If U were making a protege mixtape which songs/artist would U choose from. Keep in mind U've only got 13 spots to fill. Here's my choices...

Sex Shooter(12" version) - Apollonia 6
Paradise Gardens - Sheila E.
13 & 1/4 - Madhouse
All Day, All Night - Jill Jones
Sugar Walls - Sheena Easton
Drive Me Wild(extended version) - Vanity 6
Different Kinda Thing - Tony Lemans
Neon Telephone - The Three O'Clock
Strung Out - Wendy & Lisa
Paris 1798430 - Tevin Campbell
Elixer - Bria Valente
Free - Larry Graham (f/Prince & Chaka Khan)
Desire - The Family

1- Nasty girl - Vanity 6
2- Sex shooter - Apollonia 6
3- If I could get your attention - Taja Sevelle
4- Elephant box - Ingrid Chavez
5- Neon telephone - The 3 o'clock
6- Gogo dancer - Carmen Electra
7- However much you want - Mayte
8- All day all night - Jill Jones
9- Something you already know - Bria Valente
10- Sunday in the park - Tamar
11- Desire - The Family
12- 6 - Madhouse
13- Love thy will be done - Martika

I don´t consider Wendy and Lisa and The Time as proteges that´s why they aren't in my list.

why would i limit myself to 13 songs when i can have them all?

Well when I think Protege I think only consider:1980-1988

1.) the Walk [the Time]
2.) If A Girls Answers [Vanity 6]
3.) I Don't Want 2 Leave U [the Time:What Time Is It?]
4.) Nasty Girls [Vanity 6]
5.) Shortberry Strawcake [Sheila E. the Glamorous Life]
6.) Nothing Compares 2 U[the Family:studio cut from PR era]
7.) Noon Rendezvous [Sheila E. the Glamorous Life]
8.) Screams of Passion [the Family]
9.) Dear Michaelangelo [Sheila E. Romance 1600]
10.) Mia Bocca [Jill Jones]
11.) Love on A Blue Train [Sheila E Romance 1600]
12.) She's Just That Kind of Lady [Mazarati]
13.) 11 Babydoll House [Madhouse]







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HonestMan13 said:

Great list, but I hate to put Wendy & Lisa in the "protege" category (and I guess the same could be said for Larry Graham). Their solo work wasn't (by any means) them singing Prince tunes at Prince's behest. They were accompished musicians who wrote and produced their own work.

That said, "Strung Out" is a great W&L song.

HonestMan13 said:

Tony Lemans, Three O'Clock, Sheena Easton, Chaka Khan, Larry Graham and Wendy & Lisa aren't proteges. The first part are just people who appeared with him on a song, or were given a song by him. If you are using that logic, then you'd have to include people like Kenny Rogers, Nona Hendryx and Tina Turner as proteges.

The Family - High Fashion
The Family - Mutiny
Jill Jones - Mia Bocca
Vanity 6 - He's So Dull
Sheila E. - Hold Me
Sheila E. - Faded Photographs
Apollonia 6 - Some Kind of Lover
The Time - Jerk Out
Jill Jones - All Day, All Night
The Time - Cool
The Time - Gigolos Get Lonely Too
The Family - Desire
Madhouse - 8

ernestsewell said:

Good set

The Family is one of my favorites, it was hard for me not to choose most from their album

OldFriends4Sale said:

great topic. I always thought WB should have come out with a best of Paisley Park . Anyway here's my list.1. Jill jones Violet Blue
2.Mazarati don't leave me baby
3.Madhouse 4
4.Sheila e Pride and the Passion
5.The Family Yes
6.Taja Sevelle Love is contagious
7.Sheila E A love bizzare
8.The Family Mutiny
9.A6 sex shooter
10.Dale Bozzio So Strong
11.The Time The walk
12.V6 nasty girl
13.The Time cool

time waits for no one- mavis staples
koo koo - sheila e
violet blue - jill jones
all this love - bria valente
the screams of passion - the family
heaven must be near - ingrid chavez
blood is thicker than time - mavis staples
if i love u 2nite - mayte
ooh this i need - elisa fiorillo
wouldn't you love to love me - taja sevelle
nasty girl - vanity 6
my drawers - the time
redhead stepchild - tamar davis

today anyway.....

Jill Jones: Mia Bocca
The Family: Screams of Passion
Mazarati: Strawberry Lover
Sheila E: Koo Koo
Madhouse 6 (End of the World Mix)
Taja Seville: Love Is Contagious
Dale: Simon Simon
Good Question: Got A New Love
Three O'Clock: Neon Telephone
Mavis Staples: 20th Century Express
Tony LeMans: Higher Than High (Raw Remix)
Ingrid Chavez: Hippy Blood
Eric Leeds: The Dopamine Rush

Not that I don't have love for Vanity, Apples and The Time. I guess I just think of the Paisley Park years when I think of proteges.

THE TIME - COOL
VANITY 6 - NASTY GIRL
THE TIME - WILD AND LOOSE
APOLLONIA 6 - SEX SHOOTER
THE TIME - JUNGLE LOVE
SHEILA E. - THE GLAMOROUS LIFE
THE FAMILY - HIGH FASHION
SHEILA E. - A LOVE BIZARRE
THE TIME - JERK OUT
CARMEN ELECTRA - GOOD JUDY GIRLFRIEND
T.C. ELLIS - TRUE CONFESSION
MAYTE - IF I LUV U 2NITE
TONY LEMANS - HIGHER THAN HIGH

carmy said:

I love Violet Blue
the opening is so 'water like' that's the only way I can express that

OldFriends4Sale said:

Violet Blue is one of the best protege tracks ever and Jill jones is definitely the best/most talented of the bunch. To this day her music is mind blowing.

1 VANITY 6 - NASTY GIRL
2 JILL JONES - MIA BOCCA
3 APOLLONIA 6 - SEX SHOOTER
4 TAJA SEVILLE - LOVE IS CONTAGIOUS
5 THE TIME - ICE CREAM CASTLES
6 SHEILA E - BELLE OF ST MARK
7 MAYTE - IF I LUV U TONITE
8 VANITY 6 - WET DREAM
9 APOLLONIA 6 - BLUE LIMOUSINE
10 SHEILA E - THE GLAMOROUS LIFE
11 THE FAMILY - SCREAMS OF PASSION
12 SHEENA EASTON - SUGAR WALLS
13 THE TIME - COOL

HonestMan13 said:

You think Jill is more talented than Sheila, the Time,...?

VenusBlingBling said:

As a singer she's better than Sheila E. and I can't really compared her vocals with Morris.

The Time - Get It Up
Vanity 6 - Drive Me Wild Ext vers
The Time - 777-9311
Apolloina 6 - Blue Limousine
Andre Cymone - The Dance Electric
Sheila E - Shortberry Shortcake
Dez Dickerson - Modernaire
The Time - Jungle Love
The Family - Mutiny
The Family - Desire
Mazarati - Stroke
Jill Jones - G-Spot
Sheila E - Pride And The Passion