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PrintabledaPrettyman said: NoVideo said:  You are *completely* delusional.
And I mean completely. 4 real if you think Madge never challenged WB. What was the Sex book about? What about the "Justify My Love" video? She had a massive and bitter feud w/ them over her Maverick Records imprint years ago. Madonna has never been one to sit quietly and do what she's told by record company executives. That entire notion is laughable. * * *
Prince's Classic Finally Expanded The Deluxe 'Purple Rain' Reissue http://www.popmatters.com...n-reissue/ | |
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I heard "Better With Time" on KJLH about an hour ago. I guess it's getting some attention. **--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••--**--••**--••-
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Gorgeous tune. Certainly not an immediate grabber like some of his others, but still a beautifully crafted song with top notch vocals | |
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prince once again never fails me in questioning his logic ..instead of pushing dance/shake yo money maker tunes, he's more in favor of  ballads as singles...wait..isn't this the same pattern that larry graham took? hard funk artist turned ...ballader? 
damn! man, he has such an amazing body of music that it's sad to see him constrict it down to the basics. he's too talented for the lineup he's doing. estelle 81 | |
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purplecam said: My thing is I want Prince to release songs that will grab EVERYONE, not just one segment of people. BWT is not a bad song but it won't grab the kids or some adults, even on the R&B stations. He needs to release "Dance 4 Me" or "Here". Those songs are smash hits waiting to happen cause they will grab everyone by the balls. Plus he needs to stop focusing primarily on the R&B stations. He needs to bet back on the Pop stations and I won't buy that he can't get new music played there. He needs the right people around to push these songs, but of course Prince won't get the right people around him. I just don't get him when it comes to him and these single choices.
[Edited 8/21/09 6:42am] Well I don't know if it's the pop stations he needs to get back on. I would hope, jazz, soul, or dance. But yes enough r&b in this day and age it is just so cliche.Even if it's a nice tune. Everyone is doing r&b when will a new genre arrive?  "Free URself, B the best that U can B, 3rd Apartment from the Sun, nothing left to fear" Prince Rogers Nelson - Forever in my Life - | |
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Bohemian67 said: purplecam said: My thing is I want Prince to release songs that will grab EVERYONE, not just one segment of people. BWT is not a bad song but it won't grab the kids or some adults, even on the R&B stations. He needs to release "Dance 4 Me" or "Here". Those songs are smash hits waiting to happen cause they will grab everyone by the balls. Plus he needs to stop focusing primarily on the R&B stations. He needs to bet back on the Pop stations and I won't buy that he can't get new music played there. He needs the right people around to push these songs, but of course Prince won't get the right people around him. I just don't get him when it comes to him and these single choices.
[Edited 8/21/09 6:42am] Well I don't know if it's the pop stations he needs to get back on. I would hope, jazz, soul, or dance. But yes enough r&b in this day and age it is just so cliche.Even if it's a nice tune. Everyone is doing r&b when will a new genre arrive? Don't hold your breath waiting or you will die. I still think he should be on Pop radio stations cause as long as he is making Pop Music, he should be on there. I guess I'm still stuck in 1989 with my thinking but I don't think I'm wrong. You brought up something I never thought of Bohemian67. I'd love for him to be on Dance radio stations. Some DJ could do a remix of Better With Time or some other tune from MPLSound and get it some airplay. It would be the business right there! Well maybe "I was dreaming when I wrote this." I'm not a fan of "old Prince". I'm not a fan of "new Prince". I'm just a fan of Prince. Simple as that | |
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I see XM is playing it now on Heart & Soul. XM has always played new stuff from him. Last month I actually heard Musicology and The Word there. | |
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I don't know if this has been posted but this is from Billboard:
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Prince notches his 62nd hit on R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, as "Better With Time" begins at No. 81. Since he first arrived with "Soft and Wet" on the July 29, 1978 chart, only Jay-Z (90) and R. Kelly (79) have amassed more entries. On Adult R&B (viewable at billboard.biz), Prince's latest debuts at No. 27, his highest start since "Betcha By Golly Wow!" entered at No. 18 in 1996 ... http://www.billboard.com/...9242.story And those are the 62 (which I believe are 65 or 66) hits: 1.Soft And Wet No.12 2.Just As Long As We're Together No.91 3.I Wanna Be Your Lover No.1 4.Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad No.13 5.Still Waiting No,65 6.Uptown No.5 7.Dirty Mind No.65 8.Controversy No.3 9.Let's Work No.9 10.1999 No.4 11.Little Red Corvette No.15 12.Delirious No.18 13.Let's Pretend We're Married No.55 14.When Doves Cry No.1 15.Let's Go Crazy No.1 16.Purple Rain No.4 17.I Would Die 4 U No,11 18.Take Me With U No.40 19.Raspberry Beret No.3 20.Pop Life No.8 21.America No.35 22.Kiss No.1 23.Mountains No.15 24.Anotherloverholenyohead No.18 25.Sign O' The Times No.1 26.If I Was Your Girlfriend No.12 27.U Got The Look No.11 28.I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man No.14 29.Hot Thing No.14 30.Alphabet Street No.3 31.Glam Slam No.44 32.Wish U Heaven No.18 33.Batdance No.1 34.Partyman No.5 35.Scandalous No.5 36.Thieves In The Temple No.1 37.New Power Generation No.27 38.Gett Off No.6 39.Diamonds And Pearls No.1 40.Money Don't Matter 2Night No.14 41.Insatiable No.3 42.Sexy MF No.76 43.My Name Is Prince No.25 44.7 No.61 45.Morning Papers No.68 46.Damn U No.32 47.Pink Cashmere No.14 48.Nothing Compares 2U No.62 49.The Most Beautiful Girl In The World No.2 50.Letitgo No.10 51.Space No.71 52.Love Sign No.32 53.Purple Medley No.74 54.I Hate U No.3 55.Gold No.92 56.Betcha By Golly Wow No.10 57.Somebody's Somebody No.15 58.The One No.44 10.1999 No.45 59.The Greatest Romance Ever Been Sold No.23 60.Musicology No.44 61.Call My Name No.27 62.Te Amo Corazon No.67 63.Black Sweat No.82 64.Future Baby Mama No.39 65.Better With Time No, 81 (so far) [Edited 9/3/09 16:28pm] | |
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jiorjios said: I don't know if this has been posted but this is from Billboard:
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Prince notches his 62nd hit on R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, as "Better With Time" begins at No. 81. Since he first arrived with "Soft and Wet" on the July 29, 1978 chart, only Jay-Z (90) and R. Kelly (79) have amassed more entries. On Adult R&B (viewable at billboard.biz), Prince's latest debuts at No. 27, his highest start since "Betcha By Golly Wow!" entered at No. 18 in 1996 ... http://www.billboard.com/...9242.story And those are the 62 (which I believe are 65 or 66) hits: 1.Soft And Wet No.12 2.Just As Long As We're Together No.91 3.I Wanna Be Your Lover No.1 4.Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad No.13 5.Still Waiting No,65 6.Uptown No.5 7.Dirty Mind No.65 8.Controversy No.3 9.Let's Work No.9 10.1999 No.4 11.Little Red Corvette No.15 12.Delirious No.18 13.Let's Pretend We're Married No.55 14.When Doves Cry No.1 15.Let's Go Crazy No.1 16.Purple Rain No.4 17.I Would Die 4 U No,11 18.Take Me With U No.40 19.Raspberry Beret No.3 20.Pop Life No.8 21.America No.35 22.Kiss No.1 23.Mountains No.15 24.Anotherloverholenyohead No.18 25.Sign O' The Times No.1 26.If I Was Your Girlfriend No.12 27.U Got The Look No.11 28.I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man No.14 29.Hot Thing No.14 30.Alphabet Street No.3 31.Glam Slam No.44 32.Wish U Heaven No.18 33.Batdance No.1 34.Partyman No.5 35.Scandalous No.5 36.Thieves In The Temple No.1 37.New Power Generation No.27 38.Gett Off No.6 39.Diamonds And Pearls No.1 40.Money Don't Matter 2Night No.14 41.Insatiable No.3 42.Sexy MF No.76 43.My Name Is Prince No.25 44.7 No.61 45.Morning Papers No.68 46.Damn U No.32 47.Pink Cashmere No.14 48.Nothing Compares 2U No.62 49.The Most Beautiful Girl In The World No.2 50.Letitgo No.10 51.Space No.71 52.Love Sign No.32 53.Purple Medley No.74 54.I Hate U No.3 55.Gold No.92 56.Betcha By Golly Wow No.10 57.Somebody's Somebody No.15 58.The One No.44 10.1999 No.45 59.The Greatest Romance Ever Been Sold No.23 60.Musicology No.44 61.Call My Name No.27 62.Te Amo Corazon No.67 63.Black Sweat No.82 64.Future Baby Mama No.39 65.Better With Time No, 81 (so far) [Edited 9/3/09 16:28pm] This Week Last Week Two Weeks Ago Weeks on Chart Title, Artist Producer(Songwriter) Imprint | Catalog No. | Distributing Label Peak Position 1 2 2 28 On The Ocean, K'Jon K'Jon,Proteus (K.Johnson ) Up&Up/Deh Tyme Universal Republic | 1 2 1 1 18 Pretty Wings, Maxwell H.David,Musze (H.David,Musze ) Columbia 1 3 3 3 27 Last Chance, Ginuwine B.M.Cox (B.M.Cox,A.Shropshire,W.Wells ) Notifi/Asylum Warner Bros. | 2 4 5 6 11 Bad Habits, Maxwell H.David,Musze (H.David,Musze ) Columbia 4 5 4 4 23 The Point Of It All, Anthony Hamilton I.Avila,B.R.Avila,J.Wright (A.Hamilton,I.J.Avila,B.R.Avila,J.Q.Wright ) Mister's Music/Jive JLG | 3 6 6 8 6 I Look To You, Whitney Houston C.Stewart,E.Kiriakou,H.Mason, Jr. (R.Kelly ) Arista RMG | 6 7 7 5 18 Can't Live Without You, Charlie Wilson The Underdogs (H.J.Mason, Jr.,D.E.Thomas,J.Fauntleroy II,S.L.Russell ) P Music/Jive JLG | 5 8 8 9 34 sobeautiful, Musiq Soulchild Musiq Soulchild,L.Hutson, Jr. (T.Johnson,L.Hutson Jr. ) Atlantic 2 9 11 12 15 In Love With Another Man, Jazmine Sullivan A.Bell,J.Sullivan (J.Sullivan,A.Bell ) J RMG | 9 10 10 10 29 Epiphany (I'm Leaving), Chrisette Michele C.Harmony (S.Smith,C.Harmon ) Def Jam IDJMG | 9 11 12 11 46 There Goes My Baby, Charlie Wilson G.Pagani (G.Pagani,Babyface,C.Richardson,D.Simmons,C.Allen,K.Copeland,M.Smith ) P Music/Jive JLG | 1 12 9 7 28 Never Give You Up, Raphael Saadiq Featuring Stevie Wonder & CJ R.Saadiq (R.Saadiq,C.L.Hilton Jr. ) Columbia 4 13 15 15 15 Blame It On Me, Chrisette Michele C.Harmony (C.Payne,C.Harmon,C.Kelly ) Def Jam IDJMG | 13 14 14 13 46 From My Heart To Yours, Laura Izibor C.Stewart (L.Izibor ) Atlantic 4 15 13 14 40 If This Isn't Love, Jennifer Hudson B.Kennedy (B.Seals,T.Thomas,T.Thomas ) Arista RMG | 1 16 17 16 15 Give It To Me Right, Melanie Fiona A.Martin (A.Martin,R.Argent ) SRC Universal Motown | 16 17 18 18 25 God In Me, Mary Mary Featuring Kierra "KiKi" Sheard W.Campbell (W.Campbell,E.Atkins-Campbell,T.Atkins-Campbell ) My Block Columbia | 17 18 19 20 16 Close To You, BeBe & CeCe Winans K.Thomas (B.Winans ) B&C Malaco | 18 19 22 22 8 Goin' Thru Changes, Ledisi L.Young,R.Rideout (L.Young,R.Rideout ) Verve Forecast Verve | 19 20 20 19 6 Don't Stay, Laura Izibor S.Lunt,L.Izibor (L.Izibor ) Atlantic 19 21 29 40 3 OH, Kevon Edmonds G.G.Curtis, Sr. (G.G.Curtis Sr.,K.Edmonds,J.Nettlesbey ) Make 21 22 25 26 5 This Time, K'Jon Featuring Lee England Jr. & Augustine Alvarez K'Jon,Proteus (K.Johnson ) Up&Up Universal Republic | 22 23 28 25 13 Giving Myself, Jennifer Hudson Thicke,Pro J (R.Thicke ) Arista RMG | 20 24 24 28 9 Same Song, LaKisha Jones Elite 24 25 23 21 20 Majic, Joe J.Thomas (J.Thomas ) 563 Kedar | 18 26 27 24 10 Obsessed, Mariah Carey M.Carey,T.Nash,C.Stewart (M.Carey,T.Nash,C.A.Stewart ) Island IDJMG | 24 27 1 Better With Time, Prince Not Listed (Not Listed ) NPG 27 28 30 33 4 Family Reunion, George Benson Monster/Concord CMG | 28 29 26 27 15 Dance The Nite Away, Willie Clayton Not Listed (Not Listed ) C & C 26 30 31 29 7 Trust, Keyshia Cole Duet With Monica D.Alford,R.Fair (K.M.Cole,F.Taylor,D.L.Alford ) Imani/Geffen Interscope | 28 31 33 32 4 Can't Get Over You, Joe R.Rideout,A.Beverly (F.Beverly ) Brantera 31 32 34 31 6 Don't Know Why, Smokey Robinson Robso 31 33 35 35 5 First Time, Josh X-an-tus M USA 33 34 21 23 8 Oh No, Chico DeBarge C.DeBarge,J.Thomas (C.DeBarge,J.Thomas,A.Best ) Reality Kedar | 21 35 32 30 15 Something Special, Will Downing W.Downing,R.Rideout (W.Downing,R.Rideout,G.Taylor ) Peak CMG | 22 36 37 3 My Child, All-4-One The Heavyweights (D.Kennedy,J.Jones,J.Pennock,J.Kugell,T.M.McCarthy,K.Martin ) Peak CMG | 36 37 36 34 4 Lacee's Groove, Lacee Makincents 34 38 NEW 1 What I've Been Waiting For, Brian McKnight Not Listed (Not Listed ) E1 38 39 38 37 18 A Better Way, KJ Rose Aloro Mkt 33 40 39 39 3 Back To Life, Corneille Universal Motown 39 | |
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Pretty impressive to be at #27 after less than two weeks. | |
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I mentioned "Better with Time," to a DJ...as well as requesting, "$." They are Prince fans at Jammin' 99.9 we'll see what happens, I've got my fingers crossed...  "The Lion Sleeps Tonight... | |
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It's great that he's releasing singles - whatever they happen to be - but you still can't *officially* buy the physical album(s) here in the UK.  | |
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BTW on the radio, you can't tell what colour the person singing is, unless you know the who the person singing is.
All those people who hear a song and go "hmmm that's a black artist, I do/don't like that", I think they might be a bit thick and a little bit racist? | |
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audience1 said: Pretty impressive to be at #27 after less than two weeks.
----- It is cool and the fact that he is on his 62nd hit on R&B/ Chart  | |
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laurarichardson said: audience1 said: Pretty impressive to be at #27 after less than two weeks.
----- It is cool and the fact that he is on his 62nd hit on R&B/ Chart Yeah but why when I am counting them I find them 65? | |
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