"like u either hate the man or u r jealous of him"

I am begining to think this as well. Someone is drinking a big glass of haterade.

Blaque,..and this is from a "blackguitarist" to a "blaqueknight", pimp to pimp, player to player, black to blaque...anyways,..dig; The MORE sense u make on here, the more it's like talking to a brick wall. I've learned that first hand shortly after I joined this site. And I know u know it too. You've said basically what I said and visa verse. People want to believe what they want. What they need to believe. U know,...fuck it. That's what I always say. When people wanna say that they CAN'T see where P was a bonafide selfish asshole for not participating, and then justifying him in the proccess,..well,....

sosgemini said:

It was, But it pisses me off that ALL the money didn't get to the starving people, And that Africa is no better off then it was back then. It's just not right.

Well, granted, it was back in 85. But that doesn't stop folks from running threads about the Parade album from one year later, right? I've talked about this incident a few times on here in the past. I remember when this first happened. It was a very big deal. The cause to feed Africa was a very big deal. It made Prince look very bad. Even to his fans. It was the type of bad that no one could justify. A big part of being blessed is to then turn around and be a blessing to others. Where much is given, much is expected. Ya'll know about it. That's what hurt Prince in the eyes of so many. What went down was Quincy already had it all set up for EVERYBODY to go straight from The Shrine in L.A to A&M Studios and lay down your vocals. We're talking about artists that were bigger than Prince THEN than Prince would ever live to be. Anyway, cuz Prince had just had the year of his career and he was HOT as fire, Quincy planned to put the two biggest and hottest pop stars together to sing a verse. Michael and Prince. If that had happened, that record would have sold so much more than it did. Not only because Prince was singing but who he would have been paired with. It would have went through the roof. Which would have been beautiful. The more money the record would have made, the more money would have went to helping hungry people. Prince was like "fuck that. I'm not going down there, singing with Michael...Hey Sheila, u go in my place while I go get something to eat with Jill." Whatever. That's his GOD given right to do want he wants. But I heard that his manager thought the press would look so bad for P once this got out that he talked to Prince, asking him to reconsider. By then, it was too late. All the vocals had been done and everything had been filmed as "proof" who had all participated. As for Prince, all u saw was Shiela in those stupid looking ass oversized shades P wore in the film. They looked silly as hell on Prince and they looked even sillier on Sheila. So that's when Prince called down to the studio where Quincy still was, asking if he could come down and lay down a guitar solo. Two reasons I think he did this. One, he waited untill everybody else had bounced. Two, he wanted to do something different from all of the others so he said a guitar solo. That's not what it was about. It wasn't something to showcase one artist over the others. Your ass sing like everybody else or stay the fuck out of it. He was no better or above anybody else, yet that's how he was trying to portray himself. And that shit backfired on him. He probably thought Quincy was going to be hard up and say "Sure Prince, come on down with your guitar. And maybe u can overdub some screams over Ray Charles's part." But Q didn't and wasn't going to do that.

some of you all are cracking me up...regardless of intentions, ego's or your momma's USA for Africa was a worthy cause. Folks, please stop trippin.

sosgemini said:

ask africans.

the person that has done more for africa ever is george w bush.

sosgemini said:

ask africans.

the person that has done more for africa ever is george w bush.

laurarichardson said:

Well, in defense of Blaque, I know he doesn't hate Prince or is jealous of him. There is no need to be. That's not what this is about. Cuz someone gives their opinion on something, is just that... their opinion. It's safe to say that no one on here wish's ill will towards Prince.

electrorock said:

That's it.
I'm done.
Web sheriff,
round up your deputies,
surround this site
& do your duty.

Swarm!!

SWARM!!!

electrorock said:

what?

You must be joking

fcukthepolice said:

im serious. ask bob geldof that is the one that made that prhase famous....or just do some research about what "evil" bush has done for africa.

fcukthepolice said:

im serious. ask bob geldof that is the one that made that prhase famous....or just do some research about what "evil" bush has done for africa.

electrorock said:

i think that was in refernce to bush's pledge to provide africa with AIDS relief funds...but the last i knew, the money was never approved by Congress and it went no where.

sosgemini said:

well that is only one thing. i thought the debt was something everyone knew but not even that? and u need to review the facts and year, amount etc etc

ThePunisher said:

But again,we can't blame the artists who participated.They did their part and I applaud them for it.

Prince said he phoned and said he didn't want to sing but he would give them song; BULLSHIT!

Quincy jones himself has said Prince didn;t turn up and RANG 2 DAYS LATER asking if quincy wanted him to lay down a guitar solo.

This is foul and is not speculation; i saw the video of quincy saying this.