A fantasy speculation & Lovesexy borrow thread

All Black with a little Peach

December 1987 Cancelled

Blue Tuesday

Funk Bible - the New Testament

Sheila E. Birthday Party Music

Black Market Buy

How did U get your hit??

Spooky Electric

Black album Outtakes?

1. Le Grind
2. Cindy C.
3. Dead On It
4. When 2 R In Love
5. Bob George
6. Superfunkycalifragisexy
7. 2 Nigs United 4 West Compton
8. Rockhard In A Funky Place

Ce soir, la chante all night long

Maybe we'll unlock the secrets of your mind

My nickname's Hellzapoppin', I'm badder than the wicked witch

Their bodies shiver at the mere contemplation of penetration
B-O-B, spell the shit backwards, what's it say?
Specially designed 2 make U do the do

These are "come-and-fuck-me" pumps (Who, Robert?)

Or a reason 2 believe there's a God above

So, U found me
Good, I'm glad
This is Prince - the cool of cools
Some of U may not know this, but some of U may know
Some of U may not want 2 know
We are here 2 give U service
Please don't try 2 stop us 4 we come regardless
4 we are as strong as we are intelligent
So come vibe with us
Funk Bible - the New Testament

Basic tracks were recorded on 10 December, 1986 at Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA (the day after 2 Nigs United 4 West Compton). The track, along with Bob George and 2 Nigs United 4 West Compton, was recorded for a birthday party Prince was hosting for Sheila E. on 11 December, 1986. It is likely that the low voiceover in the song's introduction was added later (starting with "So U found me, good..." and ending with "So come vibe with us / Welcome 2 the Funk Bible / The new testament"), as it clearly serves as an introduction to the album. It is known that he completed work on the album in early October, 1987 at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA, which is probably when this part was recorded.

1. Le Grind

So, U found me
Good, I'm glad
This is Prince - the cool of cools
Some of U may not know this, but some of U may know
Some of U may not want 2 know
We are here 2 give U service
Please don't try 2 stop us 4 we come regardless
4 we are as strong as we are intelligent
So come vibe with us
Funk Bible - the New Testament

People get ready
Nouveau dance here
All the girls and all the boys get close
Have no fear (Have no fear)

We're gonna do the grind y'all, uh
Gotcha where I wantcha
And girly, it's go'n feel so good (So good)
Up and down, up and down on the beat y'all
Like a pony would, pony would
Le Grind

All the boys grab a girl
Get down on the floor, ooh
This funky beat's gonna show U
Gonna show U what your hips are made 4, uh (Nouveau)
Grind - come on (People)
People, it's much 2 late, it's much 2 late 2 be shy
London, what does Big Ben say?
"Time 2 do the grind"
No hear U, say - "Time 2 do the grind"
Le Grind

Baby, I gotcha where I wantcha now
I gotcha where I wantcha, wantcha
Ce soir, la chatte all night long {"2night, sing it all night long"} {x2}

(Grind) {repeat in BG}
Hey pretty mama with the long hair
Is that your boyfriend? Huh, I don't care
Cuz I can do, mm, said I can do tricks he could never do
When I get naked, we'll see the real U (Aah!)
Am I gettin through?
I got U where I wantcha (Baby)
(Baby, baby)
Piano man, put it where it feel good

Grind {x4}
Le Grind, grind {x2}

(Woo!)
This party, this party is gonna last all night
When I give the cue - scream, alright?
Party (Party) {x2}
U say it - party (Party)
Clap your hands double time

All the boys say - "Yeah, yeah" (Yeah, yeah)
All the girls say - "Oh yeah" (Oh yeah)
Now all U others say - "Hell yeah" (Hell yeah)
2 sexy - grind, grind
(I guarantee)
Not yet Boni

Grind {x3}
Le Grind
Grind {x2}
Le Grind

People get ready
Nouveau dance here
Girls and boys get close
Have no fear (Grind)
Doin' the grind, doin' the grind in here
(Put it where it feels good)

(Hey yeah)
I do believe that we've truly touched on something nouveau
(La, la, la, la, la…)
Come on
Am I in the right place? (Don't move)
Woo! Are U sure, baby?
Are U sure I'm in the right place? (Don't move, don't move)

(Grind) {repeat}
Come on (Yeah)
Girl, put it where it feel good (Hey)
Not there, not there (What'd U say?)
Put it where it feels good
Slow down, uh
Slammin'!
Le Grind

Up and down, up and down feels so good
Up and down, up and down like a pony would
Up and down, up and down feels so good
Up and down, up and down like a pony would (Like a pony would)
Like a pony would (Like a pony would)
Like a pony would
Le Grind, uh
Slammin'!
Grind, grind
(Serve it up, Frankie) (Thank U)
Slammin'!
Le Grind
(2 fine – look at him)
Put it where it feel good
{Crowd noise}
Grind

People get ready
People - nouveau dance here
People get ready
Doin' the grind up in here, up in here (Grind, grind)
(People, get ready)
Grind, grind
(Frankie, honey, U know U look good)
Le Grind, grind
Grind!

So Camille found a new color...

Time upon a once
There was a boy named Camille
Now this boy named Camille
didn't know how 2 feel.
Sometimes he was lonely
sometimes he was sad
but most times
he just took 4 granted
all the nice things
that he had.

Some people said they loved him
but Camille said
"Contempt!
Winter, Spring,
Summer, or Fall,
love is no good
unless it's felt by all"

So, naive & terrifically in need
Camille started looking for answers
His paintbrush the questioner,
his canvas the arena,
Camille set out to silence his critics.
"No longer daring" - his enemies laughed.
"No longer glam, his funk is half-assed...
one leg is much shorter
than the other one is weak.
His strokes are tepid,
his colors are meek."

So Camille found a new color.
The color black:
strongest hue of them all.
He painted a picture
called Le Grind --
hittin' so tall.
And then Cindy C --
THE vogue fantasy.
Horns & vocals 2 die 4.
Lollipops -- in yours!

Stroke after stroke callin' all others a joke.
Superfunkycalifragisexi.

Camille rocked hard in a funky place.

Stuck his long funk in competition's face.

Tuesday came. Blue Tuesday.
His canvas full, and lying on the table,

Camille mustered
all the hate that he was able.

Hate 4 the ones who ever doubted his game.

Hate 4 the ones who ever doubted his name.

"Tis nobody funkier -- let the Black Album fly."

Spooky Electric was talking, Camille started 2 cry.

Tricked.
A fool he had been.

In the lowest utmostest.

He had allowed
the dark side of him 2 create something evil.

2 Nigs United
4 West Compton.

Camille and his ego.

Bob George.

Why?

All these years of listening to Le Grind and I never really took note of the spoken part at the beginning.. Thanks for revealing that! I'm partially embarrassed, but it goes to show how many hidden depths there are to Prince's music!

Excellent album,

I still remember the cassette tape recording and later the boot vinyl LP I got in 1988..

Memories...

Share ur adventures in the underworld of finding you copy of the Black album pre1994 release

got mine on cassette back in 91 from DJ OVERDOSE at Record Time in Roseville.

This is the album that got me hooked. I was tripping on SOTT, then this dude I went to high school with, dropped me a cassette tape of the Black Album. I was lost. P's joints got me high. Awesome album for the time.

This

Please don't try 2 stop us 4 we come regardless

I remember my friend Jamie pulling up in the driveway to pick us up and we get in the car and she says "I have the secret Prince album". We were like "Yeah right!" She popped it in:

*New coat Huh?.....*

I borrowed that tape and she never got it back Mind you, my friend Jamie was into Ministry, Soundgarden and shit like that and between banging her head on the dash she would pump the Lovesexy album

I just wore that tape into the ground

1988 I went to an 'urban' store called All Day Sunday in the mall

I'm walking around and I hear this music that has that distinct 1982-1987 Prince sound/feel/vibe

I had everything out there as far as Prince & proteges were concerned and for a min thought he had a new protege band because that was 100% Prince sound

Then the owner announces over the system that we are listening to the unreleased Black Album by Prince

my heart dropped, shopping at that moment NO LONGER MATTERED, I wandered the store listening to the music, realizing at that moment that almost all my morals and standards were being tested.

What would I not do to get a copy of that???

I finally left anxiety just all over the place sad excited frustrated etc etc

I call up my friend William and told him what happened, he said he knew the owner and we could get a couple of copies. I went and bought Maxwell GOLD tapes 100 mins and gave Will one of them, by the next day I had my own copy of the infamous Black Album by Prince

After hearing all of the hoopla about the Black Album and trying to see the hidden message in the "Alphabet St" video, I was seriously jonesing for this thing. I was only 14 when "Lovesexy" dropped, so I really didnt know where the hell to get a copy. I heard Kurt Loder say that bootleg copies were selling at swap meets in Europe for hundreds of dollars, and I just had to have one. No way I was going to Europe, so I grabbed the yellow pages and started calling all of the "mom and pops" stores listed. I called everybody! "Do you have Prince's Black Album?" A lot of them had no idea what I was talking about and put me on hold while they checked their inventory, but a few knew what I was talking about. I got responses like "I wish" and "Nobody has that shit!" One dude gave me his phone number and told me that if I found a copy, call him!

There was a store called "Off the Record", right around the corner from San Diego State University. The girl told me they had two copies, but already sold them. I was devastated. The last store I called was "Blue Meanie Records" in El Cajon, CA. I asked if they had it and the girl laughed at me. She said "We don't carry bootlegs but if you come visit us, you wont be disappointed. Got it?" I begged my father, BEGGED him to take me there...and he did. When we pulled up outside, my dad said "What the fuck is this?" This record store was BIZARRE...well, to us anyway. There were tons of windows, but each was covered with paint. There were Blue Meanies and Beatles, David Bowie's half dog picture from "Diamond Dogs" (?), a lot of Satanic looking stuff...my dad looked at me like I was insane. When we went inside, it only got worse. Loud, loud, loud death metal playing, nothing but white folks and they all looked like punk rockers and skinheads. I was terrified to speak to anyone, so I just went to the "P" section to search for Prince and...HOLY SHIT!!! This was my first experience with bootlegs and they had a TON of shit, all on vinyl. I damn near wet my pants. I totally forgot about the Black Album as I was out of my mind. Never saw it, so I grabbed "The Regent of First Avenue", the 03/21/87 show from the Ave. When I went to pay for it, the girl behind the counter looked at it, looked at me and said "Did you call me earlier about the Black Album?" I said "Yeah." She walked away...when she came back, she handed me my first copy of the Black Album, on vinyl.

That was the summer of 1988...I didnt leave my room for like a week.

One of my favs Got my copy on CD earlier this year Obviously don't have a cool story like you guys But it was hard to find

InternationalLover82 said:

One of my favs Got my copy on CD earlier this year Obviously don't have a cool story like you guys But it was hard to find

Yeah cuz you would have been 5 when it first started circulating!

I got into Prince late 2004 then summer 2005, I had the majority of his albums and went in search of the infamous 'Black Album'.

Thanks to a record fayre at my Old man's work I was given a copy of a bootleg vinyl, which used the image of the U got the look cover. Loved it on first listen although agree with reviews that the songs didn't have much structure to them like anything he did prior to that, but I didn't care I was still enjoying listening to it to no end.

Then I managed to get the official CD ('94) from ebay and realised that the vinyl I had was sped up.

Couple years later I thought I had come across the real deal original CD (which to this day don't know if there is one?) which had the paisley park logo indented over the back but actually featured All my dreams and the original Old friends 4 sale (durrrr!) and I have another vinyl lurking around which also features the two extra tracks.

I actually love the fact it never got released cause there wouldn't be half as much infamy without it. Just would've been cool if it had been released that it would of had the double treatment along with Lovesexy. One can only imagine

Now i'm off to go and put it on the iPod

StonedImmaculate said:

After hearing all of the hoopla about the Black Album and trying to see the hidden message in the "Alphabet St" video, I was seriously jonesing for this thing. I was only 14 when "Lovesexy" dropped, so I really didnt know where the hell to get a copy. I heard Kurt Loder say that bootleg copies were selling at swap meets in Europe for hundreds of dollars, and I just had to have one. No way I was going to Europe, so I grabbed the yellow pages and started calling all of the "mom and pops" stores listed. I called everybody! "Do you have Prince's Black Album?" A lot of them had no idea what I was talking about and put me on hold while they checked their inventory, but a few knew what I was talking about. I got responses like "I wish" and "Nobody has that shit!" One dude gave me his phone number and told me that if I found a copy, call him!

There was a store called "Off the Record", right around the corner from San Diego State University. The girl told me they had two copies, but already sold them. I was devastated. The last store I called was "Blue Meanie Records" in El Cajon, CA. I asked if they had it and the girl laughed at me. She said "We don't carry bootlegs but if you come visit us, you wont be disappointed. Got it?" I begged my father, BEGGED him to take me there...and he did. When we pulled up outside, my dad said "What the fuck is this?" This record store was BIZARRE...well, to us anyway. There were tons of windows, but each was covered with paint. There were Blue Meanies and Beatles, David Bowie's half dog picture from "Diamond Dogs" (?), a lot of Satanic looking stuff...my dad looked at me like I was insane. When we went inside, it only got worse. Loud, loud, loud death metal playing, nothing but white folks and they all looked like punk rockers and skinheads. I was terrified to speak to anyone, so I just went to the "P" section to search for Prince and...HOLY SHIT!!! This was my first experience with bootlegs and they had a TON of shit, all on vinyl. I damn near wet my pants. I totally forgot about the Black Album as I was out of my mind. Never saw it, so I grabbed "The Regent of First Avenue", the 03/21/87 show from the Ave. When I went to pay for it, the girl behind the counter looked at it, looked at me and said "Did you call me earlier about the Black Album?" I said "Yeah." She walked away...when she came back, she handed me my first copy of the Black Album, on vinyl.

That was the summer of 1988...I didnt leave my room for like a week.

Great story.

I didn't start listening to Prince until 1996 and I think I got the official version of the album in early 1997 so I don't have any cool stories about tracking down the bootleg versions.

StonedImmaculate said:

After hearing all of the hoopla about the Black Album and trying to see the hidden message in the "Alphabet St" video, I was seriously jonesing for this thing. I was only 14 when "Lovesexy" dropped, so I really didnt know where the hell to get a copy. I heard Kurt Loder say that bootleg copies were selling at swap meets in Europe for hundreds of dollars, and I just had to have one. No way I was going to Europe, so I grabbed the yellow pages and started calling all of the "mom and pops" stores listed. I called everybody! "Do you have Prince's Black Album?" A lot of them had no idea what I was talking about and put me on hold while they checked their inventory, but a few knew what I was talking about. I got responses like "I wish" and "Nobody has that shit!" One dude gave me his phone number and told me that if I found a copy, call him!

There was a store called "Off the Record", right around the corner from San Diego State University. The girl told me they had two copies, but already sold them. I was devastated. The last store I called was "Blue Meanie Records" in El Cajon, CA. I asked if they had it and the girl laughed at me. She said "We don't carry bootlegs but if you come visit us, you wont be disappointed. Got it?" I begged my father, BEGGED him to take me there...and he did. When we pulled up outside, my dad said "What the fuck is this?" This record store was BIZARRE...well, to us anyway. There were tons of windows, but each was covered with paint. There were Blue Meanies and Beatles, David Bowie's half dog picture from "Diamond Dogs" (?), a lot of Satanic looking stuff...my dad looked at me like I was insane. When we went inside, it only got worse. Loud, loud, loud death metal playing, nothing but white folks and they all looked like punk rockers and skinheads. I was terrified to speak to anyone, so I just went to the "P" section to search for Prince and...HOLY SHIT!!! This was my first experience with bootlegs and they had a TON of shit, all on vinyl. I damn near wet my pants. I totally forgot about the Black Album as I was out of my mind. Never saw it, so I grabbed "The Regent of First Avenue", the 03/21/87 show from the Ave. When I went to pay for it, the girl behind the counter looked at it, looked at me and said "Did you call me earlier about the Black Album?" I said "Yeah." She walked away...when she came back, she handed me my first copy of the Black Album, on vinyl.

That was the summer of 1988...I didnt leave my room for like a week.

UPTOWN!! Man that was a story,

I was feeling this thing with u

#1

Er...I believe the lyric is

'Ce soir..la Chatte...all night long'

Chatte is French for ''Pussy'!

This seems a lot more likely to me considering the subject matter is 'Le Grind'......

This is one of my favourite albums, it's vastly underrated imo.

I just love the rawness, rudeness and funkiness of it....it's also highly addictive, like the drug Prince was allegedly on at the time and singing about in Dead on It.....

StonedImmaculate said:

After hearing all of the hoopla about the Black Album and trying to see the hidden message in the "Alphabet St" video, I was seriously jonesing for this thing. I was only 14 when "Lovesexy" dropped, so I really didnt know where the hell to get a copy. I heard Kurt Loder say that bootleg copies were selling at swap meets in Europe for hundreds of dollars, and I just had to have one. No way I was going to Europe, so I grabbed the yellow pages and started calling all of the "mom and pops" stores listed. I called everybody! "Do you have Prince's Black Album?" A lot of them had no idea what I was talking about and put me on hold while they checked their inventory, but a few knew what I was talking about. I got responses like "I wish" and "Nobody has that shit!" One dude gave me his phone number and told me that if I found a copy, call him!

There was a store called "Off the Record", right around the corner from San Diego State University. The girl told me they had two copies, but already sold them. I was devastated. The last store I called was "Blue Meanie Records" in El Cajon, CA. I asked if they had it and the girl laughed at me. She said "We don't carry bootlegs but if you come visit us, you wont be disappointed. Got it?" I begged my father, BEGGED him to take me there...and he did. When we pulled up outside, my dad said "What the fuck is this?" This record store was BIZARRE...well, to us anyway. There were tons of windows, but each was covered with paint. There were Blue Meanies and Beatles, David Bowie's half dog picture from "Diamond Dogs" (?), a lot of Satanic looking stuff...my dad looked at me like I was insane. When we went inside, it only got worse. Loud, loud, loud death metal playing, nothing but white folks and they all looked like punk rockers and skinheads. I was terrified to speak to anyone, so I just went to the "P" section to search for Prince and...HOLY SHIT!!! This was my first experience with bootlegs and they had a TON of shit, all on vinyl. I damn near wet my pants. I totally forgot about the Black Album as I was out of my mind. Never saw it, so I grabbed "The Regent of First Avenue", the 03/21/87 show from the Ave. When I went to pay for it, the girl behind the counter looked at it, looked at me and said "Did you call me earlier about the Black Album?" I said "Yeah." She walked away...when she came back, she handed me my first copy of the Black Album, on vinyl.

That was the summer of 1988...I didnt leave my room for like a week.

This is such an amazing story. Back when music fans actually looked out for each other. It sounds like it really didn't matter what was blaring through the speakers, there was respect for the love of music no matter if it was death metal or Funk

Cindy C.

Yeah!

This song's about a high-class model over in Paris, France (Oh Cindy C.)
If I get a camera, tell me will U dance? (Will U play with me?)
If I take a picture in the middle of the night (Oh Cindy C.)
Will U funk with me, sugar? (Will U funk with me?)
Say it's alright, come on (Say it, say it)

CHORUS:
(Cindy C., play with me)
(I will pay the usual fee)
Ah Cindy C. (What's it gonna be?)
Will U play with me? (What's it gonna be?)
(Cindy C., play with me)
(I will pay the usual fee)
Ah Cindy C. (What's it gonna be?)
I'll pay the fee (Cindy C.)

Super-fine heifer, U're so bloody vogue (Super fine)
I knew U would be trouble (trouble, trouble) from the word go (go, go)
I'll give U 7 sips of elderberry wine (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
Maybe we'll unlock the secrets of your mind

CHORUS

The passion's in the mix (Serve it up, Sheila)
Drink it quick Cindy – shit!
Where'd U get that beauty mark?
Baby, U and I should be undressing

Don't all girls look the same?
They don't? Oh, what a shame
Cindy, Cindy - I'll pay the usual fee
What's the matter, don't U like me?

(Poppy, tell me what it's all about)

I'm talkin' 'bout a long crucial leg

(Cindy C. – listen 2 me)

Girl, if I have 2 beg

(She's so tired)

I'ma see U in your birthday suit 2night

(Look at me)
(She doesn't look as good as I do)

I'm sure U're quite intelligent

(U think she does, but think again)
(See? How 'bout that?) (Ha, ha, ha)

A whiz at math and all that shit
But I'm, I'm a tad more interested in flyin' your kite 2night

(Look at her, she can't even walk in those shoes)
(I can walk better than that)
(She can't even dance)
(I would put somethin' on her she ain't never seen before)

Baby, is that alright?

(Cindy C.)

Oh Cindy C., will U play with me?
I'll pay the usual fee

2 organ solos 2 go

Oh Cindy C. {repeat}
(Yeah)

Oh Cindy C., will U play with me?
Oh Cindy C., I will pay the fee
Ah Cindy C., will U play with me?
Ah Cindy C., I will pay the fee

Help me! (Ah shit)
Uh!

Excuse my savoir-faire
But baby, I'm dyin' 2 take U everywhere (Oh yeah?)
I wanna show U 2 my friends (Ha ha ha)
Because baby, U're the living end (Tell me now)
Baby, U have a debt worth winning
I can feel your ice is thinning
Like a frozen pond in spring (Woo)
Your furry melting thing awaits me (Ah)
Your furry melting thing awaits me and my 6-string
(Oh Cindy C., will U play with me?)

(Cindy, where are U?)
Come on Cindy (Oh my God)
Come on Cindy (Wait)
Don't U wanna play with me? (Uh yes, no, wait)
Don't U wanna play with me? (Yes)
What's the matter with me, Cindy? (Nothing)
Ahhh!

Shockadelia!

Oh Cindy C., won't U play with me?

{Rap from "Music Is The Key" by J.M. Silk}
Music is the key 2 set yourself free
From depression, drugs and increasing poverty
The key is 2 the lock, the lock is on the door
The door has a knob that U never turned before
The jack, use the jack, it opens up the lock
Cuz there's the key 2 unlock the body
Place it like that 2 open up the door
The door 2 the house 4 the people galore
The beat won't stop till the J.M. jocks
And he jacks the box till the party rocks
The clock tick-tocks and the place gets hot
And believe it or not, all the troubles U forgot
It's just that easy if U want it 2 be
4 all the fellas and the young ladies
So ease your mind and set yourself free
2 the mystifying music that we call Cindy C.

Oh Cindy C., won't U play with me?
Oh Cindy C.

While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracks were recorded in March, 1987 at Prince's Galpin Blvd Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA (during the same set of sessions that produced Dead On It and Nine). After "The Black Album" was initially canceled, the track was broadcast on December, 1989 as part of The New Power Generation Radio Show, hosted by Prince (under the name Me, Myself and I) and Robin Power, Ingrid Chavez and Levi Seacer, Jr.

The track's title refers to supermodel Cindy Crawford. Cat's rap in the song (later reused in an unreleased version of Positivity), was taken from J.M. Silk's 1985 track Music Is The Key, although Prince was unaware of this at the time (he removed it from Positivity when he found out, but it is included here as a quote from Cindy C. as Prince was unaware of its origins at the time of its use).

TheFreakerFantastic said:

Er...I believe the lyric is

'Ce soir..la Chatte...all night long'

Chatte is French for ''Pussy'!

This seems a lot more likely to me considering the subject matter is 'Le Grind'......

thanks, it's a cut n paste from a lyrics site

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

InternationalLover82 said:

One of my favs Got my copy on CD earlier this year Obviously don't have a cool story like you guys But it was hard to find

Yeah cuz you would have been 5 when it first started circulating!

Actually like 2

"Cindy C" is pretty funny, particually the bit where he begs her to play with him LOL.

Made by yours truly for my ipod!

Nice, I love fan made covers

I want to get a picture of Prince and the Lovesexy band and put them all in black

{Rap from "Music Is The Key" by J.M. Silk}

Music is the key 2 set yourself free
From depression, drugs and increasing poverty
The key is 2 the lock, the lock is on the door
The door has a knob that U never turned before
The jack, use the jack, it opens up the lock
Cuz there's the key 2 unlock the body
Place it like that 2 open up the door
The door 2 the house 4 the people galore
The beat won't stop till the J.M. jocks
And he jacks the box till the party rocks
The clock tick-tocks and the place gets hot
And believe it or not, all the troubles U forgot
It's just that easy if U want it 2 be
4 all the fellas and the young ladies
So ease your mind and set yourself free
2 the mystifying music that we call Cindy C.