WHICH songs does Prince appear on in the Exodus and Gold Nigga albums?

mrdespues said:

All of them.

really? wow. more importantly, which songs does he sing or play guitar on?

ALL OF THEM

no way! he plays guitar and sings on all! wow i must be missing out! i gotta get this shit! cool...thanks.

All of them.
Though he mostly only sings backing vocals, with Tony M rapping lead on Goldnigga, and Sonny T singing lead on Exodus. He is a bit more obvious on Exodus though, with most of the tracks being sung by Sonny & Prince (under the pseudonym Tora Tora) simultaneously.

mrdespues said:

if U don't have it yet, U shouldn't miss 1800-new funk..I like it so much, if U're sad, it gets U in the right mood..

BorisFishpaw said:

Yeah. For example, on 'Count The Days', Sonny sing low and P sing high.

mrdespues said:

Prince wrote all of the songs (with possible contributions by Tony & Sonny), & there4 played &/or sang on all of them. What he exactly did & where is up 2 ur ears...

Technically, the 4 NPG albums can b considered as Prince albums, & it's the same with The Time's 1st 3 albums, Madhouse, Jill Jones, the Family, Sheila E's 1st 2 albums, Eric Leeds 1st album, Vanity & Apollonia 6, Mavis Staples's 1st album, Mayte, Carmen Electra, Chaka's Come 2 My house & (as co-arranger & co-per4mer...) Larrys's GCS 2000. Prince composed, arranged, recorded & produced all these records as he did his "own"...

BorisFishpaw said:

Goldnigga, Exodus, NPS, and that one that was supposed to be out the same time as High, though no official tracklist was ever confirmed as far as i know. i think it was mostly just High leftovers.

BorisFishpaw said:

According 2 the NPGMC website discography, "The War" was officially considered an album. So eye count it as bein' 1 (& by the way, it's only 4 minutes shorter then Dirty Mind & ONA...)

Exodus is the shit.

you can keep Goldnigga.

Exodus is an amazing record. Overlooked in the scheme of things in the 90's.

i randomly came across Goldnigga in a store near Purdue, and i love it! Anybody know where to find exodus? (besides online)

EXODUS RULES. At first I didn't like it because I couldn't find the songs between all the damn sieges. Even the ones that were not marked as sieges were still skits. But once I listened to it from start to finish and embraced the interludes as part of the music experience I loved it. And I wouldn’t want it any other way. I would rather listen to the exodus album in its entirety than simply the songs on there own.

It’s full of great songs….
Cherry Cherry
Good life
The Exodus has begun
Big fun
Get wild
Count the days (and there just the ones I can remember right now)

Actually the only song I can live without was that jazzy instrumental ‘NewPower Soul’ (Not my thing). I didn’t like Hallucination rain, but it grew on my (great guitar solo / ending)

And it also created some brilliant outtakes. I wished they invented the 2 hour CD because if there was we may have been blessed with an Exodus album with…

Acknowledge me (NPG version)
Superhero
Outta space
It takes 3
Slave to the system (Funky 59 second version)
Mad
Funky design
Love thy will be done
Proud Mary

Wow, that would of ruled.

I like Exodus a lot, though it does have too many segues.
I mean, some of the segues have segues! what's up with that?
But segues aside, it's definitely the best NPG album.

Originally, Exodus was going to have a 2nd CD/cassette that you would be able to send away for called 'New Power Soul'. It would've featured a lot of the tracks that never made it onto the released album. Unfortunately this never materialized, and Prince used the title for the next NPG album anyway.

The tracks/sequence for this original version of 'New Power Soul' is unknown, but it is likely to have included most of the outtakes from 'Exodus' like; 'Super Hero','The Funky Design','Mad','Slave (2 The System)','Acknowledge Me','Love: Thy Will Be Done','Proud Mary'.'It Takes 3' & 'Funky'.

There were about 3 or 4 configuration of that album.

I’ve actually heard a siege that was left off (actually I’ve heard lots but this one is the most interesting) It’s like an alternative ending. After those girls serve Sonny the ‘Spooky soup’ they get together again and ask weather he ate it all. Then an announcers voice says ‘To find out what happens to our heroes, buy ‘New power soul’. Available soon on NPG records.’ or something like that. It confirms what you say about the album you send off for.

Don't forget the version of 'Hallucination Rain' that's over 11 minutes long.

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Goldnigga is appalling,all pseudo gangster posturing. I can sum it up simply...Tony M. Exodus However is terrific fun, lively and sponataneous. It ain't art but it does exactly what it's supposed to and thats to get your feet moving. NPS well that's the polar opposite of Exodus, plastic and contrived. Finally theres the Kamasutra project which i found rather directionless and boring.

giotto said:

I like the album version better, more intense in the second part. The long version is somewhat lacking...kinda boring actually.

Exodus is brilliant. Picked it up when it came out and never had any regrets. There are only two songs I tend to skip, Get Wild and New Power Soul the rest is great. Unlike other folks I still love the segues and think the album wouldn't be the same without. I mean that in a positive way ofcourse.

WildheartXXX said:

So art can't be entertaining as well? Interesting...besides, I haven't heard another album that sounds even remotely like Exodus, so I say it's definitely original and artistic.

giotto said:

YES!!! That extended electric violin solo is just about
crazy enough to give you a mental orgasm.

EvilSkittle said:

Yes art can be interesting, maybe it came across wrong. I would consider Mothership Connection and several other Parliament albums to be works of art. Exodus is a blast but it's not on that level.

giotto said:
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Don't forget the version of 'Hallucination Rain' that's over 11 minutes long.

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never heard of that version!
how was it released, on a CD-single?
Hallu'Rain is great...something special

Thanks for your comments, guys...

Looks like I'll have to get my hands on Exodus and I will probably give Gold Nigga a miss.

(I already have NPS and Kama Sutra and really, those are Prince albums more than NPG anyway, which is why I asked about Exdodus and Gold Nigga as I wasn't sure about them)

Thanks!

Though Goldnigga does have 'Johnny' and 'Black MF In The House' on there. Worth having just for them, cracks me up! Especially Prince's redneck impression in Black MF.

mrdespues said:

I think you'd be absolutely nuts to give Goldnigga a miss.

I highly recommend you get this album, particularly the first edition containing the track 'Guess Who's Knockin'' since later editions omit this.

Exodus is cool but, in my opinion, Goldnigga is the superior album both in musical and lyrical content (and this is coming from someone who thinks Tony M is quite appalling).
Moreover, it is hard-edged funk and the musicianship is excellent. Look out for a (brief) track titled 'Oilcan' - you'll thank me for it.

Don't let others dissuade you from making this essential purchase.


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Gold Nigga and Exodus both are good albums in their own right. Wouldn't want to miss out on guess who's knocking, Deuce and a quarter and Johnny. Exodus is totally different.

Am listening to both now (sequential)...

Tracklists for both albums;

Goldnigga

1. GOLDNIGGA (part 1) 3:12
2. GUESS WHO'S KNOCKIN' 3:25 (only on initial pressings)
3. OILCAN 0:43
4. segue 0:16
5. DEUCE & A QUARTER 3:19
6. segue 0:22
7. BLACK M.F. IN THE HOUSE 5:09
8. GOLDNIGGA (part 2) 2:52
9. GOLDIE'S PARADE 2:23
10. segue 0:36
11. 2GETHER 5:32
12. segue 0:46
13. CALL THE LAW 4:17
14. JOHNNY 10:20
15. segue 1:14
16. GOLDNIGGA (part 3) 2:38


Exodus

1. npg operator intro 0:34
2. GET WILD 4:34
3. segue 0:38
4. dj gets jumped 0:23
5. NEW POWER SOUL 4:10
6. dj seduces sonny 0:39
7. segue 0:43
8. COUNT THE DAYS 3:25
9. THE GOOD LIFE 5:49
10. CHERRY, CHERRY 4:45
11. segue 0:19
12. RETURN OF THE BUMP SQUAD 7:20
13. mashed potato girl intro 0:21
14. segue 3:01
15. BIG FUN 7:27
16. new power day 3:49
17. segue 0:15
18. HALLUCINATION RAIN 5:49
19. npg bum rush the ship 1:41
20. THE EXODUS HAS BEGUN 10:06
21. outro 0:35
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