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Survivin' In The 80's 4:46 ░░ 02. M.O.T.F. 4:21 ░░ 03. Make Me Wanna Dance 4:52 ░░ 04. Lovedog 3:19 ░░ 05. Body Thang 3:43 ░░ 06. Stay 3:16 ░░ 07. What Are We Doing Here 3:42 ░░ 08. Don't Let The Future (Come Down On You) 5:10 ░░ 09. Survivin' In The 80's (12" Version) (Bonus Track) 6:06 ░░ 10. Survivin' In The 80' (Instrumental) (Bonus Track) 6:01 ░░ 11. Make Me Wanna Dance (12" Version) (Bonus Track) 4:48 ░░ 12. Make Me Wanna Dance (Instrumental) (Bonus Track) 4:50 ░░ ░░ ░░ ░░ ░░ ╔═══════════════╗ ░░ ║ N O T E S ║░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ ░░ ╚═══════════════╝▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ░░ ░░ Andre Cymone, a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer, is more ░░ than a branch in the Prince musical family tree. Born Andre Simon ░░ Anderson in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Cymone grew up in a supportive ░░ household where fellow aspiring musicians congregated and practiced. One ░░ peer was Prince, who even stayed with the family for a time. Cymone and ░░ Prince, whose fathers also played together, were in fledgling bands, ░░ Grand Central and Champagne, until Prince signed a recording contract ░░ with Warner Bros. ░░ ░░ After Prince released his debut, 1978's "For You", he had Cymone join his ░░ touring band as its bassist. Cymone remained with Prince until 1981, ░░ signed with Columbia as a solo artist, and released three albums - ░░ "Livin' In The New Wave" (1982), "Survivin' In The '80s" (1983), and ░░ "A.C." (1985) - that fused funk, new wave, hard rock, and pop. Six ░░ singles from these releases made Billboard's R&B chart. The biggest hit, ░░ 1985's "The Dance Electric", was written by Prince and reached number ░░ ten. ░░ ░░ After the release of 1982's "Livin' In The New Wave", Cymone wrote and ░░ produced four songs that appeared on Evelyn Champagne King's "Face To ░░ Face", including "Teenager", a Top 30 Billboard Black Singles hit. For ░░ his second solo album, Cymone put aside his one-man band approach and ░░ utilized his touring group. Guitarist Bobby Dean (three songs) and ░░ drummer John Bam Bam Morgan (two songs), along with keyboardists Craig ░░ Thomas, Andre Cumne, and Linda Rennae (Cymone's sister), all contributed, ░░ though electronic gear is so dominant that the material actually sounds ░░ more like the work of one or two individuals with occasional background ░░ vocals. ░░ ░░ Even with the assistance from Cymone's stage mates, the album is in line ░░ with the mid-'80s trend of producer-oriented synth pop and electronic ░░ R&B. Compared to "Livin' In The New Wave", the sound of "Survivin' In The ░░ 80's" is rigid and distant, and it doesn't have the same amount of charm. ░░ "Make Me Wanna Dance," a decent midtempo number that's not particularly ░░ memorable, was Cymone's highest charting single to that point; it scraped ░░ the inside of Billboard's Black Singles Top 40. The other single, ░░ "Survivin' In The 80's", all choppy synthetic funk, features topical ░░ rhymes with references to baggy pants. It failed to chart. ░░ ░░ Nothing here mixes R&B and rock with as much skill as Cameo's late-1982 ░░ "Alligator Woman" or Shalamar's "Dead Giveaway," but there are solid ░░ album cuts in the form of "M.O.T.F.," a slinking, mostly instrumental ░░ track, and "Stay," a seductive yet aggressive slow jam. Another song ░░ features background vocals from Germain Brooks, member of the Girls - a ░░ female trio guided and produced by Cymone that would release an album for ░░ Columbia in 1984. 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