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MODERN POETS, ANCIENT KINGS<\/span><\/strong>
Rapper Prynce P Releases \u201cSons of Cyrus\u201d Video<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

By: Masa Zokaei<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

His last album \u201c14\u201d represented the number of years he was in the music industry.<\/span>
\u201c14\u201d was quite a project. With 34 rappers, singers and producers, musicians such as Grammy rapper Paul Wall, Platinum rapper, Lil Flip and many more, the 2 1\/2 year project managed to get five of its most popular tracks on the radio. One of which was dedicated to Dallas, Texas — the rapper\u2019s hometown. <\/span>
\u201cTwo things I hold dear to my heart,\u201d Prynce P says. <\/span>
\u201cOne is I\u2019m from Dallas. And two, I\u2019m Persian.\u201d<\/span>
We caught up with Prynce P on the eve of the release of hisvideo project for the track \u201cSons of Cyrus\u201d, featuring rappers Miladic and Motian to see how the project came together.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Javanan: What inspired you to create a song about a figure in ancient Persian history?<\/span><\/strong>
Prynce P:<\/strong> It\u2019s powerful to do a song about Cyrus. I felt like nobody had really done anything like this, especially in English. When we were recording, other people in the studio went to Google and started searching who Cyrus the Great was. That\u2019s why it\u2019s great to do it in English, you can connect with even more people about it. <\/span>
It\u2019s for anyone who likes history and the truth about history, because the movie \u201c300\u201d made us look really bad. You ask people about Persians and they think of 7-foot bald man with a deep voice (in reference to the movie, \u201c300\u201d).The movie didn\u2019t really do us any justice.<\/span>
This song is a tribute to Cyrus the Great. A great king who many have forgotten about. <\/span>
There are many metaphors in our song, overtime when you listen to it, you\u2019ll learn something new <\/span>
There\u2019s a line where Miladic says, \u201cThe ghost of Ferdowsi exposed.\u201d Ferdowsi was a legendary poet who wrote The Shahnameh, which saved our language [Parsi]. He\u2019s saying that we are reliving his legacy; we are the new poets and we are bringing theircreed back to life again. <\/span>
Another line is \u201cConquer the body\/Can\u2019tconquer the mind\/When they conquered, we still kept our language alive.\u201dMany countries invaded us but they could never kill our minds. We still have our same language from thousands of years ago. Our love and pride is key in our culture. <\/span>
So everytime you listen to it, you\u2019ll learn something new.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Javanan: You flew down the rappers to Dallas. Why was it important that you have the rappers be physically present to work on the track instead of having them send their respective parts of the song to you?<\/span><\/strong>
Prynce P:<\/strong> It\u2019s all about the vibe. If we don\u2019t have the same chemistry, it won\u2019t work. <\/span>
It\u2019s more than sending the song and recording in the studio. I had to make sure that they were the right musicians for the song. I already knew that they were dope musically, but I needed to learn about themas I had never met them in person before. <\/span>
I am very OCD and not easy to work with so I have to make sure we vibe. I let you be creative and I won\u2019t control your creativity but I willcontrol the overall song. <\/span>
I work with some of the most respected sound engineers in the business but I have to have the final touch on every song. They may hate working with me but when they hear the final product,they give me that happy smile.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Javanan: What do you want people to know about Cyrus and Persian history who aren\u2019t familiar with it?<\/span><\/strong>
Prynce P:<\/strong> If it wasn\u2019t for politics, Persepoliswould be a wonder of the world. <\/span>
A lot of people don\u2019t know that Cyrus wrote the first declaration of human rights, he was talking equality thousands of years ago and it\u2019s somethingthat we still struggle with.He was one of the only kings that said don\u2019t bury me with any gold. <\/span>
Music is a universal language and if you can make it really catchy people will want to listen.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Javanan: Why did you decide to create the video in Los Angeles?<\/span><\/strong>
Prynce P:<\/strong> We headed to Los Angeles where AZ Productions created the video for \u2018Sons of Cyrus\u201d. I chose AZ mainly because they\u2019re Iranian and they knew the direction we were going with. They also have their own studio, so it was easier to go where they had everything instead of going to New York or Texas. <\/span>
I didn\u2019t come up with the idea for the video. It was their idea. I said I\u2019m not a director I just give opinions on parts that I like or dislike.Here is my song and here are the lyrics, you tell me what you think about it. <\/span>
We all loved the video. It has that ancient type of feel. If you notice, it goes from black and white (ancient times) to color (modern time).<\/span>
Javanan: Tell me about the concept of the video.<\/span><\/strong>
Prynce P:<\/strong> The concept of the video is a tribute to the king of all king, from three modern poets. Each of us with ourown verse. <\/span>
AZ Productions said we\u2019re going to the studio and we want to show this to non-Persians mainly who don\u2019t know our true history. We want to show what Persepolis and who Cyrus is and show this on a projector with visuals. It\u2019s almost like a documentary of Cyrus the Great and the Persian Empire <\/span>
If you\u2019re not Persian you can learn something about who we are, our history. <\/span>
Javanan: Are there things you found out in creating this project, in the process?<\/strong> <\/span>
Prynce P:<\/strong> Miladic is actually a history teacher in Queens, NY, and he knew a lot about our history.<\/span>
Me and Motian didn\u2019t know much but this song moved us to do more research. We are Persian-American and we didn\u2019t know too much about Persian culture but Eid [Nowruz], jumping over fire and kabob. These were the 3 things we really knew [laughs]<\/span>
It has us go back in our history. Knowledge is power. <\/span>
The more you read the better your lyrics, The more you read the more things you can write about. <\/span>
Check out Prynce P\u2019s album \u201c14\u201d and the video \u201cSons of Cyrus\u201d out now.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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