He had a few moments where he just went off the rails into some deep dark areas (which I loved). For me it's the rape breakdown towards the end of Extraloveable. I'm disturbed by it every time yet I get chills. Hard to explain. Any others?

It didn't go down well with some 'fans' either. What was he thinking?

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Bob George

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sunset3121 said:

It didn't go down well with some 'fans' either. What was he thinking?

The song was not releashed to the public so he was not really thinking about we were going to think because we would not have been hearing the song.

Wasted Kisses

i agree... definitely the rape scene in Extraloveable...but i love it

I'm failing Purple 101 right now

There is a song released or unreleased, something from the 1982-1984 period... I thought it was on Extralovable

he is painting a little scene of man being pressured to do something by another man

he is saying something like Sir, I, I don't want to ...

khelm9 said:

He had a few moments where he just went off the rails into some deep dark areas (which I loved). For me it's the rape breakdown towards the end of Extraloveable. I'm disturbed by it every time yet I get chills. Hard to explain. Any others?

Hey Dez, don't U like my band? (Ooh ooh!) (Gotta, gotta say it loud)
Everybody, Brownmark say (Ooh!) (Everybody else sing it)
Brownmark, Brownmark say (Ooh ooh!) (Extra lovable)
I can't hear U, say (Ooh!)

This ain't just about your body, baby
It's about your mind (Ooh ooh!)
Come on and take the drop, baby
And spare some time (Ooh!)

I'm on the verge of rape
I don't think U heard me (Ooh ooh!)
I'm on the verge of rape
I'm on the.

I'm sorry, but I'm just gonna have 2 rape U
Now are U going 2 get into the tub or do I have 2 drag U?
Don't make me drag U
I can be very cruel

the (extended/remixed) version of Little Red Corvette for some reason takes on a more dangerous feel

yaaaaaaayaahahhaaayaaa

There R somethings U do 2 me

That leave me in a velvet swet

But darling, there R some things that I want 2 do 2 U

SO YOU'LL NEVER 4GET!!!

Mayday
MAYDAY!!

The entire "If I Was Your Girlfriend" sounds to me like a man on the edge of something horrifying.

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Never understood how anyone found Bob George sinister. I mean, it's just a parody of the hip hop stereotype. He was clearly doing it as a joke / standard hip hop sketch.

OldFriends4Sale said:

khelm9 said:

He had a few moments where he just went off the rails into some deep dark areas (which I loved). For me it's the rape breakdown towards the end of Extraloveable. I'm disturbed by it every time yet I get chills. Hard to explain. Any others?

Hey Dez, don't U like my band? (Ooh ooh!) (Gotta, gotta say it loud)
Everybody, Brownmark say (Ooh!) (Everybody else sing it)
Brownmark, Brownmark say (Ooh ooh!) (Extra lovable)
I can't hear U, say (Ooh!)

This ain't just about your body, baby
It's about your mind (Ooh ooh!)
Come on and take the drop, baby
And spare some time (Ooh!)

I'm on the verge of rape
I don't think U heard me (Ooh ooh!)
I'm on the verge of rape
I'm on the.

I'm sorry, but I'm just gonna have 2 rape U
Now are U going 2 get into the tub or do I have 2 drag U?
Don't make me drag U
I can be very cruel

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Yeah,

Great Song.

I think that he wrote it for all of us women who have rape fantasies.

I think that the reason it didn't get released might have been that Warner Brothers wouldn't go along with it.

But that is just a guess.

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Electric Chair

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"Papa".

"Had U"

If you do to much, your skin will be sensitive to touch
The first person that touches you, you want to fuck
You take them to your crib and you tie them to a chair
Then you make funny faces ''til they get really scared
Then you turn on the neon, then you play with yourself
'Til you turn them on

OldFriends4Sale said:

26ten said:

26ten said:

The entire "If I Was Your Girlfriend" sounds to me like a man on the edge of something horrifying.

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Never understood how anyone found Bob George sinister. I mean, it's just a parody of the hip hop stereotype. He was clearly doing it as a joke / standard hip hop sketch.

"Dead On It" was satire on hip-hop. "Bob George" was an angry man going after his girlfriend with a gun, and eventually ending in a shoot out.

"Papa" is also sinister. "There Is Lonely" is pretty dark, and is a cousin to "Empty Room" for me.

I think sonically The Black album is quite unnerving. Idk something about it is just horror-movie esque in some odd way.

Angelsoncrack said:

I think sonically The Black album is quite unnerving. Idk something about it is just horror-movie esque in some odd way.

I was just thinking that. A lot of mention of blood and odd situations are described. Or perhaps is it the Mwahahahahaah at the start of Superfuncalifragisexy...

purplethunder3121 said:

Wasted Kisses

This, the sounds of a man screaming and sirens, ti seems like a killer singing the song after killin the woman of his obsession.

Angelsoncrack said:

I think sonically The Black album is quite unnerving. Idk something about it is just horror-movie esque in some odd way.

That's a really good synopsis. I don't believe it's just lyrics that make The Black Album dark in nature. It's the aural aesthetic and texture of it. Some bullet points:

That hollow echo noise at the beginning of "Le Grind" is a darker version of same type of sound at the beginning of Janet's "Miss You Much".
His muffled begging in "Cindy C" seems desperate and not as playful as the same urgency you hear in the extended "Thieves In The Temple" or the monologue in " Hate U".
The da-da-daaa-da-da-daa hook in "Superfunky" is almost a horror-movie type taunting musical queue. Even the way he acts out lyrics from that in the Lovesexy Tour has a weird possessed nature about it (when he's tied to the chair, or The Exorcist type position on the bed he has - like Regan spider-walking down the stairs backwards).

If Spike Lee ever does a horror movie, he should pull from The Black Album for the soundtrack.

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Joint 2 Joint

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OldFriends4Sale said:

the (extended/remixed) version of Little Red Corvette for some reason takes on a more dangerous feel

yaaaaaaayaahahhaaayaaa

There R somethings U do 2 me

That leave me in a velvet swet

But darling, there R some things that I want 2 do 2 U

SO YOU'LL NEVER 4GET!!!

Mayday
MAYDAY!!

That part always thrills the hell out of me.

TrivialPursuit said:

26ten said:

The entire "If I Was Your Girlfriend" sounds to me like a man on the edge of something horrifying.

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Never understood how anyone found Bob George sinister. I mean, it's just a parody of the hip hop stereotype. He was clearly doing it as a joke / standard hip hop sketch.

"Dead On It" was satire on hip-hop. "Bob George" was an angry man going after his girlfriend with a gun, and eventually ending in a shoot out.

"Papa" is also sinister. "There Is Lonely" is pretty dark, and is a cousin to "Empty Room" for me.

Now - I love TBA - but I don't think Dead On It is satire - it's his attempt at a hip hop song and being bad at it haha.

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Bob George is a hip hop sketch that wouldn't sound too out of place on an NWA album. It ends in a gun fight with the cops for cryin' out loud. With NWA those types of things were ridiculous and Prince isn't immune to that honestly.

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Random thought: by the time it was released in a legit manner in 94 those two songs had beats that should have been cleaned for dust. Def. should have been swapped out or updated imo. Plus - D&P and Symbol had already come out - and so many already felt he was pandering to the rap audiences with Tony M. Just then here comes the black album and Prince's true feelings for rap are revealed. It was such a sad confirmation that he actually felt he had to change his artistry to try to be fresh. That is about the only thing I wish he hadn't done imo I bet that is why he didn't want us to buy TBA

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sorry/end rant.

I love If I was ur girlfriend. I don't think its threatening. It's sweet but too needy. But its a request not a demand.

I hate U and its line about the 'rod' bugs me but I like the song anyhow. 18 and over just creeps me out.

purplerabbithole said:

I love If I was ur girlfriend. I don't think its threatening. It's sweet but too needy. But its a request not a demand.

I hate U and its line about the 'rod' bugs me but I like the song anyhow. 18 and over just creeps me out.

Yeah not too subtle on 18 and over. I was a bit shocked when I first heard it.