How appropriate that today (in Toronto at least) we are experiencing rain on the day before April 21st, 2017, which will mark one year after Prince's death. However, on this occasion its a good time to reflect positively on his contribution to music. Now this is my tribute mix to Prince that I released for Prince’s posthumous birthday last year, just a month after his death. Most of the ground work came from a tribute party I did following his death and then I worked on it over and over and the result was THIS: A 3 HOUR, 2 PART MONSTER… My approach was a little different then most Prince mixes, being that its not just the hits, the B-sides, his production and songs he has written, but i wanted to include some of the songs he has been known to cover live (e.g. Radioheads - “Creep", Cars - "Let's Go"), his influences (e.g. James Brown, Jimi Hendrix) and some of the artists he has no doubt influenced (e.g. TLC, Justin Timberlake, Blood Orange). Also, being that it was 2016 I had to do a little mini tributes to Phife and Bowie and managed (i hope) to make that connection. But the overall result was something that was more or less influenced by Prince's later performances that were all open format, playing originals next to covers seamlessly. Hope you dig it.
Part 2 out tomorrow!!!!
The Mixtape Previously Known As... Side 1
New Power Generation "Count the days”
Sinead O’Connor “Nothing Compares 2 U"
Prince “Nothing Compares 2 U"
Justin Timberlake “Until The End Of Time"
Prince & The Revolution “The Beautiful Ones”
Prince “U Know"
Janelle Monae “Give Them What They Love"
Lenny Kravitz “Fly Away"
Prince “Crimson and Clover"
Radiohead “Creep"
TLC “Creep"
Prince “Come"
Prince “Letitgo"
D’Angelo “She's Always In My Hair"
Prince “She's Always In My Hair"
Beyonce "Bonnie and Clyde ’03” Feat. Jay-Z
TLC - “If I Was Your Girlfriend"
Prince - “If I Was Your Girlfriend”
Aaliyah - "Rock The Boat"
Prince & The New Power Generation - "Walk Don't Run"
Prince - "Elephants & Flowers"
Prince - "Tick, Tick, Bang"
Tribe Called Quest - “Scenario" (feat. Busta Rhyme, Charlie Brown, Dinco D)
Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Little Miss Lover"
Soul II Soul - "Back To Life"
Prince & The New Power Generation - “7"
Ingrid Chavez - "Heaven Must Be Near"
Tevin Campbell - "Round & Round"
MPLS - “Minneapolis"
En Vogue - "My Lovin’ [You're Never Gonna Get It]"
Prince - "Gett Off (Single Remix)"
New Power Generation - "Get Wild"
Blackstreet - "Fix (feat. Slash and Ol' Dirty Bastard)"
Prince - “Bambi"
Prince - "Electric Chair"
Prince - "Alphabet Street"
Michael Jackson - "Black Or White"
Prince - “Housequake"
Gwen Stefani - "Hollaback Girl"
Prince - "Bob George"
Prince - "My Name Is Prince"
Backstreet Boys - “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)"
Mazarati - “100mph”
Janet Jackson - “Nasty"
Prince - "Scarlet Pussy"
Prince - "Sexy M.F."
James Brown - "Get It Up (I Feel Like Being) A Sex Machine"
Tony! Toni! Tone! - "If I Had No Loot (Extended Version)"
Prince - “Pope"
Prince - "Love Sign"
Prince - "Go Deep"
Kendrick Lamar - "King Kunta"
Prince - “Anotherloverholenyohead"
Prince - “Lolita"
Prince - “Soft And Wet"
Stevie Wonder -"Boogie On Reggae Woman"
Parliament - “Flash Light"
Prince - “P Control"
Prince - “Black Sweat"
Britney Spears - "I'm A Slave 4 U"
Prince - “Kiss (Extended Version)"
Prince - “Batdance (Vicki Vale mix)"
Prince - “D.M.S.R."
Ciara - "Love Sex Magic" (feat. Justin Timberlake)
George Clinton - "Atomic Dog (Atomic Mix)"
Zapp - "I Can Make You Dance pt. 1"
Prince - “Sexy Dancer"
Little Richard - “Oh My Soul"
Prince - “Delirious"
Prince - “Horny Toad"
Prince - “Jack U Off"
Prince - “Let's Pretend We're Married"
Prince - “Sexuality"
David Bowie - "Modern Love"
Prince - “Play In The Sunshine"
Prince - “Million $ Show"
