Sean Price

In anticipation of the upcoming Random Axe album on June 14th, I figured I would give a little history lesson on the members. Since I noticed there were people that didn't know who this man is, Sean Price (@SeanMandela on twitter) will be first up.

Way before Random Axe, Sean P has been part of a few groups. Heltah Skeltah with fellow rapper, Rock, and Boot Camp Clik which includes artists like Buckshot (from Black Moon), Tek & Steele (from Smif n Wessun), and others.

One of the first releases that involved Sean Price was a group called Fab 5 which was Sean P, Ruck, and O.G.C. members Starang Wondah, Top Dog, and Louieville Sluggah. They had a single called Blah!

Check it out below.



And a B-side on the single called Leflaur Leflah Eshoshka



They never released an album but they have featured on each others albums and on Boot Camp Clik albums.

Now let's focus on Heltah Skeltah.

Heltah Skeltah's first release was titled "Nocturnal" and was released in 1996.

With production handled mostly by Da Beatminerz, the album was full of nothing but strictly head nod shit. Here's a couple tracks from the album. Rock has the deep voice while Ruck (Sean Price's early name) is slightly higher.

Understand


Letha Brainz Blo


Operation Lockdown


Then in 1998, they released their 2nd album, Magnum Force.


This time around there wasn't any production from Da Beatminerz and instead you had producers like Daz Dillenger, Grand Daddy IU, Self, and others. While some said this album wasn't as good as the first one, it still had a handful of jams that bang.

I Ain't Havin That ft Starang Wondah and Doc Holiday


Brownsville II Long Beach ft Daz & Kurupt


Gunz N Onez ft Method Man


After a 10 year hiatus, they released DIRT which might actually be my favorite release (shout out to Cynical Smith for putting me on to this album).

Somewhere between the last Heltah Skeltah release and Sean's solo releases he got REAL REAL nice. Dude started making lines like "My flow is so spectacular that Marshal Mathers be wishing I go back to Africa" which had me laughing my ass off. Anyway check out some jams from DIRT.

Everything Is Heltah Skeltah


The Art Of Disrespekinazation


Da Beginning Of Da End


I'm hoping another Heltah Skeltah album comes out soon because Rock and Ruck/Sean P have awesome chemistry.

Now as far as Sean Price solo material goes, that shit is dope too. Unfortunately I haven't heard all of it though. I totally missed his mixtapes (Donkey Sean Jr, Master P, and Kimbo Price.) But I have heard his solos. The first release was his dope album "Monkey Barz" album in 2005 which gained a lot of critical acclaim.


Onion Head


Heartburn


Spliff-N-Wessun ft Rustee Juxx


2 years later he released Jesus Price Superstar which, once again, gained critical acclaim and actually charted on the Billboard 200 list.



King Kong


P-Body ft Rock


Violent


He's supposed to release his Mic Tyson album soon, we'll see when that happens though since I haven't heard any updates about it.

Don't forget to check out some of the Boot Camp Clik tracks that Sean is featured on.

And So (Off The Chosen Few)


I Need More (Off Casualties Of War)


1 2 3 (Off The Last Stand)


Anyway, hopefully that gives you a little backstory on Sean P. You can tell that he was always nice but somewhere in the 2000s he stepped EVERYTHING up and became one of my favorite MC's and once again proves that if you continue to evolve as an MC you will be around for a long time. Now get that Random Axe album when its released!!!