Prince Igor (song)

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"Prince Igor"
the Rapsody featuring Warren G and Sissel
from the album The Rapsody Overture
ReleasedOctober 13, 1997
Genre
LabelDef Jam Recordings
Songwriter(s)
  • Klaus Volker
  • Warren G
Producer(s)
  • Klaus Volker
  • Dieter Völker
Warren G singles chronology
"Smokin' Me Out"
(1997) 		"Prince Igor"
(1997) 		"All Night, All Right"
(1998)
Sissel singles chronology
"Mitt hjerte alltid vanker"
(1995) 		"Prince Igor"
(1997) 		"Summer Snow"
(2000)

"Prince Igor" is a song inspired by the

Eurochart Hot 100
, the song peaked at number six in January 1998. Outside Europe, it peaked at number 41 in New Zealand.

Critical reception

Pan-European magazine

opera. This is the first single to be taken from the resulting long player, The Rapsody Overture: Hip Hop Meets Classics (due on November 3). The single uses Borodin's Prince Igor as a foundation over which Warren G raps and Norwegian folk
singer Sissel provides "classical" vocals."

Programme director Marc Stingl at German

Nurnberg, Bavaria considered the track to be "a perfect chartbreaker because of the combination of rap with classical music. The Rapsody is refreshingly different because this has not really been tried before and most other chart material is pretty old-fashioned." He concluded, "This could very well be a new trend-a band called Sweetbox have been quite successful over here with a similar approach."[1]

A reviewer from Music Week gave the song three out of five, describing it as "[a] bizarre and haunting blend of hip hop and classical."[2] The magazine's Alan Jones wrote, "Whether it's a groudbreaker or a dead-end mutant remains to be seen but The Rapsody, US rapper Warren G's collaboration with Norwegian opera star Sissel is both intriguing and appealing. Set against a heavy hip-hop beat, Warren struts his usual stuff but the rapper/vocalist combination is given a new spin by Sissel, whose pure soprano voice intones the melody from Borodin's Prince Igor".[3]

Track listing

  • "Prince Igor" (radio edit) (3:52)
  • "Prince Igor" (Ries Class Jazz edit) (4:03)
  • "Prince Igor" (Ries 7-inch remix) (3:54)
  • "Prince Igor" (album version) (4:24)
  • "Prince Igor" (Ries Class Jazz extended) (6:08)
  • "Prince Igor" (Ries Class Jazz instrumental) (4:01)

Charts

References

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  2. ^ "Reviews: Singles" (PDF). Borodinek. November 29, 1997. p. 14. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  3. ^ Jones, Alan (December 27, 1997). "Talking Music" (PDF). Music Week. p. 21. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
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