In 1999 in the height of rap’s jiggy era Prince Paul made one of the most imaginative projects in music history. A Prince Among Thieves is a fully formed musical novel born from Paul’s creative vision and fueled by pain in his personal life. In this episode he walks us through the struggles of producing the album, the triumphs of completing it and how close he came to actually developing it into a full-length movie. Its the story of a naive and talented rapper named Tariq (played by Breezely Brewin) and it unfolds through rap songs featuring legends like Biz Markie, Big Daddy Kane, De La Soul and many more
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Things Fall Apart Part 3
Things Fall Apart Part 2
Things Fall Apart
Illadelph Halflife Part 3
Illadelph Halflife Part 2
Illadelph Halflife
Do You Want More?!!!??! Part 3
Do You Want More?!!!??! Part 2
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Organix Part 2
Organix
Questlove on the Origin of The Roots
Trailer - Season 4
Introducing: Drink Champs
Bonus Episode: Dante Ross on Carlos Santana, the Grammys and more
Introducing: Rap Radar
Season Finale: Dante's Legacy and the new reality of the A&R
Everlast - Whitey Ford Sings the Blues
Ol' Dirty Bastard
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