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|album name            = The Self Titled Album
|album image            = [[Image:Theselftitledalbum album.jpg|200px|The Self Titled Album (Front Cover)]]
|date                  = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June_11|11 June 2001]]
|length                = 36:47
|label                  = Kitchen Records
|studios                = Kitchen Studios and [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
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|introduction          = '''The Self Titled Album''' is the first studio album by Fonky Bald Heads, a group led by [[Kirk Johnson]], also featuring [[Kip Blackshire]] and [[Mike Scott]], who had all played regularly with [[Prince]] at around the time of this album’s recording and release.  
|Page name    = The Self Titled Album}}
 
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[[DVS]], who raps on the album, also features on [[Prince]]’s track [[The Daisy Chain]], released as a single in April 2001.  
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The album contains one song co-written by [[Prince]] with [[Kirk Johnson]], titled [[Rowdy Mac]]. He offered to play the guitar solo on the song ''Under The Same Clouds'' (written by David Coleman, [[DVS]] and J. Isaac Moore), but was bothered by the word "Hate" in the song’s lyrics. After discussions, the group decided not to change the lyrics and [[Mike Scott]] who played the solo. [[Strike Up The Band]] was also written by [[Prince]] for [[DVS]] and [[Kip Blackshire]], probably for this album, but they rejected the track.  
|  colspan="2" align="center" | [[Image:Theselftitledalbum album.jpg|200px|The Self Titled Album (Front Cover)]]
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| valign="top" width="25%"| <b>Released:</b>
| [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June_11|11 June 2001]]
|-
| valign="top"| <b>Length:</b>
| 36:47
|-
| valign="top"| <b>Label(s):</b>
| Kitchen Records
|-
| valign="top"| <b>Studio(s):</b>
| Kitchen Studios and [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
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'''The Self Titled Album''' is the first and only studio album by Fonky Bald Heads, a group led by [[Kirk Johnson]], also featuring [[Kip Blackshire]] and [[Mike Scott]], who had all played regularly with [[Prince]] at around the time of this album's recording and release. [[DVS]], who raps on the album, also features on [[Prince]]'s track [[The Daisy Chain]], released as a single in April 2001. The album contains one song co-written by [[Prince]] with [[Kirk Johnson]], titled [[Rowdy Mac]].


The album did not receive a widespread commercial release and did not enter the charts.
The album did not receive a widespread commercial release and did not enter the charts.
<br>
 
==Track listing==
<!------ ALBUM TEXT -------->
Details given for [[Prince]]-related tracks only:
|tracklisting          = <small>Details given for [[Prince]]-related tracks only:</small>
===CD/download===
# <b>Introdukshun</b>
# <b>Soundasame</b>
# <b>Under The Same Clouds</b>
# <b>Fonky Like A… (Remix)</b>
# <b>Passin Your Name</b>  (F.B.H. Version)
# <b>Sex In My Bones</b>
# <b>Fonky Lyka (Live)</b>
# <b>[[Rowdy Mac]]</b> (4:56) <sup>1</sup>
# <b>If Y’all Wanna Rock</b> - hidden bonus track
|credits                =  
<sup>1</sup> Written by [[Kirk Johnson]] and [[Prince]].
| * comment              =  
<!-------OTHER FORMATS ------->
|other format            = Digital
|content                = <small>Details given for [[Prince]]-related tracks only:</small>
# <b>Introdukshun</b>
# <b>Introdukshun</b>
# <b>Soundasame</b>
# <b>Soundasame</b>
# <b>Under The Same Clouds</b>
# <b>Under The Same Clouds</b>
# <b>Fonky Like A… (Remix)</b>
# <b>Fonky Like A… (Remix)</b>
# <b>Passin' Your Name</b>  
# <b>Passin Your Name</b> (F.B.H. Version)
# <b>Sex In My Bones</b>
# <b>Sex In My Bones</b>
# <b>Fonky Lyka (Live)</b>
# <b>Fonky Lyka (Live)</b>
# <b>[[Rowdy Mac]]</b> (4:56) *
# <b>[[Rowdy Mac]]</b> (4:56) <sup>1</sup>
# <b>If Y'all Wanna Rock</b> - hidden bonus track
# <b>If Y’all Wanna Rock</b>
<br>
<br>
<b>*</b> Written by [[Kirk Johnson]] and [[Prince]].
Available on Digital format on:<br>
*Information needed.
<br>
<br>
==Personnel==
|musicians              = [[DVS]] - rap (credited for "lyrics")
===Musicians===
*[[DVS]] - rap (credited for "lyrics")
*[[Kirk Johnson]] - drums (as "KAJ")
*[[Kirk Johnson]] - drums (as "KAJ")
*K.A.T.O. - bass
*K.A.T.O. - bass
*[[Mike Scott]] - guitar (as "Rev. Mike")
*[[Mike Scott]] - guitar (as "Rev. Mike")
*Fish - guitar
*[[Kip Blackshire]] - lead vocals (as "Kip")
*[[Kip Blackshire]] - lead vocals (as "Kip")
<br>
 
===Production===
|production = FBH Productions - producer
*FBH Productions - producer
*[[Kirk Johnson]] - engineer, mixer (as "KAJ")
*[[Kirk Johnson]] - engineer, mixer (as "KAJ")
*[[Femi Jiya]] - mixer
*[[Femi Jiya]] - mixer
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*[[DVS]] - art direction ([[DVS]] GRAF-X), graphics
*[[DVS]] - art direction ([[DVS]] GRAF-X), graphics
*Mathieu Bitton - additional art direction
*Mathieu Bitton - additional art direction
<br>
|thanks                  = DVS thancz: God, Dad, Mar, J, the person who really introduced me to God - Kip, real friends & family, my Mom & Joanie R.I.P., there are a few people that mean the universe to me that I can't fit inside this little booklet, in music & life I love you.  Thankcz to Paisley, NPG, Prince, FBH.  Special thank 2 the Fonkybaldheads (sic) for this experience!  2 the co-creatoruv "strip uno" luv yew.  And last thank to my 1st love for the inso to write!  The end.
==Singles released==
*Rev Mike thankcz: thanks to all my friends who believed in me, all of them.  Thanks to Prince + Paisley Park staff, Jam + Lewis + Flyte Time staff, the MPLS music scene.  Special thanks to Mom and Pop Scott, Vita Scott, Jenn, Chaunice, Mikey + Tasia for their neverending love and support and mostly thank God for blessing me with a gift and allowing us to come this far.  Special thank 2 the Fonky Bald Heads for banging out the funk and keeping it real!
*None, but '''Sex In My Bones''' was released as an mp3 download as part of the [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_4|NPG Music Club Edition # 4]], six weeks prior to the album's release.
*Mr. Kip thankcz: God, friends and family, KAJ, Fonky Bald Heads, Blackshire, NPG and paisley family.
<br>
*Fish thank: thankcz to my fellow bald heads for keeping’ it funky.  Special thank to TEJ for her love & support.  Big thanks to all family & friends for believing in me and understanding my place on earth.  Paul Jr. and Paul Sr. + everyone at Riviera Amplifiers. Thank to Paisley, Prince, thankcz to Lay Tzu for guidance & re-assurance
==Charts==
*K.A.T.O thankcz: praise God for the blessing and wisdom, my family and supportive friends.  Special thanks to Mom, thank you so much for life and the past Tamara, Sebastian, Paris, Miss Elaine and China.  We did it.  Thank to Eric Shea, FBH, thanks Prince for your support, advice and spreading the love.
*This album did not receive a wide commercial release and did not enter the charts.
*KAJ thancz: God, my wonderful wife + children, Lori, Kayla, Lanell, Moms for support sister Karen you’re (sic) the best.  All my fellow Fonky Bald Heads for helping me accomplish this vision. Special thankcz to my partner Prince and the N.P.G. family.
==Releases==
*Fonky Bald Heads thancz: God for the talent and all his wonderful blessings. Families for their understanding and unconditional support.  Prince and the NPG. KAJ Productions, Dudley D, Femi, Takumi, Eric, Fred, Griff, Morris, Domeko, Kip, Blackshire, LA, Kat, Deevo, Claudio Cueini, Tommy Lee, Chilly Dean, Toni McClary, Gregory M., and Mathieu Bitton
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! colspan="8" |
|singles                = *None, but '''Sex In My Bones''' was released as an mp3 download as part of the [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_4|NPG Music Club Edition # 4]], six weeks prior to the album’s release (a different version of [[Passin Your Name]] was also included on the [[NPG Ahdio Show 1|NPG Ahdio Show # 1]]).  
|-
|see also              =
! ''Country'' !! ''Format'' !! ''Cat. Number'' !! ''Comments'' !! Front !! Back !! Label1 !! Label2
|charts                =  
|-
{{Charts|
! colspan="8" |
|charts           =  
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|certifications  =
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{{NoCertification|
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|format  = album
 
|Country = the USA
==Album promotion==
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===Time-of-release===
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* Fonky Bald Heads were one of two opening acts for [[Prince]] on the [[Hit N Run Tour 00-01|Hit N Run Tour]] in Spring 2001, regularly playing tracks from the album.
|releases              = {{:Releases: Empty}}
<br>
|album promotion       = Fonky Bald Heads were one of two opening acts for [[Prince]] on the [[Hit N Run Tour 00-01|Hit N Run Tour]] in Spring 2001, regularly playing tracks from the album.
==Awards, nominations, and certifications==
|trivia                = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mötley Crüe Mötley Crüe] drummer [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Lee Tommy Lee] did the drum programming on the song ''Soundasame'', recorded in parts in his home-studio.
* None
|alternative            =
==Quotations and trivia==
|references            = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]''
*None.
* <b>Podcast</b>: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gk6cUjAz5c '''Dr, Funk Live 8.31.22 DVS Aka David Schwartz of The Fonky Baldheads!''' by ''Dr Funkenberry'' (YouTube: 1 September 2022)].
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|categories             = [[Category:1999]][[Category:Albums (Related Artists)]][[Category:Studio Albums (Related Artists)]]
==References==
* ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]''
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The Self Titled Album
The Self Titled Album (Front Cover)

Album details

Released: 11 June 2001
Length: 36:47
Label(s): Kitchen Records
Studio(s): Kitchen Studios and Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA

Charts, Certifications & Awards

Charts
This album has not charted in the USA
Certifications
This album has not received any certifications in the USA
Awards
This album has not received any awards in the USA

Singles released

The Self Titled Album is the first studio album by Fonky Bald Heads, a group led by Kirk Johnson, also featuring Kip Blackshire and Mike Scott, who had all played regularly with Prince at around the time of this album’s recording and release.

DVS, who raps on the album, also features on Prince’s track The Daisy Chain, released as a single in April 2001.

The album contains one song co-written by Prince with Kirk Johnson, titled Rowdy Mac. He offered to play the guitar solo on the song Under The Same Clouds (written by David Coleman, DVS and J. Isaac Moore), but was bothered by the word "Hate" in the song’s lyrics. After discussions, the group decided not to change the lyrics and Mike Scott who played the solo. Strike Up The Band was also written by Prince for DVS and Kip Blackshire, probably for this album, but they rejected the track.

The album did not receive a widespread commercial release and did not enter the charts.



Track listing
CD Digital

Details given for Prince-related tracks only:

  1. Introdukshun
  2. Soundasame
  3. Under The Same Clouds
  4. Fonky Like A… (Remix)
  5. Passin Your Name (F.B.H. Version)
  6. Sex In My Bones
  7. Fonky Lyka (Live)
  8. Rowdy Mac (4:56) 1
  9. If Y’all Wanna Rock - hidden bonus track

Details given for Prince-related tracks only:

  1. Introdukshun
  2. Soundasame
  3. Under The Same Clouds
  4. Fonky Like A… (Remix)
  5. Passin Your Name (F.B.H. Version)
  6. Sex In My Bones
  7. Fonky Lyka (Live)
  8. Rowdy Mac (4:56) 1
  9. If Y’all Wanna Rock


Available on Digital format on:

  • Information needed.


1 Written by Kirk Johnson and Prince.



Personnel
Musicians


Production
  • FBH Productions - producer
  • Kirk Johnson - engineer, mixer (as "KAJ")
  • Femi Jiya - mixer
  • Claudio C. - mixer
  • Big Bass Brian - mastering (at Bernie Grundman Studios)
  • Griff - photos and logo
  • Gregory Moore - Bald Head logo
  • DVS - art direction (DVS GRAF-X), graphics
  • Mathieu Bitton - additional art direction


Thanks
  • DVS thancz: God, Dad, Mar, J, the person who really introduced me to God - Kip, real friends & family, my Mom & Joanie R.I.P., there are a few people that mean the universe to me that I can't fit inside this little booklet, in music & life I love you. Thankcz to Paisley, NPG, Prince, FBH. Special thank 2 the Fonkybaldheads (sic) for this experience! 2 the co-creatoruv "strip uno" luv yew. And last thank to my 1st love for the inso to write! The end.
  • Rev Mike thankcz: thanks to all my friends who believed in me, all of them. Thanks to Prince + Paisley Park staff, Jam + Lewis + Flyte Time staff, the MPLS music scene. Special thanks to Mom and Pop Scott, Vita Scott, Jenn, Chaunice, Mikey + Tasia for their neverending love and support and mostly thank God for blessing me with a gift and allowing us to come this far. Special thank 2 the Fonky Bald Heads for banging out the funk and keeping it real!
  • Mr. Kip thankcz: God, friends and family, KAJ, Fonky Bald Heads, Blackshire, NPG and paisley family.
  • Fish thank: thankcz to my fellow bald heads for keeping’ it funky. Special thank to TEJ for her love & support. Big thanks to all family & friends for believing in me and understanding my place on earth. Paul Jr. and Paul Sr. + everyone at Riviera Amplifiers. Thank to Paisley, Prince, thankcz to Lay Tzu for guidance & re-assurance
  • K.A.T.O thankcz: praise God for the blessing and wisdom, my family and supportive friends. Special thanks to Mom, thank you so much for life and the past Tamara, Sebastian, Paris, Miss Elaine and China. We did it. Thank to Eric Shea, FBH, thanks Prince for your support, advice and spreading the love.
  • KAJ thancz: God, my wonderful wife + children, Lori, Kayla, Lanell, Moms for support sister Karen you’re (sic) the best. All my fellow Fonky Bald Heads for helping me accomplish this vision. Special thankcz to my partner Prince and the N.P.G. family.
  • Fonky Bald Heads thancz: God for the talent and all his wonderful blessings. Families for their understanding and unconditional support. Prince and the NPG. KAJ Productions, Dudley D, Femi, Takumi, Eric, Fred, Griff, Morris, Domeko, Kip, Blackshire, LA, Kat, Deevo, Claudio Cueini, Tommy Lee, Chilly Dean, Toni McClary, Gregory M., and Mathieu Bitton



Releases
LP, CD, Cassettes and Other versions
Country Format Cat. Number Comments Front Back Label 1 Label 2
This section is under construction

Variants, Special Editions and Reissues
Country Format Cat. Number Comments Front Back Label 1 Label 2
This section is under construction
 
Additional Information
Promotion (at time of release) Trivia
  • Fonky Bald Heads were one of two opening acts for Prince on the Hit N Run Tour in Spring 2001, regularly playing tracks from the album.
References
2000
Dial M-A-C-E-O 		All Albums All Related Artists Albums 2001
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