Do ya'll think him and P still talk on occasion?

YES

this year u will see Prince get in touch with alot of people from his past

I doubt they talk anymore.

vainandy said:

Ive seen them together several times. Andre must be a witness too.
[Edited 4/7/05 11:25am]

I read that both Prince and Andre were originally Seventh Day Adventists.

MidnightFunk said:

This is his pattern for this year. There are more surprises to come. The NAACP performance was just the beginning.

I guess the REAL question is...Is Andre still RELEVANT?

Hell, if he's gonna get some reunions goin', he NEEDS to start with the original line-up of The Family.

Eroticist said:

What are you talking about?

lookingforandrecymone said:

I'm saying does it really matter if Cymone is still around or what he's doing? My guess is 'NO'.

Eroticist said:

Hmmm-I would think one of the founding members of the music thats got everyone here matters in a historical context BUT obviously he is content not to be called up for the puppet show like everyone else. He has been a success in his own right outside of Prince unlike many others.

Well since you want to make this a comparison contest, Andre Cymone had three solo albums and later went on to very successfully produce Jody Watley.

As for The Family, they had one album that got a little airplay when it was released. During that same time, Andre Cymone's "Dance Electric", Jesse Johnson's "Be Your Man", and Morris Day's "Oak Tree" were receiving much more airplay and much more liked. People were laughing at The Family and calling their music "weird" and "far out"....the same thing they were saying about Prince's music during that era.
[Edited 4/13/05 19:55pm]

vainandy said:

Hmmm...live and learn cuz I never knew that.

tangerinegiraffe said:

Cymone's main claim to fame outside of Prince - Producing (And I mean 'producing' as in babies) with Watley. Now, again...is he REALLY relevant in the grand scheme of things? If he was, how come his BIGGEST HIT TO DATE is a song PRINCE wrote?

vainandy said:

3 solo albums that did what though? I think his 1st one went 'wood' and the the other 2 combined went 'formica' LOL! And all "Oak Tree" was was "The Bird," so I wasn't impressed with any of Morris' releases. Now Jesse's career was a lot stronger than Morris'. Now, The Family got critical acclaim across the board and today remains to be the hottest Prince protegee' album to get ya hands on. If Prince only had the time to push them...They were a tight group.

Eroticist said:

You must have been in the Family or something. This is absolutely insane. Ever ask yourself why several of Princes early hits were also written with Andre, so biggest hit to date is relative. Did he hurt your feelings or something cu your not makin sense!

tangerinegiraffe said:

LOL! And YOU must be Cymone's HALF BROTHER! Sheesh, dawg...calm down...Cymone isn't as dope as you're trying to pub him up to be or else he'd STILL BE RELEVANT TODAY. He's not. Get over it. Move on. Dance the dance electric if you have to, BUT MOVE ON! LOL!

BlaqueKnight said:

heeeeheeeeeheeee

True enough, Andre's first two albums didn't make much noise and got hardly any airplay but his third album received much airplay. True enough, Prince wrote "The Dance Electric" but he had absolutely nothing to do with "Lipstick Lover", "The Book Of Love", and "Satisfaction" which all received major airplay, at least down here they did.

Morris Day's "The Oak Tree" may have been another "The Bird" but the radio was also pumping "The Character", "Love Sign", and "Color Of Success", not to mention "Fishnet" from his next album.

Jesse Johnson received the most airplay of all of them. I won't even begin to name the ones they played of his.

As for The Family, the radio played "The Screams Of Passion" for a little while, which people were rolling over laughing because it had a symphony in the background, and I think I heard "High Fashion" and "Mutiny" on the radio one time. As far as The Family being relevant to anything, if Sinead O'Conner had not done "Nothing Compares 2 U" (a pop remake), The Family would be totally forgotten.

vainandy said:

3 singles you can name from The Family's ONLY ALBUM and MOST people ONLY remember "Dance Electric" from Dre, who dropped 3 ALBUMS.

So the bottomline is?...I think people would much rather see a The Family reunion over an Andre Cymone sighting LOL! Also, I never said who was more relevant between the 2, cuz neither made any huge splashes in the grand scheme of things...it's just that ANDRE'S PICTURE ON THE MILK CARTON GOES UNNOTICED. Period. Hell, most Prince fans would like to see Dez return before Dre LOL!

Most people (the general public and ex-Prince fans) don't remember either one of them but they would remember Andre's songs, if they were played for them, quicker than they would remember The Family's. A lot of people liked Andre's songs from his third album when they were played on the radio. A lot of people did not like The Family's, especially when they were used to much better stuff from The Time.

The Family's album had a "far out" sound like Prince's album at the time and people were leaving Prince left and right and getting into the ex-Time members' solo stuff. Andre's, Jesse's, and Morris' songs at the time had that Minneapolis Sound that everyone wanted from Prince but he was no longer giving it to them.
[Edited 4/14/05 20:12pm]

vainandy said:

? I'm confused...what was so "Far Out" about their sound? R&B mixed with some funk mixed with some pop? I can't understand that being "Far Out" and I don't think anyone else in here woulda agree with you on that one, bro. The Family's music was a great blend of Prince/The Time/Jazz with some nice string/orchestra arrangements. Far from "Far Out."

That's what turned people off....the jazz and string/orchestra arrangements. These things are not widely accepted with an audience that was used to hardcore, slamming funk. Classical music was not considered "cool", it was considered "nerdy".

The radio played "Screams of Passion" when it first came out and didn't play it much longer. They played "Mutiny" and "High Fashion" one or two times and people did not care for it. Clubs weren't playing any of the tracks. This wasn't the case with Andre, Jesse, or Morris. They were receiving much airplay and were being well loved.

vainandy said:

Ok, maybe...but to call it "Far Out" music was puttin' a bit too much on it. "Different" woulda been more suited.

Eroticist said:

Now if you said Livin in te New Wave was "Far Out" I'd have to say-HMMMMM YEAH

tangerinegiraffe said: