Prince Paul, A Prince Among Thieves - 1h 17m 26s

Tracks & Durations

1. Tariq's Dilemma (Intro)	0:38
2. Pain (Featuring Sha & Breeze)	2:14
3. How It All Started	1:20
4. Steady Slobbin' (Featuring Breeze)	2:52
5. Just Another Day	2:18
6. What U Got (The Demo) (Featuring Breeze)	2:28
7. The Hustles On	1:38
8. MC Hustler (Featuring Horror City)	3:51
9. The Call	0:52
10. The Other Line (Featuring Breeze & Heroine)	2:50
11. Crazy Lou's Hideout	1:49
12. Weapon World (Featuring Kool Keith)	3:27
13. My Big Chance	1:53
14. War Party (Featuring Horror City)	3:10
15. Count Macula	0:22
16. Macula's Theory (Featuring Big Daddy Kane)	2:35
17. Mr Large (Featuring Chubb Rock & Biz Markie)	1:06
18. Can You Handle It	0:21
19. Put The Next Man On (Featuring Sha, Breeze & Superstar)	3:45
20. I Was In	0:40
21. My First Day (Featuring Chris Rock)	2:28
22. More Than U Know (Featuring De La Soul)	4:24
23. Room 69 (Featuring Sweet Bee)	1:48
24. Mood For Love (Featuring Newkirk)	3:16
25. The Bust	0:43
26. The Men In Blue (Featuring Everlast)	3:33
27. Central Booking	2:03
28. Handle Your Time (Featuring Sadat X, Xzibit & Kid Creole)	3:53
29. The Rev	0:28
30. Sermon	1:04
31. Showdown	2:52
32. You Got Shot (Featuring Breeze & Sha)	3:05
33. Every Beginning Must Have An Ending	1:43
34. The New Joint (DJ's Delite)	0:56
35. A Prince Among Thieves (Featuring Sha)	4:40

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Review

The concept album has a long history in rock & roll , with the Who's Tommy being by far the most successful (by virtue of its turns on the big screen and Broadway, respectively). Hip-hop has had a few interesting (Kool Keith's Sex Style) and not-so-interesting (RZA's Bobby Digital in Stereo) goes at the form, but not until Prince Paul's A Prince Among Thieves has the genre had a true epic of its own to claim. The album, a cynical story of two friends that turn into rivals over a record deal, is solid on every level, with a full story, great music, and a strong cast. The disc is populated by a bevy of characters, many played by solid veterans--Chris Rock and De La Soul as junkies, Everlast as a crooked cop, Biz Markie and Special Ed as enforcers for Chubb Rock's gangsta don, and Big Daddy Kane as a pimp--but features a pair of talented newcomers (Sha and Breeze) as the leads. Sha and Breeze are dynamic, and they show up some of the bigger stars here--though only a couple of the characters disappoint (most surprising of which is Kool Keith's Crazy Lou). Ultimately, it's a hell of a record, with Breeze, Chubb Rock, Big Daddy Kane, Heroine, De La Soul, Xzibit, Brand Nubian's Sadat X, and Kid Creole taking best advantage of the killer tracks Paul serves up for them. --Randy Silver

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A Prince Among Thieves

Tracks: 35, Disk length: 1h 17m 26s

A Prince Among Thieves

Tracks: 35, Disk length: 1h 17m 27s (+0m 1s)

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