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Thread started 08/31/09 9:03pm

Jamzone333

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Does anyone think that Prince assisted Ledisi with her "Turn Me Loose" CD

http://www.amazon.com/gp/...IMR88REBYY

I don't know if this has been discussed already, but there are several tracks that could be Prince inspired..they were on Leno together.. cool cool cool
"A united state of mind will never be divided
The real definition of unity is 1
People can slam their door, disagree and fight it
But how U gonna love the Father but not love the Son?
United States of Division"
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Reply #1 posted 08/31/09 9:08pm

musiclover44

And, she performed at Coachella with him.
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Reply #2 posted 08/31/09 11:53pm

Jamzone333

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musiclover44 said:

And, she performed at Coachella with him.


I have heard the entire CD and it sounds like Prince has put his foot in this CD, so to speak; even down to the remake of "Changes" from Jimi Hendrix.nod
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"A united state of mind will never be divided
The real definition of unity is 1
People can slam their door, disagree and fight it
But how U gonna love the Father but not love the Son?
United States of Division"
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Reply #3 posted 09/01/09 1:14am

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I don't hear any Prince touches. The rhythm section especially doesn't sound like P.
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Reply #4 posted 09/01/09 8:43am

Wowugotit

It's not a good album.
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Reply #5 posted 09/01/09 10:16am

kookooman73

Very much doubt it as he isnt even mentioned in the credits/thankyous. Seeing as she was in the band however brief you would have thought he would of got a shout out at the very least I wondered if they`d fallen out!!
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Reply #6 posted 09/01/09 10:19am

Graycap23

I don't hear any Prince on this cd.
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Reply #7 posted 09/02/09 5:32pm

Jamzone333

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kookooman73 said:

Very much doubt it as he isnt even mentioned in the credits/thankyous. Seeing as she was in the band however brief you would have thought he would of got a shout out at the very least I wondered if they`d fallen out!!



Listen, in the past, Prince was involved with alot of projects that you didn't hear about his involvement until years later. I personally didn't know that Prince had written the first lyrics to "Bad" by MJ. I think that he has had some involvement with Ledisi's CD.
"A united state of mind will never be divided
The real definition of unity is 1
People can slam their door, disagree and fight it
But how U gonna love the Father but not love the Son?
United States of Division"
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Reply #8 posted 09/02/09 6:00pm

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who? eek
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Reply #9 posted 09/02/09 6:43pm

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He wasn't mentioned in the credits from what I saw in the commercial. Isn't she part of the Honey Collective that he's been hanging with recently?
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Reply #10 posted 09/03/09 3:02am

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Graycap23 said:

I don't hear any Prince on this cd.


You may have heard MPls sound as Jam and Lewis helped produce the CD!

Ledisi: Now I have a band I use in D.C., and the singers are from Oakland, and I also have a horn section from Baltimore, and it’s even more fun calling cues. What I do with the music, and what I think most performers should do, and I’m not saying they don’t, but the newer era that’s coming up have to study even more. How the greats did it, like James Brown, and Prince, and the Motown era, all those people did steps and moves and everything. I’ve studied that, and now I’ve incorporated that into my set. I watched how the greats do it, and I’m thinking “Wow! I need to do that more”. I did it a little bit in my beginning, but now it’s really a big thing. It’s my style. I come out doing dances, and the shimmy dresses, and rockin’ in high heels. You remember the old Ledisi, she wouldn’t have heels on too long. Now I wear them the whole show.


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Reply #11 posted 09/03/09 4:02am

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Jamzone333 said:

I personally didn't know that Prince had written the first lyrics to "Bad" by MJ.


Well that's just not true.

Michael wanted Prince to duet with him on "Bad". Prince said no. That's it. He most certainly did not write any lyrics.
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Reply #12 posted 09/04/09 5:24pm

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Militant said:

Jamzone333 said:

I personally didn't know that Prince had written the first lyrics to "Bad" by MJ.


Well that's just not true.

Michael wanted Prince to duet with him on "Bad". Prince said no. That's it. He most certainly did not write any lyrics.



I watched a tribute to Michael when an insider stated that Prince wrote the opening lyric to "Bad". I had heard about the duets years ago, but not about the lyric. Prince has even mentioned the duet.
"A united state of mind will never be divided
The real definition of unity is 1
People can slam their door, disagree and fight it
But how U gonna love the Father but not love the Son?
United States of Division"
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Reply #13 posted 09/04/09 8:59pm

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Jamzone333 said:

Militant said:



Well that's just not true.

Michael wanted Prince to duet with him on "Bad". Prince said no. That's it. He most certainly did not write any lyrics.



I watched a tribute to Michael when an insider stated that Prince wrote the opening lyric to "Bad". I had heard about the duets years ago, but not about the lyric. Prince has even mentioned the duet.


I don't know who the insider is/was, but that is definitely not true. Prince did reference the 1st line stating that he wasn't going to sing that to Michael, and he (MJ) certainly ain't gonna sing it to me.
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Reply #14 posted 09/05/09 10:46pm

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ladyleap2u said:

Jamzone333 said:




I watched a tribute to Michael when an insider stated that Prince wrote the opening lyric to "Bad". I had heard about the duets years ago, but not about the lyric. Prince has even mentioned the duet.


I don't know who the insider is/was, but that is definitely not true. Prince did reference the 1st line stating that he wasn't going to sing that to Michael, and he (MJ) certainly ain't gonna sing it to me.



Gotcha. Now I understand. Thanks for the info!!!!!
"A united state of mind will never be divided
The real definition of unity is 1
People can slam their door, disagree and fight it
But how U gonna love the Father but not love the Son?
United States of Division"
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Reply #15 posted 09/06/09 12:23am

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I love Ledisi, but I'm not feeling her latest album. I didn't expect it to be as good as Lost & Found, but it seems totally different and I'm just not getting into it.

If Prince did have a hand it, I can't really say I think it helped things.
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Reply #16 posted 09/06/09 11:21pm

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Superstition said:

I love Ledisi, but I'm not feeling her latest album. I didn't expect it to be as good as Lost & Found, but it seems totally different and I'm just not getting into it.

If Prince did have a hand it, I can't really say I think it helped things.



I know it sounds different, but I love this CD!!!
"A united state of mind will never be divided
The real definition of unity is 1
People can slam their door, disagree and fight it
But how U gonna love the Father but not love the Son?
United States of Division"
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Reply #17 posted 09/07/09 6:28am

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didnt prince do a song called turn me loose that he had been playin live
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Reply #18 posted 09/07/09 7:02am

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khemseraph said:

didnt prince do a song called turn me loose that he had been playin live


He premiered Turn Me Loose on Jay Leno and a studio version was released to a radio station. The studio version is quite good.
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Reply #19 posted 09/07/09 6:21pm

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khemseraph said:

didnt prince do a song called turn me loose that he had been playin live



I guess that was the entire reason why I thought that Prince could possible be involved with this project of Ledisi's new CD since he and Ledisi were on Jay Leno performing his version of Turn Me Loose....
"A united state of mind will never be divided
The real definition of unity is 1
People can slam their door, disagree and fight it
But how U gonna love the Father but not love the Son?
United States of Division"
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Reply #20 posted 09/07/09 7:23pm

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Considering Ledisi isn't a Latina barbie doll or a bushy haired mulatto, I would assume that Prince had no part in her CD despite her signing with him for several performances. She did say in an interview that one of the ballads was Prince-like. That's about it.

"On the lead single, "Goin' Thru Changes," which she likens to a "sexy Prince-like ballad," she sings about infidelity."

The full article explains why this albums sounds so different.

http://www.reuters.com/ar...C620090725
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Reply #21 posted 09/07/09 10:12pm

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bellanoche said:[quote]Considering Ledisi isn't a Latina barbie doll or a bushy haired mulatto, I would assume that Prince had no part in her CD
What it is bellanoche? biggrin Damn, that's kinda fucked up. razz
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Reply #22 posted 09/08/09 9:15am

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bellanoche said:

Considering Ledisi isn't a Latina barbie doll or a bushy haired mulatto, I would assume that Prince had no part in her CD

What it is bellanoche? biggrin Damn, that's kinda fucked up. razz

lol Hey blackguitaristz, am I lying? The track record speaks for itself. Tamar was truly the exception, and her album never saw the (official) light of day. Just stating facts as I have observed them. wink
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Reply #23 posted 09/08/09 4:57pm

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bellanoche said:

blackguitaristz said:


What it is bellanoche? biggrin Damn, that's kinda fucked up. razz

lol Hey blackguitaristz, am I lying? The track record speaks for itself. Tamar was truly the exception, and her album never saw the (official) light of day. Just stating facts as I have observed them. wink



Yall are so cold-blooded..let's give Prince the benefit of the doubt lol maybe he helped Ledisi in light of the Tamar non-official CD release. But on one of the tracks "Changes" it sure could be old boy playing guitar....
"A united state of mind will never be divided
The real definition of unity is 1
People can slam their door, disagree and fight it
But how U gonna love the Father but not love the Son?
United States of Division"
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Reply #24 posted 09/09/09 3:13am

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bellanoche said:

blackguitaristz said:


What it is bellanoche? biggrin Damn, that's kinda fucked up. razz

lol Hey blackguitaristz, am I lying? The track record speaks for itself. Tamar was truly the exception, and her album never saw the (official) light of day. Just stating facts as I have observed them. wink

I know....I started to mention Tamar but then I thought like u mentioned, her album didn't get released for whatever the reason.
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Reply #25 posted 09/09/09 4:09am

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blackguitaristz said:

bellanoche said:


lol Hey blackguitaristz, am I lying? The track record speaks for itself. Tamar was truly the exception, and her album never saw the (official) light of day. Just stating facts as I have observed them. wink

I know....I started to mention Tamar but then I thought like u mentioned, her album didn't get released for whatever the reason.


that wasn't for him not trying though.
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Reply #26 posted 09/09/09 4:09am

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Jamzone333 said:

Superstition said:

I love Ledisi, but I'm not feeling her latest album. I didn't expect it to be as good as Lost & Found, but it seems totally different and I'm just not getting into it.

If Prince did have a hand it, I can't really say I think it helped things.



I know it sounds different, but I love this CD!!!


co-sign... i was just listening to this yesterday all day.
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Reply #27 posted 09/11/09 5:26pm

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lezama said:

Jamzone333 said:




I know it sounds different, but I love this CD!!!


co-sign... i was just listening to this yesterday all day.



I don't know, I just really dig the vibe on this CD. I mean, I loved "Lost and Found", but in this CD she has switched it up a bit and I love the groove to this CD here... cool cool
"A united state of mind will never be divided
The real definition of unity is 1
People can slam their door, disagree and fight it
But how U gonna love the Father but not love the Son?
United States of Division"
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Reply #28 posted 09/18/09 9:42pm

Harlepolis

Now that you've mentioned it hmmm

Them Changes sounds right up Mr.Nelson's alley nod
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Reply #29 posted 09/20/09 11:25pm

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Harlepolis said:

Now that you've mentioned it hmmm

Them Changes sounds right up Mr.Nelson's alley nod



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"A united state of mind will never be divided
The real definition of unity is 1
People can slam their door, disagree and fight it
But how U gonna love the Father but not love the Son?
United States of Division"
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