Tony M on Prince and the NPG - FULL INTERVIEW

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[@chantolama8383]

The NPG was STACKED with seasoned and talented musicians. That Tony was able to find a new direction for his talent, cultivate it, and leave his legacy within Prince's music says A LOT and any Purple Fan should at least respect that, if not fully enjoy it. Thank you Tony for your art, and thank you Michael for your journalism. Great episode!

[@wuodbonde]

Great interview ! As a lifelong Prince fan of over 40 years, these interviews are absolute gold. It is so cool to get to know the characters behind the music. 💜

[@torinowens6103]

Thanx M.D. You did again! Another Great interview. I truly enjoyed seeing Tony. M. He is my favorite NPG Member. 1love

[@mdean]

Thanks

[@XoXo475]

FABULOUS interview!!! 💜 I was lucky enough to meet Tony back in the day, and saw him and the boys performing in some European after shows. What an open and humble guy Tony is . Much respect and thank you Mike for putting this together! Tony’s iconic raps on Live 4 Love and Willing and Able are his finest moments and the songs just wouldn’t be the same without his input.

[@duanetudahl6917]

Love hearing Tony talk about his time with Prince. Great interview MD!

[@itismeal]

Excellent interview! I'm an old-school Prince fan, I started out with him at the very beginning and started fading out when the rap stuff started coming in the mix, but here in this interview with Tony M gave me brand new respect for that whole era! Your interviewing style is fantastic! We know this guy from start to finish, heard very little from you and he did most of the talking which is the way it should be, thank you!

[@mdean]

It's not about me it's about the guest and showing them love and respect.

[@terrymcintosh1763]

One of my favorite Prince Eras was in the 90's with the NPG. The rap stuff didn't bother me at all. I think Prince was the funkiest when he was with Tony M, Doug E. Fresh and those guys. Songs like "Undisputed", " Count the Days", "Return Of The Bump Squad", "Push It Up", those are the hard hitters people don't even know about.

[@cat_whiten8334]

I met Tony a few years ago. Such a lovely guy 💜 Really enjoyed this!

[@PsychedelicLiterature]

Brother Dean, I watch your content all the time but never comment. But, thanks for this interview. I was never a Tony M or Game Boyz hater, but I also wasn’t a hip-hop head so I was leery about them becoming more involved in the direction of the sound. I eventually grew to respect and then enjoy their contributions. As such, I appreciate you giving him a platform to share his story.

[@mdean]

Thanks for the comment.

[@glamslamcam]

This is one of your best interviews. I always liked Tony M from the start but i like him even more after this. A true professional and a class act. This makes me want the Diamonds & Pearls Super Deluxe Set ( I hope) that much more! What a dope interview. 💜

[@ckeaveny1970]

This is a great podcast and massive respect to Tony expressing to Prince you sure of this direction....peace and love to Tony

[@submarineUK]

I could've listen to Tony for much longer. A great interview as always. Hopefully he'll be back for a deeper dive sometime in the future. Great show. Brilliant guests. Thank you.

[@terrymcintosh1763]

I have to apologize for not supporting your channel which is so real and professional. The videos and interviews are great. Being from the city of Detroit, the FIRST city to give Prince mad love, I promise to try to financially support the channel.

[@vincesimpsonakaflossalini]

Another fantastic interview Mike and best believed I'll continue 2 support and share on every platform brother! I wish this interview was a little longer because I know Tony has a lot of stories on Prince that we haven't heard. But anyway work it like a job and be blessed!💜💜💜

[@mdean]

Thank you

[@Purplereign3121]

Awesome interview. Tony is such a cool guy 😊 Thank you Michael.

[@barbarawong7131]

Thanks for an amazing interview!! Love Prince! Love NPG!! Love the Revolution!! Thank you!!

[@erictcherry7757]

Thank you 🙏 guy's so so much for sharing God bless...

[@thaddaeusmorris9614]

Michael this interview with Tony is so awesome , i love it from start to finish , to hear the awesome story's about Prince , it just breathtaking keep up the good work . Love the podcasts a job well done .

[@mdean]

Thank you so much!

[@artfull334]

Cool interview with Tony M from the Bronx, I never knew that, luv is accent! It’s great listening to him talk about his history of working with Prince, luv the nostalgia, so funny hearing Tony talk about Prince’s rehearsal ethics😂😅

[@tommyaudio]

this was good. love hearing shock get his props from the goats. appreciate tony's contribution to the sound, especially the symbol album

[@misshelloareyouthere]

MISS OPPORTUNITY! In 90's , I walked pass Tony in Hawaii and I was too chicken to ask for an autograph. He gave me that look like , I hope these people don't recognize me. I will never forget that moment, LOL..

[@burnesray777]

YES, absolutely an amazing interview! Love Tony M! Amazing musician and rapper lyricist and creative force! Much props!

[@djmylesmatisse]

Albert Magnoli told my over the phone when we had a lengthy conversation that all the cutting room floor and deleted scenes got lost between Minneapolis and Los Angeles and don't exist anymore so that means all those deleted scenes of The Game Boyz filmed during Purple Rain are more than likely gone forever and that's f'ed up as they were probably all FIRE!!!

[@j_ocrates23]

Just peeped Game Boyz in Jesse Johnson’s Revue’s “Be Your Man” video

[@forensicaccountant259]

Went to Glam Slam LA with my cousin and within 10 minutes was coupled up. Didn't see cuz again until closing time. I never even got her name!

[@RexGarvin-oq3ev]

Tony M Came In The NPG Camp, And Created An Awesome Lane For Himself. He Is A True Artist Beyond Hip Hop. He Loves The Music And The Music Loves Him. Just Call Him An Artist Of The Dance, Song And Flow. My Man!

[@dorothyedwards7225]

OMG I'm dying, Humpty Dance!!😅🤣😆😆😀🕺🏿🤪😁

[@dorothyedwards7225]

🥸😄

[@murphdrag09]

is that on any of the rehearsal bootlegs??

[@waynewalker1503]

Love to hear Prince stories.

[@anthonywilson7681]

I got that Super Deluxe Edition, with the three Vault CD's..... I'm lovin' that "Schoolyard" track!!!!

[@murphdrag09]

38:16 GoldNigga the movie! Starring Tony M and Tupac! Directed by Spike Lee!

[@dee1380]

These podcast r great bruh!! Keep em comin..!!

[@mdean]

Thanks and I will :)

[@CainaanDC]

Prince and Pac wow

[@shellsjoint]

Thank you for this!

[@user-os8iy2nj8n]

Sick of goofies talking shit about this mans rapping skills/pen. Dude was nice

[@sperrotta91]

Gold******* is part of Minneapolis hip-hop history. It's a little overlooked and disrespected. Some very good tracks on it.

[@bohurdle]

Great interview!!

[@chanelgriffin8290]

what is the song in the beginning???

[@dorothyedwards7225]

Since listening 2the interview & I was knocked out that Prince was playing the Humpty Dance, I wud luv 2 know & 2 👀 him play and groove 2the New Jack Swing like Keith Sweat, Guy, AL B Sure.😏😍🙃🙂

[@marselluswallace6597]

Same old Tony. Cool, Calm and Collected. Tony is good people !! NORF SIDE

[@Annabee399]

Some have a particular niche. And I recall hearing Prince dabble with Rap😢💜❤ unsuccessfully. The lyrics and sound were lackluster. And it pains me to acknowledge it.🙏

[@stephaniemeals4983]

Great interview. Listening to Tony M is always great. I myself am glad Prince got with the times and embraced rap.

[@EUPHORIAMUSIQ]

Much Respect to Tony M

[@marcuswilliams3393]

hey my brother you still looking 25 are you still doing music

[@DanFreeman723]

If Prince would have started using Hip Hop samples instead of drum patterns he would have took the game over in the 90s.

[@youngkeys]

He will get you😂😂

[@thefancyray]

Excellent!!!

[@mdean]

What up Fancy Ray!

[@dorothyedwards7225]

Michael D 🖤🖤💜 Tony M💓💞💕💗🙌👍

[@Purplereign3121]

This N.P.G album is very, very expensive now.

[@ericvanderaa]

Great to see the interview. We went to the first London gigs in 1990 and met Tony and the other Gameboyz when they where crossing the street outside the hotel. We talked a while and went together to a recordstore to find and score a copy of the Black Album bootleg. They wanted to get the album. They guy behind the counter was willing to sell it but became reluctant when he saw the touraccess pass around the neck and thought he was being hassled.

[@shirleyhicks4427]

TONY M!!!! ❤

[@thetruthhurtsu]

Eminem? 😂😂 ok! 😂

[@erictcherry7757]

☔️☔️☔️☔️

[@keithupchurch7928]

This was a cool interview, BUT we have 2 be honest here...I mean, besides Get Off, NOBODY was really feeling Tony M, lyrically! The fans, critics, and just the casual listener couldn't get with his flow because it just didn't feel authentic 2 Prince's music at the time! Hell, even Prince "trying 2 Rap", as a fan, felt embarrassing, lol! And I think Prince started to realize this as well, because in the late 90s, he started incorporating TRUE MC's like Doug E.Fresh, Eve, and Chuck D in his music!👍😎

[@keithupchurch7928]

@Tony I definitely agree with you as far as Prince's selection of rappers in his music in the late 90's. Now, the context in which Prince told one of the Warner execs when he first signed that he didn't want to be considered "a black artist" is that he didn't wanna be pigeon hold as an artist. In the late 70's and early 80's the music industry was very segregated and the same type of marketing and promotion a label would GENEROUSLY give to a white artist 4 their project, that wasn't the case for black artist, so that's the reason why Prince made that comment. Now, did Prince play with racial and sexual ambiguity early on in songs like Controversy and blur the lines a bit? Yes, lol.

[@keithupchurch7928]

@Tony that isn't irony that's fact, Elvis stole his entire vocal style from Roy Hamilton...kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnmsoIicn5WJqcU

[@j_ocrates23]

We all never considered P to be an MC but he did rap on songs before and pulled it off purely because he had the swag

[@Cormac-jd2kx]

@@j_ocrates23rapping wasn’t his thing and only did it for commercial purposes. The proof is that after 2 records he was done. He never got tired of his real stuff tho

[@Thextreme319]

Most of these tales have been told, but what Amazing storyteller to bring what’s been largely relinquished to fruition and currently relevant. Salute to Mr. “23 positions in a 1 night stand.” Tony? M!!! 👍🏽🦾💜🎶