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{"id":15490257355002,"title":"Prophet \/\/ Wanna Be Your Man LP","handle":"prophet-wanna-be-your-man-lp","description":"\u003cp\u003e1984年にブギーファンクレコードを1枚だけリリースしているアメリカ・LAのシンガーProphetが、2018年に同国Stones Throwからリリースしたレコードです。\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMndsgnプロデュースによるR\u0026amp;B〜ファンク10曲を収録。\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1270717580\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eレーベルその他作品は\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/leaving\"\u003eこちら\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \/\/\/ Click \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/leaving\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to see more Leaving Records\/Stones Throw releases available at Tobira. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e------------------------\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eText by \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eStones Throw:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cem\u003e\"First album in 34 years, still sounds like '84. All tracks written, played and produced by Prophet \u0026amp; Mndsgn. Production on 2 \u0026amp; 10 with Swarvy; 6 produced by Nite Jewel \u0026amp; Cole MGN. *Tracks \"I Do Love\" and \"Dream\" are CD\/Digital only.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e~~~\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eProphet is an underground funk musician from the San Francisco Bay Area, who, until this year, had only put his name to one record: an obscure private-press LP called Right On Time (1984, Treasure Records). Full of mind-blowing leftfield boogie, it now has a dedicated cult following and can be found changing hands for hundreds of dollars online.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eNow Prophet is making a return. His new album Wanna Be Your Man, is produced by Mndsgn, and sounds simultaneously like retro hits and the music of the future.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eProphet is the first to point out that his journey has been longer than most artists. After Right On Time, he says, “Nobody really gave me a shot. Imagine if someone came up to you and said: ‘It’s not going to break for you for another 30 years.’ I had to stay focused and stay on the path.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eBut there were some fans who kept the flame of that first album alive. Stones Throw founder Peanut Butter Wolf came across Right On Time at San Francisco’s Groove Merchant in the early 2000s and was instantly intrigued. “It was just the kind of music I grew up on, with Prince and The Time vibes, but a rare, lo-fi bedroom version,” he remembers. “Having said that, it doesn’t necessarily\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e sound like anything else from the time period.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWolf played the record in DJ sets for years, knowing nothing about the enigma who created it, until Prophet introduced himself at a record fair. Wolf invited Prophet to make his return to live performance, opening for Snoop Dogg \u0026amp; Dam-Funk in 2013, and introduced him to Mndsgn. Together, Prophet and Mndsgn began cooking up the music that would become Wanna Be Your Man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMndsgn was a big fan of Prophet’s early work. “It’s classic 80s, untapped funk,” says Mndsgn. “What he does is very much in line with the lineage of Stones Throw which is always from the left field.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe cuts an impressive figure, with his own style. Most of his outfits include a flash of yellow, he has a habit of eating lemons, and he creates his own artwork – the Wanna Be Your Man album cover, and a series of yellow memes that read like meditations from the funk world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Coming from that era, that’s just me!” he says. “The wild flair. The in-your-face kinda thang. That’s always been me, man.” Now after over three decades of silence, with Wanna Be Your Man Prophet can finally take up his rightful place in musical history.\u003c\/span\u003e \"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArtist : Prophet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLabel : \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eStones Throw\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2026-11-08T04:22:15+09:00","created_at":"2026-11-08T04:21:40+09:00","vendor":"Tobira Records","type":"","tags":["folk \/ left-field pop","hiphop \/ funk","lp","new","stones throw"],"price":388000,"price_min":388000,"price_max":388000,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":68123717370106,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":null,"requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Prophet \/\/ Wanna Be Your Man LP","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":388000,"weight":430,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":null,"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[],"quantity_rule":{"min":1,"max":null,"increment":1}}],"images":["\/\/tobirarecords.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/ma1_625e752e-980e-4482-9bde-5db69767ca57.jpg?v=1632185578"],"featured_image":"\/\/tobirarecords.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/ma1_625e752e-980e-4482-9bde-5db69767ca57.jpg?v=1632185578","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23776978272421,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":700,"width":700,"src":"\/\/tobirarecords.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/ma1_625e752e-980e-4482-9bde-5db69767ca57.jpg?v=1632185578"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":700,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/tobirarecords.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/ma1_625e752e-980e-4482-9bde-5db69767ca57.jpg?v=1632185578","width":700}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e1984年にブギーファンクレコードを1枚だけリリースしているアメリカ・LAのシンガーProphetが、2018年に同国Stones Throwからリリースしたレコードです。\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMndsgnプロデュースによるR\u0026amp;B〜ファンク10曲を収録。\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1270717580\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eレーベルその他作品は\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/leaving\"\u003eこちら\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \/\/\/ Click \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/tobirarecords.com\/collections\/leaving\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to see more Leaving Records\/Stones Throw releases available at Tobira. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e------------------------\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eText by \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eStones Throw:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cem\u003e\"First album in 34 years, still sounds like '84. All tracks written, played and produced by Prophet \u0026amp; Mndsgn. Production on 2 \u0026amp; 10 with Swarvy; 6 produced by Nite Jewel \u0026amp; Cole MGN. *Tracks \"I Do Love\" and \"Dream\" are CD\/Digital only.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e~~~\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eProphet is an underground funk musician from the San Francisco Bay Area, who, until this year, had only put his name to one record: an obscure private-press LP called Right On Time (1984, Treasure Records). Full of mind-blowing leftfield boogie, it now has a dedicated cult following and can be found changing hands for hundreds of dollars online.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eNow Prophet is making a return. His new album Wanna Be Your Man, is produced by Mndsgn, and sounds simultaneously like retro hits and the music of the future.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eProphet is the first to point out that his journey has been longer than most artists. After Right On Time, he says, “Nobody really gave me a shot. Imagine if someone came up to you and said: ‘It’s not going to break for you for another 30 years.’ I had to stay focused and stay on the path.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eBut there were some fans who kept the flame of that first album alive. Stones Throw founder Peanut Butter Wolf came across Right On Time at San Francisco’s Groove Merchant in the early 2000s and was instantly intrigued. “It was just the kind of music I grew up on, with Prince and The Time vibes, but a rare, lo-fi bedroom version,” he remembers. “Having said that, it doesn’t necessarily\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e sound like anything else from the time period.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWolf played the record in DJ sets for years, knowing nothing about the enigma who created it, until Prophet introduced himself at a record fair. Wolf invited Prophet to make his return to live performance, opening for Snoop Dogg \u0026amp; Dam-Funk in 2013, and introduced him to Mndsgn. Together, Prophet and Mndsgn began cooking up the music that would become Wanna Be Your Man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMndsgn was a big fan of Prophet’s early work. “It’s classic 80s, untapped funk,” says Mndsgn. “What he does is very much in line with the lineage of Stones Throw which is always from the left field.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe cuts an impressive figure, with his own style. Most of his outfits include a flash of yellow, he has a habit of eating lemons, and he creates his own artwork – the Wanna Be Your Man album cover, and a series of yellow memes that read like meditations from the funk world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Coming from that era, that’s just me!” he says. “The wild flair. The in-your-face kinda thang. That’s always been me, man.” Now after over three decades of silence, with Wanna Be Your Man Prophet can finally take up his rightful place in musical history.\u003c\/span\u003e \"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArtist : Prophet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLabel : \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eStones Throw\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}
