Morris Day on Prince Firing Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis from 'The Time' (Part 5) 

Morris Day AND The Time.

I do my mom had every album literally

I wanted to be like Morris Day. I wanted those Baggies. I had only one and I wanted some Stacy Adams. The Baggies were the big thing in my hometown Fayetteville, NC. I had every album of The Time. I wanted to be like Morris, Man! I'll talk to you about this a whole Day. The Time was my favorite group in the 80's. He was my hero.

You say it like it's hard to remember him. He's a living legend.

@@Ms9mmBeretta I was just sharing my childhood experience appreciating THE TIME and how iconic they were. Thank you.

athews1976 yeeeeees!

Absolutely 👍🏽

More like coolest in the business Morris carried that image for years

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I don't know who tops him ? I remember about 5 years ago seeing Morris and the time in concert at the Minnesota state fair and it was free ! Amazing how much talent came out of Minneapolis.

Factual

777-9311 is one of the funkiest songs ever made. To me, it’s their defining song.

No doubt

@@stonedog23 Agree 💯 "777-9311 was the shit !!! 'Jungle Love' was dope, but "777"... shee ! ✌

It's cool and the bird fucking smashe,s

All Vlad wanted to talk about is Prince

Nah. Vlad is not worth Jam & Lewis’ time.

@Perverted Alchemist WOW thanks for telling me about that RBMA interview. Had no idea! Will watch it.

Jam & Lewis won't talk to Vlad. They have nothing salacious or sexual to say about Janet, or no gang banger stories, banging or beating women, beating somebody up, whatever ghetto ass stories Vlad likes.

That's what I'm taking about.

He interviewed Terry a long time ago.

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Greg C Word

Perverted Alchemist Yeah...like Y? I understood him doing his solo music but to go under D’Angelo? IDK...maybe he has a good reason.

Perverted Alchemist Oh...SMH And it’s a shame because that last album was massive.

Exactly. It's like using basil instead of oregano, you can substitute one for another but you're gonna taste the difference.

You guys just don't get it do you? Your not woke .... Wake up 🙄 and you'll start reading between the lines of what they are really saying but not saying!! "JUNGLE LOVE"? 😩

One door closed and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis were born..❤️🎹🎼🎶🎚️🎚️🎚️🎚️💪🏾💪🏾Two of Baddest Producers Everrr!!💯💯💯💯

That maybe so but remember the starving being broke....that's what it led to...but they Jam & Lewis survived Look at them today!!! Millions jb Some Jungle Love going on today!

False how can they be more talented when prince created all the music. They were a band that just played the music prince created

Dat ol skool buccaneers orange Iz bangn.....

😂😂😂😂😂

This is just the beginning.

Be fair, Morris talks a lot about Prince in his book.

It all goes together, it's like interviewing Jermaine and not asking about Michael, you cant

These are HIS memories

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Bruno Mars does.

@@chefalexander334 ... Watch the bands from the 70s and 80s. Bruno Mars' band can't compare. And he's the only one nowadays.

@@areguapiri that's all I was saying..hes the only one...no comparison but THE ONLY ONE!!

Aldeb 456 AMEN!!!!!! 💜

Big music facts

With respect to Prince; they had talent on their own. All these guys were in their own bands before Tine.

Monte Moir also produced Thelma Houston's album too along with Jam & Lewis' produced "You Used To Hold Me So Tight" (which was the summer jam of NYC of the 80s).

@Ricky WHOA FUCK WHOA. That's a slap in the face to Teddy Riley!!!!! Teddy Riley created the New Jack Swing.

@Perverted Alchemist Deja was so slept on. I liked the redbone singer. hahahaa Pussy was hairy back then too. Damn it, man I miss/girl you're much too much much/for me to quit "I Missed" by Surface. hahahaha

I absolutely love that song....one of my favorite songs of all time❤❤

That has been my jam for over 30 years.

Yep that song was a jam, and DIAMONDS ;) Seeing how Prince did Morris Day & The Time (throwing eggs at them on stage, underpaying them), it was a GOOD THING Jam & Lewis left. They would've just been continuously overshadowed by Prince. They also made "Human" for The Human League in 1986 which was a Billboard Number 1 hit the same year Janet's "Control" album was a multimillion seller and Janet's "When I Think of You" was a Number 1 hit.

Keep Your Eye on Me is my Favorite Album !!!

Agreed

You know officer Vlad always gotta interrogate the witness and try to get exactly what he wants. It's up to the witness to check him and steer where they want to go. No judge to object to, until later.

Exactly what I was thinking. Vlad messing up this interview bad.

photoholicflix thinking the same thing

@@jeffworrill4918 no he's not who else going talk about prince besides him I don't see Vlad calling the revolution or NPG. Or 3rd eye girl or Jesse Johnson to talk about prince let the man talk about his friend. He knows prince better than any of us

Well, these videos often go on for well over 2 hours and Vlad informs them of what they will talk about so I'm sure Morris knew the first few moments of the interview would be Prince heavy. As a matter of fact, there are other videos of Morris promoting his book and those interviews are heavy on Prince material as well. Morris knows people will ask about Prince.

Not to mention all the Alex o Neal, Cherrelle, SOS Band, Human League, New Edition, Force MDs, Sounds of Blackness And so forth

Perverted Alchemist nah I wouldn’t say that. Jam and Lewis wasn’t the ones onstage performing and doing those awesome videos. It was them connected with her that made their work so damn good. Jimmy himself will tell you that.

Astrologically, Prince's Pluto in Leo on the midheaven made him a control freak. Not having gemini in the 7th house.

I like Girl that was so smooth

@@kkristian8350 Morris comes into his own as a singer in that song

Right. Seeing how Prince did Morris Day & The Time (throwing eggs at them on stage, underpaying them), it was a GOOD THING Jam & Lewis left. They would've just been continuously overshadowed by Prince. They also made "Human" for The Human League in 1986 which was a Billboard Number 1 hit the same year Janet's "Control" album was a multimillion seller and Janet's "When I Think of You" was a Number 1 hit.

Old news - I mean, really old news. 😂 Sometimes you have to be. Give an inch in that biz and ur going down. It took him a long time to allow others to help him and contribute to the music. But it was overkill with Morris - who is not really telling all his part, like him he wouldnt show up for work. The scene in Purple Rain where Jerome was standing in the dressing room door taunting the kid - Morris was supposed to be standing next to him. He didnt show up for work, or if he showed up he didnt do anything, or he showed up and didnt stay. Stories are rarely one sided. But still Prince definitely was a control freak. Reminds me of a few folks I know personally. I worked for one too, so I made the choice to leave. They all could have done the same.

And I dont think it was about the spotlight. If it was that he would not have created The Time at all. Hardly anybody knew almost all the music the Time did in their first two albums was written by Prince, and he gave Morris and the Time credit. I didnt hear Morris say that. Maybe he did. He created The Family too He did lots of shows featuring other musicians and he stood back and let them do their thing. At some point he probably was cheap too but he eventually gave away MILLIONS to help others. Always 2 sides.

Jam and Lewis were having crazy success when Prince was struggling. Firing them was the best thing he did for them.

@@peachyqueen7856 Prince had a reputation of terminating band members, and acts who were his protégés, and had worked for him. Prince was a perfectionist! If his creativity wasn't perfected doesn't go the way as he planned it, he'll make immediate changes of his staff until his projects are succeeded.

Real talk tho 💯 it had that sexy baseline💖

GQ version of Tray LOL

LMAO

Morris did write a book about him a and Prince

Is there anything you can do about that? NO. Think, Morris tells many a story about Prince in HIS BOOK.

Modern Aire no there isn’t. And that’s fine. This isn’t his book though.

Life Is Beautiful! California they don’t get paid for these. Vlad has said so many times. Exposure yes.

Such as what

Everything about his career revolved around Prince in some way

@@NoSpinster0909 He left Prince 30+ years ago to pursue a solo career.

@@rockssolid7471 and he writes a book about Prince now

@@NoSpinster0909 Guess his solo career wasn't much to write about.

So true...my all time favorite Prince song came off of 1999(FREE).

@@elwin38 his most underrated brilliant song!!!

Culture vultures are just in it for the money

lol come on bro give Vlad a pass this is alot of work putting this stuff together, sometimes he slips but its cool.

and whats your point?

Yep during the 1999 tour I remember that I was at one of their shows when they came to my town

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@@kenndirtyyhitzfromdavault2036 Yo why do keep sending me this?

@Tony West smfh

@Tony West 😂😂😂😂

IT really was Jesse's song.

Working at FedEx in Colorado

In his Skin 😜😜😆😆😆😜😜

Underrated reply.

Ohhhoooweeoohhhwweeooohhh

@@nodayoff1000 Is he really working at the FedEx or are you making a joke?

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Prince was a control freak he wanted everything to go his way ...he knew not only Rick James was his rival but The Time was his rival as well that's why he did them the way he did ..I guess when prince knew he was living in his last days he wanted peace with them and Morris day ...Morris kinda knew something wasn't right because prince never talked to him like that ..I guess prince was actually telling Morris day his last Goodbye

@@thepromiseman7745 prince came to realize that what is control,means nothing and folks loved and respected him regardless and he wanted to heal old wounds

@@mrmaxxx94 exactly there you go and when Vanity passed away it really kinda got to him to she was trying to reach out to him for help but I guess prince never responded back to her

@@thepromiseman7745 he helped her with medical and prince just like Michael Jackson was a very given brother, however he did unto others as the business did unto him and the way Jesse Johnson spoke on it was real,no matter how talented and gifts prince had,the insecure and distance hurt alot of some of those close to him and he wanted to make amends in the end and that is cool, because folks loved him and supported his vision and gift at various costs

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Ehh, they had no control. They couldnt even produce for other artist outside of the band.

@@slick1hit control of what? it was their deal, Prince had a deal with them too and he honor that deal, have you hear of a little movie called Purple Rain co-starring The Time? Prince did something good helping them.

@@aaronsoto9100 The fact that Prince didnt allow The Time to produce for other artists outside the group was control. Morris was offered 70,000 to produce Evelyn Champagne Kings album, and when he asked Prince if he could Prince said no. They wasnt even making that much in the group anyway since Prince dame near produced and wrote everything.

@@slick1hit no, is not control, it's a deal, your forgetting that the reason Morris, Jimmy and Terry were on the market as producers was because they were Prince's project, before Prince signed them, no one knew who they were outside of Minneapolis local scene. I mean, what do you expect? Prince created this empire of innovated sound and artists, now he have to give it away before it's pick? Like Bobby Z said, they never look at the complete boat.

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They didn't fall out that bad I mean prince did give them what have you done for me lately for Janet

@@robertharris4996No, your information is wrong!! Jam and Lewis had the song already, and were prepared to put it on their own album, but Janet heard it, and put it on her 'Control' album.

@@shamondavis406 so you know better than prince himself then

@@robertharris4996 🤷

And that opens a door for Jelly Bean Johnson as the drummer

Ugh? It seems Vlad referred to the year it being a repeat hit again. Both WB AND Prince released reissue CD singles, with Prince's being the 'New Master' version. There's no need to go 'ugh'.

In his press statement after Prince died Morris said "Prince introduced me 2 u!!!!" He knows he owes his career to Prince and is grateful for him.

Kirk Williams Exactly! Prince was controlling not just because he was but Prince had a contractual obligation to Warner Bros. at that time so he had to oversee that project.

Right. I think that was on an DVD that accompanied an special version of the O7 CD. That right there, should shut anyone up who complains that Vlad is interviewing Prince through Morris Day. Let's not forget, Morris wrote a lot about Prince in his book.

@@lonnellbivins4787 you right prince gave them their big break into show business the only reason here fired jam and lewis because they were supposed to show up at rehearsal and do a show but got snowed in even though Morris day put the band together but prince still had like rights to them he own the name The Time so when the original members got back together again to do there own thing without prince help ... prince told them that they couldn't use the name The Time they went by the original seven

The Baggies were the Big thing.

Omg kid creole and the coconut man I like those cats and don't forget Cab calloway

@@thepromiseman7745 Yes! The godfather of it all 👍

That is 💯 truth,matter of fact Andre cymone say kid Creole and the coconuts on a TV show over in Europe and got inspired,kid Creole had the two white chicks pre Wendy and Lisa,kid Creole and coati mundi were the pre Morris and jerome

I don't really see that. Kid Creole and the ones you mentioned kind of mimicked swing jazz/zoot suits and what not. Morris Day and the Time wore what was popular in the early 80's and that included bright suits., skinny ties, etc They were time appropriate where as the others were going back in time.

Yeah, it's funny that nobody ever talks about that, lol. I wonder if Morris ever got paid off of that???

Brandon Page depends on if he owned the publishing or not. In most cases, the label does.

Simple as that. If it was anybody else who did the firing, probably wouldn't hear anything about it.

He didn't fire them, they left to do other things. Most employers don't let staff work for the competition, kinda standard.

TooCool2Khan FACTS!!!!

Some of Prince's biggest hits were sang and performed by other artists. The Bangles made Manic Monday a smash hit. Sinead O'Connor had a mega hit with Nothing Compares 2 U. Bonnie Rait dropped a classic with I Can't Make You Love Me. All of those songs were written by Prince.

Kory Green Precisely’ meaning he retained writers credit. Countless royalties rolling in from publishing.

@Perverted Alchemist Oh snap, learn something new everyday. Thanks. I'll check it out.

Prince ripped off a lot of people. Look it up

Prince is not here to speak for himself anymore. Deep down, Morris is is hating on Prince.

@@chelsearogers1289 Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis are around and they say Prince fired them. Google for the article. If three people saying one thing versus one person, I’m going with the three.

Youngty 1 what! #classic

Hallelujah!

More views, more $$$. Pretty simple!!

No there's actually a full interview but RU-vid is cutting it in parts

@@MysterDoktor I'm quite sure there's a full interview on this but now it's just in parts because Vlad does full interview on anybody but this Here is just in parts because I seen a full interview on the rapper Redman and his interview is like 2 hours long but they have it also in parts .. RU-vid will post the full I'm quite sure they will ...it was another rapper BTW I can't name him right now because I don't listen to his music but he wanted vlad to pay him $1 million for a interview Vlad said he wouldn't give him one dime for a interview

SmackItUp-FlipIt-RubItDown RU-vid viewers have short -attention spans. After 10 minutes, they get bored and their minds waunder elsewhere.

I actually want to see some kind of documentary of prince in the studio working on music I want to see how he created his sound and actually there's footage of him playing multiple instruments that's what I want to see

Fake

@@220love07 what's fake

That's what I was hoping for. I have only seen Morris Day play once.

I decided to try again and typed in Morris day playing drums in the you tube search bar and up pops a few videos of Morris playing drums! Now my ears belive that Morris is the drummer on Prince's Irresistible bitch single!

What's the password onion head 😆😆😆

@@thepromiseman7745 😂😂😂

@@colossus112785 Morris day got it Jermone I got it Morris day get it right Jerome. What

What