Can anybody tell me about this Arabian Prince dude that was in NWA?

[TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96']

He's the forgotten member of NWA, what's his story?

[Bones01]

i thought the dude was in the Wreckin Crew

[J Bananas]

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 graduating, he was DJ-ing several high school events around Gardena. He took his mixing and rapping skills from the schoolyard to a Los Angeles club where he soon gained notoriety among the local hip-hop and electro scene. 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 with UJA (Uncle Jamms Army), he saw the huge parties hosted throughout Southern California. Around 1983 or 1984, Arabian met with entertainer Russ Parr (Bobby Jimmy) and soon became part of the group Bobby Jimmy & The Critters when they formed.

Unlike UJA, his next group wouldn't be known for mobile DJ parties, but instead it served as a place for Arabian Prince to master his production skills. Prince was known to produce beats and occasionally provide background vocals on several tracks. At the age of 19, Prince was hooked up with local musicians Shayne Fair and Michael Berebes to release his debut single "Strange Life" on Russ Parr's Rapsur Records. During the same year he also worked on two Bobby Jimmy singles from the album Ugly Knuckle Butt. The next year Arabian Prince helped co-produce and rap on the group's E.P. Fresh Guys. After Rapsur Records merged with Macola Records Arabian put out another single on his short-lived Street Kut Records, releasing the acclaimed "Situation Hot" track. Arabian stuck with Bobby Jimmy for two more years with the releases of Roaches: The Beginning (1986) and Back & Proud (1987)

Throughout Prince's career with Bobby Jimmy & The Critters, the tracks "We Like Ugly women" and "Roaches" made the most noise. Through many concerts and publicity events, Arabian soon became friends with Dr. Dre and the World Class Wreckin' Cru. As clout of Bobby Jimmy & The Critters started to wind down, Dr. Dre and Eazy-E were in the midst of creating a west-coast rap group with a variety of musicians. The group would soon be known as N.W.A. An invitation to join a new rap group (possibly through the Wreckin Cru's Dr. Dre) led Arabian to become one of the original members of the N.W.A. The ground-breaking west coast hardcore rap group began seriously working on material after Dr. Dre and DJ Yella left the World Class Wreckin' Cru. Macola Records, signed a deal with the N.W.A to put out their material on wax.

The N*ggaz Wit Attitudes were originally formed by Dre and Eazy-E (a young Compton drug dealer). Dre used his connections to pick up friends such as Yella, Ice Cube, The Fila Fresh Crew (which included The D.O.C.), and many others. Some members, such as the Candyman, were recruited but never had a chance to record. Eazy-E picked up MC Ren (a graduate of Compton's Dominguiz High School). The first release by N.W.A (listed under Eazy-E) was the single to "Boyz-N-The-Hood". N.W.A's official debut single was for "8-Ball" & "Dopeman" and included Arabian Prince's "Panic Zone" . The array of west coast emcees came together to release the album entitled "NWA and the Posse" in 1987. The majority of members of the group were primarily used to help put out N.W.A's name, and they were not included in any future recordings. The group narrowed down to Eazy, Dre, Yella, Ice Cube, D.O.C., and Arabian.

Opposed to the pervious album which was mostly party songs with a few explicit moments, N.W.A were creating an album that would soon be known as one of the orignal "gangsta-rap" albums. The second N.W.A album was one that would gain infamy. Straight Outta Compton would be an album that contained highly offensive lyrics for their listeners and a song that would later get the group in trouble with the FBI (F**k Tha Police). With the group's growing popularity, Eazy-E picked up Jerry Heller to help coordinate the group's future plans. However Arabian Prince departed from the group that he co-founded just a few weeks before Straight Outta Compton was released in 1988 due to management problems. Nevertheless, the song "Something 2 Dance 2" (featuring Arabian), included on the N.W.A album, is a reminder of the forgotten member that is pictured on the album cover between DJ Yella and Ice Cube.

N.W.A gained nationwide attention almost right after Arabian Prince left, leaving one to only contemplate how this might of affected his career if he would have stayed. Soon after going solo, Arabian started work on his second album titled Brother Arab, released in 1989 through Orpheus Records. 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". Arabian Prince was also credited for his production at this time, producing J.B.'s Freak City (1989) ; DJ Madame E & The Mistress' Leather & Lace (1989) ; Professor X´s  Professor X Saga (1989) ,  J.J. Fad's Not Just A Fad (1990); Queens of Compton's West Coast Thang (1990); MC Smooth's Smooth & Legit: The Album (1990); Nic'ee Quikk's Nic'ee Trickki (1992); and Poetry In Motion's Staying Down In South Central (1993).

"Ya'll didn't think I was gonna be back for the nine-trey" - Arabian Prince Besides minor production work, Arabian Prince didn't seem he would have the urge to create another album after his over-looked Brother Arab release. Through former connections with Orpheus Records, Arabian landed a deal with EMI America / Capitol Records to put out an album in 1991-1992. Although a full album was created, the A&R at Capitol decided to pull the release deciding that it was much too explicit. The would-be album, named The Underworld, contained a variety of tunes ranging from dance to hardcore rap. The sequel to "She's Got A Big Posse" was also intended to be released on the album. Consequently, Arabian started an independent record label and started to work again on another release a year later. Taking some of the unreleased tracks from The Underworld and new material, Prince musically seemed to reflected the overwhelming popularity of gangsta-rap music on the west coast at the time on his next album.

In 1993, Arabian Prince released his third album entitled Where's My Bytches. The album primarily found its way in swapmeets and local record shops in the Los Angeles vicinity. Besides Arabian's distinctive voice and sexual prowess, there are no other indicators that link the tracks on Where's My Bytches with previous works such as "Panic Zone", "Situation Hot" , and "She's Got A Big Posse". Unknown back-up rappers, female vocalists, and former N.W.A assistants Mike Simms (guitar) and Donovan "Dirt Biker" (recording) all came together in an attempt to emulate the synthesized g-funk sound that was swarming rap charts in the early to mid 1990's. Besides working on the debut album by rapper L.A. Nash in 1995, Prince produced music for television and film spots in the mid 90's while beginning to delve into computer animation during that time. Prince came back on the scene when he landed a job with Fox Interactive as a video game tester around 1999-2000.

Calling himself Arabian "Panic Zone" Nazel, he was credited for testing games with Fox and Sierra, such as No One Lives Forever and Evil Avatar. Arabian Prince has got involved with several projects in Korea that involve cartoon animation and special effect design. Future plans for the talented artist include movie production and a re-release of his classic 1980s tunes. In 2004-05 Arabian launched his own website specializing in DJ clothing equipment (OneFader.com). If he isn't DJing at local L.A. clubs or traveling overseas Arabian can be found playing golf and basketball.

[TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96']

Interesting

[Ali Tha Great]

Interesting

[D-Stress]

he released two albums, dunno what hes doin nowdays, wold like to knwo tho

[MY FIRST LOVE WAS HIP HOP]

is Yella the one doin porn these days?

[es-jay]

is Yella the one doin porn these days?

yep

[Dre-Day]

something 2 dance 2 doesn't belong on straight outta compton IMO 

and his last album was a cheap g-funk imitation imo

[D-Stress]

never heard none of his records.