MC Paul Barman : Rolling Stone

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It's Very Stimulating

Prince Paul, hip-hop's nuttiest professor, hits new highs with his latest project: MC Paul Barman, a nice Jewish boy from Ridgewood, New Jersey, whose six-song debut EP, It's Very Stimulating, is funnier than all seven Police Academy movies combined. Brown graduate Barman has the whiniest, geekiest...

2000 RS: 4of 5 Stars

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Paul Barman -- Brown graduate, sometime illustrator and puppet-maker, short, bespectacled Jew -- found a perfect partner in legendary hip-hop producer Prince Paul, himself a comedian of some repute. Despite appearances, it was an inspired pairing. The producer's bemused, jovial beats on It's Very Stimulating proved to be a dream fit for Barman's not-quite-on-the-beat flow and nasal pitch. As an...

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