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The Funk and The Class - Prince & Sade
Initial tracking took place on 2 September 2005 at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, as Prince watched footage of Hurricane Katrina's effects on the city of New Orleans while listening to Sade's The Sweetest Taboo (from the 1985 album Promise, also released as a single), which became the acronym used for the song's title ("Sade's Sweetest Taboo"). "S.S.T." is also an acronym for "sea surface temperature", which can be used in forecasting hurricanes. Brand New Orleans, which is based around the final instrumental section of S.S.T., was recorded at the same session.
The song was first made available to stream on the Prince3EG Soundcloud account the week before, and was added to Tidal before the single release.
by Ryan Book Jul 1, 2015 11:21 AM EDT Many would consider Prince to be among them most influential R&B performers ever, and the music he produced within that genre as some of the sexiest of all time. The Purple One himself has taken a very different attitude in his new song however, declaring during "HARDROCKLOVER" that he's just what the title suggests. "Sade and Babyface / R&B ain't got no place," he sings. "Put some hard rock on / You better cover your ears 'cause you're 'bout to hear a woman just scream." Ooh, bold words. Surely he could have aimed his invective at Jason Derulo or Chris Brown...not our beloved Sade and Babyface? Either way, there are two ways to interpret the line "turn my guitar up so I can make this woman scream." Anyone who has listened to "Purple Rain" knows that the performer knows his way around six strings...but then again everyone familiar with the '70s knows that there's no symbol more phallic than an electric guitar.
[Edited 9/6/16 13:28pm] Always cry 4 love, never cry 4 pain. | |
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I was also under the impression that there was a youtue video recently that contained audio of Is It A Crime being performed with Prince at an aftershow. Som of his friends were on vocals. Always cry 4 love, never cry 4 pain. | |
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