Saturday 27 March 2010

PM Dawn - Fucked Music ( 2000 Unreleased)


 
...Speaking of fanatical behavior, I might be receiving some angry complaints and/or threats from P.M. Dawn enthusiasts because of this week’s featured bootleg, the eclectic hip-hop duo’s unreleased 2000 album “Fucked Music” (available through next Friday). There are only a limited number of copies in existence, and to the fans who have the actual CD I’d like to say, “Fantastic! You own a collector’s item.” But for casual fans who didn’t hear much about P.M. Dawn after 1998’s Dearest Christian, I’m So Very Sorry for Bringing You Here. Love, Dad, their follow-up album with the less church-friendly title may come as a complete surprise. At the risk of sounding blasphemous, if God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son, can’t the chosen ones of the P.M. Dawn fan club give their less fortunate online brethren a gift as well?
Think of “Fucked Music” as P.M. Dawn’s attention-grabbing “mixtape,” only it arrived at the end of their string of studio albums rather than the beginning. The audio on the MP3s I was given isn’t perfect — there are digital pops and hiccups — and I accidentally deleted the final track, “Hope,” though it only amounts to a few seconds of silence, a riddle like the title track of Sly & the Family Stone’s “There’s a Riot Goin’ On.”
Is there really no hope of “Fucked Music” getting a proper release? There’s also the matter of “The Jim Sullivan Syndrome,” originally set for release in 2003. It was preceded in the fall of ‘02 by a single called “Amnesia,” one of the best soul songs I heard all decade — P.M. Dawn’s MC, Prince Be, is a good rapper, but he’s a great singer — but 2003 came and went without any new album in stores.
So, for anyone who’s been jonesing to hear new music from P.M. Dawn since the Clinton years but didn’t realize any existed, here’s your chance. I’ve also included “Amnesia” since it’s no longer available for purchase — and because a song this transporting deserves to be heard. But all of P.M. Dawn’s studio albums and their best-of compilation, as well as the self-released Greatest Hits Live, are available at iTunes, so please throw down some money there when you get a chance.
Prince Be could probably use the financial help: according to P.M. Dawn’s DJ, Doc G (he replaced DJ Minutemix in 2006), at pmdawnonline.com, Be had a stroke on July 4, 2008, and another one seven months later. He suffered his first stroke in 2005, and in 1992 he went into a coma for three days, after which he learned he was diabetic. Be is now on dialysis because of his 2008 stroke, and his right leg was amputated below the kneecap due to a gangrene infection that cropped up after his third stroke.



20 comments:

  1. I would pay good money for this album.. Haven't been able to find one :(

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  2. i DID pay good $ for this album and never got it...so anonymous...where does that leave me...gotta steal it...but would it be stealing?

    bobgeorge909 (prince.org)

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    1. That sucks. I ordered the set when it was originally released by the group. I got the album signed by both, a t-shirt and the unreleased volume 1 disc..

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    2. I never got my t-shirt, but glad to know they existed. Still have CDs. Hope they're reissued soon.

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  3. They also had another limited release called Unreleased Vol. 1...which came and went as quickly as Fucked Music. Very few are in existence. There is also an official promo EP for The Jim Sullivan Syndrome. Amnesia is included on that. I don't own original copies, but after years of searching I finally did find mp3's for both.

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  4. 2Anon/
    Wld love to hear them if you feel like sharing...address @ left
    Regards/

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  5. I'm sending them to you right now. Nice to meet ya :)

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    1. Are you still offering this? I'd really love a 'fix' of some 'new' P.M. Dawn!

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    2. 2Ano/
      Send me an email address.
      Regards/

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    3. What about 2 somewhat years down the line..? : )

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    4. http://exileonmoanstreet.blogspot.com.au/2015/05/pm-dawn-fucked-music-unreleased-vol-1.html

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  6. Hi, I to was to late to receive my cd's and have been recently re listening to my PMDawn cd's when I decided to start seaching for them when I came apon this blog. Perhaps someone could be kind enough to share or point me in the right direction. I going threw so hardships right now and can really use a dose of PMDawn, would really nice to hear the The Jim Sullivan Syndrome. Peace to Prince B, sending positive thoughts your way...

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  7. Wayne send me an e/mail (address on left)
    Regards/

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  8. Mona, a bit late, but can you send the unreleased pm dawn tracks? x33rpm@hotmail.com. THANKS!

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  9. 2Ano/
    Check yr inbox later tonight...
    Regards/

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  10. can somebody please send me a link for the unreleased volume 1 !! i already have fucked music. send it to spoken_free@yahoo.com!!! please please please!!!

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  11. will somebody please send me the unreleased album. i already have fucked music. ppllleeeaaassseee. send it to ladiibugs66@gmail.com

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  12. Can I please get the unreleased volume 1 album!! I been waiting. its ladiibugs66@gmail.com

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  13. Would love this music

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