Wanna Be Your Man

Prophet is an underground funk musician from the San Francisco Bay Area, who, until 2018, 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.

Now 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.

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 sound like anything else from the time period."

Wolf 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 & 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.'