I just dled this song of Kazaaa, it sounds like a demo... Its very addicting... Does anyone know anything about it? If Prince has lots more songs like this that I don't know about it I think I'm gonna pee my pants... Gawd, and he has the nerve to release something like Come when this is not available to anyone?

There's a song from a rehearsal called "Funk It Up" that's in this same vein...also a long-ass rehearsal of I Wish U Heaven. Anyone else heard those?

Yeah, Bonnie is so hard on these tracks, i love her grainy voice. Prince's bit's on the chorus etc of cross the line r wicked and wile!

I was just jamming to this the other day! and btw, its called "The Line", I think.

According 2 the Aknowledge Me liner notes, it'll be released on a lata date.

Crystal Ball II maybe??

Taken from Turn It Up 2.0-

Written in direct response to a poem by Ingrid Chavez called "Cross the Line," this number was recorded on December 22nd 1987 during the Lovesexy sessions. "Prince felt he was really onto something with "The Line," says Joe Blaney, who engineered the session. "He felt it had the potential to be a really big song, but he wasn't getting the reaction he wanted from the people he played it for. He kept retouching upon the song, adding more overdubs. One day, we slowed the tape down." "The Line" was included on the first sequence of Lovesexy, but Prince wasn't completely happy with the song and decided to shelve it; it was ousted in favour of the latecomer "I Wish U Heaven" when the final version was assembled.

"The Line" is a monotonous uptempo rock number driven by a pumping bass. The arrangement includes sweeping synth sounds that are similar to the coda of "Positivity". Prince, Sheila E. and Boni Boyer take turns singing the lead vocals a la "1999". Towards the end of the song, Boni incorporates a portion of "Take My Hand, Precious Lord", a gospel song by Thomas A. Dorsey, which has been performed by hundreds of artists, including Elvis Presley and Mahalia Jackson. Prince later used "Take My Hand, Precious Lord" as the opening of the 1992 Diamonds and Pearls show (incorporated into a medley with "Thunder"). A scream by Boni was sampled and used as an intro to "Acknowledge Me", released in 1998 on the Crystal Ball 3 CD set.

The concept of "crossing the line" to embrace God was an important theme in the Lovesexy show. Prince says that life is so much better on "the other side" of the line, reassuring that "it's a happy step to make". Prince introduces a new dance called "the Kangaroo" towards the end.

An early, rough version of "The Line" is circulating amongst collectors. The final version is considerably denser and far more embellished, with horns by Eric Leeds and Matt Blistan, percussion by Sheila E., and all manner of shouted backing vocals in the style of many of the Lovesexy tracks. Although the song certainly would have fit on Lovesexy, it is unlikely that it would have been hailed as one of the album's highpoints or one of Prince's most substantial achievements.

To me this song was always a precursor to "The Future". It's one of his first experiments in house music.

To me this is totally a tough killer song, I would take it over Glam Slam anyday!!! In fact the roughness of this version is making it even more appealing... What a cool song