Platinum Pied Pipers

Music group

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Platinum Pied Pipers

Platinum Pied Pipers performing in Atlanta, Georgia in 2008

Background information
Origin| Detroit, United States
Genres| Hip hop, R&B
Years active| 2000–present
Labels| Ubiquity Records
Members| Robert "Waajeed" O'Bryant
Darnell "Saadiq" Bolden
Website| http://www.ubiquityrecords.com

Platinum Pied Pipers is a Detroit-based hip hop and R&B group composed of producer Waajeed (Robert O'Bryant), and multi-instrumentalist Saadiq (Darnell Bolden, not to be confused with Raphael Saadiq). Their music usually features a rotating and varied array of artists.

## Contents

* 1 Background
* 2 Triple P
* 3 Discography
* 3.1 Albums
* 3.2 12"s
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Background[edit]

The two met through rapper Baatin in 1992. Sometime in 2000, they decided to form a duo and began releasing 12"s and mixtapes. It was their collaboration with Dwele in 2003, however, called "Ridin' High" which caught the ears of music listeners, and set the stage for a full-length album. The pair have a rather distinctive mixture of sounds as, although Waajeed is primarily a hip hop producer, Saadiq is a protégé of Motown producer Barrett Strong, making for a finely tuned middleground. As stated in interviews, the name "Platinum Pied Pipers" was chosen at random and has no connection to the Pied Piper folk tale. Since Detroit is their hometown, they have said that the city is very important to them.[1]

## Triple P[edit]

Their debut album Triple P was released in 2005 on Ubiquity Records and received a large amount of praise from people such as Gilles Peterson, and Questlove, who claimed to have listened to the album seven times in a row. LA Weekly made it their "Pick of the Week" and said "While [Waajeed] made hip-hop for the streets with his act Slum Village, he's now making intergalactic soul with PPP... the Triple P's debut for Ubiquity has created a buzz in the air and a tremble on the dance floor".

Other album highlights include a Latin-fueled version of “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover” featuring Rogiérs of Fibby Music, and a track with Detroit rapper Invincible.

Their newest album Abundance was released January 20, 2009.[2] Wajeed stated: "...our tastes have changed—times have changed. It’s definitely a different record, but there are still a lot of similarities."[3]

## Discography[edit]

### Albums[edit]

* Triple P \- (2005, Ubiquity)
* Abundance \- (2009, Ubiquity)

### 12"s[edit]

* "Ridin' High" b/w "Open Your Eyes" - (2003, Ubiquity Records)
* featuring Dwele
* "Stay With Me"*, "I Got You"*, "Your Day Is Done"^ - (2004, Ubiquity Records)
* featuring Tiombe Lockhart
* featuring Georgia Anne Muldrow
* "Act Like You Know"* b/w "Now Or Never"^ - (2005, Ubiquity Records)
* featuring J Dilla
* featuring Tiombe Lockhart
* "Shotgun", "Fever" (2005, Ubiquity Records)
* featuring Jay Dee (J Dilla), Invincible & Medaphoar

## References[edit]

1. ^ [1] Archived February 11, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ Cowie, Del F. (2009-01-22). "PPP's Home Audio System". Exclaim.ca. Archived from the original on 2009-02-13. Retrieved 2015-12-25.
3. ^ "L.A. Record". L.A. Record. 2008-02-28. Archived from the original on 2015-12-27. Retrieved 2015-12-25.

## External links[edit]

* Ubiquity Records
* PPP article February 2009
* BBC article
* Higher ground article
* Okay Player article

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