The Story of Diamonds And Pearls, Episode 2: If It Ain’t From Minneapolis, It Ain’t S#!^

Prince | Official Podcast

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4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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The roots of The New Power Generation extend back to Prince’s childhood growing up in North Minneapolis. Founding NPG members Tony Mosley, Sonny Thompson, Kirk Johnson, Damon Dickson, and Prince’s high school girlfriend Cari Price shed light on what the community meant to Prince. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the story of Diamonds and Pearls, a new season of the Prince podcast produced
0:14.8	in collaboration with NPG Records, Paisley Park Enterprises, Sony Music Entertainment,
0:19.9	and Warner Records.
0:22.0	Welcome back.
0:23.0	I'm your host Andrea Swenson, and this is Push from Prince and the New Power Generations
0:28.0	Diamonds and Pearls.
0:30.3	In our first episode, we met several of the core musicians who appear on the album alongside
0:36.0	Prince.
0:37.0	Today, we're going to get to know Tony Mosley, heard rapping on this track, along with
0:42.0	his fellow dancing dynamos, Damon Dixon, and Kirk Johnson.
0:47.0	In addition to acting as Prince's onstage foils in this era, Tony Damon and Kirk's involvement
0:52.0	further roots the NPG in Prince's hometown.
0:55.3	They all grew up alongside Prince, Sonny T, and other Minneapolis sound luminaries like
1:00.4	Terry Lewis, Jerome Benton, Morris Day, and Andres Simone, in the relatively small,
1:06.2	tight-knit community of North Minneapolis in the 70s.
1:10.6	Speaking of Rolling Stone in 1990, Prince said, people talk about Minneapolis sound or
1:17.0	Minneapolis scene, but they don't really know what the place looks like or means.
1:22.7	I want it to mean something.
1:26.2	And after talking to all of these talented North Ciders, I've come to the conclusion that
1:30.5	you can't fully understand what Prince was doing with his new power generation without
1:35.5	understanding the vibrant black community that shaped him when he and his peers were just
1:41.0	teenagers.
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