Person · Male
Prince Paul
US hip hop DJ & producer
- From
- Amityville, United States
- Since
- 1967–present
- Releases
- 23
- hip hop
About
Paul Edward Huston (born April 2, 1967), better known by his stage name Prince Paul, is an American record producer, disc jockey and recording artist from Amityville, New York. Paul began his career as a DJ for Stetsasonic. He has worked on albums by Boogie Down Productions, Gravediggaz, MC Lyte, Big Daddy Kane and 3rd Bass, among others. Major recognition for Prince Paul came when he produced De La Soul's debut album 3 Feet High and Rising (1989), in which he pioneered new approaches to hip hop production, mixing and sampling, notably by including comedy sketches.
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His first solo album, Psychoanalysis: What Is It?, came out in 1997, followed by a second album, A Prince Among Thieves, in 1999.
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What Had Happened Was #5, “3rd Bass, MF DOOM and MC Paul Barman”
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What Had Happened Was #12, “What Didnt Happen”
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What Had Happened Was #3, “A Prince Among Thieves”
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What Had Happened Was #7, “Stetsasonic and Life as a 10-Year Old DJ”
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What Had Happened Was #6, “De La Soul Is Dead”
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What Had Happened Was #4, “Chris Rock and the Grammys”
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What Had Happened Was #2, “3ft High and Rising: The Origins of De La Soul”
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What Had Happened Was #1, “Gravediggaz/RZA”
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What Had Happened Was #8, “Handsome Boy Modeling School”
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What Had Happened Was #11, “Buhloone Mindstate”
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What Had Happened Was #10, “Native Tongues Collective”
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What Had Happened Was #9, “The Politics of the Business”
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The Redux
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Houston · Paul Edward Huston · The Undertaker
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- MusicBrainz
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- ISNI
- 0000000097927005
- IPI
- 00223299277
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 7 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.