Papoose

From Rap Dictionary

Papoose made his first attempts at being a rapper at the age of eleven. He was given his name by his grandmother because of his childhood resemblance to a Native American child. Inspired by rap legends Rakim, Kool G Rap and Big Daddy Kane, he has been well respected on the underground hip hop circuit for a long period of time now.

In early 2006, his StreetSweepers crew linked up with Busta Rhymes' Flipmode Inkprint to co-executive produce Papoose's first official album. On August 24, 2006, his official website announced that he signed with Jive Records, a deal which, according to his management's official website was worth $1.5 million.

Papoose has recently become known for engaging in charity work, visiting sick children[citation needed] and donated to causes including the Make-A-Wish Foundation and to various Hurricane Katrina charities.

On September 19, 2007 DJ Kay Slay announced that Papoose and himself have parted ways from Jive records. "We have officially gotten our release from Jive fuckin records. It was like a fuckin year of hell... Unfortunately, we almost became victims of A&R hell." On the radio show Slay was asked what was next for Papoose, and he said "You know we can't talk about that man." The future of the album is unknown at this time, but they said to own the records that were created under Jive. [1] [2]

Papoose is no longer affiliated with Flipmode Squad.

[edit] Music One of his most notable songs, which fans generally recommend to new listeners, is a song where Papoose raps using all the letters of the alphabet entitled "Alphabetical Slaughter."

More recently he made a song called "Change Gon’ Come (50 Shots)", that talks about the Sean Bell shooting, in which an unarmed man was shot fifty times by New York police. The song concludes with a sample of fifty gunshots.

He has made appearances on songs by Nas, Common, Talib Kweli, Kool G Rap, Ghostface Killah, Busta Rhymes, Tupac Shakur (on his most recent posthumous record Pac's Life), Chamillionaire, Raekwon, Jadakiss, Cam'ron and Jim Jones.

His debut album is entitled The Nacirema Dream (the title from a backwards spelling of "American"). It is expected that production will come from The Heatmakerz, Swizz Beats, DJ Premier, Kanye West, DR Period and Pharrell Williams. Dr. Dre, Eminem, and Benny Donaghy have also been speculated. Nas may be featured on a track, and possibly Talib Kweli.

Papoose said: "The album is your diploma. The mixtapes are high school. The album is like-it's a whole different level. You're reaching a whole new level. Everything is strategic that I did. From "Sharades," to "Monopoly," to "Chess," I dropped 17 mixtapes. The album is a whole other level from the mixtapes."[cite this quote]

He has released his 19th mixtape "Papoose: Already a Legend". His 20th mixtape "Build Or Destroy" has been released.

Speaking on the album, Papoose said:

“ At the end of the day, my material, my music speaks for itself. I never came into this with no gimmick. I never had to diss nobody to get no attention. I always came with pure talent, pure material. I ain't gon let ya'll down with this album, straight up and down. My album gon' make history. ”

He has a diss track out against fellow brooklyn MC Uncle Murda [3] in which he ridicules Uncle Murda and the way he has handled the recent events of his shootings.