I liked him too on the albums. I just hated him live. Studio wise he sounds fine

When you listen to the New Power Genreation 12" mixes... he was way better than TC Ellis.

I witnessed the Prince D&P concert in Hamburg in Germany in 1992.

Tony M. was terrible, shouting his lines out during this concert..

But I like his deep voice on record, Gett Off, Tony is cool in the song and in the video... I can agree to that. In Sexy MF too. Yes, imho...

But oh dear how he, Tony M., ruined a lot of the Hamburg show...

ufoclub said:

TC Ellis, I have one vinyl 12 inch (the title I believe is "Miss Thang" or something like that),

One of the track mixes includes a Sign "O" The Times sample (from the SOTT song),

And I liked (likes) this mix/ and the song a lot.

I haven't heard this in many years, but I remember that I liked it a lot back then, I can't judge TC Ellis, I have never heard any other songs than this only 1.

I don't no if TC E. has released an album..?

Gett Off is cool.


Live 4 Love, the Tony M rap is awful, what a shame... it's not good (the rapping), its ruining an otherwise great song.

Just take a listen to Live 4 Love, in the Live Video, on the Diamonds & Pearls music dvd.

Awful.

I think his voice on Live4Love on record etc actually fitted quite well as did Willing & Able. Personally I think his work on the 2nd NPG Album is actually his best.

His studio recording contributions were a product of that era and mainly worked well on the material.

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batman89 said:

Fair points listed above...his studio recording contributions aren't offensive to the track...it's his live performance bell ringer type delivery that ultimately works against him. I recall the 92 newspaper review pointing his muffled breathless lyrics being the only downfall of an otherwise stellar show.

Favourite Tony M line = "I'll sink ya like a ship, Poseidon........adventure"

Queue Captain from Peach & Black.......

I'd agree - live he could be excruciating but I quite liked his bits on the likes of Gett Off, Willing & Able, Sexy MF and The Max.

I also like Goldnigga - funky fun little album.

dodger said:

I'd agree - live he could be excruciating but I quite liked his bits on the likes of Gett Off, Willing & Able, Sexy MF and The Max.

I also like Goldnigga - funky fun little album.

Totally agree, I thought I was almost alone in liking this album. It is Funky with humour and some great horn riffs by the NPG.

Willing and Able

The rest .... BANG BANG

He was utter shite, everyone knew it......except Prince.

I don't see how you can like most Prince music, but have a real problem with Tony M. Prince is often just as whack as Tony M, if you think about it.

NorthC said:

ufoclub said:

When you listen to the New Power Genreation 12" mixes... he was way better than TC Ellis.

That's not saying much.

It damn sure ain't

Junglehop

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starkitty said:

you listen to schoolly d in Australia? well, can you tell me what PSK means??

I do! My favorite Schoolly D album is 'Am I Black Enough For You?' Oh and PSK... Park Side Killas

PSK was my first vinyl album. Bought it in 1985 (or was it 86?). Until then I had only bought cassette albums.

Scholly D dissed Prince on record. I think it was either on Am I Black Enough For Ya or on some other album.

All his cover art was mostly designed by himself. He´s pretty good at graffiti lettering and drawing characters.

On the studio recordings, he has an interesting approach on rap, a musical approach if you will, he puts in triplets, syncops, delays... It doesn't qualify as rap, but he was an interesting vocal sidekick on D&P and Love Symbol. I always considered him being an extension of Prince's musical palette.

Live, it's atrocity personified, the guy simply loses it and yells frantically.

I always felt sorry for Boni, another example of stage fright resulting in poor live performances when compared to the records. When Prince gave her some bars to ad-lib, it always resulted in pointless screams and scales.

But hey, it's Prince, and you're on stage with him. I'd probably shit my pants.

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