Stetsasonic and life as a 10-year old DJ

What Had Happened Was

Talkhouse

Music Interviews, Music

5.0 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2020

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Paul began his journey in rap in 1977 as a DJ right when hip-hop was starting in New York. Shortly after that it turns into a career when he meets the rappers that would become the legendary group Stetsasonic. In this episode he tells the story of going from ‘sucker duck’ kid DJ to touring the world with Stetsasonic and the lessons that led him to strike out on his own with De La Soul. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Greetings ladies and gentlemen this is open my gigo recording live from the internet
0:05.3	y'all know me though y'all heard my voice for a long long time so this time I'm coming back at you, but I'm not coming alone.
0:15.0	The black prince? Could I be right?
0:17.0	I brought the legendary prince.
0:20.0	Pup-pup-pah!
0:21.0	World-famous disc joc and fence the of others getting hip-hop and d'Am he want to Grammy with Chris Rock
0:26.4	Yeah.
0:27.4	I was in the mother-fucking yard selling down the mother-fucking harbor, right?
0:30.4	Killing out of the mother-of-the-mother-fits-all.
0:31.8	I interviewed the man from here in computer land
0:34.3	I'm asking them questions on behalf of the superfans.
0:37.4	Yeah, because I'm born and the answers are for everybody. He got stories, so I ask for one.
0:44.0	We're having fun in labs because he has a ton, yeah.
0:48.0	And like that, a podcast begun, because he answered,
0:51.0	well, what had happened was. Hello, good afternoon, good evening. These things live on the internet so people listen to them.
1:10.0	At any time, my name is Open Mike Eagle and welcome to what had happened was with our esteemed
1:15.8	guests every week. The same person. Every week is the same person. The one and only Mr.
1:21.5	Prince Paul. In the place to be.
1:24.0	How are you doing?
1:25.0	I'm all right, man.
1:27.0	You know, I was, you know,
1:30.0	you know, it's the, well I'm not going to say what season is because I'm not sure when this is going to air
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