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Thread started 03/08/15 4:17pm

JoshuaWho

Did any Prince chick/protege have a shorter shelf life than Bria Valente?

Tamar never got an official album release but at least she got some live dates and TV appearances. Bria got a whole disc in a Prince album and then disappeared. I dont think that album was bad at all. I am sure Prince didnt have any long term plans for her but she set a record with how fast she was the hell out of there.

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Reply #1 posted 03/08/15 5:27pm

Dandroppedadim
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Nadeera?

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Reply #2 posted 03/09/15 2:12am

jaawwnn

Anna Fantastic?

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Reply #3 posted 03/09/15 2:21pm

Dandroppedadim
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the 'Lovesex that's my jam' girl?

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Reply #4 posted 03/09/15 5:02pm

CharismaDove

Sue Ann Carwell

Maybe eye do, just not like eye did before pimp2
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Reply #5 posted 03/09/15 6:27pm

babynoz

You'd probably have to ask thunderfunk or langebleu or bart. Maybe one of them keeps track of such things.

Prince, in you I found a kindred spirit...Rest In Paradise.
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Reply #6 posted 03/16/15 10:50am

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Dandroppedadime said:

the 'Lovesex that's my jam' girl?

falloff

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

https://youtu.be/CVwv9LZMah0
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Reply #7 posted 03/18/15 4:16pm

SPYZFAN1

Who was the female rapper on "Emancipation"?....99?.. She came and went real quick.

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Reply #8 posted 03/19/15 10:50am

lezama

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JoshuaWho said:

I dont think that album was bad at all.

Its actually surprising how many decent songs he gave her that no one will ever hear. I would have loved to hear him do Elixr with a real established artist instead.

Change it one more time..
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Reply #9 posted 03/19/15 11:09am

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I bought the 3CD set the week it was released and still have not played the Bria Valente disc. I'll get around to it one day.

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Reply #10 posted 03/21/15 4:02pm

Billmenever

Bria Valente may have had a short musical time with Prince, but it's obvious she had even bigger plans and goals than singing with P. The woman in my opinion has a beautiful voice, photogentic and just plan downright gorgeous. All the best gurl with your marriage...he's foine.

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Reply #11 posted 03/21/15 4:19pm

JoshuaWho

sexton said:

I bought the 3CD set the week it was released and still have not played the Bria Valente disc. I'll get around to it one day.

Treat yourself - it is good adult music...unlike almost everything else Prince does with young beautiful women.

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Reply #12 posted 03/21/15 4:20pm

JoshuaWho

Billmenever said:

Bria Valente may have had a short musical time with Prince, but it's obvious she had even bigger plans and goals than singing with P. The woman in my opinion has a beautiful voice, photogentic and just plan downright gorgeous. All the best gurl with your marriage...he's foine.

POssibly the finest Prince babe of all time...of course, a good piture of Vanity or Susan Moonsie from 30 years ago has to be considered when talkig about the finest Prince babes...

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Reply #13 posted 03/21/15 4:21pm

JoshuaWho

Dandroppedadime said:

the 'Lovesex that's my jam' girl?

Who is that? That dingbat that was trying to host the horrible Yahoo webcast?

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Reply #14 posted 03/23/15 10:34am

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Chick couldn't sing all that great, but the album itself wasn't bad at all...though I can't say that I listen to it a whole lot....only when I'm getting ready to do house chores and scanning through my cd collection only to find this one is probably the only time I play it. boxed

I will forever love and miss you...my sweet Prince.
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Reply #15 posted 04/01/15 8:27am

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Good Question.

I mean it was a good question and also the group "Good Question"

"If you wanted to buy a Sam Cooke album, where would you go?"
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Reply #16 posted 04/01/15 9:17am

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She disappointed me, she didn't even try (outside of doing an album) and it takes more to be considered a protege. She should have sang back up on the live shows, she should have gotten her feet wet and led a few songs with Prince

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Reply #17 posted 04/01/15 3:35pm

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sexton said:

I bought the 3CD set the week it was released and still have not played the Bria Valente disc. I'll get around to it one day.

but, but, but.... there's a duet with prince on the album ("elixir") and there's all sorts of
nice bouncy prince does throwaway pop songs on there. there's even a few songs that

he should have kept for himself ("all this love" - check the live Montreux version, wow)

if anything, it's a real cool 'instrumental' prince album, if you can just tune out her voice smile
which i don't do since i don't mind her voice. not the best ever protege album but not a

bad one either imo.

and true love lives on lollipops and crisps
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Reply #18 posted 04/02/15 9:05am

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IstenSzek said:

sexton said:

I bought the 3CD set the week it was released and still have not played the Bria Valente disc. I'll get around to it one day.

but, but, but.... there's a duet with prince on the album ("elixir") and there's all sorts of
nice bouncy prince does throwaway pop songs on there. there's even a few songs that

he should have kept for himself ("all this love" - check the live Montreux version, wow)

if anything, it's a real cool 'instrumental' prince album, if you can just tune out her voice smile
which i don't do since i don't mind her voice. not the best ever protege album but not a

bad one either imo.


I ripped the CD the other day so the wheels are set in motion for the album to finally get played. razz

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Reply #19 posted 04/02/15 2:50pm

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OldFriends4Sale said:

She disappointed me, she didn't even try (outside of doing an album) and it takes more to be considered a protege. She should have sang back up on the live shows, she should have gotten her feet wet and led a few songs with Prince

Agree.

Change it one more time..
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Reply #20 posted 04/02/15 2:59pm

IstenSzek

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sexton said:

IstenSzek said:

but, but, but.... there's a duet with prince on the album ("elixir") and there's all sorts of
nice bouncy prince does throwaway pop songs on there. there's even a few songs that

he should have kept for himself ("all this love" - check the live Montreux version, wow)

if anything, it's a real cool 'instrumental' prince album, if you can just tune out her voice smile
which i don't do since i don't mind her voice. not the best ever protege album but not a

bad one either imo.


I ripped the CD the other day so the wheels are set in motion for the album to finally get played. razz

woot!

and true love lives on lollipops and crisps
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Reply #21 posted 04/02/15 11:12pm

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lezama said:



JoshuaWho said:


I dont think that album was bad at all.




Its actually surprising how many decent songs he gave her that no one will ever hear. I would have loved to hear him do Elixr with a real established artist instead.


All This Love is great too - I like Prince's version at Montreux.
Something U Already Know would be uh-mazing with George Michael singing - it's obviously written from a male p.o.v./singer.
Elixir is a beautifully intricate duet - too bad Bria is not up to its level. I imagine Diana Krall might be good on it.
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Reply #22 posted 04/22/15 7:49am

Alliasan

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Taja Seville?
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Reply #23 posted 04/22/15 2:45pm

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Billmenever said:

Bria Valente may have had a short musical time with Prince, but it's obvious she had even bigger plans and goals than singing with P. The woman in my opinion has a beautiful voice, photogentic and just plan downright gorgeous. All the best gurl with your marriage...he's foine.


Hi, Bria - long time no see! wave

We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves.
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Reply #24 posted 04/22/15 2:53pm

RodeoSchro

That girl named "RAD" who played bass for a couple weeks or so.

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TC Ellis

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Milenia

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Reply #27 posted 04/23/15 8:11pm

SoulAlive

OldFriends4Sale said:

She disappointed me, she didn't even try (outside of doing an album) and it takes more to be considered a protege. She should have sang back up on the live shows, she should have gotten her feet wet and led a few songs with Prince

In her defense,though....she probably didn't get any real guidance from Prince.

Prince finds beautiful women and he gets them excited,promising them he'll produce an album for them and make them a star.Then the album comes out,it flops,he gets bored and moves on to the next,young,pretty "artist" lol It's a continuous cycle and it goes on and on.Judith Hill is the latest one who's got his attention,but she shouldn't get too comfortable,either.Next year,she will be replaced too,lol.

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Reply #28 posted 04/24/15 1:31pm

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Bria's disc wasn't bad, but the one TV appearance I saw, she was seated on a stool and didn't move.

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Reply #29 posted 04/25/15 7:34am

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Cinny said:

Bria's disc wasn't bad, but the one TV appearance I saw, she was seated on a stool and didn't move.

That explaines the look on her face.

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