klick2me said:

I was reading an article about the passing of Frank Dileo today and it mentioned that P and Frank worked together on a few projects. Does anybody know what these projects were? R.I.P. Frank. Klick

He advised Prince during the D&P era

lwr001 said:

klick2me said:

I was reading an article about the passing of Frank Dileo today and it mentioned that P and Frank worked together on a few projects. Does anybody know what these projects were? R.I.P. Frank. Klick

He advised Prince during the D&P era

Yes, which was one of the reasons why this was the 2nd most successful period in his entire career. He had Prince out there doin' work all over the place and promoting himself and the music as if he actually cared about it. As bland as I felt a LOT of the D&P era was (and don't even get me started on Tony M.), I was still glad to see him be as successful as he was at the time.

Ya know, I'm wondering if Prince felt like he had something or struck a chord back then because of his inclusion of Tony in his music. Like if he thought, "I'm getting hip again because I added a cool rapper of Tony's calibre to my band. Tony's tha shit!!!!"

Yes,he hired Frank as a consultant to make sure that 'Diamonds And Pearls' was a huge success.Prince was frustrated at that point.He saw that Michael Jackson's albums were having five or six hit singles and he wanted the same.

Prince was also working with frank on the Symbol album! But after some differences (choice of singles) Frank was fired. Frank wanted "7" to be the 1st single....What a shame! The symbol Album could have been so big! Back in the day it was a perfect follow up to D&P. I always thought, that Symbol was better than D&P.

Now, after all those years i think both albums are really great, real mainstream records for the masses!

misiu said:

Prince was also working with frank on the Symbol album! But after some differences (choice of singles) Frank was fired. Frank wanted "7" to be the 1st single....What a shame! The symbol Album could have been so big! Back in the day it was a perfect follow up to D&P. I always thought, that Symbol was better than D&P.

Now, after all those years i think both albums are really great, real mainstream records for the masses!

Warners also wanted "7" to be the first single.They felt that it was the strongest choice and they were probably right.The song that Prince chose ("My Name Is Prince") only became a minor hit but "7" reached the Top 10.

SoulAlive said:

misiu said:

Prince was also working with frank on the Symbol album! But after some differences (choice of singles) Frank was fired. Frank wanted "7" to be the 1st single....What a shame! The symbol Album could have been so big! Back in the day it was a perfect follow up to D&P. I always thought, that Symbol was better than D&P.

Now, after all those years i think both albums are really great, real mainstream records for the masses!

Warners also wanted "7" to be the first single.They felt that it was the strongest choice and they were probably right.The song that Prince chose ("My Name Is Prince") only became a minor hit but "7" reached the Top 10.

Sexy M.F. came out months before My Name Is Prince.

djThunderfunk said:

SoulAlive said:

Warners also wanted "7" to be the first single.They felt that it was the strongest choice and they were probably right.The song that Prince chose ("My Name Is Prince") only became a minor hit but "7" reached the Top 10.

Sexy M.F. came out months before My Name Is Prince.

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ufoclub said:

djThunderfunk said:

Sexy M.F. came out months before My Name Is Prince.

true

I have to admit, though, that Sexy M.F. was more like a teaser, coming approx 1/2 a year before the album, and that My Name Is Prince, technically was/is considered the album's lead single.

I was just being contrary...

ufoclub said:

djThunderfunk said:

Sexy M.F. came out months before My Name Is Prince.

true

Interesting...didn't know that.

Interesting. Thanks for the info ppl.

klick

misiu said:

Prince was also working with frank on the Symbol album! But after some differences (choice of singles) Frank was fired. Frank wanted "7" to be the 1st single....What a shame! The symbol Album could have been so big! Back in the day it was a perfect follow up to D&P. I always thought, that Symbol was better than D&P.

Now, after all those years i think both albums are really great, real mainstream records for the masses!

I agree. the symbol album misfired because of single selection. When I first heard the album I felt there were alot of potential hits on there (as far as radio is concered). I agreed with frank. Although 7 was'nt a conventional choice, I felt that it was one of the catchiest (melody wise).

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I always thought My Name Is Prince is one of his weakest songs. Sexy MF and 7 are way catchier.

WinterIsComing said:

misiu said:

Prince was also working with frank on the Symbol album! But after some differences (choice of singles) Frank was fired. Frank wanted "7" to be the 1st single....What a shame! The symbol Album could have been so big! Back in the day it was a perfect follow up to D&P. I always thought, that Symbol was better than D&P.

Now, after all those years i think both albums are really great, real mainstream records for the masses!

I agree. the symbol album misfired because of single selection. When I first heard the album I felt there were alot of potential hits on there (as far as radio is concered). I agreed with frank. Although 7 was'nt a conventional choice, I felt that it was one of the catchiest (melody wise).

"The Continental" and "And God Created Woman" definitely should have been singles.

"The Morning Papers" was a poor choice.It's a very mediocre song.

SoulAlive said:

WinterIsComing said:

I agree. the symbol album misfired because of single selection. When I first heard the album I felt there were alot of potential hits on there (as far as radio is concered). I agreed with frank. Although 7 was'nt a conventional choice, I felt that it was one of the catchiest (melody wise).

"The Continental" and "And God Created Woman" definitely should have been singles.

"The Morning Papers" was a poor choice.It's a very mediocre song.

Good taste soul alive. "And God Created Woman" is probably one of my favorites on the album

WinterIsComing said:

SoulAlive said:

"The Continental" and "And God Created Woman" definitely should have been singles.

"The Morning Papers" was a poor choice.It's a very mediocre song.

Good taste soul alive. "And God Created Woman" is probably one of my favorites on the album

I bought the Sexy MF video and it also had sample videos of what was to come from that album. Out of all the samples, And God Created Woman was never released. It looked like it was gonna be a good video.

klick

klick2me said:

WinterIsComing said:

Good taste soul alive. "And God Created Woman" is probably one of my favorites on the album

I bought the Sexy MF video and it also had sample videos of what was to come from that album. Out of all the samples, And God Created Woman was never released. It looked like it was gonna be a good video.

klick

Hecks YEAH! That is my jam! I really love that song! I had no clue a video would have been released? That would have been awesome! Now that I think about it "The Symbol Album" is much a better album to me than "Diamonds and Pearls". It's exceptional! Back to the topic on hand; I think Frank Dileo was a good manager, and I am glad he helped him out on "D&P".