maybe the most underrated Producer there. And here is your video, amazing.
But it's always the people that arent interested in hiphop that much and don't know about it that much. and it's simply a small amount of people who are interested that much really, they are called the real hiphop heads in the scene. cause if you know, you definetly know prince paul and how he influenced hiphop. nice that this happens before he dies...not like Dilla and DOOM...especially them both weren't mentioned that much either before they died.... After death everybody claims he knew them always..bullshit. most people didn't :D cause...they are no hiphop heads, they only claim to be. it's easy today with internetz, everybody is an expert lol. if prince paul passes away it will be the same, remember my words...
But good point..you can easily get an expert by simply interest and using the internetz..that was much much harder back then...then you really had to have an addiction, passion...and that divided the heads from the non heads..
Damn straight! Prince Paul is seriously slept on. He deserves a ton more praise for all he’s accomplished.
This was so good. Dude is my favorite of all time. GOATED in my world. Thank you for this
Another great mini doc! Keep dropping gems for real hip-hop heads!also I was a huge gravediggaz fan! I introduced them to so many of my friends. And they all ended up loving their music. No one sounded like them still to this day! But I was always a big fan of Prince Paul and I never understood why he didn't get the respect he deserved? But I'm glad this is out there for people to see because his influence and Hip-Hop is undeniable!
Peace thank you!
DOPE presentation! First time seeing your work. This video flowed very well and was executed straight to its points, LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE IN THE FUTURE
Peace thank you!
This was so good! I learned a lot
Those Gravediggas tracks though!
Gravediggaz and de la soul. Nuff said. Top 10 producer
So awesome I love PrincePaul🙏🏽❤️😊
Prince among Thieves is an absolute masterpiece.🙏🏼I’m still bumpin it in my ride on the regular.🔊
His production on De La and Gravediggaz was phenomenal as well.🔥💾🔥
Paul always brought his unique flava to the table to nourish the souls.
Mad props to the legendary Prince Paul.
Another dope vid Bro.
Peace Def.
Great video, Prince Paule well deserved all appreciation
Thank you for giving this man the props he deserves. One of the best ever!
Good work, man. Just got the new Tape OP today with Paul's interview.. Sent me down the rabbit hole.. Thanks!
I thought "The Handsome Boy Modelling School" was wierd but sooo much fun to listen to. And of course, De La Soul...whooohoooooo🖤💣👊🏿
I highly recommend the What Had Happened Was podcast, they have a great series of interviews with the Prince. And other amazing Hip Hop people as well.
FACTS! That pod was one of my main points of research for this vid, and its an amazing listen start to finish
@@DefGoldbloom The ep’s with Dante Ross where also very moving and awesome to listen to!!
I’ve always loved prince Paul..It’s funny ,I bought every album in his discography as they came out
RESPECT TO PRINCE PAUL.
Stet's 2n album was "In Full Gear"; I LOVE your enthusiasm.
I sure love that Gravediggaz album. It's still one of my favorite hiphop albums after 30 years! Well done!
Agreed.. such a legendary producer with many classics
Lol the sequential tom at the beginning !! I had that back in 85 !!
Thank you for making this
Prince Paul inspired me to start making beats. Love his contributions to hip hop.
He is the genius behind the first Gravediggaz album.
Wow, just found your channel and have watched this and the one on Def Jux. The only thing I can say besides they're awesome is I wish they were longer. Subscribed.
I see I'm going to have to watch the one on Kool Keith before I shut down for the night.
Peace, thank you!
His Hip Opera album, A Prince Among Thieves, is still something I bump to this very day. You had some incredible performances by Kool Keith (Weapon World), Big Daddy Kane (Macula’s Theory), Xzibit & Sadat X (Handle Your Time), Everlast (The Men In Blue), De La Soul (More Than U Know), and so many more 💯
Between that album and De La Soul Is Dead, I’ve had Prince Paul in my Top 3 for decades! Much respect
a living legend.
a genius.
and a humble happy funny dude.
P.P.
Nice video. Thx for sharing.
been really getting into de la soul, it's awesome to see what else he did after the first 3 albums he made with de la!
A genius who wasn't allowed to fully blossom early on.
Still managed to get his artistry out there.
"Three Feet High and Rising" ruined my 7th grade mind forever, and I love it.
Great video!! I'm going through my Caselogics right now! 😝🤘
@Def Goldboom this is great thank you so much.
Thank you for watching!
I got the gravediddaz vinyl and a prince among thieves vinyl dude is classic even stetsasonic with frukwan and the horror city album is fire if u ain't heard that original man some of the stuff went to a prince among thieves album
Great video!!!!!! I don’t seen any love to prince paul online at all
I'm feeling your pitch SUN. Keep doing yo thing.
Psychoanalysis: What Is It? is in my top 10. The whole album is a masterpiece and Beautiful Night is still the rawest track ever made.
"I said, The weebles wobble, but I dabble in verbals
The movies that you're makin get the herbalz
This ain't a Prince Paul loop from The Turtles
It's just 3rd Bass givin y'all the herbalz''
legendary
Nowhere to run nowhere to hide🔥
How is the guy responsible for the most famous classic in all thee world of music - Plug Tunin.
The orgy of samples used, breathtakingly crafted for years of listening enjoyment.
✌🏿💯👍🏿
Awesome video This goat. Top 5 producers
THE GOD PRINCE PAUL. GR8 DOCUMENTARY
I had a 12” of Living Colour’s Funny Vibe with a bunch of Prince Paul remixes that were great. He could jump genres.
In Germany: Prince Paul, Diamond D, J Dilla, Erick Sermon and Q-Tip🖤❤️💛
And of course EL-P
❤❤❤