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Prince Po
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Out of 6 votes - Similar Artists: Danger Mouse, Madlib, J-Zone, Jel, Raekwon, Jemini, Tha Alkaholiks
Out of 6 votes
- Location: Queens, New York, United States
- Genre: Hip-Hop » East Coast Rap
Editor's review
Prince Po (aka Prince Poetry), known to many hip-hop fans for his work with Pharoahe Monch as mythical early nineties duo Organized Konfusion, builds his tracks conventionally, from the ground up. It's back-to-basics hip-hop that relies on diverse samples and tight rhymes instead of slick gimmicks and empty attitude, and it'll have the underground nerds rising up and saying 'hello' to their new hero in no time.
Biography
In December 2004 Lex released a limited number of Bump Bump 12”s (just 1000 for the UK). They sold out in just one week, so we’re re-releasing it at the start of May and giving it a bit of a push.
Organized Konfusion’s Prince Po & Wu Tang Clan’s Raekwon - join forces with SP-1200 supremo Madlib (fresh back from his production stints for Madvillain, Busta Rhymes, De La Soul, ATCQ and Jay-Z) to make the low-down-dirty-rap single of the year. Bump Bump is stripped back hi-hat, grit and bass, verses stacked with quotables and a hook as infectious as In Da Club. The b-side features a previously unreleased exclusive track produced by Po himself - Runwitit.
Bump Bump is the second single taken from the outstanding debut LP from Prince Po The Slickness. The first was the Richard X produced b-boy electro monster Hold Dat featuring Jemini The Gifted One which was single of the month in Jockey Slut and one of the big club tracks for Spring 2004. Madlib keeps up the club theme with one of the dirtiest most banging beats he’s ever laid down.
The album is hot in the states where it reached #1 in the CMJ hip hop radio chart, charted as an Album Of The Year in the million selling magazine Entertainment Weekly and rave reviews from various publications: “among the best comebacks in rap history” (XLR8R), “eclectic and exceptional” (CMJ), “the ultimate masterpiece” (Elemental).
Promo copies of Bump Bump have already got the US press talking: “like the Wu Tang Clan’s Gravel Pit sucked into a black hole” (URB), “the Queens native shows that he can still kick it” (Complex), “an underground banger” (AllHipHop.com). Similar treatment from other major US publications such as XXL and The Source has confirmed Po’s reputation as one of the few old school masters who can still excite on the mic.
DJ Shadow “…Prince Po has put out a truly brave single, “Hold Dat” (LEX). Underground rap is finally emerging from its own conservatism, and embracing the present, as evidenced by the adventurous production on this single from Richard X…”
Q Magazine "Revered underground hero ropes in left-field producers to unveil the future of hip hop... it's a one-disc showcase for hip hop's next generation..." ****
Time Out "Prince Po(etry) lives up to his reputation as one of America's rhyming royalty... a stellar guest list (MCs Jemini, Raekwon and MF Doom; producers Madlib, Danger Mouse and Richard X) secures the (real) deal... the regal has landed."
The NME "The Slickness is anything but slick, stuffed with ragged, rugged, thugged beats from the likes of Madlib and J-Zone... provide Po with the best forum for his snappy, inebriated, artfully profane rhyme flow... Slick? No, and thank fuck for that..." 7/10
The Fly "stripped back beats... seriously on-point lyricism... one of the finest hip hop debuts of recent times" ****
i-D calls it "a juggernaut of an album"
