Episode 77: Illa J on Prince’s “Dirty Mind” (1980)

Episode notes

The Album: Prince Dirty Mind (1980)

Dirty Mind, Prince’s third album, arrived on the scene in the late fall of 1980, and brought with it a salaciousness we hadn’t known heretofore. The album, a mix of punk, funk and disco allowed Prince to play with gender and genre as well as sexual innuendo and double entendre.

Beatmaker and producer Illa J sat down with us to talk about why Dirty Mind for him is an all time heatrock, what makes the album impossible to stop bumping and how Prince was on time and ahead of his time all at the same time.

This episode was short and sweet – just like Dirty Mind. Check it.

More on Illa J

• Illa J’s Wikipedia entry
• Illa J Steps Away from J Dilla’s Shadow on New Album(okayplayer)
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More on Dirty Mind

• Dirty Mind’s Wikipedia Entry
• Pitchfork’s review of Dirty Mind”
• Prince’s Dirty Mind at 35: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review (Billboard)

Show Tracklisting (all songs from Dirty Mind unless indicated otherwise):

• Uptown
• Illa J: Enjoy the Ride
• Partyup
• Dirty Mind
• Prince: Controversy
• Dirty Mind
• When You Were Mine
• The Bangles” Manic Monday
• Sister
• Partyup
• When You Were Mine
• Head
• Gotta Broken Heart Again
• Vanity 6: Nasty Girl
• Britney Spears: I’m A Slave 4 U
• Uptown

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