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Already seeing that people want to hear the full versions of the songs and moments we talked about in the second episode of Muse 2 the Pharaoh. Gathered them all here!

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Very excited about Nicole Nodland's new photo book so I made a mix for the time she was around! Check out her campaign and rock out with 90's P! https://www.gofundme.com/paisley-prince

Crystal Ball - Interactive Chaos and Disorder - Zannalee The Truth - Man in Uniform Exodus - The Good Life Glam Slam East - Shoop (incl Sexy MF, Gett Off, Acknowledge Me) Come - Dark Exodus - Segue Goldnigga - Johnny Crystal Ball - Da Bang The Vault - Sarah The Gold Experience - Shy Listen Now

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People always ask me why I love Prince so much. There are a lot of reasons, but I have to honestly say it is largely because of the music my parents raised me on. While we were a MJ family, P perfectly carries forward the musicians and style of the artists of their time and made it modern. I've been making Prince mixes for a while and made one for the long weekend...it's Prince singing music my parents grew up with and played around the house for us all the time. It was emotionally a lot to hear him singing these songs together both as a reminder that he's their age more or less (a bit younger) and as a reminder he was always about REAL music by REAL musicians. You can hear that influence in all of his work and I love love love that so much! 

This is a tool for those of us who have parents or friends around his age...and they side eye you about him. Play them this and if they still question why your love is so deep, there’s just no hope for them lol!

Start Me Up (Rolling Stones) The Way You Do the Things You Do (The Temptations) Living for the City (Stevie Wonder) Love Changes (Mother's Finest) The Sun's Gonna Shine Again (Ray Charles) People Get Ready (The Impressions) Summer Madness/In the Morning (Kool and the Gang/Ledisi) Sunshine of Your Love (Cream) I Want You Back (Jackson 5) I Got The Feelin (James Brown) Use Me (Bill Withers) Come Together (The Beatles) One in A Million You (Larry Graham) Can't Hide Love (Earth Wind & Fire) Ain't No Sunshine (Bill Withers) Who's Loving You (The Miracles) What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)

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Lots of turmoil over recent announcements re New Power Soul. In response to that, a concept, what if the project was comprised of “purple instrumentals” a la Madhouse 24 from the 90’s? Some original songs, some covers of P’s songs, some covers of others’ songs, but all with the arrangements Prince facilitated…and with the very same musicians he was working with. They could even have multiple volumes for such a project, cycling out band members to cover live instrumental arrangements from the eras…and include anecdotes about working with P on each volume! Something to consider! Real music by real musicians…performed by the same musicians in the way the Professor himself arranged for live performances! This is what it could feel like!

Minneapolis #1 - Anthology Space - Madhouse 24 Damn U - Wow NPG on the Creation of Love 2 the 9’s - Act I TV Special Strays of the World - Best of 3rdEyeTV Never Too Much - Welcome 2 Chicago (Got 2) Give it Up - Madhouse 24 Around the World in a Day - Wow| Holy River - The Work Vol 7 NPG on how songs get made - Act I TV Special Eye Hate U - Eye Hate U 12" Shades of Umber - Montreux 2013

Idea planted by @just-prince-things

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I'll Take You There (Staple Singers) Never Too Much (Luther Vandross) If You Want Me to Stay (Sly & The Family Stone) Give it To Me Baby (Rick James) Creep (Radiohead) The Middle (Jimmy Eat World) Ooo Baby Baby (Smokey Robinson and the Miracles) Twisted (Annie Ross) Georgia On My Mind/What'd I Say (Ray Charles) A Case Of U (Joni Mitchell) With a Little Help From My Friends (The Beatles As sung by Joe Cocker) Sweet Thing (Rufus) Love and Happiness (Al Green) Super Mario Bros Theme Mary Don't You Weep (Aretha Franklin) The Whole of the Moon (The Waterboys) Wherever You Go, Whatever You Do (Prince)  

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Dirty Mind - Head Sign o the Times - I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man Around the World in a Day - Raspberry Beret Diamonds and Pearls Beginnings - Schoolyard The Gold Experience - Shy Chaos and Disorder - Dinner with Dolores The Truth - Circle of Amour The Rainbow Children - The Rainbow Children One Nite Alone Piano and Voice - Here on Earth Musicology - What Do You Want Me 2 Do? Musicology - The Marrying Kind HitNRun Phase 1 - Hardrocklover HitNRun Phase 2 - RocknRoll Love Affair

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For the “he didn’t do anything interesting in the last few years” folks...

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God bless it.

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Pass the Peas (The JB's) Stomp (Kirk Franklin & God's Property)  Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin)  You've Got a Friend (James Taylor)  I'll Take You There (Staple Singers)  Love is a Losing Game (Amy Winehouse) Glide (Pleasure)  Get Up (James Brown)  Didn't Cha Know (Erykah Badu)  Push & Pull (Nikka Costa)  Honky Talk Woman (Rolling Stones)  Take Five (Dave Brubeck)  Fast Car (Tracy Chapman)  Sweet Thing (Rufus) 

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Just as a reminder, I make P “mixtapes”! They are a combination of unreleased, released, live versions, and interview snippets to create a theme. I used to do 4play4themind things on Tidal a while back, but I know not everyone has a subscription there...another option to spread the news about the Professor!

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Feeling his mellow rock sound lately. A playlist for that mood!

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Have a listen once you’re done reading. He was telling their story through the music the whole time. Almost can't hear his 90's work (and a little bit after) the same way. What a diary right under our noses!

Mixcloud

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Made this the other day for someone curious about P’s guitar skills. Last question was timely because the song I mentioned is included here!

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We know the standard proteges and collaborators like Sheila E, Vanity 6, Jill Jones, and others, but what about ladies who came after them or before them? A musicology exercise on other purple proteges. 

* Prince plays on this track

** Prince produced this track

Prince Interview on female musicians Liv Warfield - Your Show (co-written by Prince, he also plays most of the instruments here) */** Janelle Monae - Make Me Feel (Alleged Prince collab) * Stevie Nicks - Stand Back (LRC based) * Yellow Gold - Andy Allo */** Bria Valente - Something U Already Know (written by Prince) */** Tamar - Redhead Stepchild  (Co-written by Prince, Prince plays all instruments, assumed) */** The Sweeter She Is - Mohegan Sun * Rosie Gaines - Pain  */** Judith Hill - Love Trip */** Rhonda Smith - Time  * Ani Difranco - Providence  * Boni Boyer - A Song For You 

Track notes from princevault.com