Episodes
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In this season finale mega-episode, Prince Paul digs into one of the most impactful and game-changing rap albums of all time: Public Enemy’s 1988 opus, It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back. Joined by none other than the legend Chuck D and the Media Assassin, Harry Allen, these back-to-back conversations illuminate the raw power and pure brilliance that Public Enemy brought to their sophomore masterpiece.Pick up the 33 ⅓ book on Public Enemy's It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back by Christopher Weingarten at 333sound.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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RZA, the legendary producer, rapper, filmmaker, and leader of Wu-Tang Clan talks with his friend Prince Paul about an album they both revere: Portishead’s Dummy. Pick up the 33 ⅓ book on Portishead’s Dummy by RJ Wheaton at 333sound.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Blessed with two guests on this episode, we measure the impact of Elliott Smith’s 1998 record, XO, from its creation with co-producer Rob Schnapf, to its influence on the musician Evil. Illuminated by Schnapf’s memories of Smith’s artistic ascent and Evil’s observations on his songwriting transcendence, Paul discovers one of indie rock’s most singular talents in a touching reflection on Smith’s XO. Pick up the 33 ⅓ book on Elliott Smith’s XO by Matthew LeMay at 333sound.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Patty Schemel, the legendary musician, drummer of Hole, and author of the memoir “Hit So Hard,” talks with Prince Paul about Metallica’s explosive fifth album, otherwise known as The Black Album, particularly where grunge and metal intersected on the charts in the early 90s, and what the album’s blockbuster success meant (or didn’t mean) to the future of heavy music. Pick up the 33 ⅓ book on Metallica’s Metallica by Matthew LeMay at 333sound.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Mike Watt of the Minutemen joins Prince Paul for a rousing look back at the seminal 1976 self-titled Ramones debut that galvanized punk rock and changed music forever.Pick up the 33 ⅓ book on Ramones’ RAMONES by Hugo Wilcken at 333sound.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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We’re back with a new episode on the crown jewel of David Bowie’s Berlin trilogy, Low. Rapper and major Bowie head Danny Brown joins to contemplate Bowie’s collaborative period with Brian Eno and Iggy Pop and the atmospheric experimentations that resulted from a transformational period in Bowie’s life.Pick up the 33 ⅓ book on David Bowie’s Low by Hugo Wilcken at 333sound.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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DJ and Stones Throw Records founder Peanut Butter Wolf talks to Prince Paul about Donuts, the final record made by his friend, the prolific producer J Dilla. They discuss J Dilla’s expansively influential but all too short musical life, from the techno and hip hop scenes of Detroit to the Los Angeles hospital where he finished his final album.Pick up the 33 ⅓ book on J Dilla’s Donuts by Jordan Ferguson at 333sound.com.The 33 ⅓ Podcast is taking an intermission. See you in three weeks with a brand new episode on another iconic album! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Side B of a two-part episode. Dante Ross is back to give his take on the production, sampling, in-studio hijinks and enduring impact of Paul’s Boutique by Beastie Boys. Pick up the 33 ⅓ book on Beastie Boys’ Paul’s Boutique by Dan LeRoy at 333sound.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Side A of a two-part episode. Dante Ross and Prince Paul look back on the making of Beastie Boys’ Paul’s Boutique, their pivotal sophomore album that initially flopped at its release in 1989, but has gone on to transform hip hop and how it's created.Tune in next week for Side B of Beastie Boys’ Paul’s Boutique. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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We hear from Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, and producer Victoria Monét on the impact Janet Jackson’s deeply personal and innovative 1997 album The Velvet Rope has had on her as a musician and a person. Monét and Prince Paul dive into a book all about Jackson’s evolution as a powerful Black woman in music who dared to cross boundaries of genre and respectability in order to own her story. Pick up the 33 ⅓ book on Janet Jackson’s The Velvet Rope by Ayanna Dozier at 333sound.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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To speak on an iconic double album, we have double the iconic guests. Prince Paul moderates a raucous discussion with Skid Row’s Sebastian Bach and Riki Rachtman, co-owner of the legendary Hollywood club The Cathouse and former host of MTV’s Headbanger’s Ball. When Guns N’ Roses were making 1991’s Use Your Illusion I & II, these two were there on the scene with plenty of stories to show for it. Strap in.Pick up the 33 ⅓ book on Guns N’ Roses’s Use Your Illusion I & II by Eric Weisbard at 333sound.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Prince Paul invites friend and collaborator Posdnuos of De La Soul onto the show to explore Steely Dan’s Aja, from its murderer’s row of session musicians to their label’s bloated budget, all channelled into 1977’s sonic masterpiece by Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. Pick up the 33 ⅓ book on Steely Dan’s Aja by Don Breithaupt at 333sound.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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On The 33 ⅓ Podcast, legendary producer Prince Paul explores some of the greatest albums ever made, using the source material of the 33 ⅓ book series and compelling conversation with a special guest. New episodes every Friday, only on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices