Resident Alien were a New York hip-hop group consisting of Prince Paul and three of his close friends. It was 1990, Paul was 20 years old and, as a member of Stetsasonic, he had already signed with Rush Management, Def Jam's in-house management team which handled most of the big name rappers of the era. He had just produced De La Soul's debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising, among other things, and Russell Simmons and Lyor Cohen thought he was the next big thing. They offered him his own Def Jam associated label, but Paul turned down the offer on several occasions.

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