But as Hip-Hop Gold Dust a collection of unreleased or underappreciated collaborations with both the well-known and obscure (well, mostly obscure) demonstrates, PP is also a seminal influence on horrorcore, backpack rap, and (for lack of a better term) weird-hop. Most tracks here recall the pre-bling days of hip-hop, and though there are as many near-misses as dusty gems, the set's 19 songs do offer plenty of bug-out opportunities. A "lost" De La song from 1992, "My Mindstate," leads the way, reminding us that hip-hop didn't used to take itself so seriously (and was better off for it), while now-forgotten artists like the Gravediggaz, Justin Warfield, Resident Alien, Last Emperor, and Groove B. Chill could find new appreciation from audiences who know Paul only as the black guy from Handsome Boy Modeling School.