Difference between revisions of "Slave 2 The System"
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|producer(s) = [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) (assumed) | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) (assumed) | ||
|previous song = [[Slave 2 The Funk]] | |previous song = [[Slave 2 The Funk]] | ||
− | |next song = [[ | + | |next song = [[Sleazin']] |
− | |introduction = '''Slave 2 The System''' is an unreleased song recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 15|15 May | + | |introduction = '''Slave 2 The System''', previously titled '''Slave''' (not to be confused with [[Slave]] which is a different track), is an unreleased song recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 15|15 May 1994]] at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, during the first day of sessions for the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]'s second album [[Album: Exodus|Exodus]] (on the same day as [[Get Wild]], [[New Power Soul]], [[The Exodus Has Begun]], [[Hallucination Rain]], [[Count The Days]] and [[It Takes 3]]). |
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+ | The track includes lead vocals by [[Sonny T.]]. | ||
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+ | The song, as '''Slave''', was included merged with [[Acknowledge Me]] as the third track (second song) on the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 2|2 December 1994]] configuration of [[Album: Exodus|Exodus]], but was removed from later configurations. | ||
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+ | The reason for the tracks being combined and tracked as only one track is not known. | ||
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+ | In early-to-mid 1995, [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) re-recorded the track at [[Paisley Park Studios]] using entirely different music, including gentle strings, probably provided by [[Clare Fischer]]'s orchestra. | ||
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+ | A marching drum pattern from the track was sampled from [[Ain't No Place Like U]], and was also used on the released version of [[Slave]], which contains some lyrical and musical similarities to '''Slave 2 The System''', but is otherwise a different song. | ||
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+ | This version was included as the second track on a July 1995, configuration of the [[Album: Emancipation|Emancipation]] album, and the third track on another 1995 configuration, but was removed as work on the album continued. | ||
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+ | The track remains unreleased. | ||
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− | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 15|15 May | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 15|15 May 1994]] |
− | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | + | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Basic tracking ([[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] version) |
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|date = Early-to-mid 1995 | |date = Early-to-mid 1995 | ||
− | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | + | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Basic tracking ([[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] version) |
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− | |1= '''Slave | + | |1= '''Slave''' |
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
− | |3= Recorded [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 15|15 May | + | |3= Recorded [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 15|15 May 1994]]; [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]] version |
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Revision as of 16:35, 2 January 2020
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