Prince Paul talks forming De La Soul and Sampling | Red Bull Music Academy

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Fellow innovator Steinski called this man “the closest thing hip-hop has to a genius.” By the age of ten, Prince Paul’s pals were comparing him to Grandmaster Flash. He had to convince them otherwise and has been challenging people’s preconceptions about hip hop ever since: from his scratches in Stetsasonic to his groundbreaking production with De La Soul and Handsome Boy Modelling School.

Heads should take note that rebellion and money were never the focus – even hip-hop itself wasn’t the focus. As he says during this lecture at the 2003 Red Bull Music Academy, “the focus, that was always the music.”
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TOPICS:
01:16 - Roots of hip-hop
08:54 - Long Island hip-hop
15:28 - DJing and scratching
21:07 - Forming De La Soul
24:45 - 3 Feet High and Rising
28:55 - Sampling

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