July 2021 marks the 40th anniversary of the self-titled debut album by the Time; so, I decided to commemorate the occasion by bringing back Darling Nisi and Harold Pride for one of our trademark track-by-track deep dives. As always, the conversation left me thinking about the album in new ways: from KaNisa’s interpretation of it as Prince’s tribute to the funk music of his youth, to Harold’s insight on its significance to the development of electronic dance music. I remain grateful to be able to talk about music with these two brilliant people.

00:00:00 “The Stick” (Live at the Roxy Theatre, 1982)

00:02:17 Harold’s Presentation at De Angela Duff’s #1plus1plus1is3 Virtual Symposium

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00:02:22 KaNisa’s Presentation at #1plus1plus1is3

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00:02:26 KaNisa’s Podcast, Muse 2 the Pharaoh

00:03:13 The (Kinda Underwhelming) “Expanded Edition” of The Time

00:03:36 The #1plus1plus1is3 The Time Roundtable with Big Sexy, Richard Cole, Michael Dean, Eloy Lasanta, and Ricky Wyatt

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00:03:54 Zach’s Controversial Roundtable on the Time’s Pandemonium from the #DM30GB40 Virtual Symposium

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00:04:38 Allen Beaulieu’s Iconic Cover Photo for The Time

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00:05:26 Zach’s Original Takes on The Time Tracks from 2018

00:08:11 Songwriting Contract between Prince/Tionna Music and Dez Dickerson for “Cool”

00:13:57 Our Podcast on Prince (1979)

00:19:28 Our Podcast on Dirty Mind

00:20:35 “Partyup” (Live with Morris Day at First Avenue, 1982)

00:24:03 “Rough” (1980 Recording)

00:32:16 “Get It Up” (from The Time, 1981)

00:33:43 “Dazz” by Brick (from Good High, 1976)

00:34:48 Morris Day’s recent appearance on the Questlove Supreme Podcast

00:42:06 “Get It Up” by TLC (from Poetic Justice: Music from the Motion Picture, 1993)

00:45:32 “Get It Up” (Live at the Roxy)

00:51:53 “Girl” (from The Time)

00:53:10 Morris’ recent interview in Rolling Stone

01:00:29 “Girl” by Full Force (from Don’t Sleep!, 1992)

01:03:09 “After Hi School” (from The Time)

01:14:51 “Cool” (from The Time)

01:21:52 “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough” by Michael Jackson (from Off the Wall, 1979)

01:24:33 “Cool” (Live at the Roxy)

01:25:10 Chuck Statler’s music video for “Cool”

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01:25:56 If you don’t know what happened with Chuck Statler’s The Second Coming movie, now you know

01:26:27 Another artifact from Prince’s “standing in front of a classroom” period

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01:29:33 “Oh, Baby” (from The Time)

01:36:01 “The Stick” (from The Time)

01:39:47 “The Stick” (from NPG Ahdio Show #9, 2001)

01:44:48 “Get It Up” (Live at the Capitol Theatre, 1982)

01:54:06 “Oaktown” by Hammer (from The Funky Headhunter, 1994)