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45 featuring two exclusive Arabian Prince tracks not on the album.

With the Innovative Life Anthology 1984-1989 Stones Throw takes it back to the 80's LA hip-hop scene, that special time when gangsters were rocking a jheri curl and danced to the electro beat. Arabian Prince is the main focus here - the former producer for N.W.A. (Dre, Cube, Eazy - that N.W.A.) was definitely an influential figure in spreading that uptempo, sex driven, vocoder laced LA electro style though he never quite got the credit or fame as fellow LA producer/DJ Egyptian Lover (who actually gave Arabian Prince his name). This comp will shed some light on many of Arabian Prince's productions that may have been over looked in the past and hopefully give the man the credit and respect he well deserves as a pioneer. Check the heavy robo-funk on N.W.A.'s "Panic Zone(1)," the vocoder raps on "Freak City (2)," the freaky sounds of "Innovative Life(3)" and "Innovator(4),"
the quirky Prince-esque style of "Strange Life(5)," and the tough electro beats of "It Ain't Tough(6)" and "Professor X (Saga)(7)." Ten tracks total spread out on double vinyl.

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