I had heard that before Prince signed George Clinton to Paisley Park he helped pay his hundred some odd thousand dollar tax debt off...Is this true? Anybody know the real story??

Michael Schumacker

ConsciousContact said:

huh?

Damn, I thought this thread was going to be about the time P pulled George out of the river. Remember that time?

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[This message was edited Fri Mar 21 12:11:04 PST 2003 by FunkMistress]

i thought this was gonna be about how prince saved george clinton's career.

but then i remembered george clinton's career is still shit.

FunkMistress said:

to tell ya the truth I was gonna write exactly that as the topic but George knows how to swim...He just puts on an XXL speedo cap before he gets in the water...

pejman said:

Eric Leeds said that Prince took out his check book and wrote out a check to pay George tax bill.

I am sure this act of kindness will not make it into the lasted tabloid book that is coming out about Prince.

I doubt Georgey would have done that for Prince:)

Rap, particularly Ice Cube, saved George Clinton. Pop Gun was all over the airwaves, The Cinderella Theory was not. George had the funk when Prince was still in diapers, if anything, Prince learned it from him.

Tom said:

you mean Bop Gun...

FunkMistress said:

Was that the time George jumped right in the water to
retreive the "SoulPsychodelicide" casette tape that
Prince had been listening to in his car, driving around
minesota and then threw out the window at the same
location he always throws his casette tapes of new and
original material out of the window into the river???

Tom said:

what is the relationship with Ice Cube and Prince now?

Gangsta rap in general saved George Clintons career He has 2 be one of the most sampled artists in that genre Snoop and Dre's material uses Clintons material liberally.

pejman said:

Pole position.

Rhondab said:

Them boys probably always gonna be cool...how did that Cube song go? sumthin like, bought a house in Minnesota right next door to Prince...plus P sampled Cube on the Good Life remix and Cube appeared on Paint the White house Black...hmmm to think one of my all time favorite rappers has been on a Paisley Park Production and an NPG also...coinkydink...

pejman said:

LOL my mistake. long day...

ICe Cube Directed Prince&Nona Gaye for the Song"Love Sign".anyway Prince Hooked George CLinton Up on the Tax Money but Musically they didn't work well together IMHO.Very Generic Funk-Lite at best IMHO.

Rap&Sampling truly did.James Brown was the Main Man in the Mid 80's then toward the late 80's P-Funk got Sampled like Crazy.thanks to De La Soul,Digital Underground,Dr.Dre,Ice Cube,Snoop Dogg,etc... they Brought George Clinton&Crew a Whole New Era of His Era&The Rest as they say is History.also Many Rappers gave it up for "Atomic Dog".that One Song alone was Clinton's Hall-Pass in the Hip-Hop Community For Life.

I read in the Newspaper about a year ago that Clinton filed bankruptcy in Florida.

Prince bailed Clinton out when he was experiencing financial problems.

He then signed him to Paisley where he released both 'The Cinderella Theory' and 'Hey Man ...'.

I haven't heard 'The Cinderella Theory' but I thought 'Hey Man ...' was quite a tight album. I still listen to it. As Gansta Rap was sampling Clinton to such an extent it was necesssary to include these rappers to repay the debt. This of course, necessitated a more electronic, contemporary production. 'Hey Man ...' does have some really strong songs on it, but Prince and clinton only collaborate on one song 'The Big Pump', so I don't think we can judge whether they 'worked' musically from that one composition, although I do think that Prince has appeared to gel better with Larry Graham and Chaka Khan.

I was always suprised by Prince's lack of involvement in Clinton's projects for paisley.

However, their most recent colloboration 'Paradigm' was very funky and pretty cool.

Hes always tried to give other artists & bands a piece of his success

mistermaxxx said:

I never knew that Cube directed the Lovesign video but this is very interesting info. I think I've only seen the video once. Just wondering where you heard this?

Mr7 said:

2 questions, 1 Can you give me more info about Paradigm? 2 Doesn't it seem like Prince may have been uncredited on other songs from Hey Man Smell My Finger because Lets Get Satisfied sure sounds like a Prince number as well as a few others?
[This message was edited Mon Mar 24 8:08:52 PST 2003 by pejman]

Prince made sure Clintons tax bill was paid,
Snoop doggy dogg made sure we remembered who he was.

I Love George Clintons music. From Parliament Funcadelic to his great solo album ‘Hey man…smell my finger’ Such an underrated LP.

Is George still big into drugs?

I can see him stil being a major stoner.

Maybe that has something to do with Prince not working with him much.

Larry of course is a total goofball, and Prince idolises him it seems.

I'm just glad he isn't in the band anymore, I don't think I could have handled seeing Tina fauning over her idol/husband in the front row again.

Friend of mine working a club said George showed up for a gig, and asked where can he get some crack. 2 years ago.

but THAT is HEARSAY. I don't believe it. He sure doesn't LOOK like he does drugs.

Prince helped rescue the Funk! He pay some tax bills and dropped an lp they went back on the road and the rest is history. And GC paid him back with a couple of uncredited singles that were hits for Prince.


As for as drugs most musicians use them don't kid yourselves. Prince ain't no saint.

pejman said:

Cube is Cool with Prince&was asked to Direct that Video.Ice Cube also Directed a Color Me Badd Video around late 93 early 94 as well.this was Before he Started Directing Movies.but He started with Music Videos.