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Another vote for Dirty Mind.

I can't call myself a Prince fan because I don't like 90% of what I've heard of his but DM is really good - I actually bought it on tape and again on CD.

mr dave

so... VocalBass since the other thread got locked but not merged.

i'm not really expecting you to change my opinion i was hoping for examples that would showcase some of his music that leans more towards the P-Funk if there's any.

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A while back, I worked for a production and rigging company in Dallas, Tx.. One of my jobs was setting up Prince's dressing room for his show at the AAC during the musicology tour. I had to meticulously work with his "coordinator" to hang tapestries, lamps and arrange furniture for his dressing room. She (his coordinator) told me that "If Prince happens to walk in, try not to make eye contact with him." One of the cases I unpacked contained a keyboard, computer, and the "SIGN" GUITAR! When no one was in the room with me, I promptly picked it up, played a lick, and set it back down.. Also, his royal badness MUST have a large dish of Werther's Originals in his dressing room..I pocketed a bunch of them and handed em out to my friends.."Here, dude. This was supposed to be Prince's candy." hahah...Anyway, the show was EXCELLENT. What a performer!! That's my Prince story...

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MURDER JUNKIE

pretty weak story...........................................I' m still jealous as all hell though

khfreek

This was a while ago, but I just remembered it. Never seen a performance on television that rocked me so hard:

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storymilo

^That was....awesome. I loved the bassist at the back lounging on the couch at the beginning.

loveissucide

Prince's 82-87 work is the dog's bolLocks.
Any of the later albums worth a listen-in fact would a comp of later Prince be at all possible from those in the know?

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chad

I only know Prince as the artist for Purplerain and When Doves Cry... i'm not much of a fan but i like his style.

Necromancer

(I dont believe that I quoted Prince as being within the P-Funk genre, but within the Funk genre). You can find this article online. You will notice the P-Funk artist George Clinton & Funkadelic is mentioned in this article along with Prince also, its not that hard to find examples that relate different genres with each other on the internet. (.But since you have brought it to my attention, personally....I would say that Prince surely has material that would fit within the P-Funk catagory).

Funk creates an intense groove by using strong bass guitar riffs and bass lines. Like Motown recordings, funk songs used bass lines as the centerpiece of songs. Slap bass' mixture of thumb-slapped low notes and finger "popped" (or plucked) high notes allowed the bass to have a drum-like rhythmic role, which became a distinctive element of funk. Some of the best known and most skillful soloists in funk have jazz backgrounds. Trombonist Fred Wesley and saxophonist Maceo Parker are among the most notable musicians in the funk music genre, with both of them working with James Brown, George Clinton and (PRINCE). Sometimes 1960s/70s funk bands are divided to "hardcore funk" and "sophisticated funk", the former concept referring to earthy sound in the vein of James Brown or Funkadelic, while "sophisticated funk" refers to artists such as the first Kool & The Gang, Tower Of Power, Earth, Wind & Fire, The Blackbyrds or The Brothers Johnson, who use softer sounds and usually incorporate soul ballads into their material.

Funk utilized the same extended chords found in bebop jazz, such as minor chords with added sevenths and elevenths, or dominant seventh chords with altered ninths. However, unlike bebop jazz, with its complex, rapid-fire chord changes, funk virtually abandoned chord changes, creating static single chord vamps with little harmonic movement, but with a complex and driving rhythmic feel.

The chords used in funk songs typically imply a dorian or mixolydian mode, as opposed to the major or natural minor tonalities of most popular music. Melodic content was derived by mixing these modes with the blues scale. In the 1970s, jazz music drew upon funk to create a new subgenre of jazz-funk, which can be heard in recordings by Miles Davis (On The Corner) and Herbie Han**** (Head Hunters).

In funk bands, guitarists typically play in a percussive style, often using the wah-wah sound effect and muting the notes in their riffs to create a percussive sound. Guitarist Ernie Isley of The Isley Brothers and Eddie Hazel of Funkadelic were notably influenced by Jimi Hendrix's improvised solos. Eddie Hazel, who worked with George Clinton, is one of the most notable guitar soloists in funk. Ernie Isley was tutored at an early age by Jimi Hendrix himself, when he was a part of The Isley Brothers backing band and lived in the attic temporarily at the Isleys' household. Jimmy Nolen and Phelps Collins are famous funk rhythm guitarists who both worked with James Brown.

Necromancer

If your a fan of Prince, you have to check out 'Partyman (Batman Soundtrack 1989). This selection doesnt fall into the funk, or the P-funk catagory'.