But his eclectic sample sources were not the only eye-opener for the genre. Digger deeper than the typical funk and Jazz records, Paul cooped up up a crazy pop-culture gumbo that included country music and TV commercials too. The formation of De La Soul, and its seminal debut album 3 Feet High and Rising, redefined the possibilities of sampling in hip-hop. The musician from Amityville, Long Island got his start as a naïve teenage DJ spinning for the the hip-hop unit Stetsasonic, but Paul was not recognized as a force in the game until he molded one of the most groundbreaking and influential groups in the history of hip-hop. He may not always get proper acknowledgement for his work, which flies over many peoples’ heads, but there’s no denying the fact that hip-hop heavyweights like The RZA, 9th Wonder, and The Alchemist have all been influenced by Prince Paul’s bugged-out blueprint. For a producer who redefined the art of sampling and raised the creative stakes in modern music, Prince Paul is a remarkably humble, easygoing, and quirky guy.
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