Originally a member of Stetsasonic, he produced De La Soul's 1989 debut album 3 Feet High and Rising (It was on this album that Prince Paul invented the hip hop skit which has a long-standing and pervasive tradition on Hip hop albums to this day). After two more albums, he left them, putting together two solo projects: Psychoanalysis: What is It? and the hip hop opera A Prince Among Thieves featuring rappers such as Big Daddy Kane and Everlast. He (along with Frukwan of Stetsasonic, Too Poetic of Brothers Grimm and the RZA of the Wu-Tang Clan) made up the Gravediggaz.
With jazz legend Teo Macero, Prince Paul co-produced guitarist Vernon Reid's solo debut in 1995.
Paul teamed up with Dan the Automator to form Handsome Boy Modeling School; their album So... How's Your Girl? featured prominent names such as Sean Lennon and Del Tha Funkee Homosapien. In the year 2000, Paul produced I Hope I Sell a Lot of Records at Christmastime by Princess Superstar as well as MC Paul Barman's debut EP It's Very Stimulating. White People continued Handsome Boy's tradition of strange skits and an odd mix of guests over Paul- and Automator-produced beats, including RZA, Linkin Park, Tim Meadows, and John Oates.
Politics of the Business (2003) is a look at present-day hip hop, again featuring many guests, from Chuck D and Ice-T to the Beatnuts and Wordsworth. The latter also collaborated on a track Paul composed for the SpongeBob SquarePants Movie soundtrack. The response to POTB was lackluster, Paul's intention of ridiculing the sterile beats of the day being either missed or falling flat.
His most recent effort is the album Itstrumental, a return to Paul's more conservative or more daring previous work, depending on how one saw POTB. Itstrumental contained a variety of genres, relying heavily on past samples, especially those from Prince of Thieves, and tying it together with several lighthearted skits about his apparently real depression. He also produced the album The Art of Picking Up Women of imaginary rockers The Dix, who bring rap's misognyny and boasting to 60's-style R&B.
Beautiful Night
Prince Paul Lyrics
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Any dream
Some one you had last night if you can remember it
Or any dream you can remember
Go ahead try not to censor just let it out
Begin please
I got a little uh
Just a beautiful night
It's not like a dream, it's a confession y'know?
I kinda wild out last night y'know?
Mmm-hmm
To some shit
Real ill shit
It's just a beautiful night
Let me tell you about it (mm-hmm)
Took this girl out to the movies you know
Dinner, the whole shit, you know
We had the lovely time, y'know
Took her back to the crib, y'know
I spent a lot of money on her
I-I-I passed off, so I felt like she should pass off (mm-hmm)
Y'know? But she didn't.. so I took it!
Mmm! Yah yah
Yeah I raped her y'know
I mean you know I know it was fucked up
but uh I ah I felt bad so I left
Y'know I went out, went to the store
to get me a little somethin to drink y'know (mm-hmm)
Went to this, went to this bar
Ordered some Amaretto, y'know, bottle of Amaretto you know
Mmmmm, yeah
This whitey bartender said uhh, he don't serve no niggers y'know?
Mm-hmm, yah
What? Huh! I snapped on this motherfucker y'know
Draggin' him by his collar
Pullin' him over the muh'fuckin counter
Dragged him outside and I KILLED this motherfucker (mm-hmm)
I really wild out last night
I was illin'
Yeah yeah, mm-hmm
But straight up, to be honest Doc?
It was a beautiful night
It's just a beautiful night for a date rape
I mean, heh it was a beautiful night though
I kinda enjoyed that shit for some reason
A beautiful night, for a kill (a kill)
I mean I could do that shit again, y'knowhatI'msayin?
That's what I'm tryin to tell you, somethin wrong here
It's a beautiful night for a homicide (ohh yeahh)
It's a beautiful night
A beautiful night, let's go steal
Well it's a beautiful night, to kill crackers
So I went to Madison Square Garden to see umm
The Beastie Boys, youknowhatI'msayin?
Them niggaz had me riled up, youknowhatI'msayin?
A beautiful night, all around, whoahhh!
They was doing _The New Style_, all that shit y'knowhatI'msayin?
I really enjoyed the shit, slam dancin, y'know
It's a beautiful night for a date rape
Folks was really into that shit y'knowhatI'msayin?
Vintage old school rap, y'know?
A beautiful night, for a kill (a kill, for a kill)
This one cracker slam danced a little too hard and
I ain't like that shit y'knowhatI'msayin?
I'm enjoyin myself, he enjoyin hisself
But some, some reason, some s-s-some friction kicked off y'know?
(Mmhmm) I grabbed this motherfucker I snapped his neck, you know?
Mm-hmm
This nigga dropped right there, BOOM!
Crackers was lookin me y'know'm'sayin they was scared though y'know
They ain't never see a muh'fuckin cracker drop like that doe
I killed this muh'fucker, but it was a beautiful night
It's just a beautiful night, for a date rape
It was a beautiful night
A beautiful night for a kill
I mean I wasn't wrong for that shit was I Doc?
It's a beautiful night for a homicide
This type of shit happen everyday in the ghetto Doc
A beautiful night, let's go steal
You should come on down, hang out
Yeah yeah
Yo there's this girl, y'knahmsayin named Susie
I used to date, y'knahmsayin? (mm-hmm)
She got a butter body, she-yknahmsayin?
She real slick, y'know
Mm-hmm, yeah
Me and my homeboys, we got together
She hung with a few of her crew, y'knahmsayin?
We was all coolin' out (mm, yah yah)
Three and three, y'knahmsayin?
But her girlfriends y'know they weren't with it
They stepped off, they left her (mm-hmm)
Me and my homeboys, I ain't gon' say no names
Y'knowhatI'msayin Doc cause that would be wrong
Mm-hmm
We start feelin on the shit, feelin her up y'knowhatI'msayin?
Enjoyin ourselves y'knahmsayin? We had our way with it y'know?
First I thought she was enjoyin' it
but when she started screamin' no and shit I knew we was wrong
but (mm-hmm) we just took that shit man fuck it
It was a beautiful night
It's just a beautiful night, for a date rape
It was a beautiful night Doc y'know?
Yeah yeah
A beautiful night for a kill
I mean is there somethin' wrong with me enjoyin' this type of shit Doc?
I mean y'know
It's a beautiful night for a homicide
My old mom, she brought me up right y'know
Whatever, but, I like the shit
A beautiful night, let's go steal
Well it's a beautiful night, to kill crackers
A beautiful night, all around, whoa!
I was watchin All My Children one day
It's a beautiful night
Mm-hmm, yeah yeah
Unfortunately I can not give a clinical analysis
Of the symbolism of this dream unless we want this record
Thoroughly banned but let me tell you it's pretty dirty!
The song "Beautiful Night" by Prince Paul is a disturbing monologue that outlines a series of violent and heinous crimes committed by the singer. The singer describes his dream as an event that took place last night and describes a girl he took to the movies, where they had a lovely time before going home. The singer then states that since he handed out money, he thought the girl would do the same, but when she refused, he raped her. Instead of feeling remorseful, he shares his next experience where he goes to a bar and kills the bartender who refused to serve him because of his race. The singer then proceeds to describe killing a man at a Beastie Boys concert and later sexually assaulting a woman with his friends.
The lyrics of "Beautiful Night" reveal a plethora of disturbing mental health and social pathology issues. The singer appears to have borderline or psychopathic tendencies due to his lack of empathy or remorse for his actions. Furthermore, themes of misogyny and racism are present in the song, making it challenging to listen to without being upset or offended.
Line by Line Meaning
You have three minutes in which to tell me a dream
The singer invites the listener to tell them any dream they remember without holding back for 3 minutes.
I got a little uh Just a beautiful night It's not like a dream, it's a confession y'know?
The singer confesses to committing heinous crimes in the past night - date rape, homicide, and sexual assault - but describes the whole experience as a beautiful night.
Let me tell you about it (mm-hmm) Took this girl out to the movies you know Dinner, the whole shit, you know We had the lovely time, y'know
The singer describes taking a girl out on a date and having a great time before raping her because he felt she owed him sex after spending money on her.
But she didn't.. so I took it! Mmm! Yah yah Yeah I raped her y'know
The artist admits to raping his date after she didn't have sex with him, and enjoying it.
This whitey bartender said uhh, he don't serve no niggers y'know? Mm-hmm, yah What? Huh! I snapped on this motherfucker y'know Draggin' him by his collar Pullin' him over the muh'fuckin counter Dragged him outside and I KILLED this motherfucker (mm-hmm)
The artist describes killing a racist bartender who refused to serve him, and enjoying the experience.
So I went to Madison Square Garden to see umm The Beastie Boys, youknowhatI'msayin? Them niggaz had me riled up, youknowhatI'msayin? A beautiful night, all around, whoahhh!
The singer went to see a Beastie Boys concert and had a great time, but then killed a fellow concert-goer for slamming into him too hard.
But her girlfriends y'know they weren't with it They stepped off, they left her (mm-hmm) Me and my homeboys, I ain't gon' say no names Y'knowhatI'msayin Doc cause that would be wrong We start feelin on the shit, feelin her up y'knowhatI'msayin?
The singer describes sexually assaulting a girl named Susie along with his friends, ignoring her pleas for them to stop.
Unfortunately I can not give a clinical analysis Of the symbolism of this dream unless we want this record Thoroughly banned but let me tell you it's pretty dirty!
The artist acknowledges that this dream is disturbing and that a clinical analysis of it would be inappropriate and likely to result in the song being banned.
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: DONALD RICHARDSON, DONALD K NEWKIRK, JOHN SYKES, PAUL HUSTON, PAUL E. HUSTON
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Wisdom Power
Love this song
Mistah MegaManFan
"It's not like a dream, it's a confession, you know?"
Patricia Saluti
Love The Beat..... Flow Nice,.,...
Oscar Sabogal Moreno
Is True, Patricia only Rap.
Patricia Saluti
Very Nice Love it
Zayn Shoukat
I can resonate with the psychopathic tendencies lol
Patricia Saluti
Very nnnnnnnice kick back beat
Timbuktoo
Still dope
ALI MAX
❤❤❤❤❤❤
Martin channel
This is crazy song ever