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BartVanHemelen

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Gerardo "Rico Suave" Mejía describes what it's like partying with Prince

http://www.rollingstone.c...211?page=2

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What's the most surreal experience you had as a result of "Rico Suave" blowing up?

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I remember opening up for Prince in Minneapolis for this big Special Olympics event. That day, I was hanging out with Warren Beatty and he said, "Hey, you want to go to Prince's afterparty?" So Warren and I went to Prince's house – the players of all players – and as we walk in, Prince was coming down the stairs. Do you remember the "Billie Jean" video where Michael Jackson is walking and the steps are lighting up? Prince was doing that in his house. That's the type of entrance that Prince was making. He came down and met me and after that, it was. . .well, you know what happens at those types of parties.

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I have no idea.

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Well. [Sighs] He went off into the studio with some friends and a couple of girls. Me and Warren were hanging out with a couple of girls. This was a private party with the elite of the elite. It wasn't like 400 people. Bobby Shriver was also there, so I was like, "Why am I hanging out with the Kennedy clan? What the heck am I doing here?" At the end of the day, I was just looking out for the finest girl there. That was my life for a long time.

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This is the event mentioned: http://www.princevault.co...ly,_1991-m

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See also http://prince.org/msg/7/408566 for more info.

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Reply #1 posted 12/11/14 10:59am

luvsexy4all

this basically says nothing

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Reply #2 posted 12/11/14 12:14pm

nextedition

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So the party was hanging out in a studio with a couple of people? falloff

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Reply #3 posted 12/11/14 12:56pm

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Reply #4 posted 12/11/14 11:49pm

Scarfo

sounds like a illuminati gathering to me.

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Reply #5 posted 12/12/14 12:21am

novabrkr

So Prince had a party and left the people invited to the party in order to go into his studio with some chicks and his band members?

Sounds exactly like what I've imagined "partying" with Prince would be like. I'd see a glimpse of him and then he'd disappear somewhere. I'd have to spend the rest of the night speaking with nobodies and some chicks that thought they might get laid with Prince lol

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Reply #6 posted 12/13/14 12:00pm

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BartVanHemelen said:

http://www.rollingstone.c...211?page=2

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What's the most surreal experience you had as a result of "Rico Suave" blowing up?

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I remember opening up for Prince in Minneapolis for this big Special Olympics event. That day, I was hanging out with Warren Beatty and he said, "Hey, you want to go to Prince's afterparty?" So Warren and I went to Prince's house – the players of all players – and as we walk in, Prince was coming down the stairs. Do you remember the "Billie Jean" video where Michael Jackson is walking and the steps are lighting up? Prince was doing that in his house. That's the type of entrance that Prince was making. He came down and met me and after that, it was. . .well, you know what happens at those types of parties.

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I have no idea.

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Well. [Sighs] He went off into the studio with some friends and a couple of girls. Me and Warren were hanging out with a couple of girls. This was a private party with the elite of the elite. It wasn't like 400 people. Bobby Shriver was also there, so I was like, "Why am I hanging out with the Kennedy clan? What the heck am I doing here?" At the end of the day, I was just looking out for the finest girl there. That was my life for a long time.

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This is the event mentioned: http://www.princevault.co...ly,_1991-m

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See also http://prince.org/msg/7/408566 for more info.

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[Edited 12/11/14 14:32pm]

I read this whole thing using a latino accent.

Thanks, Bart!

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Reply #7 posted 12/13/14 12:50pm

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novabrkr said:

So Prince had a party and left the people invited to the party in order to go into his studio with some chicks and his band members?

Sounds exactly like what I've imagined "partying" with Prince would be like. I'd see a glimpse of him and then he'd disappear somewhere. I'd have to spend the rest of the night speaking with nobodies and some chicks that thought they might get laid with Prince lol

razz lol

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

https://youtu.be/CVwv9LZMah0
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Reply #8 posted 12/13/14 3:00pm

rap

Prince, the player of all players?

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Reply #9 posted 12/13/14 5:43pm

Adorecream

Gerardo, he had like one hit and it was universally loathed as froth. Was he also mento Roser or that other Spanish type dude who had a hit back in 1990.

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Reply #10 posted 12/14/14 9:09am

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Lol I saw him on Celbrity Wife Swap a while ago. razz Weirdo!

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Reply #11 posted 12/15/14 1:03pm

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Adorecream said:

Gerardo, he had like one hit and it was universally loathed as froth.

I don't know about that, I have several of his albums/singles and he's continued to record up to this day, but most are in Spanish. Here's one of Gerardo's latter day singles


You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton
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Reply #12 posted 12/19/14 3:38pm

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"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

https://youtu.be/CVwv9LZMah0
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Reply #13 posted 12/19/14 5:43pm

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When he first blew up I loved his track, but I was a little kid, I don't know what adults thought of him. He remained pretty popular for a while, at least in the urban latino community, him and Vico C were two of the first rappers that I started listening to.

Change it one more time..
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Reply #14 posted 12/19/14 8:48pm

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I thought he was cool and funny in "Cant Buy Me Love". As for "Rico Suave"...I loved it...one of the funniest songs ever IMHO.

Make it so, Number One...
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