Resident Alien

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Shakey Grounds (Unreleased) 00:00 Tools
Alone 00:00 Tools
Alone (Unreleased) 00:00 Tools
Ooh The Dew Doo Man 00:00 Tools
I Yam What I Yam 00:00 Tools
Intro 00:00 Tools
The Resident Alien 00:00 Tools
Shakey Grounds 00:00 Tools
Pum Pum Master 00:00 Tools
The Ox Tail, The Burger, & Chic 00:00 Tools
Horrorscope 00:00 Tools
Shakey Ground 00:00 Tools
Miss Lee 00:00 Tools
Ardicle Don 00:00 Tools
Midtro 00:00 Tools
State Of Emergency 00:00 Tools
Are You Ready 00:00 Tools
Mr Boops 00:00 Tools
Welcome To America 00:00 Tools
Mother's Day 00:00 Tools
Extro 00:00 Tools
We Na Play 00:00 Tools
Third World 00:00 Tools
Wanna Be 00:00 Tools
Alien Sounds 00:00 Tools
I Am What I Am (prod Prince Paul) 00:00 Tools
Mr. Boops 00:00 Tools
Alienation 00:00 Tools
Wanna Be (Russell) 00:00 Tools
Shakey Grounds (Featuring Dres & Superstar) 00:00 Tools
Alone (Featuring Derrick Lovelace) 00:00 Tools
Euphoria 00:00 Tools
Dew Doo Man 00:00 Tools
Testify 00:00 Tools
Gloria 00:00 Tools
Tomorrow Always Dies 00:00 Tools
Another Fine Valentine 00:00 Tools
Weak 00:00 Tools
Obsession 00:00 Tools
Come Back Soon 00:00 Tools
Top of the World 00:00 Tools
You're the One 00:00 Tools
SIGNAL LOSS 00:00 Tools
Movement through Thought 00:00 Tools
Firedance 00:00 Tools
Radio Killer 00:00 Tools
Machine Vs Man 00:00 Tools
Resident Alien - Alienation 00:00 Tools
Emergency 00:00 Tools
The Doo Doo Man 00:00 Tools
Pum Pum Master [Album Version] 00:00 Tools
Machine Vs. Man 00:00 Tools
Data Edit 00:00 Tools
Mr. Boops It'struemental 00:00 Tools
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Resident Alien were a New York hip-hop group consisting of Prince Paul and three of his close friends. It was 1990, Paul was 20 years old and, as a member of Stetsasonic, he had already signed with Rush Management, Def Jam's in-house management team which handled most of the big name rappers of the era. He had just produced De La Soul's debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising, among other things, and Russell Simmons and Lyor Cohen thought he was the next big thing. They offered him his own Def Jam associated label, but Paul turned down the offer on several occasions. It took a $50,000 offer from Cohen to finally make Paul sign on the line. As part of the deal, Paul – overseeing his own Dew Doo Man records imprint – would record demos for potential acts and present them to Russell and Lyor for their approval. The first such act, and the only one that went anywhere, was Resident Alien, who went on to record their debut album, It Takes A Nation Of Suckas To Let Us In (1991). Shortly thereafter, several positive album reviews emerged. All in all, everything looked like Resident Alien was going to blow up quite nicely, but that was where it all stopped and nothing else by the group was ever heard again. Paul, commenting on the time he spent working on the project, explained the reason behind its eventual demise: "The Resident Alien was like my pet project. I was like deep into that one. But back then, and especially then, I was all about just having fun. I was like: 'yo, this is crazy, this'll freak people out - listen to this.' That record, and during that time, was very bizarre. Definitely too bizarre for Russell Simmons. That was around 1990. It was supposed to be out by 1990, but it kept getting pushed back. And then finally Russell said: 'you know, I think this deal isn't working well.' So it kinda ended at that." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.