I recently got GOLDNIGGA on Cd and i know i'm gonna get slated 4 sayin this but its gr8. Its a really funky hiphop album with a prince influence. songs like goldnigga, johnny, black mf in the house, deuce n quarter, cal the law are great!! alot of ppl dislike it only cos it heavily features tony m. With the right promo i think this coulda been a big hit.
any1 got any info, cool facts about this album?

ifitbreakswhenitbends said:

Well he got Nigga right..

ifitbreakswhenitbends said:

how could it of been a hit if it was released independtantly anyway. it was only availeble by phone order or at shows.

its ok, but way too many pointless segues. johnny is the ultimate jam!

I acquired this cd a few years back, and listen to it now and then. That album is just like apple butter - a little goes a long way. I listened to it twice through a couple weeks ago - the first time through was pretty good, but the second time through was already tired.

if this hadnt been released indepently and was a full blown release with promo n tv appearances, wit prince just like a band member not a front man, this wud have done well. its just so funky!!!

this album has some killer funk on it

esp johnny-deuce and a quarter-black mf's in the house

i love this album-i even love call the law!

Yep. All the NPG albums are good fun IMO.

Take out the title track segues and you have a good bunch of tracks. The rapping is ridiculous, maybe that's why I like it though. And two great instrumentals.

People who only like Johnny "because it's the one Prince can be heard on" are missing out.

Is it Oilcan or Deuce & A 1/4 that's used in the Jeffersons skit in Girl 6, I forget, but I always think of that when I listen to the LP.

I picked up my copy at a show in the 90's in London and have always loved it.
Way way better than the follow up NPG album.

NouveauDance said:

oilcan is used in the foxy brown skit and deuce is used during the jeffersons

when i 1st saw the movie i jumped out of my seat cause i couldn't belive they were being used

dolphin1974 said:

if ur referring 2 NPS then yes but if ur talking about exodus ..oh hell 2 the naw!!!

L4OATheOriginal said:

Yep Exodus....a truly awful album. The segues in that one are way worse than on Goldnigga.

dolphin1974 said:

naw those seques on exodus are funny as shit!!! another day another dollar ...then the waiter comes over cause he thinks he's a big shot and i'm like i paid 4 those fucking mash potatoes and i'll do whatever the fuck i want 2 do with them now bring me a fucking finger bowl!!! and look out tommy give me them keys oh how u gonna c with that mask on? same way i saw ur momma!!!

L4OATheOriginal said:

exodus is amazing.

i made my own 2cd version including all the outakes:

1.NPG Operator Intro
2.Get Wild (5.36 version, with the "To understand this u have to..." intro)
3.Big Fun
4.Acknowledge Me
5.New Power Soul
6.Return Of The Bump Squad
7.Count The Days
8.Funky Design
9.Rain (Segue)
10.Hallucination Rain
11.Spooky Soup (Segue)

1.Super Hero
2.Outa Space
3.Funky
4.Proud Mary
5.Mad
6.Love Thy Will Be Done
7.It Takes 3
8.Cherry Cherry
9.Good Life
10.Exodus Has Begun
11.Outro
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ifitbreakswhenitbends said:

I certainly don't know Tony M. personally, and have no issue with him. IMO, his vocals work perfectly with the music on "Gold Nigga" (he's only rapping the way Prince would have told him to). And I would agree: It's a very funky CD.

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RumAndRaisin said:

including the 11 min version of hallucination rain?

L4OATheOriginal said:

is the pope jewish?
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RumAndRaisin said:

naw he's got sally in the alley

L4OATheOriginal said:

RumAndRaisin said:

Does the Pope shit in the woods?

soulyacolia said:

most likely, if hes italian. you know what there like

I like both NPG albums (I don't really consider NPS to be an NPG album).

But Goldnigga especially, because of how well those songs worked live... now, what year was that? Here in the UK we got a Prince tour where he frequently pulled those songs out of the bag... along with Endorphin Machine, a bunch of songs off Come... Wow those were great sets.

Tunes I recall P and the band playing:

Endorphin Machine
Race
2gether (Michael Bland played so great on that tune. Amazing groove.)
Black MF In The House
Deuce And A Quarter (I think)
Johnny

I especially remember one gig in Birmingham where they broke curfew to play pretty much all of those tunes. There was some official-looking geezer standing on the edge of the stage looking at his watch and trying to get them off. P says something like: "They say we have to quit. They say if we keep playing they're going to fine us. You know what? Let's pay the fine!"

Ah, happy memories.

popelife said:

It is though.

popelife said:

1993 - The Act II Tour. Great stuff it was.

NouveauDance said:

nps doesent really feature the npg though, its all prince with kirk j doing drum programming, and a few members like kat d here and there

oilcan is awesome,shame it's so short though

NouveauDance said:

this one is gonna take 5 mins or more ..x2!!

popelife said:

1993

RumAndRaisin said:

wasn't kirky j and kat, rhonda part of the npg band? letitgo and accept that nps isn't a prince album but a npg album once and 4 all

L4OATheOriginal said:

yeahbut its not like evrysong had the line up on them.

kat was on come on, and rhonda was on the one. its very clearthat prince did everything apart from tiny bits of music hear and there

I like Goldnigga...the smooth rap suited Tony much better than when he tried to sound gangsta.

Exodus is my favorite though. I love thee hell outta Hallucination Rain and the segues are hilarious.

"Play me summa dem '45s ya got over there...I ain't leavin!"

"Did anybody ask you what'chu know?"

"Sonny T, effin' wit me, wait till he gets a couple sips of that Hallucination Rain...ain't gonna be nuttin nice, nuttin nice..."

Mash Potato segue.

And my favorite...when P starts screaming on NPG Bum Rush The Ship.

RumAndRaisin said:

that can said about any prince/npg album then