The Old Prince

The Old Prince
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Studio album by Shad
Released	October 23, 2007 (2007-10-23)
Recorded	at Metalworks Studios in Mississauga, Ontario
Genre	Canadian hip hop
Length	40:26
Label	Black Box Recordings
Producer	Michael Tompkins
Shad chronology
When This Is Over (2005)When This Is Over2005 The Old Prince (2007) TSOL (2010)TSOL2010

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RapReviews	(10/10)
Robert Christgau

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.

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 with Shad playing the role of Will Smith, 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, but lost to Belly's The Revolution.

• The album was nominated for the 2008 Polaris Music Prize.

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 Relic the Oddity)	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"	Relic the Oddity	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