View source for Album: Ninety-9 (1993)

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|album name             = ''Untitled Ninety-9 project''
|album image            = [[File:Unreleased project.png]]
|date                   = 1993 (assumed)
|label                  = Unknown
|studios                = Unknown studio, USA; [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed)
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|previous year          = 1991
|previous album         = Album: Robin Power And The Uptown Dames (1991)
|previous album link    = [[Album: Robin Power And The Uptown Dames (1991)|''Untitled Robin Power<br>And The Uptown Dames album'']]
|next year              = 1994
|next album             = Album: 24 (1994)
|next album link        = [[Album: 24 (1994)|24]]
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|introduction           = This entry details a series of songs [[Prince]] (then [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) and [[Ninety-9]] (real name Dietra Moses, also nicknamed "Poet99" or "99") worked on in late-Spring or early-Summer 1993. [[Prince]] met Rap/Slam/Spoken Words artist [[Ninety-9]] at [[Venue: Glam Slam West|Glam Slam West]] between the [[Act I]] and [[Act II]] tours. She reportedly gave him a recording of her poems/slams. He added backing music to these slams and offered her a publishing deal. [[Ninety-9]] was not signed to [[Paisley Park Records]] (nor [[NPG Records]]) but was contracted to Paisley Park Music (see triva below) as a songwriter. It is unclear whether this short-lived collaboration was intended to lead to an album, an EP or to a particular project (it is referenced here for the sake of completeness). It is possible that these recordings were made to promote her work as a songwriter and poet, but it is unverified. [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] mentions her by name on [[Now]], describing her as a ''"a new hero cuz she’s so divine''" and [[Days Of Wild]] (''"much props to the upside down double 6''").

Five songs were recorded at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota : [[40 Ounces]], [[Simlac]], [[The Mood For Love]], [[Stained Glass]] and [[Three Shots]]. There might be other versions of the song with her own backing music as the five tracks known to have been worked or re-worked by [[Prince]] were registered on September 1st 1993 as 'musical compositions' by [[Ninety-9|Dietra Moses]] alone at the Library Of Congress.

None of the songs were released in this forms but [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] sampled most of them heavily in 1993-5 recordings, however :

* [[40 Ounces]] on [[Space]] and its remixes and [[Free The Music]],

* [[Simlac]] on [[Days Of Wild]], [[Mad]] and heavily on [[Joint 2 Joint]],

* [[The Mood For Love]] on [[Days Of Wild]], 

* [[Stained Glass]] on [[Love Sign]] and [[Face Down]], 

* [[Three Shots]] on [[Big Fun]], [[The Good Life|The Good Life (Bullets Go Bang Remix)]] and [[Right Back Here In My Arms]].

A lyrically identical but musically different version of the [[Simlac]], now re-titled [[Simlac|Burns 1]], without any Prince involvement was released on the album [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subliminal_Simulation Subliminal Simulation] by the band [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Warriors_(band) Dream Warriors] in 1994 (Canada) and 1995 (USA). The album also contains another solo track by her called "Adventures Of Plastic Man", the lyrics of which were included in the book [https://www.amazon.com/Aloud-Voices-Nuyorican-Poets-Cafe/dp/0805032576 "Loud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe" by Miguel Algarin and Bob Holman] released in 1994. 



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|format                 = CD
|tracklisting           = It is not known if the project was completed but was believed to include 

*<b>[[Simlac]]</b>
*<b>[[Stained Glass]]</b>
*<b>[[Three Shots]]</b> 
*<b>[[40 Ounces]]</b>
*<b>[[The Mood For Love]] </b>

|credits                 = All tracks written by [[Ninety-9]] (lyrics) and [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] (music - assumed) 
|* comment               = 
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|musicians              = [[Ninety-9]] - lead vocals
*[[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] - all instruments (assumed), backing vocals on [[Stained Glass]], [[40 Ounces]] and [[The Mood For Love]]
*Other performance details unknown
|production             = [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] - producer (assumed)
|see also               = 
{{SeeAlso|
|item1   = [[Album: Emancipation| Emancipation]]<br>(Album)
|image1  = [[Image:Emancipation.jpg |60px|link=Album: Emancipation]] 
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|trivia                 = After [[Ninety-9]] left [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]’s camp (most likely in 1995), she worked with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beastie_Boys Beastie Boys]’s label [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Royal Grand Royal]. One of her song, ''Jhompa'' was released on the compilation ''Grand Royal Mixed Drink No. 2'' in 1995 and a second one (''Fistful Of DATS'') was included on a sampler released in 1996. She then started to work with English Hip Hop producer Dobie and released two songs on his compilation ''The Sound Of One Hand Clapping'' in 1998. A song titled ''Willow'' (which recycles a line from [[Three Shots]]) was released on a 3-track single in 2000.

*Paisley Park Music was a publishing company created by [[Prince]] under the umbrella of Paisley Park Entreprises following his ‘’$100 million’’ 1992 deal with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.]. It was active between 1993 and 1996. Paisley Park Music was located within the Warner Chappell offices in New York, NY and was distinct from Controversy Music, the other [[Prince]] publishing company. Songwriters signed to this company includes [[Ninety-9]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Chambers Gordon Chambers] (who co-wrote [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Baker Anita Baker]’s Grammy winning [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Apologize_(Anita_Baker_song) I Apologize] during that era), and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sly_and_Robbie Sly And Robbie] among others.


|alternative            = 
|references                = '''The Whole Nine''' by ''Dream Hampton'' (Spin Magazine: nov. 1993)
*[http://www.theprnstory.com/  '''The PRN Story blog''']
|categories              = [[Category:1993]][[Category:Albums (Related Artists)]][[Category:Studio Albums (Related Artists)]][[Category:Unreleased Albums]][[Category:Unreleased Albums (Related Artists)]]
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