A Prince Among Thieves
by Prince Paul
- Type: Album
- Released: 23 February 1999
- Label: Tommy Boy
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:17:24
- Community rating: 3.79/5 from 6 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A pioneering achievement in hip-hop storytelling, 'A Prince Among Thieves' functions as a fully realized, cinematic radio drama. Prince Paul utilizes a massive cast of guest stars and intricate, rhythmic boom-bap production to soundtrack a highly detailed urban crime narrative.
Genres
Descriptors: conceptual, crime, sampling, rhythmic, death, narrative, skit, rap, old-school, storytelling, theatrical, classic
Tracklist
- Tariq's Dilemma (Intro) (0:38)
- Pain (2:13)
- How It All Started (1:19)
- Steady Slobbin' (2:54)
- Just Another Day (2:18)
- What U Got - The Demo (2:29)
- The Hustles On (1:37)
- Mc Hustler (3:51)
- The Call (0:52)
- The Other Line (2:51)
- Crazy Lou's Hideout (1:49)
- Weapon World (3:27)
- My Big Chance (1:54)
- War Party (3:10)
- Count Macula (0:22)
- Macula's Theory (2:35)
- Mr. Large (1:06)
- Can You Handle It (0:21)
- Put the Next Man On (3:45)
- I Was In (0:40)
- My First Day (2:28)
- More Than U Know (4:23)
- Room 69 (1:48)
- Mood for Love (3:16)
- The Bust (0:44)
- The Men In Blue (3:32)
- Central Booking (2:03)
- Handle Your Time (3:53)
- The Rev (0:28)
- Sermon (1:00)
- Showdown (2:55)
- You Got Shot (3:07)
- Every Beginning Must Have an Ending (1:43)
- The New Joint - DJ's Delite (0:55)
- A Prince Among Thieves (4:42)
Credits
- Prince Paul - primary artist, producer, directed by, mixed by, arranged by, score [scored], engineer, management [managed], recorded by, edited by, other [hustled by], scratches [all], percussion [live], guitar, written-by
- Max Nichols - a&r [a&r direction]
- Darlene Cordero - art direction, design
- Elai Tubo - engineer [vocal engineer]
- Jazzy Jay - engineer [vocal engineer]
- Tim Okamura - illustration [cover illustration]
- Don Newkirk - keyboards, voice actor [background xtra], written-by, featuring
- Brian Robinson - management [business affairs]
- John Lavallo - management [business affairs]
- Michelle Bayer - management [business affairs]
- DMG Clearances, Inc. - management [sample clearances]
- Tom Coyne - mastered by
- Big Pat - voice actor [background xtra]
- Bimos - voice actor [background xtra]
- Bobby Simmons - voice actor [background xtra], voice actor [the djs & vjs]
- Deadly Snakes - voice actor [background xtra]
- Edward Huston - voice actor [background xtra]
- Faradina Lael - voice actor [background xtra]
- Jackie Martinez - voice actor [background xtra]
- Lady Leo - voice actor [background xtra]
- Mel Vives - voice actor [background xtra]
- Michael Preston - voice actor [background xtra]
- Michelle Willems - voice actor [background xtra]
- Mr. Dead - voice actor [background xtra]
- Nyce - voice actor [background xtra]
- Patty Santos - voice actor [background xtra]
- Queen - voice actor [background xtra]
- Regina Moore - voice actor [background xtra]
- Richard Preston - voice actor [background xtra]
- Shara - voice actor [background xtra]
- Special Ed - voice actor [breakneck]
- Buckshot - voice actor [buckshot]
- Kid Creole - voice actor [convicts], featuring
- Sadat X - voice actor [convicts], featuring
- Xzibit - voice actor [convicts], featuring
- Big Daddy Kane - voice actor [count mackula], featuring
- Queen Bee - voice actor [crackhead girl]
- Chris Rock - voice actor [crackhead], featuring
- Kool Keith - voice actor [crazy lou], featuring
- Biz Markie - voice actor [diehard], featuring
- Sweet Dee - voice actor [hooker], featuring
- Monkey - voice actor [mother]
- Chubb Rock - voice actor [mr. large], featuring
- Everlast - voice actor [officer o'malley bitchkowski], featuring
- Rodd Houston - voice actor [paramedic 1]
- Wendy Day - voice actor [paramedic 2]
- Danny Madorsky - voice actor [police captain]
- Phil Painson - voice actor [police officer 2]
- RZA - voice actor [rza]
- Heroine - voice actor [tammy], featuring
- Karima - voice actor [tariq's sis (star keisha)]
- Breezly Brewin - voice actor [tariq], featuring
- Andre "Bless Me" Smith - voice actor [the djs & vjs]
- Artist - voice actor [the djs & vjs]
- Bobbito - voice actor [the djs & vjs]
- DJ Atlas - voice actor [the djs & vjs]
- DJ Mecca - voice actor [the djs & vjs]
- Evil Dee - voice actor [the djs & vjs]
- Ken "Special K" Spellman - voice actor [the djs & vjs]
- Lynn Gonzales - voice actor [the djs & vjs]