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Discography
Now They Wanna See Me ◄ (2 versions) Big Beat 1992
Nowhere Near Simple (12") Vmax Records 1996
Respect Costs More Than Money (12") Vmax Records 1996
Now And Then (CDr, Mixed) Not On Label 2004
Legendary Status (CD) MTA Records 2005
Percekusion / NY To The UK (12") Boot 2005
Put It On The Line (12", Single) Stones Throw Records 2005
Cold Beats: A Cold Heat Megamix (12") Now-Again Records 2006
Raw Heat (Original Version) (7", Promo, Pic) Stones Throw Records 2006
Throwback Rap Attack (Maxi) ◄ (2 versions) Stones Throw Records 2006
Give A Demonstration - Part 2 (12", Promo) Scion Audio/Visual 2007
Perseverance (Album) ◄ (4 versions) Stones Throw Records 2007
Perseverance: The Remix (CD, Album) Stones Throw Records 2007
The Hand That Leads You (7", Ltd) Stones Throw Records 2007
Watch Your Step (12") Stones Throw Records 2007
Distant Star (12") Now-Again Records 2008
No Time For Jokes (12") Stones Throw Records 2008
Now-Again Music Library Vol. 02 - Oh No Vs. Percee P (CD, Promo) Now-Again Records 2008
Percekusion (7") Boot 2008
The One And Only : The Best Of Percee P (LP, Promo) 85 Records
Appears On:
Return Of The Funky Man (Album) ◄ (7 versions) Yes You May, Kicking F... Giant Records ... 1991
"Naaah, Dis Kid Can't Be From Canada?!!" (Album) ◄ (3 versions) Pray To Da East Attic Records Limited ... 1994
The Cenubites (EP, Album) ◄ (4 versions) You're Late Fondle 'Em 1995
Taste Of Chicago / Keep The Fame (12") Keep The Fame (Radio V... Molehole Records 1996
Music For Earthworms (CDr) Wake Up Call, Coward O... Not On Label 1997
Coward Of The Year (Single) ◄ (2 versions) Coward Of The Year (Hi... Sm:)e Communications 1998
Live Transmission (12") Intro (Special Guest: ... Midirush 2001
The Prelude (CDr) Stupid Def Sun Cycle Entertainment 2001
Ground Original ◄ (2 versions) Unstoppable Yosumi Records 2002
Knicknack 2002 (12", Single) Knicknack 2002 Stones Throw Records 2002
Mixtape Hi-Tek Vs Madlib (Cass) Knicknack 2002 Hash-K 2002
Power In Numbers (Album) ◄ (8 versions) A Day At The Races Interscope Records 2002
Stones Throw Selections (CD, Comp) Knicknack 2002 Breakin Point Magazine 2002
Breaking Records (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Lung-Collapsing Lyrics... Coup d'État ... 2003
Champion Sound (Album) ◄ (7 versions) The Exclusive Stones Throw Records ... 2003
Ground Original Presents: Claimstake (CD) My Instrument '97 Echelon Records 2003
Heavy Bronx Experience Volume 4: Pelon Connection (12") Make It Better Heavy Bronx Records 2003
Secondary Protocol (Album) ◄ (4 versions) Knicknack 2002 Stones Throw Records ... 2003
Take Cover! / Lung Collapsing Lyrics Part II (12") Lung Collapsing Lyrics... Coup d'État 2003
Thin Line / A Day At The Races (Single) ◄ (2 versions) A Day At The Races (Ra... Interscope Records 2003
Visions Of Gandhi (Album) ◄ (3 versions) Walk With Me, Walk Wit... Babygrande ... 2003
Day Of The Mega Beast (CD, Album) Ghetto Rhyme Story Day By Day Entertainment 2004
Ritual Of The... Revisited And Remastered (CD, RM) Just That Bad, Keep Th... Molemen 2004
A Joy ◄ (5 versions) Domino Recording Company Ltd. ... 2005
Beauty And The Beat ◄ (3 versions) Torture Chamber Lewis Recordings ... 2005
Big Bangers (CD) Medal Of Honor Big Bang Records (5) 2005
Return Of The Funkyman (Remixes) (12", Ltd) Yes You May (Remix), Y... Soundtable 2005
Torture Chamber (Remix) (12") Lewis Recordings 2005
Best Of Vol. 2 (CD, Mixed) The Exclusive www.hiphopvinyl.de 2006
Collabs Tape (2xCD) You're Late Junkadelic Zikmu 2006
Live And Learn ◄ (2 versions) The Gritty Bop Glow-in-the-Dark 2006
Peanut Butter Wolf Presents Chrome Children (CD + DVD) SXSW Show Stones Throw Records 2006
Peanut Butter Wolf Presents Stones Throw Ten Years (CD, Comp, Promo, Car) Knicknack Stones Throw Records 2006
Remixes (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) A Joy (Featuring Perce... Domino Recording Company Ltd. ... 2006
The Gritty Bop / Love Life Money Guns (12") The Gritty Bop (Radio)... Glow-in-the-Dark 2006
Who's Supa Now! (CD, Album) Beatman & Rockin' Sonny B Recordings 2006
Breaks 'Em Down⁴ - Madlib (CD, Promo, Mixed) Knicknack 2002 www.hiphopvinyl.de 2007
Choices Vol. 1 (12") Thundersounds Ubiquity Records 2007
Jack Of All Trades (Album) ◄ (2 versions) The League, The League... Fat Beats 2007
Now-Again Re:Sounds Vol. 1 (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Reverse Pt. 2.5 (Koush... Now-Again Records ... 2007
Brokelore (2xLP) Paper Cup Look Records 2008
Duck Season Vol. 3 (Album, Comp) ◄ (2 versions) SBX2LAX2OX Nature Sounds 2008
Mnemonic Radio (CD) Across The World Top Nation Records 2008
Tell Me Something (Album) ◄ (2 versions) International Hustler,... Ubiquity Records 2008
Fallen Angels - The Singles Collection (CD, Album, Comp, Ltd) Distant Star Now-Again Records 2009
Newspeak (CD, Album) Kill 'Em No Threshold Records 2009
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Bio
PERCEE P came up in the Patterson Houses Projects of the Bronx, NY. He started hearing the precursors of hip-hop out of his windows before he was in kindergarten, around 1973. By ten, Percee had a mic in his hand. He debuted in 1988 with homeboy D-Nique on “Let The Homicides Begin” (Gotham City Records, 12” single). A few years later, his freestyles on the hugely influential Stretch & Bobbito radio show on WKCR parlayed into what should have been Percee's big major label breakthrough, 1992's “Lung Collapsing Lyrics” (Atlantic/Big Beat, 12” single), the now legendary Fast Rap masterpiece. Though the record established reputation as one of the best rappers in the field, his break never came.
For most of the rest of the 1990s Percee P laid low, working in retail and as a messenger, dropping only the occasional indie single and a few guest verses. Percee wasn't gung-ho about the rap game again until the late '90s, when he truly went for self and began his own guerilla distribution campaign, selling his CDs face-to-face to patrons outside of New York's Fat Beats Records, establishing himself as something of a local landmark.
Percee's pavement pounding around Fat Beats did more than keep him fed - it introduced him to a new generation of hip-hop collaborators, cats like Aesop Rock, Jedi Mind Tricks, C-Rayz Walz, Wildchild, Edan and Jurassic 5 among others. All of these emerging underground artists sought contributions from Percee P - not only because they considered him a bona fide legend and Fast Rap pioneer, but also because they regarded him as a peer, hustling his trade with the same hunger as them.
Percee met his future label execs out on the street as he sold them CDs. Stones Throw's Peanut Butter Wolf and Egon met with Percee during a series of NYC visits, and, impressed by his constantly evolving lyricism, brought him to Los Angeles, leading to appearances on albums by Wildchild and Jaylib in 2003. They signed him to an album deal shortly thereafter.
Percee P's debut on Stones Throw has been anticipated for 3 years, through selective guest appearances, the Chrome Children world tour and a handful of singles. Embodying the term Perseverance in both name and spirit, Percee P followed the grass roots path throughout his career.
“No other MC has waited as long to record a debut, but what Percee's done in the meantime has made him a legend” – RESONANCE
"Percee P is one of the most important rappers to never get his due. His style has been cited as a major influence on the likes of Pharoahe Monch (that's him on the 'Lung Collapsing Lyrics' intro) and basically all of DITC (via Lord Finesse, who he battled in '89). He's cut records with everyone from Kane & Kool Keith to Aesop Rock & Jurassic 5 and outshined just about all of them. That's his voice on DJ Shadow's 'Napalm Brain, Scatter Brain'. I could go on... In short, aside from Big Daddy Kane, he's the illest quote unquote fast rapper to ever touch the mic. But because he's only recorded about 18 verses in as many years, not a lot of heads know what's up."– www.cocaineblunts.com
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