This post cracks me up... not sure why. Its just funny! I never really thought all that much about Tony M. I guess thats reason enough to remove him from your life.


David

I definitely want some of your Tony M-less remixes!~

steven.anthony@themusictionary.com

ernestsewell said:

According to the video version of Clockin the Jizz, in a bathroom at First Avenue. Wonder who was checkin out who's stash?

Hatman said:

They said they were in Purple Rain. Are they the three or four guys on the catwalk during The Time's sets?

ernestsewell said:

yeah that's them..I'm listening to your remixes now...very nice editing

SavonOsco said:

Thank you. The only slightly tricky one is "My Name Is Prince". I can still finesse that a bit more I think.

ernestsewell said:

It's almost the same as the actual radio edit version..2 the 9's is 10 times more enjoyable without him in it.Her voice was panned to the left so it was easy to take him out back then..again good job..think I'm going to go edit Q-tip out of Chocolate Box tomorrow..lol

Wow!! I didn't realize Tony M. was on so many tracks til I read your post....

SHOCKADELICA1 said:

And it's SO much nicer w/o that fucker in the songs.

Yeah, edit out Tony M's raps but leave Prince's because he's a good rapper.

Fauxie said:

I never said that. But if it's a toss up, I'd take Prince any day over Tony.

ernestsewell said:

Ask GOOD QUESTION, or were they called QUESTION GOOD.

ernestsewell said:

I guess so. I'd rather be stabbed in the face than in the heart.

TC Ellis used to manage this 14 yr. old kid we were producing, one day he challenged the kid to freestyle, Tony was there too. The 14 year old kid shredded them both lol. The funny thing is me and my homies werent the least bit shocked lol.

Real hatred is timeless.

No hatred, annoyance and very real. Just hanging out he's pretty chill, not as obnoxious as you might think lol.

I did something similar once, i just grabbed D&P and and removed any and all songs where Mr M. appearead. The only exception being 'Gett Off' cause i can tolerate his one line in that, all the rest.. gone.

I was left with one decent album with lots of nice slow jams, opposed to two otherwise mediocre ones.

I hate that era.

cborgman said:

He's the Garrison Keillor of rap.

squirrelgrease said:

On a serious tip. What is Tony M up to these days.

Marrk said:

Check your Org notes.

ernestsewell said:

FYI: www.law.com/prince/sues/mixmeister

squirrelgrease said:

Sneaky way to post a URL.

Tony M ruined my high school days, but I survived. I was at the opening night of the Act II tour and when I heard that the Game Boyz were left home, it was one of the greatest gifts I ever received
When the "NPS" album came out some years later, it was so crappy that I even missed Tony M...

not hard to imagine how much better those tracks are without Tony M. what was he thinkin'...

Your thread reminds me of a thread that I was thinking of starting so it gives me a great opportunity to ask the question here. Please forgive me if I am hijacking your thread.

Like you and others, I have edited or modified Prince's work to fit my personal tastes or liking. For instance, rarely do I listen to random songs and prefer to listen to songs as a part of the album. But, for me, listening to the album includes the b-sides. Also, I have taken parts of Come, and a couple of songs from Crystal Ball, and have added them to The Gold Experience, using articles and interviews to compile what I think The Gold Experience was originally meant to be. Even now, I have combined Lotusflow3r and MPLS into one album, adding one song from Elixir and "F.U.N.K."

However, once we have made these edits or modifications, is it fair (for lack of a better word) to recommend that album to someone who will not be able to get or experience the album in the same manner? This is not a question about my our your personal tastes, per se, but more about how we discuss art that we have modified with people who will not be privy to those modifications. Though I have a great deal of bootleg material, I never share (copy and distribute) officially released work. So for someone to experience Lotusflow3r/MPLS as I am, they would have to purchase both albums, rearrange them as I have, and add "F.U.N.K."

Additionally, from a purely objective point of discussion, how objective or fair would it be to discuss, compare, or rate a modified album against something by another artist that has been released during the same period? Since I have modified Lotusflow3r/MPLS, how would I engage in an objective discussion of the work that I enjoy in relation to a work by someone else that was released the same year? If I'm discussing with someone the top albums of the year, which Lotusflow3r/MPLS do I list--the official release or my modified version? My favorite cousin likes to joke, "You can't have a debate with a Prince fan about Prince's best album or song because they always throw something in yo' face that you have never heard." So, if you are recommending Diamonds and Pearls or The Symbol Album to someone who has never heard them, which versions will you recommend?

Now, I am going to like what I like, but I always feel a bit disingenuous about recommending an album to someone when what I have is not what they will be able to get. Again, I apologize if I have hijacked your thread, but the detail of your work (edits) prompted me to raise this question.

1725topp said:

Copy and Paste all of that and start another thread....

Hatman said:

Yep. That's a shitter at First Avenue.

dolorespark said:

I saw him on the local news after the Vikings picked up Brett Favre. They interviewed him, his spouse and his little girl after the first Favre game as the crowd was leaving. They put "Tony Mosley" up on the screen, but no mention about his "fame". Just a guy-on-the-street interview more or less. The whole family was dressed in Vikings jerseys.

Maybe he saw the news cameras and pushed some people down to get the screen time, but I'm only speculating.

By the way, nice mixes Ernest.

SavonOsco said:

Actually those are good questions, and you really should start a thread w/ that in it. Reference this thread, but definitely start a new one. Might be a good topic.