So im listening 2 the Jill Jones album ive always loved it but 2day is the 1st time ive sat down with headfones on full blast in a long time!!!!!This album is simply an amazing peice of work!Jills voice is strong and sexy and then u have the horns and all the other prince touches,my god this album rocks!!!Prince has done some dodgy stuff with so called proteges in the past but the stuff on this Album is perfect....Any1 played this album recently and still dig it???............

davetherave6767 said:

..Any1 played this album recently and still dig it???............

Yes.

One of the best albums period. I play this one more than most "Prince" albums. The into to Mia Boca is epic. I put on this cd just for that alone sometimes.

[Edited 9/17/11 19:31pm]

Still love it. She is my favorite protege.

V10LETBLUES said:

One of the best albums period. I play this one more than most "Prince" albums. The into to Mia Boca is epic. I put on this cd just for that alone sometimes.

[Edited 9/17/11 19:31pm]

Ive been playing My Man all day????That song is soooooooo good but eye agree with u that Mia Bocca is an epic song....

Absolutely love this album.

V10LETBLUES said:

One of the best albums period. I play this one more than most "Prince" albums. The into to Mia Boca is epic. I put on this cd just for that alone sometimes.

[Edited 9/17/11 19:31pm]

agreed!! i even liked her version of "with you", and i love the original!!

violet blue is my fave on the lp!!!

i have an original copy of the cd as well!!!!

i stumbled onto a jj interview a week ago and decided to revisit her 1st album. the verdict: it is a masterpiece!!! the vocals r sick,the music creative,the album is fun. they obviously took their time with this 1 and put the dollars into its production(i hear clare fischer all over this one) i have been obssessively playing g-spot,violet blue,all day all night,baby ure a trip & mia bocca. just when i thought i had found a weak link "4 love" i listened more carefully & know now that tony,toni,tone and the pussycat dolls flatter jill jones. i can hear "4 love" in "the blues" and "buttons" just as clearly as i can hear "1999" in "manic monday". in the interview with jj she said that warner usa was in a power struggle with p & did everything they could(nothing) to see she got no traction in the u.s. only warner europe showed her some love. thats a shame-jj had paid her dues,she had the look,the pipes & a masterpiece album. she was poised 2 reign but never got the love she deserved. well i love u white fox & it seems im not alone

Still gets heavey rotation with me, it never went out of style. Definately one of the finest PP releases

davetherave6767 said:

V10LETBLUES said:

One of the best albums period. I play this one more than most "Prince" albums. The into to Mia Boca is epic. I put on this cd just for that alone sometimes.

[Edited 9/17/11 19:31pm]

Ive been playing My Man all day????That song is soooooooo good but eye agree with u that Mia Bocca is an epic song....

its amazing how people get on and cant just enjoy the artist in decussion without trying to throw a negative prince spin in. shit the whole jill cd is a prince cd so u still listening 2 his music so oh well

cbarnes3121 said:

davetherave6767 said:

Ive been playing My Man all day????That song is soooooooo good but eye agree with u that Mia Bocca is an epic song....

its amazing how people get on and cant just enjoy the artist in decussion without trying to throw a negative prince spin in. shit the whole jill cd is a prince cd so u still listening 2 his music so oh well

It wasn't a negative spin, don't be such a downer. I wrote "Prince" in quotations because I know full well that Prince wrote the tracks. I just meant Prince proper albums.

Anyway Great album.

There are some very nice extended versions, remixes and b-sides lovingly sourced from vinyl that are circulating.

Fans of the album would no doubt enjoy these too.

one of the great prince project albums..if not thee best dave.......i love love love violet blue...

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blackbob said:

one of the great prince project albums..if not thee best dave.......i love love love violet blue...

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One of the best Prince spin off songs ever.

davetherave6767 said:

So im listening 2 the Jill Jones album ive always loved it but 2day is the 1st time ive sat down with headfones on full blast in a long time!!!!!This album is simply an amazing peice of work!Jills voice is strong and sexy and then u have the horns and all the other prince touches,my god this album rocks!!!Prince has done some dodgy stuff with so called proteges in the past but the stuff on this Album is perfect....Any1 played this album recently and still dig it???............

What is some of the dodgy stuff?

blackbob said:

one of the great prince project albums..if not thee best dave.......i love love love violet blue...

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You can that again

Stellar album. Gets played all the time in my house. Still fresh as ever to me.

Agreed. Fantsatic album and I think it's aged very well too. Violet blue is epic - anyone else love b side '77 bleeker street' - powerful vocal and definately one of the best, if not best, protoge albums - for love, my man. Awesome

Completely agree with everyone on Violet Blue as well. Gorgeous song.

I have not listened to it in a long time, but it is my favourite album by an associate artist .

runawayslave said:

davetherave6767 said:

So im listening 2 the Jill Jones album ive always loved it but 2day is the 1st time ive sat down with headfones on full blast in a long time!!!!!This album is simply an amazing peice of work!Jills voice is strong and sexy and then u have the horns and all the other prince touches,my god this album rocks!!!Prince has done some dodgy stuff with so called proteges in the past but the stuff on this Album is perfect....Any1 played this album recently and still dig it???............

What is some of the dodgy stuff?

U no other protege stuff hes done....thats dodgy ok....Taja Seville.. ....4 xample:falloff:

TheDigitalGardener said:

There are some very nice extended versions, remixes and b-sides lovingly sourced from vinyl that are circulating.

Fans of the album would no doubt enjoy these too.

Agreed. Baby Cries has to be my favorite.

Now ain't that late!!!

Jill defintiely got some of the best material for her CD and she's got the voice to back it up! One of Paisley Park's best releases hands down.

Besides the music, this has to be one of the best album covers also. Jill looks cute as hell too.

pfan1978 said:

i stumbled onto a jj interview a week ago and decided to revisit her 1st album. the verdict: it is a masterpiece!!! the vocals r sick,the music creative,the album is fun. they obviously took their time with this 1 and put the dollars into its production(i hear clare fischer all over this one) i have been obssessively playing g-spot,violet blue,all day all night,baby ure a trip & mia bocca. just when i thought i had found a weak link "4 love" i listened more carefully & know now that tony,toni,tone and the pussycat dolls flatter jill jones. i can hear "4 love" in "the blues" and "buttons" just as clearly as i can hear "1999" in "manic monday". in the interview with jj she said that warner usa was in a power struggle with p & did everything they could(nothing) to see she got no traction in the u.s. only warner europe showed her some love. thats a shame-jj had paid her dues,she had the look,the pipes & a masterpiece album. she was poised 2 reign but never got the love she deserved. well i love u white fox & it seems im not alone

It's a shame that Jill only got a budget for one music video for such a stellar album! There should have been proper music videos for "G-Spot" and "For Love". Taja got to do 3 music videos, and her album (although great) does not compare to Jill's. Shame on you Warner...

motherfunka said:

TheDigitalGardener said:

There are some very nice extended versions, remixes and b-sides lovingly sourced from vinyl that are circulating.

Fans of the album would no doubt enjoy these too.

Agreed. Baby Cries has to be my favorite.

Now ain't that late!!!

Violet Blue

Mia Bocca

My Man

Great, great album: possibly the best Paisley park album outside Princes own albums.

Contrary to Vanity and Apolonia, this girl could SING and there are at least 4 fantasic songs on this album: my favourite being Mia Bocca (my favourite Prince-arrangement EVER, thanks to Clare Fischer also of course), while G-spot, Violet Blue and Baby you are a trip (those vocals!) are top-notch also.

Shame her career hasnt really taken off after this.

[Edited 9/29/11 6:16am]

"no one will ever love U like your white fox!"

davetherave6767 said:

runawayslave said:

What is some of the dodgy stuff?

U no other protege stuff hes done....thats dodgy ok....Taja Seville.. ....4 xample

Did Prince have any involvement with Taja other than releasing it on PP? i didn't think he did?

bigd74 said:

davetherave6767 said:

U no other protege stuff hes done....thats dodgy ok....Taja Seville.. ....4 xample

Did Prince have any involvement with Taja other than releasing it on PP? i didn't think he did?

He wrote and produced two songs for Tajas' album: "Wouldn't U Love 2 Love Me" and "If I Could Get Your Attention".