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So How's Your Girl
Handsome Boy Modeling School
So How's Your Girl
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rap & Hip-Hop, R&B
 
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As if A Prince Among Thieves wasn't conceptual enough, Prince Paul has now joined forces with Dan the Automator to create Handsome Boy Modeling School, an outlet through which the duo (and a dozen or so of their closest bi...  more »

     
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All Artists: Handsome Boy Modeling School
Title: So How's Your Girl
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Elektra / Ada
Original Release Date: 10/19/1999
Release Date: 10/19/1999
Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rap & Hip-Hop, R&B
Styles: Dance Pop, Experimental Rap, Pop Rap, Soul
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 016998125823, 5029831125831

Synopsis

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As if A Prince Among Thieves wasn't conceptual enough, Prince Paul has now joined forces with Dan the Automator to create Handsome Boy Modeling School, an outlet through which the duo (and a dozen or so of their closest big-name friends) can mix and mingle with rap, turntablism, trip-hop, and--of course--tongue-in-cheek humor. And while this idea may sound original, its name came straight from an episode of Chris Elliott's short-lived sitcom Get a Life. Elliott--the goofball writer and cameo guest for David Letterman--springs up a few times on the disc in the form of a few vocal samples, but mostly this show is centered around the guests: Encore provides the disc's best rap on "Waterworld," Grand Puba and Sadat X (from Brand Nubian) perform "Once Again" on top of a sample of Three Dog Night's "Old Fashioned Love Song," and DJ Shadow does his usual magic with the 1200s on "Holy Calamity." Miho Hatori (Cibo Matto), Mike D., Sean Lennon, Alec Empire, and even Father Guido Sarducci are also along for the crowded ride. Does this runway of cameos ever sound thematically cohesive? Hell, no. With this many friends helping out, do we really need to hear Prince Paul on the phone with Biz Markie ("Calling the Biz")? Of course not. But this name-dropping vanity fair is nothing if not ambitious, and chances are there's something here that you'll dig. --Jason Verlinde

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Michael De | St Andrews, Scotland | 08/20/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album isn't just "funny", it's funny. In fact, it's so funny it made me laugh before I even listened to it, let alone knew about it, and had any chance to retaliate. I'm still confused.



The colloboration of incredible artists makes this piece an essential collectible for that CD rack of dope beats. Straight up blazin with upbeat scratching, hilarious samples, and moon cakes, I cannot stress how incredible it is. If you are single or even a fornicator, when that special girl or bitch is over, toss this CD on, pour the liquor, and be prepared to laugh your anus off. You will forget all about her. You will tell her to leave. And you will listen to the CD by yourself, eyes watering, stomach heaving, and scissors in-hand."
Prince and the Automator Deliver Best Kept Secret of 1999
Gymlinks | Canada | 06/08/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"There once was a time in the early to mid 1990's when rap actually meant something. Groups and artists like Souls of Mischief, De La Soul, Tribe, Jeru and Nas had perfected rap to a pure art form devoid of all of the corny cliches far too evedent in todays hip hop/R&B fusion numbers that grace the Billboard charts. Back then, rap music was mostly an underground phenomenon featuring artists who used their poetic skills to tell a story of the streets and social issues that were for the most part ignored by the public at large. Not all of it was serious to be sure. Groups such as the Pharcide and Digital Underground were great for those hot summer night parties.Once the major record companies got hold of the idea that rap could be a major cash cow, they started to sign artists whose philosophy was more style than substance and groups who prospered during the heyday of rap either had to gloss their style in order to become more mainstream or disapear back into the underground. It was sad to see the artists who chose the former route sell themselves to make a quick buck. It was at this time that I deceided to get out of the genre that I loved so much.When I heard about this album, I was overjoyed. With HBMS, you have two of the greatest hip hop producers to ever grace the sound boards coming together and producing a masterpiece, the lights of which have not been seen for quite a while. What makes this album so great is that they have invited some of the artists that shaped the glory days of rap (DJ Shadow, Del, Grand Puba, Sadat X) plus artists from totoally different genres such as Moloko and Alec Empire to create a work so varied in style, but at the same time focused into a cohesive unit. Del and Sadat are as good as they have ever been, but it is DJ Shadow and his "Holy Calamity (Bear Witnesss II)" turntablist masterpiece that steals the show. The Chris Elliot sit-com peices are also a riot.Pick this up and you will be pleasantly surprised."
Does Prince Paul Ever EVER Fail Us?
that_funky_dj | Stamford, CT USA | 11/23/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)

"For the past 12 or 13 years, Prince Paul has graced so many tracks, I lose count because I run out of fingers and toes, and now THIS. With the Automator, Prince Paul shines even more, not to mention one of the greatest casts of the '90s (Del, Shadow, El-P, J-Live, etc.). I mean, it's stunning the work that these people do. The breaks, the soulful tracks, the tracks where Del just rips the hell out of the beat... Amazing. Album of the year, hands down."