Goldnigga

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Goldnigga

Goldnigga album.jpg
from the album Gold Nigga
Song details
Performer: New Power Generation
First Released: 31 August 1993 - Gold Nigga album
Album(s): Gold Nigga
Writer(s): Prince, Michael B., Sonny T., Levi Seacer, Jr., Tommy Barbarella, Morris Hayes, Tony M., Damon Dickson & Kirk Johnson (credited to the New Power Generation)
Producer(s): Prince (credited to the New Power Generation)
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
Performed regularly on tour:
Performed occasionally in shows:

Goldnigga is a three-part track included as the first track (Goldnigga Pt. 1), eighth track (sixth song, Goldnigga Pt. 2) and sixteenth and final track (eleventh song, Goldnigga Pt. 3) on the New Power Generation’s first 'solo' album Gold Nigga (first, seventh and fifteenth tracks on later pressings of the CD).

While specific recording dates are not known, basic tracking took place in late April 1992, at Studios 301, Sydney, Australia (during the same set of sessions as Deuce & A Quarter, Goldie’s Parade, Everybody Get On Up, A 1,000 Hugs And Kisses and Baby Doll). The song contains musical quotations and one spoken quotation from Get Up, Stand Up by The Wailers (from their 1973 album Burnin, although often attributed as a song by Bob Marley), written by Bob Marley and Peter Tosh. The track was later split into three parts, most likely in late 1992 at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota.

In 1993, a brief sample of Goldnigga (although not directly taken from Pt. 1, Pt. 2 or Pt.3) was used in a Segue from Carmen Electra’s album Carmen Electra, as if heard while scanning through a radio dial (clips of Hit U In The Socket, In A Word Or 2, The Voice, Sexy M.F. and With This Tear are also heard).


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
Late April 1992 Studios 301,
Sydney, Australia
Tracking
August-December 1992 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Editing into three parts
Recording Personnel

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Goldnigga Pt. 1 3:11 Gold Nigga

NPG Records Sampler #2

Studio
Goldnigga Pt. 2 2:51 Gold Nigga Studio
Goldnigga Pt. 3 2:37 Gold Nigga Studio


Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in...
Title Length Released Version Additional info
Goldie’s Parade 2:22 Gold Nigga Studio
Segue [# 1] 0:29 Carmen Electra Segue See Segue for more details
Gett Off 6:45 NPGOnlineLtd.com mp3 download Live 15 April 1993, Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, CA, USA; contains Gett Off (Houstyle) and clip of Goldnigga during fadeout
Unreleased Versions
Title Version Additional Info
Goldnigga Studio Original full-length recording, not split into parts, possibly containing section used in Segue above
 
Additional Information

See also Trivia


References
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