Various Artists - 1-800-NEW-FUNK

This 1-800-NEW-FUNK sampler was released to retail outlets at the same time Warner Brothers put out Come. It was at the height of 's contract dispute with Warner Brothers. The two parties were publicly lashing out at one another. NPG Records sent out their 1-800-NEW-FUNK with pictures instead of words. Warner Brothers quickly countered with a similar looking one for their Come press release, an obvious mock of the NPG Records release. Thankfully for , the music on his release was quality. Unfortunately, NPG Records never released any of the projects that were highlighted on the compilation, with the exception of the NPG album Goldnigga and George Clinton's Hey Man... Smell My Finger, both of which were previously released. There was one song on the album, a duet with the Marvin Gaye's daughter Nona "Lovesign." The single did relatively well considering it was competing with "Letitgo" from Come and the public was quite confused by the name change from Prince to and the debacle with Warner Brothers. There was no commercial single, though. Another single, "Standing At The Alter" performed by Margie Cox, was released in the UK with little success.

General Data

Label	NPG Records
Release Date	1994
Cat. Number	BR 71006-2

Tracks Written By

• Lovesign (Performed by and Nona Gaye)
• "Color" (Performed by The Steeles) [ MP3 ]
• "Standing At The Alter" (Performed by Margie Cox) [ MP3 ]
• "17" (Performed by Madhouse) [ MP3 ]
• "Minneapolis" (w/ Sonny Thompson) (Performed by MPLS) [ MP3 ]
• "2gether" (Performed by NPG) [ MP3 ]