Milk & Honey

01 - Closer To My Heart
02 - Milk & Honey
03 - Can't Keep Living Alone
04 - Holla & Shout
05 - Kept Woman
06 - Holy Ground
07 - Beautiful, Loved & Blessed
08 - Redhead Stepchild
09 - All I Want Is You
10 - First Love
11 - Sunday In The Park
12 - Beautiful, Loved & Blessed (Reprise)

Tamar Davis did the Milk & Honey CD and it never really took off. Only Japan got a few copies before it was cancelled, and there are some floating on ebay, and also some torrents of course with the tracks for download.

I can't help but think Tamar would have had a much better chance of success if she had her CD bundled with 3121, like how Bria Valente had hers on Lotusflow3r. I read on another forum that the CD was cancelled because the publisher didn't think it would sell on its own, which is why Bria got bundled.

Now, which tracks exactly did Prince write, produce, vocalize, etc on on the album?

I can tell that Holla & Shout has Prince's voice at the end. Also, Kept Woman is exactly the same as Bria Valente's. Beautiful Loved & Blessed would obviously be Prince's
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I'd like to know this info as well. I've heard various things but nothing firm. Tamar sounds way better & looks better & she has more soul. bria is so bland, I can't understand why he would pick her musically over Tamar, it just doesn't make sense unless she utterly sucks to work w/ or something, or a relationship w/ bria blinded him. I want this cd too. still haven't seemed to come across it. I had high hopes for it too. hated the album cover though. oh well, typical...

Does the back of the CD say anything, or is there a booklet with credits listed?

Jamzone333 said:

Me too! Love it!

neverbeanotherlikeme said:

It is compiled in a Disk called "WoW" with two CDs. One of the CDs has Clare Fischer's insight regarding the orchestration of Parade and the other CD contains the entire "Milk and Honey" CD. There is a booklet inside of the disk which discuss the time of compilation and the problem of the release dates. Sweet.....

chocolate1 said:

chocolate1 said:

I think it's a great cd. I may be in the minority, but I miss Tamar and Prince working together. She had a pretty voice that blended so well with his and she never over sang him as some others have tended to do. Plus their chemistry onstage was excellent.

I still prefer the Milk and Honey material to her subsequent work even though I like some of her new songs.

I wish I had the cd booklet.

babynoz said:

I really don't like the way her new music is going from what I have heard. I think the "Milk and Honey" CD gave Tamar some elegance where her new stuff is a little bit more "hip-hop" to my liking....Tamar's chemistry with Prince was so smooth...I think Prince enjoyed their performances together also.

Jamzone333 said:

Prince's songs were a better fit for her IMO...he gave her a more distinct sound.

chocolate1 said:

:jealous:

I hated that cover but I did like what I got to hear online. I wish it had been released.

neverbeanotherlikeme said:

Prince and Tamar are credited as co-writers of all of the songs at ASCAP.

neverbeanotherlikeme said:

No

I have Tamars 'Milk & Honey' cd and in the booklet all it states on one of the last pages is 'All songs written,composed and produce by Tamar and Prince'

babynoz said:

Really? I thought the songs Kwame produced for her (the World Domination album or somethin like that?) sounded really good. On Milk & Honey I felt there was only 3 really good songs. It'd be nice if she could combine all the good tracks from all three producers and put out 1 really bad a$$ed CD.

WOW! Check this out.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Tamar...6e953[url]

rmartin70 said:

For approx. $1300, we'll throw in free shipping.

I won mine in an auction for about £75 and that's about the lowest price I've ever seen it go for. Do we know how many copies there are?

chocolate1 said:

Yeah, what a bargain.

rmartin70 said:

This price seems like a hoax just for laughs. Tamar is a very talented lady as is Bria. Both versions of Kept woman are great.

futurebaybeemama said:

Not necessarily.
Under the album description, there is a statement about only selling items that are rare and difficult to get.

You inspired me , Im listening to it now , its not half bad really

Superficial said:

I wish I could listen to Tamar "Milk & Honey".

Jamzone333 said:

Just so you know, "Wow" is a pressed bootleg bro. It's not an official release.

It's a great set though, I have it and that's how I also heard the Tamar album, which is above average IMO.

Wowugotit said:

no you don't - it's crap!

shame.
i like her music w prince.
shes a hard worker.

Jamzone333 said:

really?

Tamar was a Beyonce clone - Prince was crazy about Beyonce around this time. Who else has Prince ever done a nationally televised performance with (Grammy Awards)?

I always thought the dilemna is that Beyonce isnt all that to start with and Tamar didnt sound or look as good. Sorry - lets face it: if Beyonce was a 300 lbs bogger bear, she might be singing in some little black church somewhere down South and that would be about it.

Brofie said:

Yep, because it is so rare..

I finally got this from a friend.
I had heard the stuff that had been put out through the site but I never listened to the album as an album in entirety.
I've been listening to it for 2 days and it only makes me want to kick P's ass.
To shelf this and put Bria forth.
I actually think that in his long career, this was one of the protege projects that showed most promise. The public, not just us P-geeks, was actually getting a little familiar with her from the tv appearances. She stood chance at a fair debut.

All I Want is U is still my favorite.
Sunday in the Park, Holla & Shout, Kept Woman and Red Head Stepchild are all very solid songs and of course there's Beautiful, Loved & Blessed, which is a bit mediocre, but still a nice enough tune and had the nomination going for it. Even if the others sucked (which i don't think they do) that's still more quality music than a lot of new artists put out in one album.

Closer 2 my Heart reminds me of Sheena's Cool Love.
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