Maybe I'm a little behind, but on the Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic 1999/2000 concert DVD, there is an interview with Macy Grey.

Did P ever collaborate with Macy Grey?

I'm not sure if they got that far. I remember seeing her storming out of Paisley Park in tears, with a friend. Maybe at one of the celebrations?

SchlomoThaHomo said:

I'm not sure if they got that far. I remember seeing her storming out of Paisley Park in tears, with a friend. Maybe at one of the celebrations?

Macy Grey is one of the wildest, most creative and most original R&B artists of her generation. One could say Janelle Monae is the Macy Gray of the 2010's.

IDK why Macy never collaborated with Prince but it's a pity because God could it have been great!

Cassandra Wilson played for both of them if I ain't mistaken.

SchlomoThaHomo said:

I'm not sure if they got that far. I remember seeing her storming out of Paisley Park in tears, with a friend. Maybe at one of the celebrations?

She was definitely at one of the Celebrations. (The first one, I believe.)

She even performed on his birthday. I remember her singing Happy Birthday & I was thinking 'He ain't gonna like this.'

I also remember them posting something on Love4OneAnother or whatever his site was at the time saying 'Macy Gray is a great big teddy bear' or something like that.

It was a definite missed opportunity whatever happened. However Macy admits she was completely effed up during a lot of her early appearances, so that could've prevented it also.

BTW it's GrAy.

With an 'A.'

Sorry, but calling her 'Grey' is driving me nuts.

I know there's a bootleg from Chicago, circa 2000/2001 where she performed with him, but I cant remember the name. Other than that, no colab that i know of.

And if she wrote "Gimme All Your Lovin..." about him...AWESOME!

UncleJam said:

I know there's a bootleg from Chicago, circa 2000/2001 where she performed with him, but I cant remember the name. Other than that, no colab that i know of.

And if she wrote "Gimme All Your Lovin..." about him...AWESOME!

I should have added an emoticon to show I meant it humorously, but looking at the lyrics, it could actually fit

erik319 said:

He played guitar on a track from the ID. The story goes that the producer came back to the studio to find guitar all over a track & when he asked Macy about it, she simply said 'Prince came by'.

And then it wasn't used?

erik319 said:

He played guitar on a track from the ID. The story goes that the producer came back to the studio to find guitar all over a track & when he asked Macy about it, she simply said 'Prince came by'.

Song & source, please.

Macy should release an album titles "Gray Goo" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_goo)

djThunderfunk said:

erik319 said:

djThunderfunk said:

Song & source, please.

If I'd have known that, I'd have posted it. As for source, google's your friend, but to be honest the story's been rattling around this place for years.

IF Google is my friend, THEN Prince did not play guitar on any tracks on The Id.

IF Prince did play guitar on a track on The Id, THEN Google is not my friend, or, Google does not know about it. Neither does princevault.com.

I've never seen this story rattling around this place, nor can I find it, that's why I asked...

Anyone else able to shine light on this?

databank said:

erik319 said:

databank said:

And then it wasn't used?

Don't think so. Can't hear him on there myself, maybe there's a demo out there somewhere waiting to see the light of day!

A very few secret guest appearances have been revealed years after the songs had been released (Keep It Together or Get Satisfied for example) so who knows, but it's the first time I ever hear of this rumor concerning The Id.

It's a totally amazing record regardless, BTW :

databank said:

erik319 said:

databank said:

A very few secret guest appearances have been revealed years after the songs had been released (Keep It Together or Get Satisfied for example) so who knows, but it's the first time I ever hear of this rumor concerning The Id.

It's a totally amazing record regardless, BTW :

I love that album. In fact I love pretty much all of Macy's output. Oh and I got the wrong instrument! He is meant to play Piano on there, not guitar! Oops. Here's an interview with ?uestlove where he mentions it: http://citypaper.net/arti...hmir.shtml

"I’m in the dark with how the collab’s gonna work. Do I instruct Prince as to what his part is? Do we present the music and just let him play? Do we write? He’s in his uncredited phase. He just did the same thing on Macy’s record. I’m listening to something we did. I hear this piano. She turns and says, "Aw, Prince stopped by.""

Strange, the way he puts it, it's like it's on the record. Has anyone dug on this before?

djThunderfunk said:

erik319 said:

djThunderfunk said:

IF Google is my friend, THEN Prince did not play guitar on any tracks on The Id.

IF Prince did play guitar on a track on The Id, THEN Google is not my friend, or, Google does not know about it. Neither does princevault.com.

I've never seen this story rattling around this place, nor can I find it, that's why I asked...

Anyone else able to shine light on this?

Then your google's broke! Check out the link to a Questlove interview above It's definitely been spoken about on here/Housequake before, it's the only way I'd have known the story

Thank you for the Questlove link!

I would hope it's true and love to have some more details. Macy's a fav of mine, too!!

djThunderfunk said:

I remember she thanked him on her Id's album credits for "coming to see her". She has spurts of genius. I fucks with her most of the time. Coulda been interesting . You gonna shoot me, boy?

erik319 said:

djThunderfunk said:

Thank you for the Questlove link!

I would hope it's true and love to have some more details. Macy's a fav of mine, too!!

Veering slightly off topic, but have you heard BOB off the deluxe version of her latest album? It's hilarious! Only she (and Vanity) could get away with writing a love song to a vibrator!

No I haven't, but, I obviously NEED to...

Is the deluxe edition of The Way an exclusive to a particular retailer? I'm not seeing it on Amazon or Discogs.

djThunderfunk said:

erik319 said:

djThunderfunk said: Veering slightly off topic, but have you heard BOB off the deluxe version of her latest album? It's hilarious! Only she (and Vanity) could get away with writing a love song to a vibrator!

No I haven't, but, I obviously NEED to...

Is the deluxe edition of The Way an exclusive to a particular retailer? I'm not seeing it on Amazon or Discogs.

She's finishing it off as we speak (was meant to be out a couple of months ago). The latest update was that it'll be out by the end of this month.

Here's BOB. Not keen on the video but the song is pure crazy Macy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfmuUf-47M4

How how did previous threads here and on Housequake manage to decide that P's contribution had been edited out of The Id?

erik319 said:

djThunderfunk said:

No I haven't, but, I obviously NEED to...

Is the deluxe edition of The Way an exclusive to a particular retailer? I'm not seeing it on Amazon or Discogs.

She's finishing it off as we speak (was meant to be out a couple of months ago). The latest update was that it'll be out by the end of this month.

Here's BOB. Not keen on the video but the song is pure crazy Macy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfmuUf-47M4

Holy crap what did I just watch?!?!

This is way beyond Vibrator, or, maybe the video just pushes it over the top.

wow....

Thanks for the link, Erik! I didn't even know there was a new release pending.

That's messed up, though.

databank said:

erik319 said:

databank said:

How how did previous threads here and on Housequake manage to decide that P's contribution had been edited out of The Id?

Can't remember. I think probably because we can't say for definite what track(s) he's on?

Can't someone ask ?uestlove or Macy about this?

Macy Gray is repulsive, obnoxious, unattractive, and not very talented..

Why would P have worked with her?

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databank said:

SchlomoThaHomo said:

I'm not sure if they got that far. I remember seeing her storming out of Paisley Park in tears, with a friend. Maybe at one of the celebrations?

Macy Grey is one of the wildest, most creative and most original R&B artists of her generation. One could say Janelle Monae is the Macy Gray of the 2010's.

IDK why Macy never collaborated with Prince but it's a pity because God could it have been great!

He wasn't latching himself onto up-and-coming names in Macy's heyday. He was still hitching his wagon to washed up acts. It was before the transition.

databank said: