Prince Po
| Prince Po | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Lawrence Baskerville |
| Also known as |
Prince Poetry Prince Poahflow |
| Born |
August 12, 1969 Queens, New York City, New York |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper |
| Years active | 1987-present |
| Labels |
Lex Records Nasty Habits Entertainment |
| Associated acts | Organized Konfusion |
Lawrence Baskerville (born August 12, 1969), better known by his stage name Prince Po, is an American rapper. He is a founder of Nasty Habits Entertainment.
History
Prince Po is a member of the rap duo Organized Konfusion with Pharaohe Monch.[1] Following the separation of Organized Konfusion after their 1997 album The Equinox, Prince Po met underground hip hop producer Danger Mouse in 2002. Prince Po then signed to the Warp Records subsidiary Lex Records in 2004. He released the first solo album The Slickness and three EPs on Lex Records. The album is produced by Danger Mouse, J-Zone, Jel, Madlib and Richard X.
He released Saga of the Simian Samurai, a collaborative album with TOMC3, in 2007.[2]
Discography
Albums
- The Slickness (2004)
- Prettyblack (2006)
- Saga of the Simian Samurai (2007)
- Animal Serum (2014) (with Oh No)[3]
EPs
- X Files (2009)
Singles
- "Where Ya Shoes At?" b/w "Shine" (1998)
- "Bump Bump" (2004)
- "Hold Dat" (2004)
- "Social Distortion" (2004)
- "Holla" b/w "Mecheti Lightspeed" (2006)
- "I Got a Right to Know" (2006)
Guest appearances
- O.C. - "No Main Topic" from Word...Life (1994)
- O.C. - "War Games" from Jewelz (1997)
- DJ Spooky - "Rekonstruction" from Riddim Warfare (1998)
- Pharoahe Monch - "God Send" from Internal Affairs (1999)
- Cella Dwellas - "Ill Collabo" from The Last Shall Be First (2000)
- El Da Sensei - "Frontline" from Relax Relate Release (2002)
- The Planets - "Trees" and "Trees (Remix)" from The Epic (2003)
- Danger Mouse & Jemini the Gifted One - "Copy Cats" from Ghetto Pop Life (2003)
- R.A. the Rugged Man - "Tha Hardway" from American Lowlife (2004)
- Mars Ill - "Glam Rap" from Pro*Pain (2006)
- Kool Keith & TOMC3 - "Mechanical Mechanix" from Project Polaroid (2006)
- Casbah 73 - "Welcome to the Casbah" from Pushin' 40 (2007)
- Unified School District - "Know Time Left" from Brokedown Palace (2007)
- Wildchild - "Puppetmasters" from Jack of All Trades (2007)
- Percee P - "Last of the Greats" from Perseverance (2007)
- Paulie Rhyme - "Dusk till Dawn" (2008)
- Oddisee - "Get Up" from Mental Liberation (2009)
- Apollo Brown - "Ghetto Soul Music" from The Reset (2010)
- No Pretense - "Elevation" from Music & Mouthwords (2010)
- KVBeats - "She Gave Me the World" from The Resume (2010)
- 2Mex - "What You Know About" from My Fanbase Will Destroy You (2010)
- Blee - "Posses" from Cosmos Road (2010)
- Sonnyjim - "You Aint Ready" from The Psychonaut (2011)
- DJ Doom - "Classic Hip-Hop" from Temple of Doom (2011)
- Beneficence - "With My Real People" from Sidewalk Science (2011)
- Quakers - "Rock My Soul" from Quakers (2012)
- Gensu Dean - "Heavy" from Lo-Fi Fingahz (2012)
- Kid Tsu - "Get It" from The Chase (2013)
- The Mighty Rhino - "Resplendent" from We Will No Longer Retreat Into Darkness (with D-Sisive) (2018)
References
- ↑ Lawrence, Alistair (June 15, 2004). "Prince Po - The Slickness". Drowned in Sound. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
- ↑ Quinlan, Thomas (December 2007). "Tom C3 & Prince Po - Saga Of The Simian Samurai". Exclaim!. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
- ↑ Fitzgerald, Trent (January 30, 2014). "Organized Konfusion's Prince Po and Oh No Team Up on 'Toxic'". The Boombox. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
Further reading
- 2004 UK Hip-Hop Interview with Prince Po
- Youssef, Emily (December 2007). "My Favorite Producers: With Prince Po". CMJ New Music Monthly: 12.
- Ettelson, Robbie (June 21, 2010). "Prince Po – The Unkut Interview". Unkut. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
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