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REMEMBERING OR TRYING TO FORGET MAZARATI?? Mazarati was an R&B band formed in the mid-1980s by basist Brown Mark. It was not his choice to have Mazarati dress in hand me down Prince clothes but of course their draggy look did nothing for their image and music. I dug them like for a minute....hot girly guys playing electric guitar and flexing their muscles? Come on...that's hot! They just had two songs that i remember, "100 MPH" and "Players Ball" and I really liked Players Ball 
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They sounded good. I liked Player's Ball and 100 miles per hr. | |
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Wow, remembering definately. Their PP album is one of my all time favourite records, Prince-related or otherwise.
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Their debut album is one of my favorites.I like it even more than 'Parade'.
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The Mazarati album is one of my favorite albums! Funky as hell! | |
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further disappointment that nothing further developed from this band...
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Has anyone heard their second album 'Mazarati II',released in 1989 on Motown? Somebody told me that it's a New Jack Swing disaster,and not nearly as good as the first album. | |
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PharkyorLOVE said: further disappointment that nothing further developed from this band...
The second album had some tracks produced by Bernadette Cooper (Klymaxx), it was OK, but not a patch on the first LP. | |
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Remembered with much love. Their first album is a favorite. |
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Got THREE COPIES of that mofo somehow!!!!!
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woogiebear said: Got THREE COPIES of that mofo somehow!!!!!
THE dopest since The Time, but nothing great past the 1st Lp Which is a shame, cuz I dug 'em!!!!! As said b4, Brownmark should get 'em all back together and re-form Mazarati!!!!! The Family's doin' it..... The Time's doin' it..... Wendy & Lisa still do it.....  you said a mouthful 
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mommy, those mans are scary.... | |
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DesireeNevermind said: I think they could have gone a lot farther if Prince would have put more effort into them.
It was Mark's project, not Prince's. Prince loaned a song, and wrote lyrics to two others. Prince had his own hands full finishing the music and editing on a movie, etc etc. Mazarati were their own thing, and could have continued on if they really wanted to. Hell, they were on MTV to a national audience glued to the set. Ernest L Sewell, IV
Confessions Of A Prince Realist. You might want to sit down for this. "An ass hanging out on stage is an ass hanging out on stage. Period." |
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emesem said: mommy, those mans are scary....
Poison came around a year later with the same kind of look and it didn't hurt them. |
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ernestsewell said: DesireeNevermind said: I think they could have gone a lot farther if Prince would have put more effort into them.
It was Mark's project, not Prince's. Prince loaned a song, and wrote lyrics to two others. Prince had his own hands full finishing the music and editing on a movie, etc etc. Mazarati were their own thing, and could have continued on if they really wanted to. Hell, they were on MTV to a national audience glued to the set. yeah but prince found the time to edit their look. originally they were never going to dress like that and wear all that makeup. They were supposed to be more Time flavored. Mark said he got blamed for their look and subsequent mediocrity/failure.
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NouveauDance said: PharkyorLOVE said: further disappointment that nothing further developed from this band...
The second album had some tracks produced by Bernadette Cooper (Klymaxx), it was OK, but not a patch on the first LP. I have bootlegs from their second album with Brown Mark that were FUNKY, but those tracks never got released..I didnt get to hear II..which in my eyes is their 3rd album. When we say that the purpose of life is to find God, surely that desire to find God is an escape from life -Conciouscontact
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DesireeNevermind said: yeah but prince found the time to edit their look. originally they were never going to dress like that and wear all that makeup. They were supposed to be more Time flavored. Mark said he got blamed for their look and subsequent mediocrity/failure.
They were The Time in drag. haha Ernest L Sewell, IV
Confessions Of A Prince Realist. You might want to sit down for this. "An ass hanging out on stage is an ass hanging out on stage. Period." |
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ernestsewell said: DesireeNevermind said: yeah but prince found the time to edit their look. originally they were never going to dress like that and wear all that makeup. They were supposed to be more Time flavored. Mark said he got blamed for their look and subsequent mediocrity/failure.
They were The Time in drag. haha 
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Efan said: emesem said: mommy, those mans are scary....
Poison came around a year later with the same kind of look and it didn't hurt them. I was going to say the same thing Poison had the same look pushed a bit more with lip gloss the 80's bands musicians singers were in a time out of the 70's that you could and were expected to really do up your look There was nothing freaky about the look Mazarati had In my opinion it was Purple Rain/Parade But the music to me felt like Princes For U/Prince/Dirty Mind sound I love the album and as Prince(proteges) they really did represent in look sound and performance I heard them jam Head & American with Sheila at an aftershow and they tore it up real showmanship the guitarist Terry Christian has a myspace page It would be so cool if they pulled back 2gether, it's prime time 4 them, they would definately have a big fan following So much 70's and 80's is retro and In now they represent the wilder side the family the smoother side 
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Efan said: Poison came around a year later with the same kind of look and it didn't hurt them.
BINGO. Ernest L Sewell, IV
Confessions Of A Prince Realist. You might want to sit down for this. "An ass hanging out on stage is an ass hanging out on stage. Period." |
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my nose just went u smelling that funk from stroke
the truth will b told and 4 those that fear that xposure of it ..oh well! u won't ever silence me. the innocent have voices that need 2 b heard and u will hear them | |
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ernestsewell said: DesireeNevermind said: I think they could have gone a lot farther if Prince would have put more effort into them.
It was Mark's project, not Prince's. Prince loaned a song, and wrote lyrics to two others. Prince had his own hands full finishing the music and editing on a movie, etc etc. Mazarati were their own thing, and could have continued on if they really wanted to. Hell, they were on MTV to a national audience glued to the set. Actually,it was Mark's project in the beginning but then Prince took over  Mark discovered these guys in 1984 and initially,he tried to "keep them a secret" from Prince.He knew that Prince would wanna take over and control the project,and that's sorta what happened.Prince re-wrote some of the songs on the their debut album (for example,"We Did Things Our Way" became "I Guess It's All Over") and he dressed them in those androgynous outfits.There was even talk that Prince would feature them in a movie project.But when their album didn't became a huge success,Mark says that he was the one who was blamed."Prince put them in those clothes,he dressed them like that",he said."They blamed me for alot of things".
The promotion and marketing at Paisley Park Records wasn't very effective in those days,which is why their album didn't do very well.The exact same thing happened with The Family and Jill Jones.These albums were released without a long-term promotional strategy. | |
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This non LP B-Side is TOO FUNKY!!!
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SoulAlive said: Actually,it was Mark's project in the beginning but then Prince took over ....
I've read the story, I know it. Ernest L Sewell, IV
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tricky2 said: This non LP B-Side is TOO FUNKY!!!
 Yeah that B side is nice That age of the B sides, all gone  Now where I come from
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I've never cared for the guys. The only thing interesting was P was involved. The best thing about this lp was the cover....lol.
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Dont be sad about the B-side record flip
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I think they could have gone a lot farther if Prince would have put more effort into them.
