Prince Paul - Presents Horror City

Det er altid dejligt når kunstnere vælger at frigive noget af deres gamle materiale for masserne, det er så endnu bedre når de vælger at gøre det ganske gratis, og det kan faktisk ikke blive bedre, når det så viser sig at den/de omtalte kunstnere, rent faktisk er noget værd. I denne omgang, er det så producer-extraordinaire Prince Paul (og manden som ALLE koncept albums skal måles efter), som har valgt at frigive et skjult projekt fra ca. 1995 via sin Twitter. Under navnet "Horror City", samlede Prince Paul en gruppe MC'er og endte ud med følgende projekt.

"This was a project that I wanted to put together with Amityville MC legend Superstar . as I thought about it more I wanted to recruit more Mcs we knew to make it diverse . Superstar already had the name "Horror City" so we recorded under that name . This project was recorded right after the first Gravedigga album " 6ft deep"in 1995 . I shopped the demo but unfortunately it got looked over and never got signed . I sat on this project for a while but it always had a dear place in my heart because I thought it was really good and the talent was there . I stripped some of the music from the demo and put it on " a prince among thieves" and actually had a few of the guys perform on the " Thieves " album as well but to be honest I always liked these originals better . So now I have decided share these songs with all of you because holding on to them made no sense .. why not share great music . Hopefully you the listener will enjoy this project as much as I do . please share it , thats why I made this for free download . For more group info please log on to facebook for a proper bio of Horror City"

Alle beats, ender på den ene eller anden måde med at optræde på "A Prince Among Thieves" (verdens bedste koncept album, fuck det der nymodens "Death of Adam" og "American Gangster", pffftt), og hvis i kender det album ligeså godt som mig, så vil i kunne genkende dem alle og nyde at høre "nye" vers over dem.

Der skal desuden lyde et stort tak til Prince Paul herfra, idet mange (langt ringere kunstnere) ellers vælger at udgive den slags, hovedsageligt via uhyre dyre "limited" vinyler - til de "ægte" fans.

Dette er en must-have for alle Prince Paul fans, fans af "A Prince Among Thieves, og fans af god solid hip hop når det er bedst.