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Thread started 06/14/09 9:43am

MantuaPharoah

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Did Prince ever comment on Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Cake Boy"

It's obvious who this song was directed at... or at least inspired by.

Even the guitar riff is reminiscent of "Kiss".


I always thought this song was funny as hell!!!

Even the line... "Does a man have a body like this" is a straight take on Prince's How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore" act.

http://www.youtube.com/wa...H7bzcYVeps

I think this was the B-side of "Baby Got Back"

Whatever... it's still a funny tune. lol
[Edited 6/14/09 14:28pm]
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Reply #1 posted 06/14/09 10:14am

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That is funny! Never heard this song which does appear to be a B-side and about Prince! Thanks for sharing
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Reply #2 posted 06/14/09 10:26am

realm

hahaha haha haahaaaaa!!!!!
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Reply #3 posted 06/14/09 12:50pm

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falloff

Never heard it, but I love it. Sounds pretty clearly to be about Our Princey.


lol "cake boy"
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Reply #4 posted 06/14/09 12:58pm

Shawnt26

"His body's a trip, got a booty like Josephine Baker
And a touch of blush maker"

lol
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Reply #5 posted 06/14/09 1:19pm

MantuaPharoah

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Shawnt26 said:

"His body's a trip, got a booty like Josephine Baker
And a touch of blush maker"

lol


Actually, that's "and a touch of blush make-up" lol
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Reply #6 posted 06/14/09 1:23pm

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MantuaPharoah said:

Shawnt26 said:

"His body's a trip, got a booty like Josephine Baker
And a touch of blush maker"

lol


Actually, that's "and a touch of blush make-up" lol


I just copied and pasted the lyrics from the youtube video, but thanks
lol .
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Reply #7 posted 06/14/09 1:32pm

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lol this is so clearly about Prince. haha.
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Reply #8 posted 06/14/09 2:44pm

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He's in a yellow Camaro, skin so smooth
A buttercup boy from the funny school
His hair's all nice and wavy
And mine is nappy so you call me crazy
And he's got them skin-tight spandex on
Straight cake to the bone
He'd cook a big meal like your mother would
A cake boy, up to no good
He'll take your girlfriend from ya
And he's makin' my homeboys wonder
His body's a trip, got a booty like Josephine Baker
And a touch of blush maker
And why most fly girls getitn' hooked on this?
'Cause he ain't down for the French kiss
Girl, I'ma tell you what a cake boy is
(But he's so sensitive!)
Tossed salad is the hairdo
Cappuchino latte - his brew
And he's down to do what most girls tell him to
Brother, I'm scared of you!
His cash flow is low
And he ain't down to throw
But when he shakes that girl-like body on the floor,
The girls go (boinggg!!)

Striaght cake boy!
Cake.
Straight-up cake boy! Huh, yeah.

I'm workin' out at the gym, a cake boy walks in
And all the girls step to him
And I'm trippin' 'cause I'm hard as nails
And he's lookin' like a smoker from hell
Spandex suit, pink deer-foam boots
And a backpack full of juice
And all the girlies start rubbin' him, and lovin' him
All the cake boys huggin' him
Takin' off his shirt, the cake boy had no gun
So don't throw him up, son
His walkman radio was playin'
(You gotta have cake!) That's what the tape was sayin'
And he was shakin' that thang like a Chubby Checker nightmare
All the homies stared
I don't know what it is, hell -
He was takin' more women than a mall sale!
His spandex stuck right up in the place where the sun don't shine
But the girls don't mind
'Cause that cake boy starts to move
To the old disco groove
And your girlfriend likes that
You may not like that, but that's a fact, black
He likes to roller-skate, skip rocks on lakes
The bourgeois girls want straight-up cake boys

Huh.

If your girl likes rhythm and blues, look out
'Cause that cake's in the house
But all singers ain't cake, though
Some stay black, while the others went yellow
Jump on stage like they never seen a ghetto
Singin' falsetto
Sayin' "Oo, I want your touch,
You know I just can't get enough!" (a-hoo-hoo)
And your girl gets sprung, stickin' out her tongue
And you sittin' like you're dumb 'till the show is done?
Naw, brothers, you gotta roll like this:
Find a woman that wants a man's kiss
'Cause if you don't you're bound to lose your girl
To that cake boy world
'Casue that cake boy'll pull up quick
And say "Does your man have a body like this?"
And you don't, 'cause you drink much brew, hah
Got a body like Buddah
And your game is strong, and your background is raw
Hit the cake boy dead in the jaw
And that cake boy broke down in ters
Now your girl is sho' nuff here
But don't sweat it, 'cause you ain't failin'
Get a 'round-the-way girl, and keep on bailin'
And if you're stuck with one of them stuck-up ducks
Huh, don't press your luck
'Cause she'll leave you for what she enjoys
It ain't a man, it's a straight-up cake boy!

Yeah.
Cake boy.


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Yeah. That's Prince.
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Reply #9 posted 06/14/09 5:05pm

RUHip2TheJive

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lol

Naw, brothers, you gotta roll like this:
Find a woman that wants a man's kiss
'Cause if you don't you're bound to lose your girl
To that cake boy world
'Cause that cake boy'll pull up quick
And say "Does your man have a body like this?"
And you don't, 'cause you drink much brew, hah
Got a body like Buddah
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Reply #10 posted 06/14/09 5:07pm

Linn4days

Yes. (In my opinion) Prince's answer to Mix-a-lot was "P-Control".

It was the story of a moral educated sister/black woman who did not want a [supposed] street-knucklehead, rapper, like Mix-a-lot.

Prince seemed to be portraying a Mix-a-lot type of character.. He even tried to rap like Mix-a-lot in the song.

It also seemed to be a "diss" to the type of women that would like a Mix-a-lot appreciating only their "tails" in "Baby Got Back", and not anything else about them.

"...every woman in The World ain't a freak.. You go platinmum 4x, and still could not make what I make in a week!"


I did not care for any of them back them..

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MantuaPharoah said:

It's obvious who this song was directed at... or at least inspired by.

Even the guitar riff is reminiscent of "Kiss".


I always thought this song was funny as hell!!!

Even the line... "Does a man have a body like this" is a straight take on Prince's How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore" act.

http://www.youtube.com/wa...H7bzcYVeps

I think this was the B-side of "Baby Got Back"

Whatever... it's still a funny tune. lol
[Edited 6/14/09 14:28pm]

[Edited 6/14/09 17:12pm]
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Reply #11 posted 06/14/09 5:43pm

PurpleRain747

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Interesting..thanx 4 posting.
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Reply #12 posted 06/14/09 6:30pm

BlackAdder7

cake boy 95 up, 58 down
A very feminine male, also metrosexual.
Murray: Your man Christian is a cake boy.
Cher, Dionne: What?
Murray: He's a disco dancin', Oscar Wilde readin', Streisand ticket holdin' friend of Dorothy, know what I'm sayin'?

from "urban dictionary"
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Reply #13 posted 06/14/09 6:52pm

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Weeelllll, considering that one line about "his cash flow is low"...since Prince's cash flow ain't never been low. I'm going to go out on a limb and say it wasn't necessarily about Prince but more about the guys running around acting like Prince.

But still, had I heard this back in the day, I'd have probably ripped Sir Mix A Lot a new asshole for the Prince similarity references! lol
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Reply #14 posted 06/14/09 7:05pm

MantuaPharoah

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This song came out in '92... which is when Prince was doing his "yellow" thing... with the yellow car (BMW though, not a Camaro) in the Gangsta Glam video.

Mix-a-lot also refers to Prince's "tossed salad", or typhoon hairdo at the time. LOL ...

But good insight on P-control being a little bit of a come back.

The song is hillarious. "Skip rocks on lakes". LOL

Cool tune, despite goin' out on our hero! lol
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Reply #15 posted 06/14/09 8:23pm

morningsong

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Weeelllll, considering that one line about "his cash flow is low"...since Prince's cash flow ain't never been low. I'm going to go out on a limb and say it wasn't necessarily about Prince but more about the guys running around acting like Prince.

But still, had I heard this back in the day, I'd have probably ripped Sir Mix A Lot a new asshole for the Prince similarity references! lol




That part kind of stood out to me too. Naw, that shoo ain't Prince. But funny song though.
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Reply #16 posted 06/15/09 6:29am

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morningsong said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Weeelllll, considering that one line about "his cash flow is low"...since Prince's cash flow ain't never been low. I'm going to go out on a limb and say it wasn't necessarily about Prince but more about the guys running around acting like Prince.

But still, had I heard this back in the day, I'd have probably ripped Sir Mix A Lot a new asshole for the Prince similarity references! lol




That part kind of stood out to me too. Naw, that shoo ain't Prince. But funny song though.


"She'll leave ya for what she enjoys... It ain't a MAN... it's a straight up Cake Boy!" lol "CAKE".

It's about Prince and Prince-types of that whole era I suppose. Ready for the World, etc. But hey... at least it's funny.
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Reply #17 posted 06/15/09 7:44am

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Some stay black, while the others went yellow
Jump on stage like they never seen a ghetto
Singin' falsetto

haha, thats prince.
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Reply #18 posted 06/15/09 10:14am

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jethrouk said:

Some stay black, while the others went yellow
Jump on stage like they never seen a ghetto
Singin' falsetto

haha, thats prince.


Actually, to me that sounds more like MJ. Prince has always been yellow. shrug
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Reply #19 posted 06/15/09 4:22pm

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Cake boy was my jam back in the day. I had the casette single to Baby Got Back, and this B-Side was HILLARIOUS.

But im not sure its directed solely to Prince. But more of the guys like him back in that time. (stevie b, ralph tresvant etc etc etc)

Besides, after working with the Presidents of The United States (of Peaches and Lump fame), Im pretty sure Sir Mix A Lot lost all street cred he may have ever had.

If it was a diss to Prince, im not sure P was all that concerned. There were much bigger fish to fry then some one hit wonder Booty rapper from Seattle.
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