Prince Po Explained

Prince Po
Background:	solo_singer
Birth Name:	Lawrence Baskerville
Birth Date:	12 August 1969
Birth Place:	Queens, New York City, U.S.
Years Active:	1987–present
Genre:	Hip hop

Lawrence Baskerville (born August 12, 1969), better known by his stage name Prince Po, is an American rapper and record producer from Queens, New York City, New York. He is a founder of Ice Bearz Movement.^[1]

Early life

Prince Po was born Lawrence Baskerville^[2] in 1969. He is originally from Queens, New York City, New York.^[3]

Career

Prince Po has formed Organized Konfusion with Pharoahe Monch. In the 1990s, the duo released three studio albums: Organized Konfusion (1991), (1994), and The Equinox (1997).^[4] In 2004, he released his debut solo studio album, The Slickness, on Lex Records.^[5] The follow-up solo studio album, Prettyblack, was released in 2006.^[3] In 2007, he released a collaborative album with TomC3, titled Saga of the Simian Samurai.^[6] In 2014, he released a collaborative album with Oh No, titled Animal Serum.^{[7] [8]}

Discography

Studio albums

• The Slickness (2004)
• Prettyblack (2006)
• Saga of the Simian Samurai (2007)
• Animal Serum (2014)

EPs

• X Files (2009)

Singles

• "Where Ya Shoes At?" / "Shine" (1998)
• "Hold Dat" (2004)
• "Bump Bump" (2004)
• "Holla" / "Mecheti Lightspeed" (2006)
• "I Got a Right to Know" (2006)

Guest appearances

• O.C. - "No Main Topic" from Word...Life (1994)
• O.C. - "War Games" from Jewelz (1997)
• DJ Spooky - "Rekonstruction" from Riddim Warfare (1998)
• Pharoahe Monch - "God Send" from Internal Affairs (1999)
• Cella Dwellas - "Ill Collabo" from The Last Shall Be First (2000)
• El Da Sensei - "Frontline" from Relax Relate Release (2002)
• The Planets - "Trees" and "Trees (Remix)" from The Epic (2003)
• Danger Mouse & Jemini the Gifted One - "Copy Cats" from Ghetto Pop Life (2003)
• R.A. the Rugged Man - "Tha Hardway" from American Lowlife (2004)
• Mars Ill - "Glam Rap" from Pro*Pain (2006)
• Kool Keith & TomC3 - "Mechanical Mechanix" from Project Polaroid (2006)
• Casbah 73 - "Welcome to the Casbah" from Pushin' 40 (2007)
• Unified School District - "Know Time Left" from Brokedown Palace (2007)
• Wildchild - "Puppetmasters" from Jack of All Trades (2007)
• Percee P - "Last of the Greats" from Perseverance (2007)
• Paulie Rhyme - "Dusk till Dawn" (2008)
• Oddisee - "Get Up" from Mental Liberation (2009)
• Apollo Brown - "Ghetto Soul Music" from The Reset (2010)
• No Pretense - "Elevation" from Music & Mouthwords (2010)
• KVBeats - "She Gave Me the World" from The Resume (2010)
• 2Mex - "What You Know About" from My Fanbase Will Destroy You (2010)
• Blee - "Posses" from Cosmos Road (2010)
• Sonnyjim - "You Aint Ready" from The Psychonaut (2011)
• DJ Doom - "Classic Hip-Hop" from Temple of Doom (2011)
• Beneficence - "With My Real People" from Sidewalk Science (2011)
• Quakers - "Rock My Soul" from Quakers (2012)
• Gensu Dean - "Heavy" from Lo-Fi Fingahz (2012)
• Kid Tsu - "Get It" from The Chase (2013)
• First Division - "The C.D.C. (Cypher for Disease Control)" from Overworked & Underpaid (2015)
• The Mighty Rhino - "Resplendent" from We Will No Longer Retreat into Darkness (2018)
• The Mighty Rhino - "Fuckouttahere" from A Joy Which Nothing Can Erase (2019)
• DJ Cosm - "Rules" (also featuring El Da Sensei and Sadat X) (2020)

Further reading

• Web site: Prince Po. UKHH.com. Sumo. Kaplunk. June 13, 2004. August 1, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20040815045711/http://www.ukhh.com/features/interviews/princepo/index.html. August 15, 2004. dead.
• My Favorite Producers: With Prince Po. CMJ New Music Monthly. Emily. Youssef. December 2007. 12.
• Web site: Prince Po – The Unkut Interview. Unkut. Robbie. Ettelson. June 21, 2010. April 25, 2016.

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Pedagogical Slickness Of Prince Po (page 1 of 5). MVRemix. Todd E.. Jones. November 2005. August 2, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20080219031943/http://www.mvremix.com/urban/interviews/prince_po.shtml. February 19, 2008. live.
2. Web site: Prince Po. Now. Tim. Perlich. July 29, 2004. August 1, 2020.
3. Web site: Prince Po - Biography. AllMusic. Marisa. Brown. August 1, 2020.
4. Web site: Organized Konfusion - Biography. AllMusic. John. Bush. August 1, 2020.
5. Web site: Prince Po: The Slickness. Pitchfork. Jamie. Warren. August 17, 2004. August 1, 2020.
6. Web site: Saga of the Simian Samurai. SF Weekly. Jonah. Flicker. December 12, 2007. August 1, 2020.
7. Web site: Prince Po & Oh No "Animal Serum" Release Date, Cover Art, Tracklist & Spotify Album Stream. HipHopDX. Soren. Baker. February 4, 2014. August 1, 2020.
8. Web site: Organized Konfusion's Prince Po and Oh No Team Up on 'Toxic'. The Boombox. Trent. Fitzgerald. January 30, 2014. April 25, 2016.