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About Me

It was 1982 when Paul cut up a record for the first time (Jimmy Spicer's The Bubble Bunch) and 20+ years later he's still at it. Hailing from Poughkeepsie, NY (but also claiming the Bay Area as his second home), Paul made a name for himself in the indie hip hop scene during the last half of the 90's - producing and remixing the likes of Biz Markie, the Beastie Boys, Lord Finesse, AG, Masta Ace, Guru (Gangstarr), Talib Kweli, Black Thought (The Roots), Greyboy, Sharon Jones, Quantic, Nightmares On Wax, The Dap Kings, Mark Ronson, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Rasco, Planet Asia, Foreign Legion, Grand Agent, Abstract Rude, Swollen Members, San Quinn, Noble House, Jamalski (BDP), Lady Kier (DeeeLite) and Eek-a-Mouse among others. The general masses caught wind of Paul through a few critically acclaimed underground mix CDs like Breaks For Days & Soul On The Grill. He's also found fans among the turntablist elite like Q-Bert, Babu & Rob Swift with his world renown Battle Break series "5 Fingers of Death" as well as his "Drum Library" series utilized most famously by Kanye West and Common. When not touring the worldwide DJ circuit, Paul is hard at work in the studio putting the finishing touches on his long awaited debut album "Nice One", on UK label Antidote (a subsidiary of Sanctuary Records), scheduled to drop in early '07... width="425" height="350" ..PLEASE to read this very fascinating story of some of my local heroes and good friends. The story is available in the new issue of WAX POETICS (17) but I've taken the liberty to reprint it in my BLOG which you may access just above.I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/20/2005
Band Website: antidoterecords.co.uk/artists/djpaulnice
Band Members: Paul's entire catalog of mixes will be available direct through him via this very myspace page shortly! Thanks for your patience. In the meantime and in between time, you can purchase the quality titles you see below from such dependable online dealers as www.turntablelab.com, www.sandboxautomatic.com and in the UK at www.fatcity.co.uk Many thanks for your continued support!
Influences: Anything and Everything. Seriously. Some people who have inspired me throughout the years would be: My friends and family. Joey T. John Fresh (aka Jay-Ef). Kid Nice. Tashan. T Double. Disco T. Animation. Sean Dew. Bill Skillz. Rap. Ease. Ira Hancock and Walter Biddings. Thanks. Also gotta give it up to my brother from across the Atlantic, DJ Yoda. You've been a huge inspiration to me in the last few years whether you know it or not. You've taught me not to rest on my laurels and to constantly try to step my game up. Plus you're the best A&R a guy like me could have. Cheers.
Sounds Like: dope beats & rhymes
Record Label: Antidote / Sanctuary (UK)
Type of Label: None

My Blog

NEW Quote of the Day (December 7, 2006)

"A great promise was contained in the moment when Madonna kissed Britney at the MTV Awards. She in a sense was saying, I'm passing the torch to you... It was a fabulous moment. Britney looked toned, i...
Posted by Paul Nice on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 05:05:00 PST

memory lane...

A spattering of some of my old mix tapes - most of these being from the early 90's...Photo courtesy of Big Chan Dog.Thanks for having the presence of mind to save this stuff.Now send them to me!...
Posted by Paul Nice on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 10:08:00 PST

old school aliases (or "there's no shame in my name") ....

Okay, Tee just blew up my spot in his recent comment by exposing my short-lived DJ moniker from '84.... "DJ DOLEMITE".You know that old saying, "show no shame?"Well, not only am I NOT ashamed or embar...
Posted by Paul Nice on Wed, 07 Jun 2006 03:22:00 PST

remembering Morgan Davis

Can't believe it's been over 10 years.Yet another senseless murder took place in PK the other day and it prompted me to dig up this old and now yellow newspaper clipping which, along with this black a...
Posted by Paul Nice on Tue, 06 Jun 2006 01:42:00 PST

You... Must... Le-eh-errn...

My brethren Chairman Jefferson Mao was the one to finally answer my prayers and shed a little public light on the incredibly rich history of our upstate / mid hudson valley hip hop scene during the 80...
Posted by Paul Nice on Thu, 01 Jun 2006 06:12:00 PST

STEALTH article

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Posted by Paul Nice on Wed, 17 May 2006 10:01:00 PST

classic material

Granted, it's Newburgh material, but game must recognize game.Fly Ty, T Tuf & John Fresh - circa '86...courtesy of John "Jay-EF" Fresh...
Posted by Paul Nice on Sat, 13 May 2006 05:21:00 PST

flip me off

It seems to be becoming a tradition of sorts for heads to give me the finger at the end of my sets. I honestly don't know why this is. We all have our off nights, but lately I've been getting this wei...
Posted by Paul Nice on Sat, 13 May 2006 12:36:00 PST

The ADVENTURES OF GOD!

Posted by Paul Nice on Sat, 13 May 2006 11:27:00 PST

XLR8R article

Posted by Paul Nice on Wed, 03 May 2006 08:34:00 PST