cindy c - Prince Black Album

The Black Album, sometimes called The Funk Bible, is the sixteenth studio album by American recording artist Prince.

[@carlysommerstein8597]

RIP, the great Cat Glover.

[@gavinwieland3707]

This is my favorite song from The Black Album.

[@theart0f69]

This and Le Grind is all I ever need!

[@cfMC_FEROX]

music is the key 2 set yourself free from depression drugs & increasing poverty - cat v. glover

[@cindyoludayo9530]

I was cheesing so much when heard Cindy C, my name and middle initial!!

[@ItothaGO]

And even to this day, I bet Cindy Crawford is still smiling to herself at the memory of crossing paths with His Royal Badness.

[@cindyle4301]

Why would she be smiling, when he is basically saying she can be brought?!! However says something about him, because she still didn't want him.

[@Meow402]

@@cindyle4301 bought*

[@edwardadams7619]

“Super fine heifer!..” 😃

[@reginafris6822]

@@cindyle4301 She said she did not even see Prince that night at the club. I believe her, because Prince was nearly half a foot shorter than Cindy Crawford, and they were both wearing heels. He took major offense at an imagined slight, though, for SURE!

[@baylorsailor]

She refused to visit with him at a night club and this song was the consequence. Apparently he wanted more than to just meet her.

[@lippypongstockings8356]

“What’s the matter with me?” “Ugh! Nothing!” Got to love Prince. 💕

[@groofoot]

lol hee say, 'I will pay tha usual fee, whassa matter, don't you like mee?' ;-)

[@user-gi6ee8vj1y]

Cindy C and Bob George are abstract masterpieces.

[@tristanmuntadas2065]

To me one of the best Albums!!!!

[@user-gi6ee8vj1y]

Tristan Muntadas, for me, Dirty Mind is one of Prince's most brilliant albums. I am hoping Paisley Park still has the photos and videos from that era. There was some spectacular stuff created during that timeframe.

[@anthonyrogers2155]

R R yes Dirty Mind is an amazing album but by far 1999 is the greatest of all time. Rude Boy 1

[@solomonbrown5046]

yes lawd

[@DeclansMusic]

Dirty Mind is criminally underrated. Very poppy, very groovy. "uptown" is a favourite

[@geoffnutt7043]

Bought the bootleg vinyl. Then finally got the real album. Great

[@konradheumann8342]

I remember when this came out in the late 80s. Heard it with another huge prince fan, a classmate of mine. Blew our minds after the 2nd listen. Prince was just incredibly talented. Wish he was still around.

[@JohnDoe-vr9bj]

I kinda wish I heard it back then. Though I'm digging it hard on this first listen. Rest In Purple, Prince.

[@konradheumann8342]

@@JohnDoe-vr9bj That makes me happy, JD!

[@yzek_]

I love this album. Ain’t listened to it in a while. Gonna rectify that right now.

[@MxLee192]

I personally think its a travesty this album didn't get the release it deserved. It slams the funk hard and yet has the weirdness he would later channel more so on Lovesexy. You can hear its done around the same time. I love this and Lovesexy. In a way its a shame they were not released together as a double album. Dark and light.

[@DeclansMusic]

I think it would have been a bit awkward as a double album. This definitely deserves a posthumous release at the very least, its too good not to be heard.

[@Robbarleyfy]

was the follow up of Sign Of The Times, rumours said IT was 2 dark n the album was cancelled. Instead Lovesexy came, in a way as crazy as u no!

[@MnemosyneUK]

It did...

[@price5560]

The entering guitar & Monolouge @ 4:23 gets me everytime... This track always gets me dancin..

[@777GMoney]

love this album . I got this as a special cassette because it was not an official release when it came out in 1986. Super Funky.

[@DXVI9]

777GMoney They Should Be a Collectors Item!

[@297banu]

It didn't come out in '86. It was released in '94, almost a decade later.

[@dieterwashere]

It was legally released in 94. But the original release date was 1987 or 88. But yeah, it’s an 80s album.

[@iamayaka9955]

Can someone please let me why Prince banned this album? It is a shame because it is a masterpiece 😀

[@DeclansMusic]

@@iamayaka9955 There is lots of talk about how Prince considered the album "evil". His friends cite a bad experience with MDMA as the source. I can also see how this is a harder sell than lovesexy though, I have a feeling business or just his high standards contributed to it being pulled aswell.

[@shanimills8901]

I luv the black album

[@margaretcottingham5920]

Timeless music. Prince left too soon.

[@db302003]

Ohhh funky one, LOVE IT💜!!!!💃

[@gfanarakos]

Cindy Crawford definately missed an opportunity to her career 4 SURE SHEILA E - kill the vocals baby

[@あおい-l1k]

Yeah Woah, ah yeah This song's about a high class model Over in Paris, France (Oh, Cindy C) If I get a camera Tell me will you dance (will you play with me?) If I take a picture In the middle of the night (Oh, Cindy C) Will you fuck with me sugar? Say it's alright, c'mon (will you play with me?) (Cindy see, play with me) (I will pay the usual fee) Cindy see, (what's it gonna be?) Will you play with me? (What's it gonna be?) (Cindy see, play with me) (I will pay with usual fee) Cindy see, (what's it gonna be?) I'll pay the fee (Cindy C) Super-fine heifer (super fine) I saw you in the Vogue I knew you would be trouble (trouble, trouble) But why go (go, go) I'll give you seven sips of Elderberry wine (one, two, three, four, five, six, seven) Maybe we'll unlock the secrets of your mind (Cindy see, play with me) (I will pay the usual fee) Cindy see, (what's it gonna be?) Will you play with me? (What's it gonna be?) (Cindy see, play with me) (I will pay with usual fee) Cindy see, (what's it gonna be?) I'll pay the fee (Cindy C) The passion's in the mix (serve it up, Sheila) Drink it quick, Cindy, shit Where'd you get that beauty mark? Maybe you and I should be undressing Don't all girls look the same, they don't? Oh, what a shame Cindy, Cindy I'll pay the usual fee What's the matter, don't you like me? (Help me tell me what it's all about) I'm talking about a long crucial wait (Cindy see listen, she's so tired) Girl if I have to beg (look at me) I'm gonna see you in your birthday suit tonight (she doesn't look as good as I do) I'm sure you're quite intelligent A whiz at math and all that shit (how 'bout that?) But I'm, I'm a tad more interested in flyin' your kite tonight (she can't even walk in those shoes) Cindy, is that alright? Oh Cindy see, will you play with me? I'll pay the usual fee Two organ solos to go (Oh Cindy see, oh Cindy see, oh Cindy see, oh Cindy C) (Oh Cindy see, oh Cindy see, yeah, oh Cindy see, oh Cindy C) (Oh Cindy see, oh, oh, oh Cindy C) (Oh Cindy see, will you play with me?) (Oh Cindy see, I will pay the fee) (Ah Cindy see, will you play with me?) (Ah Cindy see, I will pay the fee) Help me (shit) Excuse my savior-faire But, baby I'm dying to take you everywhere (oh yeah?) I want to show you to my friends Because baby, you're the living end (tell me now) Let me have a debt worth winning I can feel your ice is thinning Like a frozen pond in spring Your furry melting thing awaits me Your furry melting thing awaits me (oh Cindy C) And my six-string (will you play with me?) (Cindy, where are you?) C'mon Cindy (oh my God) C'mon Cindy (wait) Don't you want to play with me? (Ah, yes, no, wait) Don't you want to play with me? (Yes) What's the matter with me, Cindy? (Nothing) (Shockadelica, whoa) Oh Cindy see, won't you play with me? Music is the key to set yourself free From depression, drugs and increasing poverty The key is to the lock, the lock is on the door The door has a knob that you've never turned before The jack, use the jack, it opens up the lock 'Cause there's the key to unlock the body Place it like that to open up the door The door to the house full of people galore The beat won't stop 'til the JM jocks And he jacks the box 'til the party rocks The clock tick-tocks and the place gets hot And believe it or not, all the troubles you forgot It's just that easy if you want it to be For all the fellas, and the young ladies So ease your mind and set yourself free To the mystifying music that we call Cindy see Oh Cindy see, won't you play with me? Oh Cindy see

[@tristanmuntadas2065]

BLACK MASTER PIECE ALBUM!!!

[@BurtonMKelso]

The funk Bible

[@a.c.cordova9840]

what a gem of an album!! love every track on this record. cindy c, wow there is so much fun going on in this song its crazy!!!! I THINK Cindy c is Cindy Crawford..... I read somewhere she was in France around the same time......Prince expressed interest and she kinda blew him off.....not sure if that is true or not.

[@datdumbdude4126]

A.C. Cordova It is a confirmed fact that their meeting in that club was what made this song a thing.

[@johncastro39]

A.C. Cordova - I agree, this album rocked! My cousin knew a dj in Frisco and got me a bootleg copy of this record. Cindy C was my favorite. Brings back a lot of fun memories. Alexander one also hearsay album and Mazar at stroke also take me back to those dancing days!

[@alfblue4734]

Shew blew him off becos he was 3 inches shorter than her lmao

[@ziweiyuan]

Cindy Crawford is actually six inches taller than Prince was. And do you remember the Diamond and Pearl dancers? Diamond, a.k.a. Lori Elle, a.k.a. Lori Werner, looked more than a little like Cindy Crawford. Prince couldn't get Cindy so he found a lookalike... 78.media.tumblr.com/763aac2f407d43c3ab402a31af639bcb/tumblr_mr99ovyYzH1syoo2oo1_250.gif

[@bobstevens3265]

"where dy'a get that beauty mark?" Course it's her

[@chariotreign]

Thanks Prince ! Thanks Cindy !

[@simonedalsanto6713]

I have the rare original Black Album and this is my favourite song! 😍🤩

[@tripe9719]

I think it started as a “can’t win ‘em all” track but Prince embellished it. I don’t think he literally thought Cindy could be bought but he does say he was willing! This is classic depraved Prince, the alter ego of his spiritual side...

[@proximacentaur1654]

Possibly the most deranged song opening in an album full of deranged song openings.

[@eabsurfs808]

'I'm sure you're quite intelligent, a wizard of math and all that $#!+ but I am a tad more interested in flying your kite tonight..." BEST part of the song...LOL

[@avi3062]

missed it. thanks for point that line out.

[@iheartny2001]

Cindy really was a math wiz (graduated valedictorian in high school and went to college for engineering).

[@MayMay-lk4kz]

Thank you so much for sharing these!!!!

[@oliviercasabielhe842]

Sounds so good, so funky, so Prince

[@groofoot]

The first 5 or 6 seconds are Pure Funk!! 8-)

[@jimmywoodfull]

Totally cool and about model Cindy Crawford. Had a pretty good bootleg back in the late 80s on cassette.

[@geoffnutt7043]

Had vinyl. Still do. Bootleg. He was fighting Warner Bro. They would not release it

[@najinelson6742]

What a cool song Gospel&Funk united, bought a copy of that album on casette tape at lovesexy tour as a teen

[@imeeskenz5552]

I found this album into my Father's collection and the only things i can say are F....UNK YOU PRINCE 😍

[@oldenmarlow339]

Supah Fine Heifer!

[@poppashots994]

Had a bootleg of this song when it came out...not in the U.S. and you heard more static than the song.

[@terrellhoward4701]

They say this song is about Cindy Crawford and how she rejected him and he said we're did she get that beauty mark lol that mold above her lip

[@Cormac-jd2kx]

Not true. Cindy Crawford said they met on the dance floor and that was it. She was with a friend.

[@dennisbutler3246]

Wow what a beautiful hit

[@Lluvia78462]

Una declaración de amor pública a Cindy Crawford de parte de Prince 😭🥰😱

[@simonespitoni3959]

Bueno, amor...

[@caterinacouts]

Μέγιστη αγάπη.οπωσδήποτε.."Θα πληρώσω" .."Δαμάλα"..Μάλλον για πορνεία μιλάμε,ξεκάθαρα.Τον πλήγωσε άρνησή της και έβγαλε ένα πορνοτράγουδο.

[@bohemianjay98]

Top 3 Prince albums!

[@sprinkdesign7170]

I bought this on cassette tape from Camden Market in 1987.

[@sdey893]

This is a jam 🔥🔥

[@cynthiacler9284]

My name is Cynthia C, thats too funny.

[@alfreddreamerphotocomics4880]

“Ooh Cindy C..”

[@baylorsailor]

He was so mad that Cindy Crawford wasn't interested in him that he wrote a song calling her an escort basically. kind of messed up.

[@gfanarakos]

well she missed an opportunity of a lifetime

[@brianj4201]

That's not how it went at all. Crawford talked about it and said that Prince was dancing with her and a friend. This song was his inner thoughts about her. There was absolutely no Malice.

[@sethbrown7550]

So she turned him down and instead of just calling her a hoe he basically does that but then says he's prettier and that he can walk better in heels. You have to listen super close to the background. That's Prince.

[@andrewmaycock7438]

Pretty sure that's Sheila E talking.

[@chiriacvsebastian]

Is that so? Where is it? Only Prince, a Master in Art could put his narcissism in such a hillarious way, making fun of a "high class model over in Paris, France".

[@jsamc]

Cat got some flow !

[@TheMrsspates]

Love Love Love!

[@keithleeuwen877]

Great Stuff !

[@mrbrownroyyal]

Allegedly written about Cindy Crawford...

[@skylerb97]

It’s pretty much as close to a fact as you could get at this point

[@mrbrownroyyal]

@@skylerb97 :)

[@NinjaDash360]

Cindy confirmed it. She said a friend told her about it

[@mrbrownroyyal]

@@NinjaDash360 oh yeah lol? when?

[@NinjaDash360]

@@mrbrownroyyal back in 2016, sites such as daily mail and other news outlets talk about her interview with W magazine.

[@kevinharrison4780]

" super fine heffa " 🤚

[@darkmatter7668]

Lmaooo

[@vja1970]

I wonder what Cindy C thought of this song

[@purpleflowers699]

@@vja1970 🖤💜🖤I remember her saying in a interview that she didn’t understand most of the lyrics, so she did listen to it.🖤💜🖤

[@ItothaGO]

@@purpleflowers699 Bet she understands them now!!! 😁

[@purpleflowers699]

@@ItothaGO 💋🍒💋LOL!!!🍒💋🍒

[@mooogg]

This Sh*t is soooooo FUNKY!!!

[@msbutterfly1283]

has anyone seen this album on tidal?? it was up for a while before now they took it down?? anyone know what happened?? i really love this masterpiece this is some master work he released for a short period of time

[@lancereynolds926]

I have Tidal too and no it isn't there anymore. Tidal is actually missing a lot of songs that should be there including Sreams of Passion from The Family album! I'm really getting sick of Tidal. Too many missing songs and artist! Tyla Nelson's entire first ROYAL BLUE album isn't on Tidal either

[@mikldukan9720]

Black album, Charade , chocolate box .....

[@markdilello3600]

genius

[@cpapafunk]

Perfection

[@hahahaha170]

wow good album❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@darkghoulrecords]

Wow u don't say...over and over and over and over.....

[@maxbenoit1745]

Good track.

[@webbstar303]

Just pure magic!

[@Robbarleyfy]

What's it gonna B?

[@TheRowlandstone73]

I always found it a little strange that a prolific womaniser like Prince would write and release a song, basically documenting his failed attempt at getting it on with 20 year old supermodel Cindy Crawford. Either he was being humble in an, "Oh well, can't win them all", kind of way.. Or, in a pseudo-respectful way, (though ultimately helping Cindy to save face) he was cheekily deflecting from the fact that he actually banged the shit out of her in a 5-star Parisian hotel.

[@Sweetteatn615]

Did he really get to sleep with her? I forget the story.

[@ginad1494]

If I was a supermodel like Cindy, I would be towering over his 5'3" self and that would definitely be a turn-off no matter who he was.

[@MrJools1]

@@ginad1494 Haha you think a 6'' guy would deliver better? Ask your friends

[@V.E.R.O.]

@@MrJools1 It's not just about sex, I never found his androgynous look attractive. No matter how rich, famous or talented someone is there will always be someone who won't like them.

[@joem.7621]

Prince thought this album was evil. Thoughts?

[@BurtonMKelso]

I don’t see how

[@MayMay-lk4kz]

The underground version is the best. Should be released in its original form for its impeccable funk synths horn drums and organic form.

[@theart0f69]

Might u know the whereabouts of said version on the interwebs?

[@aileniss]

Why isn’t this album on Spotify

[@najinelson6742]

No one would maybe notice, I heard everday 40.000 new tracks on spotify!!!

[@brucekentnyc]

Cindy Campbell is who was part of the birth of hip hop back on August 11, 1973. She's the Cindy C he's referring to here not Cindy Crawford. I've been saying this for years. Carmen Alessio as well Cindy Adams

[@francoisevittori4984]

Une chanson pour le super modèle Cindy crawford

[@catherineglover3404]

Go me catglover💜🎥🎥✈✈✈

[@avalond1193]

Cindy c.. Cindy crawford?

[@vanitysmirror]

Yes

[@bencolan2666]

Will you play with me...👌

[@jasminebright5672]

This shit slaps everyday and I was born in 88 lol

[@ellane8441]

Why Dance If You Can’t Be Kind enough to Believe.. In This Key

[@3t-sm954]

Rosie is pure 🔥

[@diggdeep1685]

Not Rosie. It's Bonnie Boyer [R.I.P]

[@johnbrowneyes7534]

Serve it up sheila

[@sonyaroseman4238]

cindy crawford... if u didnt know.. its a diss song.. she blew him out ..

[@eugenioarana5445]

So much funk

[@madboywill]

Your loss Cindy C!

[@wendellwiggins3776]

Like when he channels Larry Graham vocal style

[@whendovescry2000]

Funny I always thought of George Clinton.

[@minnie3906]

Cindy should’ve sued for defamation.

[@Youknowmeozone]

Is this officially the last funk album ?

[@thezenbum]

5:34

[@ziweiyuan]

Prince was a genius but this song is creepy as fuck.

[@DavidOliver-rx5hg]

Sly Stone Inspired

[@oldenmarlow339]

I’ll pay the usual fee Whatsamatta? Don’t you like Me?

[@Cornyco]

Prince was petty lol

[@Lluvia78462]

Jiji Cindy Crawford lo hubiera llevado de llavero a Prince🤣😱

[@Sharonna1]

Cindy Crawford your lost

[@brettlawson9488]

Crawford didn't fall for his creepiness

[@scampbellbhs]

Whatever. He smashed.

[@abriana3121]

@@scampbellbhs 😂💜

[@VAE1986]

I love prince, I really do, but the older I get and find out about Prince, some of his behaviors were mean . This song is a disgusting depiction of how famous , rich and powerful men feel entitled to womens bodies. Cindy should of sued him for defamation of character.

[@FunnyBaseballStadium-cc5dk]

Cry about it. It's not their fault that women are so thirsty for those types of men. Who you attract is a reflection of yourself.

[@daifuku74]

ça c'est de la déclaration subtile

[@poppashots994]

Bootleg song was terrible... But kept playing it.

[@toyatsymonds9324]

" ideology/mythology" WORSHIP of a cow

[@TwiztedGenius]

2GLAM

[@declane1713]

(A white rad ride, '66 ('67)) "so glam it's absurd"

[@macksters1]

Cindy Crawford refused him once, and he didn't take it well. She was not a whore as he implies with "the usual fee". The music is nice, though.

[@nymike06]

Exactly. I'm glad she dissed the midget. She was too classy for him. He's disrespectful and arrogant and too tiny for her taste.

[@KD....]

When did she diss him? I saw her in an interview saying that he wrote that song about her and it was cool and she has the black album.

[@anastasiarose4482]

Models get paid a big fee doesn't mean they are whores. It is possible that Prince's lyrics had a double meaning.

[@ginad1494]

@@nymike06 I would have turned him down also for being so short. That is a definite turn- off. I don't care who you are or how much money you have, if you aren't taller than me at 5'5", move on...

[@nymike06]

@@ginad1494 I once Met Cindy. She's tall. I'm 6'2 and she's about 5'9 or 5'10. She's also very nice to speak with. I even got a beautiful personalized Photo of her.

[@myaccount2604]

Misogynistic rant 😴💤

[@zibtihaj3213]

How disrespectful…. Was she really a “working woman “ - so what is this about paying the price

[@silvermist1216]

As a fan I'm just gonna say this was not cool it's just mean

[@richardlewis572]

Prince was not in a good place then. He reached his peak as a “Royal Badazz” and sidelined that album for Lovesexy. Like you he realized the tracks were just mean spirited and ugly. He never promoted it or respected that period in his life musically.

[@UncleGhoulieTv313]

I cans ee why Prince said he could write crap like this in his sleep and hated this LP. It's good to much common folk but to master like Prince this is kindergarten work.

[@josepho1839]

Prince dropped 6 levels imo. Immature, nasty, sexist, classless trashing anyone else that way in public. Purple Rain is still good, but prince is an unlikable person ... read the lyrics first, if you disagree.

[@margaretcottingham5920]

We aren't sure if this was an act of retaliation done in the heat of anger and possibly embarrassment at being turned down in front of a bunch of people. You have to admit it would be a blow to a person's ego. Not judging cause I wasn't there. Fact is usually stranger than fiction. The Beatles did 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds". Most people think it's about drugs-they'd be wrong. Julian(John's son) brought home a painting from kindergarten and was asked what it was. He answered, "It's Lucy......in the sky with diamonds.". Story told to media outlet by John Lennon. So..... let's just say Cindy C. is a great dance tune.

[@BocaNejra]

I never personally felt this post-pop-funk from Prince. For me it lacks the energy and funkyness from James Brown and similar artists. It's too far from the original sound of pure funk! But Prince is obvioulsy a talented artist, no doubt about that.

[@darkknightsds]

This album was weak, it's no wonder Prince pulled it

[@robertberg2606]

darkknightsds i agree

[@VambeefcoHorzey]

This song and Le Grind are excellent, but the rest of the album isn't up to that standard.

[@starpixelproduction7571]

What?

[@hekate1971]

I do not agree..i love this album

[@mrbojangle6118]

The whack album

[@sexycatslam]

Best track on this album IMO. Shoulda been played live during LoveSexy Tour and/or aftershows.

[@oldenmarlow339]

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