“Situation Critical”, from Arabian Prince’s debut album, is a Classic example of West Coast Bboy Hip-Hop:
Some background on Arabian Prince (@ogarabianprince) from WestCoastPioneers.com:
Raised in Inglewood, California, Arabian got his first look at music production when visiting his father at local funk and soul radio station KACE. While attending high school, Prince would make and distribute mix tapes that he made at his dad’s radio station…
Before Arabian Prince officially started recording, he found his way in Los Angeles’ electro movement and was soon added to the famous Uncle Jamms Army. Through the group, Arabian met with many ground-breaking musicians such as Ice-T, Egyptian Lover, The Taylor Brothers, DJ Pooh, DJ Slip, and many more. During his stay withUJA (Uncle Jamms Army), he saw the huge parties hosted throughout Southern California…
Arabian Prince would go on to be a founding member of West Coast Hip-Hop legends N.W.A., though he’d leave the group before their more mainstream success.
His debut album, “Brother Arab” blended elements from multiple breakrich genres:
This album primarily blended electro-rap with soul/funk samples, creating an overall party album. The first single, “She’s Got A Big Posse”, exposed Prince coast to coast with a music video that found airplay on the television program “Yo! MTV Raps”. That song put Brother Arab on the R&B/rap charts very briefly. Other noteworthy singles were “Situation Critical” and “Getting Down”.
