Prince Paul is hip-hop’s all-star vagabond (check Soul, De La; Diggaz, Grave; Kane, Big Daddy). And now that Handsome Boy Modeling School has been put to bed, Paul’s sojourning back home: Baby Elephant is his collaboration with boyhood idol Bernie Worrell, the keyboardist for Parliament and Funkadelic. Featuring guest turns from David Byrne and George Clinton, this disc is an eclectic, breezy, and deeply funky patchwork of sounds.

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• From the September 24, 2007 issue of New York