CURRENT LISTENING: INNOVATIVE LIFE: ARABIAN PRINCE: STONES THROW RECORDS

Arabian Prince was one of the early members of NWA. That's Ice Cube on the left, followed by Easy E and Dr Dre. And The Prince

Play this right after Kraftwerk's "Musik Non Stop" and you capture the brilliant way different musical styles were cross-pollinating in the 80's. I've always been aware of the way the DNA strands travelled from "Tour de France" to Planet Rock but little did TI know early West Coast hip-hop sounded this hip.