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- The musician from Amityville, Long Island got his start as a naïve teenage DJ spinning for the the hip-hop unit Stetsasonic, but Paul was not recognized as a force in the game until he molded one of the most groundbreaking and influential groups in the history of hip-hop.
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Major recognition for Prince Paul came when he produced De La Soul's debut album 3 Feet High and Rising (1989), in which he pioneered new approaches to hip hop production, mixing and sampling, notably by including comedy sketches.
Dec 8, 2011 · The formation of De La Soul, and its seminal debut album 3 Feet High and Rising, redefined the possibilities of sampling in hip-hop. Digger deeper than the typical funk and Jazz records, Paul...
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- ‘Plug Tunin’’ (1988) Dave: “Plug Tunin’,” to an extent, was a big-words record, with the inspiration of Ultramagnetic MCs and even LL Cool J or some Run freestyles that were just really big words.
- ‘Me Myself and I’ (1989) Dave: “Me Myself and I” was almost like a punishment. It’s typical — the label comes and says: “Hey, we need one more, but we need something poppy and something familiar.”
- ‘The Magic Number’ (1989) Pos: Before recording it, Mase had his little Casio that you could sample into. He put in the Schoolhouse Rock record with the beat.
- ‘Tread Water’ (1989) Pos: Paul played us a bunch of different beats. The way he did the music to “Tread Water” at home, there was more of a kind of hop to it.
Aug 6, 2021 · Prince Paul, who helped produce De La Soul’s first three albums, stepped back as the group took over production duties.
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Oct 19, 2016 · Few hip-hop producers have changed music quite like Prince Paul. This Amityville, New York maverick (real name Paul Edward Huston) has revolutionised the sound and direction of his genre more than once and continues to do so with his new North-to-South American project Brookzill! Words: Ben Murphy. His beats for De La Soul on their breakthrough ...
Nov 23, 2021 · On “3 Feet High and Rising,” De La Soul’s debut album that Prince Paul produced, the band sampled the duo’s song “Peg,” not a particularly common, or welcome, move in the rap world in 1989.
Prince Paul played the tape to several colleagues and helped the trio land a contract with Tommy Boy Records. Prince Paul produced De La Soul's debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising, which was released in the spring of 1989.
