I don't know when prince 1st rapped but he does ok. What do you think was hes best live and on record.

I really like the Rap by Prince in Push...

(Prince...) (get on the mike) Push up on it
(get on the mike)
(Prince...)
u don't want me on the mike Push up on it
(get on the mike)
no man, u don't want me on the mike (don't stop until u go)
(get on the mike) Push up on it
(push)
It's thunder when I'm on the mike (push) I push
Daddy Pop's in the house
And u're sure 2 like his diamonds (push) I push
Sure 2 like his pearls
I'm good 2 cream every boy and girl
cuz I'm a stollin',
steady hip-hop rockin' rollin (push)
a willing and able horny pony
And I'm pumpin' em, I'm pumpin' em, (push)
I'm pump-pump-pump-pump-pumpin' em
From Pakistan 2 Poland (push)
Straight into your town
Snatchin' up kiddies (get on the mike)
Like a circus clown (get on the mike)
(push)

He doesnt do OK.But I was impressed with his flow on incense and candles

Best on record: Dead On It

SavonOsco said:

Yep this, and P Control.

"18 & Over" and "Acknowledge Me" are my favorites on record
As far as live I'd go with "Johnny" performed at Roseland in NYC.
He ripped that mutha!!!

1 2, 1 2, '94

I'm on the set, freaks on the floor
Don't worry about my name, it's 2 long 2 remember
I could tell U now but we'd be here 'til next September
3, it be like that, see?

This ain't about the trippers trippin' like they know they be
This ain't about this, that, what, where, or how
This about the freaks doing everything they wanna do

now!

ElCapitan said:

Yeah, that's a good one.

My favorite Prince rap (I copied the lyrics from another site).



Days Of Wild

(Hold onto your wigs!) {sample repeats in song}

Break down! This is a bust
All U sorry motherfuckers up against the wall
If U don't play, bite the dust
Cuz in a couple of simple fuckin' phrases
I'm gonna hip U 2 the fuckin' plays of
The brand new mad style, uh
Cuz these are the days of wild - hit me!

Pop guns and weed? Brother please!
We're 2 wise 4 nonsense
The other 90's was better suited 4 that biz
Back when Dick was fuckin' Liz
Before soda pop had fizz
Don't blame it on yo' jockstrap full of jizz
Mentality so insane
I got a Tech-9 2 and it's called my brain
Shoot another brother? Not 2day
Death from envy is the only way
Here I can tear shit up cuz that's my style
And these are the days of wild - hit me!
These are the days of wild {x2}

Hooker, bitch and ho, I don't think so
I only knew one and never told her tho'
I thought about many times (Diss me?)
But that's the kind of shit that make U check your mind
Is your blood type the type that flows
Or is your blood type the type just stereo?
A woman every day should be thanked
Not disrespected, not raped or spanked
And if a woman ever said I did
Uh, she's a motherfuckin' liar and I'm a set-up kid
And I can tear shit up y'all cuz that's my style
And these are the days of wild - hit me!
These are the days of wild

Oh oh oh, by the way, I play guitar!

Tennis shoes and caps, now that's phat
Up until the day another wanna laugh behind your back
Sayin' we all look the same, huh
God bless America, home of the brave
I'd rather dress 2 make a woman stare
I'm puttin' on somethin' that another won't dare
It's a freezer burn compared 2 cool
And if U still got loot, then who's the fool?
Everybody wanna take the stand
Mind your own motherfucker, let a man be a man
I can tear shit up y'all cuz that's my style
And these are the days of wild - hit me!
These are the days of wild - hit me! {x2}

Much props 2 the upside down double 6
Baddest, freezer burnin', head turnin'
Make a brother yearnin' sister walkin' the face
U know who U are
4 love

Hit me! {repeat 2 fade}
[Edited 7/24/09 2:56am]

^ Hold onto your WIGS.

His "rapping" is not good. My Name Is Prince is, frankly, embarrassing.

Huxley said:

I found a different lyric version. I, too, always thought they say "wigs" and not "wits".

I like Gett Off. Not a big fan of his "rap", but Gett Off is cool (mainly that part "in the kitchen in the floor....ooh, my god").
[Edited 7/24/09 4:37am]

yeah get off is class..... 'strip your dress down like peter pauls almond joy, let me show you baby I'm a talented boy', he dont do stuff like that no more.

^^ Agreed

1. Insence and Candles (genuis)
2. Days Of Wild
3. Pope
4. Acknowledge Me
5. Race
6. Face Down
7. P Control (Crystal Ball version) as the beat improves the rap from the TGE version...if ya dont believe me have a listen!

Huxley said:

:I agree...however the song is 1 of my guilty plesures...love it when he tries 2 be gangsta!...so unbelivable

I would say the bit in Girls & Boys, now whether that's really rap is debatable of course:

Happiness in it's uncut form
Is the feeling that I get, you're warm, warm
Happy's what I get when we do what we do
Happiness, mama, is being with u
Good lord

Meet me somewhere after dawn
Lord (I love u baby)
(I love u so much)
(Maybe we can stay in touch)
(I love u baby)
(I love u so much)
vous etes belle
So like I saw u from across the room, and (maybe we can stay in touch)
Honey, u danced so hard I smelled your perfume, (maybe we can stay in touch)
and the look on your lips said that a,
"We could talk some more, (maybe we can stay in touch)
some more on the dance floor baby" (I love u baby)
Hear the words I'm saying, (I love u so much)
Feel the sex I'm laying (maybe we can stay in touch)
Naughty's what I wanna be with u tonight
Tonight

optimus said:

Prince is a PIMPster, not a gangster

MacDaddy said:

That. Is. It.

He shoulda never picked up a mic again for the sake of "rapping" into it. Ever.

Prince and Hip Hop go together like diarrhea on a stick.

Sound like it too.

Huxley said:

My Name Is Prince isn't really rapping though, is it, it's just shouting. Embarrassing shouting.

What about The P - that's not too bad, well aside from the misogynistic lyrics. The delivery is pretty good - for a Prince rap.

funky design
the P
face down
acknoledge me
days of wild

are all trax where he git some tight flow

bit from "sun, moon and stars"

He was bad, he was fresh
All the women say he was the best
He had money up 2 his neck
But it didn't mean a heck
The boy was in need of some diehard pussy
The kinda drawers that last
Heck-a-buff, good God, I wantcha
-Love or Money

Happiness in its uncut form
Is the feeling that I get in your warm, warm...
Happy's what I get when we do what we do
Happiness, mama, is being with U ... good Lord
-Girls n Boys


{Poem by Edward Lear titled "The Table And The Chair"}
rap by Sheila E on It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night

I.
Said the Table 2 the Chair
"U can hardly be aware
How I suffer from the heat
And from chilblains on my feet"
"If we took a little walk
We might have a little talk
Pray let us take the air"
Said the Table 2 the Chair
(Can't nobody fuck with us {repeat})

II.
Said the Chair unto the Table
"Now U know we are not able
How foolishly U talk
When U know we cannot walk"
Said the Table with a sigh
"It can do no harm 2 try
I've as many legs as U
Why can't we walk on 2?" (Say...)

III.
So they both went slowly down
And walked about the town
With a cheerful bumpy sound
As they toddled round and round
And everybody cried
As they hastened 2 their side
"See! The Table and the Chair
Have come 2 take the air"
(Paris, y'all, can't nobody...) (Say it y'all)

IV.
But in going down an alley
2 a castle in the valley
They completely lost their way
And wandered all the day
Till, 2 see them safely back
They paid a Ducky-quack
And a Beetle, and a Mouse
Who took them 2 their house

V.
When they whispered 2 each other
"O delightful little brother
What a lovely walk we've taken
Let us dine on Beans and Bacon"
So the Ducky, and the leetle (Say it, y'all)
Browny-Mousey and the Beetle
Dined, and danced upon their heads
Till they toddled 2 their beds

Good God, uh! -It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night


If your body needs water, keep dancin'
Cuz U oughta keep the blood flowin' down 2 your feet
Brother Maurice'll be 'round in a minute
With a bucket filled in it - squirrel meat
The blood real good if U drink it real fast
But the aftertaste just lasts and lasts
So if U kiss somebody, U wanna party all night

Superfunkycalifragisexy,

See, if U do 2 much, your skin'll be sensitive 2 the touch
The first person that touch U, U wanna fuck
U take 'em 2 your crib and U tie 'em 2 a chair
And U make funny faces till they get real scared
Then U turn on the neon, then U play with yourself
Till U turn 'em on
-Superfunkicalifragisexy


Talk 2 me lover, come and tell me what U taste
Didn't your mama tell U life is 2 good 2 waste?
Did she tell U Lovesexy was the glam of them all?
U can hang, U can trip on it, U surely won't fall
No side effects, the feeling last 4ever
Straight up, it tastes good, it makes U feel clever
U kiss your enemies like U know U should
And then U jerk your body like a horny pony would
U jerk your body like a horny pony would
Now run and tell your mama about that!
-Alphabet St by Cat
[Edited 7/24/09 14:01pm]

ElCapitan said:

Yeah he did good here... And in Gett off.
Thanks Good examples. Its Cool' Discussing it.

Aside from Days of Wild, I think his most solid effort is the Big City Remix of Good Life.

I always liked Now but never contemplated Girls and Boys, and that is probably his earliest rap.