The Old Prince

2007 studio album by Shad

The Old Prince

Studio album by

Shad

Released

October 23, 2007 (2007-10-23)

Genre

Canadian hip hop

Length

40:26

Label

Black Box Recordings

Producer

Rel McCoy, Shad, Slakah the Beatchild, AMiracle, Beatdock Saints, Jewbei, Ed, Stringz, Mantis, Mad Scientist, Michael Tompkins, Ric Notes,

Shad chronology

When This Is Over
(2005)

The Old Prince
(2007)

TSOL
(2010)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Okayplayer	^[1]
RapReviews	(10/10)^[2]
Robert Christgau	^[3]

The Old Prince is the second studio album by Canadian rapper Shad, released October 23, 2007 on Black Box Recordings. On June 30, 2009 it was re-released on iTunes on the same label.^[4]

Singles

Videos have been made for four tracks from the album, "I Don't Like To", "Brother (Watching)", "Compromise" and "The Old Prince Still Lives At Home". The video for "The Old Prince Still Lives at Home", a spoof of the opening credits to the television series The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, won CBC Radio 3's 2008 Bucky Award for Best Video.

Award nominations

The album was nominated for Rap Recording of the Year at the 2008 Juno Awards.
The album was nominated for the 2008 Polaris Music Prize.^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer	Length
1.	"Intro: Quest for Glory"	Mad Scientist	2:15
2.	"I Don't Like To"	Mantis	3:01
3.	"What We All Want" (featuring Kamau and Rel McCoy)	Beatdock Saints	2:57
4.	"Brother (Watching)" (featuring B and F. Kabango)	AMiracle	3:36
5.	"Now A Daze"	Slakah the Beatchild	2:20
6.	"The Old Prince Still Lives At Home"	Ed	3:33
7.	"Out of Love Pt.2"	Rel McCoy	3:24
8.	"The Last Three Years (Interlude)"	S. Kabango, I. Koiter, Scott Kelly, D. Morgan	2:34
9.	"I Heard You Had a Voice Like an Angel / Psalm 137"	Stringz, S. Kabango	5:24
10.	"Compromise"	Jewbei	3:15
11.	"Exile"	S. Kabango, M. Johnston, D. Jung	3:25
12.	"Get Up"	Ric Notes	3:57
13.	"Outro" (featuring Kamau)	I. Koiter	0:50