Difference between revisions of "Dead On It"
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|single image = [[File:blackalbum.jpg|100px|link=Album: The Black Album]]<br> <small> from the album [[Album: The Black Album|''"The Black Album"'']]</small> | |single image = [[File:blackalbum.jpg|100px|link=Album: The Black Album]]<br> <small> from the album [[Album: The Black Album|''"The Black Album"'']]</small> | ||
|performer = [[Prince]] | |performer = [[Prince]] | ||
| − | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 22|22 November | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 22|22 November 1994]] - [[Album: The Black Album|''"The Black Album"'']] album |
|album(s) = [[Album: The Black Album|''"The Black Album"'']] | |album(s) = [[Album: The Black Album|''"The Black Album"'']] | ||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
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|introduction = '''Dead On It''' is the third song on [[Prince]]'s sixteenth album [[Album: The Black Album|''"The Black Album"'']] (originally planned for release as his tenth album, albeit with no artist credit). | |introduction = '''Dead On It''' is the third song on [[Prince]]'s sixteenth album [[Album: The Black Album|''"The Black Album"'']] (originally planned for release as his tenth album, albeit with no artist credit). | ||
| − | While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracks were recorded in March | + | While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracks were recorded in March 1987 at [[Prince]]'s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Cindy C.]] and [[Nine]]). The song includes a sampled line by [[Sheila E.]] taken directly from [[Holly Rock]] ("badder than a wicked witch"). Although unreleased at the time, lyrics (ridiculing rappers) from [[Dead On It]] were rapped by [[Tony M.]] (over music from [[Race]]) as an introduction to [[Jughead]] on each date of the [[Diamonds And Pearls Tour]]. |
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| − | |date = March | + | |date = March 1987 |
|studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
|additional info = Initial tracking | |additional info = Initial tracking | ||
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|unreleased versions = | |unreleased versions = | ||
|sampled in = | |sampled in = | ||
| − | |first live appearance = [[20 May | + | |first live appearance = [[20 May 1987|20 May 1987, Hallenstadion, Zürich, Switzerland]] <small>(interpolation in [[It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night]])</small> |
|performed regularly on =[[Diamonds And Pearls Tour]] <small>(first verse only, over music from [[Race]] as introduction to [[Jughead]])</small> | |performed regularly on =[[Diamonds And Pearls Tour]] <small>(first verse only, over music from [[Race]] as introduction to [[Jughead]])</small> | ||
|performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1987|1987]] <small>(interpolation in [[It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night]])</small>, [[All Concerts#1988|1988]] <small>(interpolation in [[Head]])</small> | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1987|1987]] <small>(interpolation in [[It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night]])</small>, [[All Concerts#1988|1988]] <small>(interpolation in [[Head]])</small> | ||
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