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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 1987 at [[Prince]]’s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Cindy C. | + | While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracks were recorded in March 1987 at [[Prince]]’s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced [[Cindy C.]]). |
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]]. | 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 1987 | |date = March 1987 | ||
|studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | |studio = [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA | ||
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|see also = [[Album: The Black Album|''“The Black Album”'']] album | |see also = [[Album: The Black Album|''“The Black Album”'']] album | ||
|references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' | |references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' | ||
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