The Artist Formerly Known as Prince did many interviews as promotion for Emancipation in 1996 and 1997. Prince spoke with Chris Rock on VH1, the Today Show, Entertainment Tonight, CNN, KMSP, and even a couple awards presentations and we check them all out. Visit us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TMATSPodcast/ Twitter: @TMATSPodcast Email: [email protected]

Part of the promotion for Emancipation was promotional appearances. The Oprah Winfrey Show devoted an entire episode to The Artist Formerly Known as Prince and it was as heartbreaking as it was illuminating. Visit us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TMATSPodcast/ Twitter: @TMATSPodcast Email: [email protected]

Emancipation was supported by four music videos - Somebody’s Somebody, Betcha By Golly Wow!, The Holy River, and Face Down. Prince also visited The Rosie O’Donnell Show and Top of the Pops after a stop at The Today Show to bid adieu to Bryant Gumbel. We check out this busy 1996-1997 era. Visit us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TMATSPodcast/ Twitter: @TMATSPodcast Email: [email protected]

Thanks for your patience as we take an unplanned break. We should be back to our normal schedule in just a couple weeks.

Remixes! Get your - surprisingly few - remixes! Emancipation had just a couple official remixes of Somebody’s Somebody and Face Down, and a couple more fun bits thrown in for your listening pleasure. Visit us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TMATSPodcast/ Twitter: @TMATSPodcast Email: [email protected]

We round out the final disk of Emancipation and it’s a ride. A lovely lady with a penchant for plenty of partners, early internet culture, remembering a friend, and more in the last six songs of the massive album. Visit us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TMATSPodcast/ Twitter: @TMATSPodcast Email: [email protected]

Prince gives us some honesty in the first half of the final disk of Emancipation. From how he felt about WB and reviewers, to love, fashion, and the state of our future, we get mostly fast joints that will have you finding your own style. Visit us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TMATSPodcast/ Twitter: @TMATSPodcast Email: [email protected]

The second half of disk 2 of Emancipation has some unusual ideas about what relationships should be like. Some are sweet and some make us look askance at Prince… Visit us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TMATSPodcast/ Twitter: @TMATSPodcast Email: [email protected]

Disk 2 of Emancipation has an arc about the growing of the love between Prince and Mayte. Today we check out the - sometimes confessional - first half of the disk. Visit us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TMATSPodcast/ Twitter: @TMATSPodcast Email: [email protected]

It’s been a LONG time since we did a one-second challenge - it was time to bring it BACK! Thanks to all the listeners/friends who sent in song selections because this is a fun favorite. Play along with Josh - can you guess the Prince songs from a single second of audio? Visit us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TMATSPodcast/ Twitter: @TMATSPodcast Email: [email protected]

Emancipation coverage continues with the back end of the first disk. From dreams of houses, dates who are on time, and (bad) apologies there is plenty to chat about AND we have our selections for the entirety of disk 1. Visit us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TMATSPodcast/ Twitter: @TMATSPodcast Email: [email protected]

We begin our dive into Emancipation - Prince (as the Love Symbol) created a sprawling, three-disc set as his first project post his split with Warner Brothers and we talk about the first six songs today. Visit us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TMATSPodcast/ Twitter: @TMATSPodcast Email: [email protected]

There may not have been a tour or a ton of promotion surrounding Chaos and Disorder, but there is plenty still to chat about. There were videos, alternate versions, and even a couple talk-show performances to dig into. Visit us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TMATSPodcast/ Twitter: @TMATSPodcast Email: [email protected]

It may have been a “contractual obligation” but there is a lot to love about the mid-90’s compilation album, Chaos and Disorder. Visit us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TMATSPodcast/ Twitter: @TMATSPodcast Email: [email protected]

Pop up shows were common in Prince’s career, but there was a special treat at First Avenue on March 8, 1982: Prince, most of what would become The Revolution, AND The Time. But don’t call it a concert - this was a dance. Visit us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TMATSPodcast/ Twitter: @TMATSPodcast Email: [email protected]

It’s time for THE Time! The eponymous album, largely written and performed by Prince with help from Morris Day and a few others, was an outlet. Little did Prince know he was creating the band that would be his greatest touring “rival”! Visit us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TMATSPodcast/ Twitter: @TMATSPodcast Email: [email protected]

The Controversy Tour visited Saginaw, Michigan in February 1982 - the fab show we are talking about in this episode - but don’t expect to get to any songs from the album for a WHILE. Doesn’t matter, it’s a funky ride! Visit us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TMATSPodcast/ Twitter: @TMATSPodcast Email: [email protected]

Controversy laid the groundwork for EVEN MORE. Prince was never NOT busy and longer versions, revisiting themes, exploring new themes, and working on album promotion with videos all were a part of the flurry of activity in the early 80’s. Visit us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TMATSPodcast/ Twitter: @TMATSPodcast Email: [email protected]

Contention and conversation: that was what Prince’s career created. From songs that were decadently dirty to robustly religious - or some combination of the two - Controversy is both the name of an album and a lifestyle. Visit us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TMATSPodcast/ Twitter: @TMATSPodcast Email: [email protected]

This is IT! We are wrapping up our coverage of Graffiti Bridge with another set of homeless songs from the era. Visit us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TMATSPodcast/ Twitter: @TMATSPodcast Email: [email protected]

Sometimes, what gets officially released lacks a… special something. The first of several episodes of Prince’s original Graffiti Bridge-Era songs that didn’t make an album or got released in a different version. Visit us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TMATSPodcast/ Twitter: @TMATSPodcast Email: [email protected]

T.C. - Twin Cities. True Confessions. Time Capsule. Whatever T.C. stands for, it was the moniker for David Ellis during his brief rap career and tenure with Prince. We talk about a couple tracks from his album and what the Graffiti Bridge alum has been up to. Visit us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TMATSPodcast/ Twitter: @TMATSPodcast Email: [email protected]

Before there was Pandemonium, before there was even Graffiti Bridge, there was an album that was aborted and reworked: The Time’s Corporate World. Visit us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TMATSPodcast/ Twitter: @TMATSPodcast Email: [email protected]

The singles from Ingrid Chavez’s early 90’s album were PACKED. Add in some videos and unreleased tracks, and have we got a show for you. Visit us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TMATSPodcast/ Twitter: @TMATSPodcast Email: [email protected]

Raise your hand if you went to a poetry slam in the late 80’s or early 90’s. Well, imagine that with some musical backing and singing and you have Ingrid Chavez’s debut album, May 19, 1992. Visit us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TMATSPodcast/ Twitter: @TMATSPodcast Email: [email protected]