Prince Paul - A Prince Among Thieves

Label:

Tommy Boy Music

Catalog#:

2G01210

Format:

CD, Album, Promo

Country:

Released:

1998

Genre:

Hip Hop

Style:

Tracklist

1	Tariq's Dilemma (Intro)	0:40
2	Pain	2:10
3	How It All Started	1:22
4	Steady Slobbin'	2:55
	Vocals - Sheila Coley
5	Just Another Day	2:18
6	What U Got (The Demo)	2:30
7	The Hustle's On	1:37
8	MC Hustler	3:51
	Rap [Featuring] - Horror City
9	The Call	0:52
10	The Other Line	2:52
	Rap [Featuring] - Heroine
11	Crazy Lou's Hideout	1:49
	Voice [Crazy Lou] - Kool Keith Voice [Tammy] - Heroine
12	Weapon World	3:28
	Rap [Featuring] - Kool Keith
13	My Big Chance	1:54
	Voice [Breakneck] - Special Ed Voice [Crazy Lou] - Kool Keith
14	War Party	3:09
	Rap [Featuring] - Horror City
15	Count Macula	0:22
	Voice [Breakneck] - Special Ed Voice [Count Macula] - Big Daddy Kane
16	Mackula's Theory	2:35
	Rap [Featuring] - Big Daddy Kane
17	Mr. Large	1:07
	Human Beatbox - Biz Markie Rap [Featuring] - Chubb Rock Voice - Buckshot Voice [Diehard] - Biz Mark*
18	Can You Handle It	0:19
	Voice [Mr. Large] - Chubb Rock
19	Put The Next Man On	3:46
	Rap [Featuring] - Superstar (2)
20	I Was In	0:53
	Voice [Mr. Large] - Chubb Rock
21	My First Day	2:29
	Voice [Crackhead Girl] - Queen Bee (2) Voice [Crackhead] - Chris Rock
22	More Than U Know	4:24
	Rap [Featuring] - De La Soul
23	Room 69	1:48
	Voice [Hooker] - Sweet Dee
24	Mood For Love	3:18
	Vocals - Sheila Coley Vocals [Featuring] - Newkirk*
25	The Bust	0:42
	Voice [Hooker] - Sweet Dee
26	The Men In Blue	3:32
	Rap [Featuring] - Everlast
27	Central Booking	2:05
	Voice [Police Captain] - Danny Madorski*
28	Handle Your Time	3:52
	Rap [Featuring] - Sadat X , Xzibit Voice [Featuring] - Kid Creole
29	The Rev	0:29
	Voice [Police Offer 2] - Phil Painson Voice [The Reverend] - Dom Dom
30	Sermon	1:00
	Keyboards - Eddie "Goalfingers" Berkeley* Rap - Dom Dom
31	Show Down	3:00
	Voice - RZA Voice [The Reverend] - Dom Dom Voice [Wu Receptionist] - Kamala Gordon
32	You Got Shot	3:02
	Featuring - Breezly Brewin , Sha
33	Every Beginning Must Have An Ending	1:43
	Voice [Paramedic 1] - Rodd Houston Voice [Paramedic 2] - Wendy Day
34	That New Joint (DJs Delight)	0:56
	Voice - Andre "Bless Me" Smith , Artist (2) , Bobbito , Bobby Simmons , DJ Atlas , DJ Mecca , Evil Dee , Ken "Special K" Spellman , Lynn Gonzales , Rotimi Rainwater
35	A Prince Among Thieves	4:41
	Vocals - T-Bone (7)

Credits

Keyboards - Don Newkirk
Producer, Arranged By - Prince Paul
Rap [Featuring] - Breeze* (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 10, 19, 32) , Sha (tracks: 2, 6, 19, 32, 35)
Voice [Background Xtra] - Big Pat , Bimos , Bobby Simmons , Deadly Snakes, The* , Don Newkirk , Edward Huston , Faradina Lael , Jackie Martinez , Lady Leo , Mel Vives , Michael Preston , Michelle Willems , Mr. Dead , Nyce (2) , Patty Santos , Queen (3) , Regina Moore , Richard Preston (2) , Shara (2)
Voice [Officer O'maley Bitchkowski] - Everlast (tracks: 7, 25, 27)
Voice [Tariq's Mother] - Monkey (5) (tracks: 3, 5, 27)
Voice [Tariq] - Breezly Brewin (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 18, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33)
Voice [True] - Big Sha* (tracks: 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 20, 23, 31, 33)

Notes

This is a concept album that tells the story of a rapper, Tariq (Breeze Brewin from the Juggaknots) as he tries to get money together to make a demo to give to the RZA, and encounters difficulty along the way. Some of the tracks are interludes between the music.

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