Ok guys. I know there are tons of them out there and I only have a few but my personal faves are...

Apollonia 6
Vanity 6
Andre Cymone A.C.
Mazarati
The Time (first album)

What are yours?

Mavis Staples
The Family
NPG's Exodus

The Time - The Time
The Time - What Time Is It
Vanity 6
Apollonia 6
Jesse Johnson - Jesse Johnson's Revue
Jesse Johnson - Shockadelica
Andre Cymone - Living In The New Wave
Andre Cymone - AC
Sheila E. - The Glamorous Life
Morris Day - Color Of Success
Mazarati

The Family
Jill Jones
Romance 1600
What Time Is It?
Exodus

I enjoy almost all of them, I even remember playing the hell out of Taja Sevelle's album when it came out...

Jill Jones
Tony LeMans
Eric Leeds Times Squared

sovembol said:

who is mavis staples? this is why i love the org, i always learn about someone new.

It's OK, I'll hip you to her. Mavis used to be in a group called The Staple Singers in the 1970s with hits like "I'll Take You There" and "Let's Do It Again". They also had a jam in the 1980s called "Slippery People".

Mavis later hooked up with Prince.....I think maybe around 1989 (I'm not sure, I don't have that first album). I have another album she hooked up with Prince on in the early 1990s called "The Voice". The title track is nice and I like another track called "You Will Be Moved".

Ok, it was hard...but I finally came up with the best ones:

TC Ellis
Good Question
Ingrid Chavez
3 'O' Clock
Larry Graham
Vanity



...

Ok, real deal:

-The Family
-The Time - All of them
-Mazarati
-Jill Jones
-Sheila E. - TGL, Hold Me
-Jesse J. - Shockadelica, JJR
-Appolonia 6

And... how ANY of y'all can leave this babe off the list is beyond me...

-Taja Seville

all the Time albums
all of Jesse's albums
Vanity 6
Appolonia 6
AC
all the morris except Guranteed
The Family
Mazarati
Jill Jones
all of sheila's stuff

thats off the top of my head, probably left something out

vainandy said:

oh yeah i've heard of the staple sisters though i dodn't know anything about them. didn't know one of them was down with the purple one.

The Time
a)The Time
b)What Time Is It?
c)Ice Cream Castle
-Pandemonium had its moments-

Jesse Johnson
a)Revue
b)Shockadelica
c)Every Shade Of Love
d)Bare My Naked Soul

Vanity 6
Apollonia 6
Jill Jones
Madhouse "8" & "16"
The Family
Mazarati
Andre' Cymone "Surviving In The 80's"
Morris Day "Color Of Success"
-best moments on "Daydreaming" are "Fishnet" & "Love Is A Game"-
Sheila E "Glamorous Life" & "Romance 1600"
Wendy & Lisa "Fruit At The Bottom"

Honorable mention MUST go to Dez Dickerson, who sells his music on his website. P really SHOULDA put an album out on him!!!!!

Who could forget READY FOR THE WORLD????? Wait a minute.....they WEREN'T Prince protege' s!!!!! But MANY folks thought they WERE!!! That's another topic right there. And, just 4 tha record, I WAS KIDDING!!!!! But while I'm kidding, Geogio & Micki Free would be 2 and 3 on the list of off-brands sworn 2 b P's!!!!!

I haven't any protege-cd... Often look for Apples 6, Vanity, Sheila E., Mayte but I never find any cd (I know I could order them on the internet). But Mayte seems to be the hardets one to find. Why is that?

I'm shocked that there's been NO mention of Taja Seville's debut. Interesting. Had some nice jams on there. "Love is Contagious" was a hot jam!

StoneCrib said:

DAMN!!!!! How did I forget ms. Taja????? I HAVE that too!!!! That's on the level of Jill Jones (like it's TOO DAMN BAD neither one was PUSHED!!!) Thanx StoneCrib!!!!!

woogiebear said:

StoneCrib said: