[Edited 9/29/09 11:57am]

Definitely
I have all the Time albums and the first three Sheila E albums, Vanity 6 and Apollonia 6 and the Morris Day solo albums Colour of Success and Daydreaming (Fishnet is outstanding). I really want Jill Jones (All I hear is how good it is) the Madhouse albums and 1-800 New Funk
The rest I could not really give a tinkers fart about.
Other albums with Prince contribution that are worth having

Like a Prayer - Madonna (Although Love Song is the weakest track)
Martikas Kitchen - Martika (If for Love thy will be done alone)
I do not want what I haven't got - Sinead O'Connor

Madhouse 8 and 16
Sheila E romance 1600
The Time Ice Cream Castles
Lois Lane, if that counts as protegees

and of course that shit from Bria

I'll repeat my worn out mantra: IMO, the related artists and produced albums are JUST as important to the Prince canon as those records released under his own name(s).

The fill in the gaps and show the progression from one record to the next. If you're missing stuff like The Time, Family, Jill, Sheila, Vanity 6 Madhouse etc, etc you are missing a BIG piece of the puzzle.

Then after you get all those produced records, the next tier down is waiting - solo stuff, MPLS Sound with out Prince's involvement - Jesse Johnson, Morris Day, Jam/Lewis, it goes on.

Mavis Staples - Time Waits For No One
The Ingrid Chavez Album
The Family
Jill Jones
and Bria's Elixer- nice feeling to that one and he is all over it like he hasn't been with someone else in a very very long time

these are probably my favourite projects he has been involved with

I love a lot of protege albums

Candy
Carmen
Elisa Fiorillo
Chaka Khan
Ingrid Chavez
Jill Jones
Madhouse
Mayté
Sheila E.
Taja Sevelle
Tamar
Tevin Campbell
The Family
The Time + Morris Day solo songs
Vanity 6 + Vanity solo albums

can I mention

Bobby Z
Mat Fink

LaAmi said:

Candy a protege?
don't really think so.
same for Chaka Kahn

what Chaka's Come 2 My House album?
Candy maybe not...but I love her thanks Prince

LaAmi said:

I can understand that, he made candy known to a lot of folks outside of Holland who woulf otherwise not have heard from her.

I have a "Purple Crate" full of Prince and:

-The Time
-Morris Day
-Jesse Johnson
-Alexander O'Neal
-Brown Mark
-Andre Cymone
-Dez Dickerson (Modernaire 12")
-Wendy & Lisa
-Sheila E.
-Jill Jones
-The Family
-Madhouse
-Mazarati
-Vanity 6
-Vanity (solo)
-Apollonia 6
-TaMara & The Seen
-Taja Sevelle
-Tony LeMans
-Mavis Staples ("Time Waits 4 No One" on cassette)
-Bobby Z (on cassette)
-Good Question (on casstette)

[Edited 10/16/09 2:44am]

LaAmi said:

Chaka started recording/performing with the group Rufus in the early 70's. Way before Prince's debut-album. Mavis Staples & Sheila E. too. They're all technically no proteges who started their careers with a Prince-production.
I think that Elisa Fiorillo already released recordings before she hooked up with Prince.
[Edited 10/16/09 11:31am]

Shango said:

I know it but I have their recordings in a "proteges" section in my PC

LaAmi said:

Cool

I own the Time and What Time Is It I use to own Wild Animal, Vanity 6 and Andre Cymone they came up missing over the years

dance4me3121 said:

U've got 2 keep in mind that there's a difference between albums that were fully Prince in disguise and therefore Prince albums, albums that were only partly Prince produced, and albums that were just from protégés, ex-musicians, or Minneapolis-sounding artists with no Prince involvement.

By the way, 2 answer 2 someone else who posted in this thread, it IS known who played on the Madhouse albums. "8" was only Prince and Eric Leeds. "16" was more collaborative, with some tracks being just Prince and Eric again, and some tracks featuring Sheila E., Levi Seacer Jr. and (if i'm not wrong) Matt Fink.

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[Edited 10/26/09 17:50pm]