| | |introduction = '''Black M.F. In The House''' is the seventh track (fifth song) on the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]'s first 'solo' album [[Album: Gold Nigga|Gold Nigga]] (sixth track and fourth song on later pressings of the CD). | | |introduction = '''Black M.F. In The House''' is the seventh track (fifth song) on the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]'s first 'solo' album [[Album: Gold Nigga|Gold Nigga]] (sixth track and fourth song on later pressings of the CD). |
| − | While specific recording dates are not known, initial tracking took place in August-December 1992, at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA (during the same set of sessions as [[Johnny]], [[Guess Who's Knockin']], and the album's [[Gold Nigga Segues|segues]]). The harmonica is sampled from ''I Can't Stand It'' by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chambers_Brothers The Chambers Brothers] (from ''The Time Has Come'', 1967, written by[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Chambers Lester Chambers], also released as a single in 1968), which is also sampled on [[Thieves In The Temple]]. The track was originally planned as the b-side on a May 1992, configuration of the [[Single: Sexy M.F.|Sexy M.F.]] single, the first single from [[Prince]]'s 14th album [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Album: Symbol]] (and therefore would have been credited to [[Prince and the New Power Generation]]), but since [[Sexy M.F.]] was unlikely to generate much airplay, '''Black M.F. In The House''' was replaced by the more radio-friendly track [[Strollin']]. | + | While specific recording dates are not known, initial tracking took place in August-December 1992, at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA (during the same set of sessions as [[Johnny]], [[Guess Who's Knockin']], and the album's [[Gold Nigga Segues|segues]]). The harmonica is sampled from ''I Can't Stand It'' by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chambers_Brothers The Chambers Brothers] (from ''The Time Has Come'', 1967, written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Chambers Lester Chambers], also released as a single in 1968), which is also sampled on [[Thieves In The Temple]]. The track was originally planned as the b-side on a May 1992, configuration of the [[Single: Sexy M.F.|Sexy M.F.]] single, the first single from [[Prince]]'s 14th album [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Album: Symbol]] (and therefore would have been credited to [[Prince and the New Power Generation]]), but since [[Sexy M.F.]] was unlikely to generate much airplay, '''Black M.F. In The House''' was replaced by the more radio-friendly track [[Strollin']]. |
