Future Classics

Future Classic: Exile “Tears for a Prince”

via Exile: “I woke up April 21st to the news of Prince’s passing. Before I could fully digest the news I receive numerous text from friends about his passing and how I should honor his passing with making music with Prince samples, in honor. I thought to myself I’m not …

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Prince drops new “HardRockLover” track on Soundcloud

Quite exciting to see an artist like Prince starting to embrace tools like Soundcloud. Lords knows the man must be sitting on heaps of demos and unreleased gold! Wanted to share “HardRockLover” with you all, its definitely worth a few listens. We have to dissect the lyrics a little bit …

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Forgotten Treasures

Forgotten Treasure: 94 East “If You See Me” (1975)

  Below are the liner notes from Numero Group‘s 94 East chapter of Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound. “If You See Me” is also available on 45″. “Pepé Willie was more of a sapling than a seed when he arrived in Minneapolis in the early ’70s. Raised in Brooklyn, …

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Free Download: Prince “If I was your Girlfriend” (DJ Vadim’s Re Rub)

via @DJVADIM: THIS is just a lil re rub re edit re fix i did of one of my favourite artists a few years back. its not really a fully fledged remix so icannto take mad credit. more a re arrangement, changed the drums, added a little more bass. its …

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Music Documentaries

Apollonia 6 Movie

Apollonia 6 was an 80’s band / Prince creation made up of a trio of women that produced one album, one solid hit and one epic short film. Patricia Kotero, Brenda Bennett and Susan Moonsie were Apollonia 6, and if you’ve seen Purple Rain, then you’ll be familiar with Kotero …

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Forgotten Treasure: Prince “Chelsea Rodgers”

It’s Prince Rogers Nelson‘s birthday and I thought that the least I could do is pick a track from his absolutely insane repertoire. At 53 years young, he is one of the last legends that we still have. “Chelsea Rodgers” was the 2nd single off the “Planet Earth” record released in …

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