prophet: wanna be your man
Francisco Espregueira
Prophet is an underground funk musician from San Francisco, who, until this year, had only put his name to one record: an obscure private-press LP called Right On Time (1984). Full of incredible boogie vibes, the release's original copies are still changing hands around the U.S. Now he has a new album, his first in 34 years, still sounding like '84: Wanna Be Your Man, produced primarily with one of o sótão's favorite producers, Mndsgn. Insanely soulful prods, probably best exemplified on the album's first track and lead single: "Insanity".
Stones Throw Records big man, Peanut Butter Wolf, played "Right On Time" in DJ sets for years, knowing nothing about the enigma of who created it. Prophet introduced himself later at a record fair. Wolf eventually introduced him to Mndsgn - releasing Snax Mixtape at the moment we're writing this. Together, Prophet and Mndsgn began cooking up the music that would become Wanna Be Your Man, released under Wolf's Stones Throw Records. And it sounds amazing, quite frankly. No BS-Boogie on this one.