It's Your World Sometimes I Get Lonely Data Bank My Summertime Thang Gimme What'cha Got Circle of Love Deeper My Special Everlasting Guaranteed Angel Don't Changes Meant to Be Together Wild And Loose The Bird Ain't A Damn Thing Changed In My Ride Feat. E Two Drink Minimum O7ven intro Strawberry Lake O7ven Press Conference Condensate Trendin If I Was Yo Man Role Play Sick Lifestyle Faithful Cadillac One Step Inspired by the film The Idolmaker, Prince decided to put together a pop-funk group that would serve as an outlet for material in the vein of his own early albums, while he explored other genres and styles in his own career.
To the latter four were added Jesse Johnson on guitar and a lead singer and childhood friend named Morris Day, and Jerome Benton who was a promoter drawn from another local band called "Enterprise", who became Day's comic foil.
Prince had used an Enterprise song, "Partyup", on his Dirty Mind album, and his selection of Day was essentially a reward; he had originally tapped Alexander O'Neal — yet another player in the Minneapolis Uptown funk scene — for the vocalist slot, but O'Neal wanted too much money, himself being quoted as saying, "I basically didn't see no point in being a superstar with no money.
But as good as they were, they weren't allowed to play a note on their debut album. Prince recorded all the music himself, crediting the production to Jamie Starr and Morris Day, who at least was allowed to sing on the record, but was required to follow Prince's guide vocals note-for-note. A growing rivalry began to develop between the two groups as The Time toured with Prince and his band during his Controversy Tour. Frustrated with their lack of input on the albums bearing their name and at being underpaid, The Time would take to the stage with the purpose of showing up Prince, in much the same way that Prince and his band had undermined Rick James when they had toured as James' opening act unlike what happened during Rick James' Fire it Up tour, this time people didn't leave before the headliner, Prince, finished his set.
The tension came to a head on the final night of the tour in Cincinnati during the Time's set when Prince and some of his band threw eggs at their supporting act from offstage.
Things further escalated after The Time's performance when guitarist Jesse Johnson was handcuffed to a wall-mounted coat rack and further humiliated. Prince demanded no interruptions during his performance, but as soon as he left the stage, a food fight erupted. When the battle continued at the hotel, Prince made Morris Day pay for all damages, claiming that he had started the whole thing. They liked the arrangement because the band saw it as free money. No problem. I was going to have to do the sound check, anyway.
Band , were stranded in Atlanta by a blizzard and failed to make it to a Time concert in San Antonio, for which Jerome had to mime playing bass guitar on stage while Prince played Lewis' part off stage, and Lisa Coleman stood in for Jimmy Jam.
Subsequently, the duo were fined and then fired, although Prince would state in a Rolling Stone's interview that 'I didn't fire Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Morris asked me what I would do in his situation. Remember, it was his band. Monte Moir took the opportunity to leave as well, and would also work with Jam and Lewis. The Time rode the wave of popularity created by the movie and hit singles 'Jungle Love' and 'The Bird' and were household names in It was Day who left next after arguments with Prince, choosing to pursue a solo career in after a successful acting turn in Purple Rain.
Soon thereafter, with Jesse Johnson also opting to go solo taking other Time members Cardenas and Hubbard with him , the band disintegrated; the remaining members Benton, Jellybean Johnson and Peterson were reformed into a new short-lived project called The Family.
Meanwhile, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis went on to become one of the most successful songwriting and production teams of the s and s. In , the original seven members of the band reunited for the Graffiti Bridge movie and soundtrack, as well as a new album, Pandemonium. This spawned their highest selling single, 'Jerk Out' and the album featured more input from the band than any other Time album. That makes it a great experience all round. We take the musicianship and the craft of what we do very seriously but, when the seven of us get together, it's naturally a party, fun kinda situation.
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