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You can click any celebrities name to read ?uestlove's stories of meeting that person. I assume in this story, tip refers to Q-Tip.

Prince:

first convo ever

tip: i want you to meet the badde---
p: i know who this guy is....i love that video so funny
?:....uhhhh ... .....uugghh......ugugh..gg.g..g...
p and tip: huh?
?: ughgg g uggggg uuuuggggg
tip: he nervous....
?: um....wow....im just so ....like you be knowing who i be?
p: (confused glance at tip....)
tip: he is amazed you know he's alive...
?: yeah....um that.....u be knowing me and shit...oh im sorry....i mean you uguu

ugugugughgh....oh god imma cry.....uhmmmm....

tip: (gives me that "you blowing it look...just walk away)

?: um....imma go....

*walks away....tells date..."I FUCKED UP!!!! I NEED TO REDEEM MYSELF!!! SHOULD I RUN BACK?!?!?!"

--runs back 3 blocks....

runs downstairs....


lenny, tip, prince, kidadda jones and 3 other people are in a private room and im caught off guard like i just interuppted..


prince's bodyguards...

prince: noNO!!!! HE'S COOL!

?: hey..um....im sorry i dont wanna freak you out....its just really cool to meet my hero.

i just wanna say


"THE ROOM GETS SILENT"

---*13 secs....

"ummm........"dinner with delores was the greatest ending in post modern black rock history"......



tip: (hand over forehead)

*silence....


*leaves....

Morris Day:

the reunited time played at prince's house on grammy night.

the week after the will smith wall story and the night before dilla passed away.

dave erykah and i went.

while dave sat outside. me erykah wendy suzannah doyle and nikka sat to watch the show.

the time started Girl.

so they do this long shindig skit thang that ive never seen before on previous classic time shows but since the punchlines were so well executed i can only imagine that morris has been doing this as of late in the new version of the group.

jerome does this thing for all the ladies (prince's stage looks like a supper club that holds about 500 when packed. we were about 250.) to Rome is going across the room putting every celeb on the spot:

he started "morris we got ALOT of celebrities in the house!!!!....yeah yeah yeah morris i see....i see.....we got we got gabriel union with her fiiiiiiine self!"......who else we got? we got ......awww man! we got india ire in the house!!!!!.....i also see....aww man! lindsey lohan in the house....

he goes down the list

"mini me!"
"dave chapelle"
"christina agulara"

he's inching to my section and i KNOW what is about to happen and im cringing......

"naomi campbell yall!"
"jamie foxx"
"sheila e.!"
"alicia keys"


(skips me)

"nikka costa!"
"suzannah!"
"wendy!"
"john legazamo!"
"george benson"
"cee lo"
"erykah badu!!"

i woulda actually been cool with it if suzannah didnt tell me my body language had defeat written all over it when he skipped me.

i play it off....

but it did bother me on the low.

he called erykah to come up with them and sing girl (im actually shocked she knew that shit.....last time something like that had the potential to crash and burn was when prince pulled alicia from backstage and she didn't know 777....

i went on the tennis court cum cocktail reception area and rapped to dave for a lil and saw ommans of sa-ra defiantly smoking weed. i laughed at his nerve of doing something that p himself would call the cops for.

i also had a second quincy run in.


this time he shook my hand didn't know me from a can of paint.


a minute before i left i gave jimmy jam a pound and then out of the blue morris borderlined quincy'd me

"oh my goodness gracious. if this aint the baddest funkiest cat ever man!!!! give me some dap please!!!"

--i just knew he was talking to robin thicke or something....

then he said "?uest .....show me some love!"

wow!

whew!

we rapped for about 15 mins. he was actually shocked i was up on his skillz as a drummer.
we talked about the songs he played on "wild and loose" "the walk" "the stick"---even some prince joints (i forget what they were) but he a cool cat.

Wendy Melvoin:

i learned the best way to know all about your idols is to get close to those closest to em. i've known p for 11 years now and i aint learn nan a thing.

however it wasn't until i met the purple class of 84 that i learned all that Per Nielson didn't write.

3 short stories.


1. first night we met. in 2003

i was doing session work with nikka at jim henson studios and wendy was talking to rich and randy jackson and i walked in the breakroom and damn near dropped my juice usual suspects style.

i didn't wanna play myself infront of rich so i politely asked "can i borrow you for one second?"

i grabbed her hand and led her in my drum booth.

i hugged her silently for about 3 mins.

we didn't say a word.

and the fact she was so geeked to see me made it even weirder.

i just didn't know where to begin.

but i decided to play it cool. i know i HATE it when roots fans scream loud and make a big deal....i respond more when supporters just come to me on some normal cool shit.

so i composed myself and then it hit me...

i HAVE to end the war.

because of the $100,000 i wasted on "break you off" i stopped talking to D for about 2 years.

i called alan and handed wendy the phone.

they fawned all over each other and i asked al for d's number.

the anger we had for each other was beyond words. he had let me down and embarrassed me in front of my crew and label and that $100k was half my advance for the Phren album so i was salty as hell

dog...SHE brokered the peace talks!

it was beautiful. she singlehandedly ended the biggest war of neo soul. with a speech somewhere outta a sally field movie.

all was cool*





















*til the "really love" leak of 06---but we cool.


2. the origin of "chicken grease" is a command prince would give wendy to play a minor 7th chord in a soft 16th note rhythm in a funky manner---think the guitar solo on "Kiss" ("eye...thiinnkEYEwunnaDAAANNince"
chinga-linga-linga-linga-linga-linga-linga-ding din din din......-ding din din din.....-ding din din din...."WHOOOO!!!")


that "chinga linga linga part ---if that were loops? that would be "chicken grease". based on the chicken scratching of jimmy "chank" nolen of the JBs.

we were doing "annie" and i dont know what came over me....it was 84....the song faded and then i found myself (this was in soundcheck btw) saying

"good gawd" (smack)

(the above command is prince's most beloved musical command)

and then i couldn't believe it.....

"wendy.......chicken grease me"

changa lanaga langa langa langa langa langa langa.......


: )

heaven!

if pino is the spirit of james jamerson...wendy is chank ALL DAY.


3.

wendy asked me to father her child.

i was honored but declined.

[Edited 12/15/10 7:33am]

ufoclub said:

Woah, that last part!

I know, right?

what the hell!!!, Jeeze, would it kill these guys to go back to school and learn to write. I mean, serioulsy come on, I have a headache after reading that gibberish. You know P will be reading that as well and sighing!.

That'd be an interesting looking child... but talented as hell I'm sure...

funkyhead said:

what the hell!!!, Jeeze, would it kill these guys to go back to school and learn to write. I mean, serioulsy come on, I have a headache after reading that gibberish. You know P will be reading that as well and sighing!.

I wasn't going to be the one to say it, but...

protest. much. too. dost.

I couldnt even follow along all the broken English and all, is it just me??????

The funniest part to me is that in spite of all his challenges with the finer nuances of the English language...

...he still manages to throw around "post modern black rock" as if he got an A+ in Music Theory 101.

I'd like to know the when era of modern black rock was that resulted in Dinner with Delores being post modern.

Are you kidding me? You didn't include one of the best stories. Eddie Murphy and Prince skating story!!

funkyhead said:

what the hell!!!, Jeeze, would it kill these guys to go back to school and learn to write. I mean, serioulsy come on, I have a headache after reading that gibberish. You know P will be reading that as well and sighing!.

His public declarations of love for Prince, and just about anything Prince has wiped his ass with, borders on the pathological. A basic command of the English language is never going to be a priority.

kaine said:

Are you kidding me? You didn't include one of the best stories. Eddie Murphy and Prince skating story!!

Eddie Murphy

In response to "Eddie Murphy" by ZooTown74. 39 comments .

valentines 2005.

grammy weekend in la.

it was a great weekend for us. our grammy jam went BEYOND our expectations.

parties out the wazoo and my girl was with me and we were like two kids in a candy store.

that monday marked the end of the weekend and my manager was smart enough to make sure that jill's show coincided with the festivities.

rapheal sadiq was the opener and his set smoked. jill came shortly thereafter and backstage was like a list central. midway through her set i got a text from P's assistant (he never calls, he has assistant call first to tell you "he will call you". this time the text said that there was a rollerskating valentines party and invite some "cool" people.

confused about that last line i asked for clarification. cool meant my crew: mos, kweli, jill, erykah, com etc...

so i made some calls and truly realized how conservative my crew was...half them mofos was talking about "im tired". even after the show jill was like "im tired" and what the hell was kweli doing in bed before midnight?

don't answer that.

so backstage i saw alan leeds and figured id extend an invite to team sadiq. leeds cracked the door open and there was chris rock, sadiq and eddie. alan laughed like "you'd soon as see me in the grave for you see me in skates. im going to sleep"

rock was like "sheeeeeeeit i aint rollerskating with these knees"

sadiq: "dog im too old for that shit...."


i mean none of them saw the light!........all except.

murph: yo man...i think this is historical. i think i need to see if this cat can rollerskate. that is comic gold alone.

damn....he saw it the way i see it....i mean sure, my ex and i had an awesome valentines day and mr romance was in overdrive and what better way to end the night doing couples only rollerskating?---

but dog i went just so i could live to tell yall this story.


the rink was waaaaaaaaaaay out in glenside cali. and it was so empty i knew we had to wrong rink. until i saw dj rasheeda and her 3 girlfriends skating. they were so happy to see us like yay! more people!--i felt bad like i shoulda invited more people but rash told me this is how he rolls....like 12 is a crowd to him. im like "how can you dj with no energy....you know how hard it is to keep 12 people happy?--

the staff was even more hilarious cat napping in the back (it was 1am) i asked "how often does this happen?" the manager was like "he's paying for us to stay open until 4 so....what is your skate size?"

my ex and i did a good round alone for an hour. i told her just pretend that i rented this out. but then the more i thought about it the more i pondered "is this what i wanna aim for?" like the fame that isolates you? i mean jay does this family night stuff too but at least with him his fam of 25-30 is festive this is....scary. i mean the pizza concession guy looks like he should be studying for finals instead of watching a pizza rotate in the heated lamp umpteenth times.

come 2am we decided that maybe P changed his mind and we went back to get our shoes when suddenly


eddie comes in.


he whispered ventriloquist style "umm you just might wanna put those back on" i *winked* back.

sure enough p his then wife mel, larry g and his wife tina g and some friends i didn't recognize (im sure kids and grandkids...which struck me odd that i knew someone besides me that was allowed to be up after 2am on a school night and be under the age of 10.....but showbiz kids are like no other kids)


p had a large pulp fiction like briefcase in his hand and he hesitated to open it in front of me. so he walked over.


p: where is your phone?
?: my phone?
p: yeah i know you ahmir...where is it?
? (thinking he wanted to make a phone call) uh here?
p: (inspects the phone)....ok your coat is in coat check?
?: lol.....wait....you think imma record something? bwahahahahah
p: uh uh....coat check this phone....
?: awww man! what about HIS PHONE! (points at murph) that is Dr. True Hollywood Story)
EM: heeey man! don't point over here! my phone is in the car! (at this moment i was like "OH SHIT! I AM REALLY TALKING TO EDDIE MURPHY!!!!!!!" inside)

i sarcastically put the phone in coat check and wonder what the deal is.....i mean this man wears high heels and he dont want me to record him in skates? as if i wanted that footage?---


then he opens the briefcase.....


pulls out the most unique skates i ever seen in my life. they were clear skates that not only lights up but when you skate the friction of the wheels to the ground causes sparks to come into your trail....


sorta like the billie jean video for the skating generation.

he did a lap around the rink leaving a rainbow trail of light and sparks in his trail. and the nigga could skate!!!!!


murph caught up with me like

"imma get your phone for you....."

lol

This should be legendary.

wasted my whole day at work today reading every single one of these haha

Wendy asked ? to father her child! Amazing! I love these stories.

JudasLChrist said:

Wendy asked ? to father her child! Amazing! I love these stories.

HEAD ,

20000 pages

active Volcano

then he opens the briefcase.....


pulls out the most unique skates i ever seen in my life. they were clear skates that not only lights up but when you skate the friction of the wheels to the ground causes sparks to come into your trail....


sorta like the billie jean video for the skating generation.

he did a lap around the rink leaving a rainbow trail of light and sparks in his trail.

I know prince is extra but this is EXTRA EXTRA. That is very MJ esq, sounds like both had the little boy trapped inside the big man syndrome.

"?: um....wow....im just so ....like you be knowing who i be?
p: (confused glance at tip....)"

Maybe he looked confused because he wondered why in the hell an adult would talk like they're an illiterate imbecile when meeting someone for the first time? Especially when it's someone who has been such an influence in your life...