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Prince & George Clinton album

Was Prince behind George Clinton's album Hey Man Smell My Finger.
Some of the trax I believe sound very prince like in sound.
Anyway should Prince & George Clinton do an album together.
Imagine what it would sound like.
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Reply #1 posted 10/08/09 5:30am

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The only track on there with Prince input is The Big Pump.

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Reply #2 posted 10/08/09 9:17am

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Handcuffs said:

Was Prince behind George Clinton's album Hey Man Smell My Finger.
Some of the trax I believe sound very prince like in sound.
Anyway should Prince & George Clinton do an album together.
Imagine what it would sound like.

I don't think Prince was responsible for the album as a whole, but I also don't believe the accepted "official" stance that he only appears on Big Pump, either.
I believe... (and this is only what I hear as an obsessed fan of BOTH artists, not based on anything I've ever read or any "inside" knowledge) that Prince is sprinkled throughout the album (and Cinderella Theory, as well). George has often said of his various projects with Prince: "I sent him the tapes, he P'd on them, and sent them back." My guess is Prince added parts here and there and left it up to George to decide what to use and how to mix it. True, this is not his usual M.O., he (in)famously completely reworked Kate Bush's Why Should I Love You, far beyond her and her producer's wishes. But, with George, I believe he was starstruck from working with one of his heroes (as he would later be with Larry Graham), and was perhaps a little shy about second guessing the funk legend.

Regardless, he has played a couple of the tracks live (I particularly love the DNA Lounge interpretation of Get Satisfied), so if he didn't work on them, he at least covered a couple.

Speaking of Larry, I also don't believe Prince's true writing credits on GCS2000 are limited to co-writing Utopia with Larry. In my opinion it is obvious Love 4 1another, is a Prince track and likely several other songs are as well.

I remember when figuring out what was really Prince in disguise involved a lot of investigation with a healthy dose of speculation. It wasn't until later that we had the resources of Uptown, The Vault, the internet, to help clarify the mystery & confusion. All I'm saying is how do we KNOW that the information we have compiled via these and other sources is 100% accurate? I think it's close, but reckon there are still a few hidden or unknown appearances of Prince on other artists works.

As to what a collaboration would sound like? The known collaborations are: the remixes on the Tweakin' 12", We Can Funk from GB, Big Pump and Paradigm (on George's How Late Do U Have 2BB4UR Absent?). Also, George covered Erotic City on the PCU soundtrack/E.P.
I forgot We Do This on the aftershow disc of One Nite Alone... Live!
...and then there's some unreleased outtakes...I THINK I'm done now.
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Reply #3 posted 10/08/09 1:43pm

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agree with djthunderfunk. Prince has a hand in a lot of the paisley park releases of GC. u can hear him on Let's Get Funky for instance.

I think prince created the basic rhythm tracks and gave them to George's possee to build upon. I've heard some of Prince's demos, GC changed them up quite a bit though.

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