The intro to what Prince song?

Marrk said:

The best remix Prince has ever done...

Marrk said:

A remix of The Good Life I believe.

booyah said:

nice flow to it too.

soulyacolia said:

Yep.'Big City Remix' His best attempt at a Hip Hop sound by far IMO. Love it.

Marrk said:

Fucking wonderful. In fact it's the only remix i really love. The Good Life maxi-single was worth every penny for this awesome track.

TheFrog said:

And props to Marrk for bringing up that intro 'Testicles one, two' that really is funny!

soulyacolia said:

mo' slippery than a baby right out the hole!

Testicles 1-2

The good life - (Microphone check) Checkin' the mic 1-2
The good life - (Microphone check) Checkin' the mic 1-2
The good life - (Bought a house next 2 Prince) I'll be checkin' the mic 1-2
The good life - (Microphone check) N.P.G. on the mic 1-2

The good life one day I'll be livin'
Sick of the bullshit this life be givin'
Every single day harder than the last one
Keep my dollars, fuckin' hope they have a son
Then I'll be another million ahead of the game
Spoon full of sugar and a glass of fame
Checkin' young lions callin' me outta my name
Even Shaq know it anything but tame
We be, and there ain't no hooks (mind 2 mind) until we say so
Everybody's a slave until U say no
And take control of every 'hood (Got my ass in Minnesota)
And U'll be livin' the life and it'll be all good

The good life - (Microphone check) Checkin' the mic 1-2
The good life - (Microphone check) We be checkin' the mic 1-2
(Bought a house next 2 Prince)
The good life - Mmm, checkin' the mic 1-2
The good life - (Microphone check) N.P.G. on the mic 1-2

The good gig, yeah, U know
We don't need 2 boast about the fact we put the "O" in show
Stadium here, there, we just got back from Glasgow
100,000 nightly, still we ain't happy, oh no
Don't ask me why though
Open up that can of worms and several gonna cry, yo
But Nicey B. got my back now
But 'til she tell me otherwise, we kickin' down doors
Stupid motherfuckers need 2 know
This little nigga gotta flow
Slippier than a baby just out da ho'
Here we go, here we go, here we go

The good life - (Microphone check) Checkin' the mic 1-2
The good life - (Microphone check) Checkin' the mic 1-2
(Bought a house next 2 Prince)
The good life - We be checkin' the mic 1-2
The good life - (Microphone check) N.P.G. on the mic 1-2

Go on brothers, do shit
(Bought a house next 2 Prince)
(Bought a house next 2 Prince)
(Bought a house, bought a house)

Sexophones and violins
Crack house bass be funkier than
20 cans of wet magic shave
I know U know we know how 2 rave
Cuz we be checkin' 4 the 5 and 6
A loop don't matter if the sample don't fit {x2}
A loop don't, loop don't, loop don't matter if the sample don't fit
Tell me now, what is hip?
(Example A) A skinny black nigga on the bass?
(Example B) Or somebody hoppin' around like they gettin' their ass whipped?
Here come the judge like Ito
And just like Aretha with a sack of Fritos
We funkin' 'til the kingdom come
Tito got your tissue son
Before this motherfucker's done
Somebody goin' down and it won't be this one (Not I)
Because we're here 2 have fun
It ain't about the money or the gun
We just wanna be free as the sun
Then we'll be all nice livin' that..

Good life - (Microphone check)
The good life - (Microphone check) Checkin' the mic 1-2
The good life - (Bought a house next 2 Prince)
The good life - (Microphone check) Get wild y'all

The good life {x3}
(Bought a house next 2 Prince)
The good life

(Bought a house next 2 Prince)
(Bought a house, bought a house)
Good life {x2}
(Microphone check)
[This message was edited Thu May 20 15:53:55 2004 by Marrk]

booyah said:

Absolutely agree!!!!

One I don't know ...what's this song?

This song was a quite a decent hit in Australia at the time.

It was top 20 for quite a number of weeks from memory. I'm sure dnaplaya will recall the details.

i have to admit i have never heard of this tune.
can you guys elaborate- when was it released?
i guess it's a non-album track?
thnks!

As for the "Testicles, One, Two" line...
He didn't make that up.

That's been around for years and years as a sound check.

But I laughed just the same cause I hadn't heard it in a while.

I remember buying this and none of my Prince fan friends knowing about it, except for me. And when I played it for them, they went shitcrazy.

It's the best rap he's ever done. Ever. He sounded so cool.

Ah, the memories...

Exodus. Free the music..

I really think the line is

Test it goes 1, 2...

Testies...1, 2,... 3???

Doozer said:

Enjoy!

A very underappreciated track. This remix is the shit.

'But Nicey B. got my back now'

Who is Nicey B.? Sounds almost like a nod to Scary Spice Mel B. but this came out before they met I think.


'Here come the judge like Ito'

Who is Ito?


'Tito got your tissue son'

Who is Tito? Only one I know is MJ's brother, is it a dig?

metalorange said:

Judge Ito presided over the O.J. trial, as fr the others..

Doozer said:

no.. its testicles... trust me

bkw said:

Thanx Brett.

The Good Life had 2 types of single releases, a UK/Europe single with mixes (the syles of the mixes more more dance and house style music - "Dancing Divas" mix), and a US single (which the music was more hip hop in nature - "Big City" remix).


The album version was released in Australia (with that version used in the video) as a single, however it was the "Dancing Diva's" remix of the song that got it to Top 10 in Australia. It was their remix that got most spins on radio and in clubs.

metalorange said:

yes, it's a dig at MJ. remember that eddie murphy skit in which he makes fun of MJ singing "she's out of my life"? he cries at the end and says, "tito, bring me a tissue."