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Prince Po

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Lawrence Baskerville (born August 12, 1969), better known by his stage name Prince Po, is an American rapper and record producer from Queens, New York City, New York. He is a founder of Ice Bearz Movement.[1]

Prince Po
Birth nameLawrence Baskerville
Also known as
  • Prince-Po
  • Prince Poetry
Born (1969-08-12) August 12, 1969 (age 55)
Queens, New York City, U.S.
GenresHip hop
Occupations
Years active1987–present
Labels
  • Lex
  • Ice Bearz Movement

Early life

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Prince Po was born Lawrence Baskerville[2] in 1969.[3] He is originally from Queens, New York City, New York.[3]

Career

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Prince Po has formed Organized Konfusion with Pharoahe Monch.[4] In the 1990s, the duo released three studio albums: Organized Konfusion (1991), Stress: The Extinction Agenda (1994), and The Equinox (1997).[4] In 2004, he released his debut solo studio album, The Slickness, on Lex Records.[5] The follow-up solo studio album, Prettyblack, was released in 2006.[3] In 2007, he released a collaborative album with TomC3, titled Saga of the Simian Samurai.[6] In 2014, he released a collaborative album with Oh No, titled Animal Serum.[7][8]

Discography

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See also: Organized Konfusion discography

Studio albums

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EPs

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  • X Files (2009)

Singles

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  • "Where Ya Shoes At?" / "Shine" (1998)
  • "Hold Dat" (2004)
  • "Bump Bump" (2004)
  • "Holla" / "Mecheti Lightspeed" (2006)
  • "I Got a Right to Know" (2006)

Guest appearances

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  • 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)
  • First Division - "The C.D.C. (Cypher for Disease Control)" from Overworked & Underpaid (2015)
  • The Mighty Rhino - "Resplendent" from We Will No Longer Retreat into Darkness (2018)
  • The Mighty Rhino - "Fuckouttahere" from A Joy Which Nothing Can Erase (2019)
  • DJ Cosm - "Rules" (also featuring El Da Sensei and Sadat X) (2020)

References

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  1. ^ Jones, Todd E. (November 2005). "The Pedagogical Slickness Of Prince Po (page 1 of 5)". MVRemix. Archived from the original on February 19, 2008. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  2. ^ Perlich, Tim (July 29, 2004). "Prince Po". Now. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c Brown, Marisa. "Prince Po - Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  4. ^ a b Bush, John. "Organized Konfusion - Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  5. ^ Warren, Jamie (August 17, 2004). "Prince Po: The Slickness". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  6. ^ Flicker, Jonah (December 12, 2007). "Saga of the Simian Samurai". SF Weekly. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  7. ^ Baker, Soren (February 4, 2014). "Prince Po & Oh No "Animal Serum" Release Date, Cover Art, Tracklist & Spotify Album Stream". HipHopDX. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  8. ^ 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

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