The Old Prince is the second studio album by Canadian rapper Shad, released October 23, 2007 on Black Box Recordings. On June 30, 2009 it was re-released on iTunes on the same label.[4]

The Old Prince
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 23, 2007 (2007-10-23)
GenreCanadian hip hop
Length40:26
LabelBlack Box Recordings
ProducerRel McCoy, Shad, Slakah the Beatchild, AMiracle, Beatdock Saints, Jewbei, Ed, Stringz, Mantis, Mad Scientist, Michael Tompkins, Ric Notes,
Shad chronology
When This Is Over
(2005)
The Old Prince
(2007)
TSOL
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Okayplayer[1]
RapReviews(10/10)[2]
Robert Christgau(2-star Honorable Mention)(2-star Honorable Mention)[3]

Singles edit

Videos have been made for four tracks from the album, "I Don't Like To", "Brother (Watching)", "Compromise" and "The Old Prince Still Lives At Home". The video for "The Old Prince Still Lives at Home", a spoof of the opening credits to the television series The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, won CBC Radio 3's 2008 Bucky Award for Best Video.

Award nominations edit

Track listing edit

No.TitleProducerLength
1."Intro: Quest for Glory"Mad Scientist2:15
2."I Don't Like To"Mantis3:01
3."What We All Want" (featuring Kamau and Rel McCoy)Beatdock Saints2:57
4."Brother (Watching)" (featuring B and F. Kabango)AMiracle3:36
5."Now A Daze"Slakah the Beatchild2:20
6."The Old Prince Still Lives At Home"Ed3:33
7."Out of Love Pt.2"Rel McCoy3:24
8."The Last Three Years (Interlude)"S. Kabango, I. Koiter, Scott Kelly, D. Morgan2:34
9."I Heard You Had a Voice Like an Angel / Psalm 137"Stringz, S. Kabango5:24
10."Compromise"Jewbei3:15
11."Exile"S. Kabango, M. Johnston, D. Jung3:25
12."Get Up"Ric Notes3:57
13."Outro" (featuring Kamau)I. Koiter0:50

References edit