DaARTIST said:

This is a tribute show Prince does not need to be there. If this tribute is anything like the tribute show like was done for Curtis Mayfield at Avery Fisher Hall back in June,then it will be great.I went to that tribute which his old group. THE impressions was there also,Mavis Staples,Bilal,Sinead O Connor;The Roots,Meshell Ndegeocello and more excellent show. Like i said Prince dies not need there this is a tribute to him,but the artist i would pick to oerform would be: The Revolution Sheila E. Bilal Meshell Ndegeocello The Roots Alicia Keys Andre 3000 Mint Condition Frank Ocean Pharrell Trey Songz Cyndi Lauper Robin Thicke Andre Cymone Q Tip Sinead O Connor Chaka Khan India Arie Musiq Jill Scott

The same Trey Songz that butchered the hell out of Purple Rain when he interpolated it into his performance on the BET Awards, causing many people to wonder "Is THIS the tribute? OMG"

The event organizer Michael Dorf is no slouch when it comes to presenting top notch talent--he used to own the Knitting Factory. Based on the past tributes, my guess is he will shy away from trendy, pop acts. It is just as unlikely that any former associates will be there--hasn't Sheila E. tweeted enough that she and Prince are through? The artists who performed at previous tributes are working artists in their own right, so I think "the Revolution" is unlikely.

^^I remember that, when Trey Songz sang Prince's song, and yes, he did butcher it. I remember Prince looking like he was pissed at him.

this can either be great or lame.

I really don't care for artists that claim to have been influenced by Prince. If Alicia Keys or Janelle Monae show up, it would be cool but boring.

If I had my way, I'd want to see serious mash-ups instead these r+b artists that will surely drag the proceedings down.

I wanna see the Foo Fighters on this.

Milty said:

this can either be great or lame.

I really don't care for artists that claim to have been influenced by Prince. If Alicia Keys or Janelle Monae show up, it would be cool but boring.

If I had my way, I'd want to see serious mash-ups instead these r+b artists that will surely drag the proceedings down.

I wanna see the Foo Fighters on this.

Why would r&b artists performing at this tribute drag proceeds down? Some of the best artists have been influenced by R&B music, even Prince, and he still embraces r&b. A mixture of various genres of music that reflect all the types of music, Prince has embraced in his singing/performance style, over the years would be just fine, r&b included, by various artists.

I doubt it would be mainly r&b genre artists performing in this tribute.

I cannot imagine the foo fighters singing Prince's soul ballads though, like 'Adore' or 'Insatiable'. I could see maybe D`Angelo or Robin Thicke singing those types of tracks. I could also see Cindy Lauper singing some of Prince`s bluesy, spiritual tracks like 'Willing & Able', just as much as I could see India Arie singing some of Prince's lighter ballads, and Mint Condition, Lenny Kravitz, Maroon 5 or Muse playing some of his rock songs. Oh and just to add, I could see Meshell Ndegeocello rocking Prince's songs too, especially 'Dreamer'.

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Astasheiks said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

And..........

Sheila E. It would be a great way to make up & thank Prince 4 christening her.....

Nice pic!

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Thx 4 the "Props & Pounds"!!!!!

2elijah said:

Milty said:

this can either be great or lame.

I really don't care for artists that claim to have been influenced by Prince. If Alicia Keys or Janelle Monae show up, it would be cool but boring.

If I had my way, I'd want to see serious mash-ups instead these r+b artists that will surely drag the proceedings down.

I wanna see the Foo Fighters on this.

Why would r&b artists performing at this tribute drag proceeds down? Some of the best artists have been influenced by R&B music, even Prince, and he still embraces r&b. A mixture of various genres of music that reflect all the types of music, Prince has embraced in his singing/performance style, over the years would be just fine, r&b included, by various artists.

I doubt it would be mainly r&b genre artists performing in this tribute.

I cannot imagine the foo fighters singing Prince's soul ballads though, like 'Adore' or 'Insatiable'. I could see maybe D`Angelo or Robin Thicke singing those types of tracks. I could also see Cindy Lauper singing some of Prince`s bluesy, spiritual tracks like 'Willing & Able', just as much as I could see India Arie singing some of Prince's lighter ballads, and Mint Condition, Lenny Kravitz, Maroon 5 or Muse playing some of his rock songs. Oh and just to add, I could see Meshell Ndegeocello rocking Prince's songs too, especially 'Dreamer'.

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Ok yes I was generalizing here. But i regard Prince as this great "synthesizer" of popular music. there are so many styles wrapped up in his music, and judging by past tributes to him, the performers have always been one sided and that has usually been r + b artists. I have absolutely nothing against those artists or that genre but I'd like to see surprises. I know the Foos would never even be asked to be on a show like that (I'm sure they would accept in a heart beat) and I only used them as an example to try and mix things up.

If I see The Time (who I love) and Sheila E. (who I love as well) on that stage, it kind of defeats the purpose to me.

Milty said:

2elijah said:

Why would r&b artists performing at this tribute drag proceeds down? Some of the best artists have been influenced by R&B music, even Prince, and he still embraces r&b. A mixture of various genres of music that reflect all the types of music, Prince has embraced in his singing/performance style, over the years would be just fine, r&b included, by various artists.

I doubt it would be mainly r&b genre artists performing in this tribute.

I cannot imagine the foo fighters singing Prince's soul ballads though, like 'Adore' or 'Insatiable'. I could see maybe D`Angelo or Robin Thicke singing those types of tracks. I could also see Cindy Lauper singing some of Prince`s bluesy, spiritual tracks like 'Willing & Able', just as much as I could see India Arie singing some of Prince's lighter ballads, and Mint Condition, Lenny Kravitz, Maroon 5 or Muse playing some of his rock songs. Oh and just to add, I could see Meshell Ndegeocello rocking Prince's songs too, especially 'Dreamer'.

[Edited 12/28/12 18:20pm]

Ok yes I was generalizing here. But i regard Prince as this great "synthesizer" of popular music. there are so many styles wrapped up in his music, and judging by past tributes to him, the performers have always been one sided and that has usually been r + b artists. I have absolutely nothing against those artists or that genre but I'd like to see surprises. I know the Foos would never even be asked to be on a show like that (I'm sure they would accept in a heart beat) and I only used them as an example to try and mix things up.

If I see The Time (who I love) and Sheila E. (who I love as well) on that stage, it kind of defeats the purpose to me.

If you're referring to the last tribute by BET, actually Janelle Monae and Esperanza Spalding who performed some of Prince's songs, aren't r&b artiists. Janelle's music is more alternative/futuristic rock/pop/some funk, and Esperanza Spalding is a Jazz artist. Not sure how you define or categorize r&b artists. I think part of Prince's mission regarding his music output and creativity over the years, was to break that barrier and stigma regarding how the music industry categorized a musician's/artist's creative skills, based on race or the type of music the industry assumed/expected of some musicians/artists, based on their race. Prince pretty much helped to change those expectations in the industry, and helped to open doors for other artists to take risks, and not limit their creative, music skills into one category.

Not too many musicians/artists has quite the catalog he has, in the form of the various genres of music he's touched. So I imagine that this tribute will have various artists performing many of Priince's music styles. Guess we'll have to wait and see which musicians/artists will be listed to perform.

Nivivrus said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

D'angelo

Andre 3000

Lenny Kravitz

?uestLove

Adam Levine

janelle Monae

Alicia Keys

Miguel

Frank Ocean

Chaka Khan

Patti Labelle

Would be my dream tribute per4mers that would do Prince justice...

Actually, I wouldn't mind seeing Bruno Mars there. Oh, and I mean this isn't gonna probably happen but what if made a special appearence

me too, that would be great!

R&B section HIGHLIGHTS FROM 1ST 2 ALBUMS

Celo Green - soft and wet

Bilial - Why u want trent me so bad

Deangleo - I wanna b ur lover/ extra Kiss

DIRTY MIND HIGHLIGHTS

Foofighters

Dirty Mind

Head-duet with Pink

extra/endorphinmachine

Songwriter Tribute

lady gaga, Gween Stefani, Katie Perry - Girl group

Gween - Lead on Nasty Girls

Katie - lead on Manic Monday

Lady gaga - lead Nothin compares to u

1999 HIGHLIGHTS

Black eye peas

1999

Little red corvet-Duet with Steven Tyler and Joe Perry

Delirious - same as above

OUTCAST - REUION

Funk section

Housequake

Alphabet street - Nikki M doing cat's rap

Erotic city

Purple Rain

U2, Eric Clapin, Ron Woods, Jeff Beck

Buno Mars

Dark

When u were mine

rfan said:

R&B section HIGHLIGHTS FROM 1ST 2 ALBUMS

Celo Green - soft and wet

Bilial - Why u want trent me so bad

Deangleo - I wanna b ur lover/ extra Kiss

DIRTY MIND HIGHLIGHTS

Foofighters

Dirty Mind

Head-duet with Pink

extra/endorphinmachine

Songwriter Tribute

lady gaga, Gween Stefani, Katie Perry - Girl group

Gween - Lead on Nasty Girls

Katie - lead on Manic Monday

Lady gaga - lead Nothin compares to u

1999 HIGHLIGHTS

Black eye peas

1999

Little red corvet-Duet with Steven Tyler and Joe Perry

Delirious - same as above

OUTCAST - REUION

Funk section

Housequake

Alphabet street - Nikki M doing cat's rap

Erotic city

Purple Rain

U2, Eric Clapin, Ron Woods, Jeff Beck

Buno Mars

Dark

When u were mine

Nice choices. I agree with some on your list with the exception of a few. I can see some of these artists as part of the tribute as well. Here's another list just for fun, although my choices are subject to change:

Solo Acts

Gwen Stefani - Definitely a good choice

Bruno Mars - Good choice

Christine Aguilera

Ceelo Green - Good choice

Madonna

D'Angelo - Good choice, without question

Cindy Lauper

Eric Clapton

Joni Mitchell

Beyonce - Now you all know Beyonce is going to want to be inclusive in this..lol

Esperanza Spalding

Chaka Khan

Combined performances/Bands

Mint Condition

Black Eyed Peas - Good choice, even though they're not a favorite, but a good pick

No Doubt (with Gwen Stefani)

Foo Fighters - Ok, I'll go with that, even though don't know much about them

Bono/U2

Maroon 5

Outkast w/Andre 3000 featuring Janelle Monae (Janelle used to perform with Outkast)

The Roots

Maya Rudolph and Princess band

Main presenters

Chaka Khan, Patti LaBelle and Sheila E., Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis (w/add other names later)

Not so likely to want to see perform or inclusive at this tribute

No Katy Perry - She'll turn it into a bubble-gum popsy mess

No Lady Gaga - No need for a Madonna ripoff, plus she may pull that 'throwing up' mess. I prefer the real 'Madonna' to perform instead, as she is from Prince's era

No Usher - Please no, like another orger stated (lol)

NoJustin Bieber - (Lawd help us all if he's part of this tribute

AvengingToxic said:

2elijah said:

Not a bad lineup. I could see Stevie Wonder singing some of Prince's more political/Planet Earth type tracks. Sheila E playing his latin-flavored tracks. Chaka Khan singing his more upbeat r&b soul tracks along with Patti LaBelle. The Time doing Prince's Minneapolis sound. Lenny can definitely do Prince's popular rock and blues-rock tracks, no question, and maybe add Joni Mitchell to the list to do his pop ballads. Maceo doing P's jazz and funk tracks. I think musicians/artists he's had a close or long-term, music history with or whose music he was influenced by, should be doing some of the tributes. I honestly don't know why some of his fans though, tend to belittle P's r&b/soul flavor, when he has so many, beautiful, soul and blues ballads.

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The average music fan has never heard of 'Planet Earth'

I don't think that's anything unusual considering many longtime and casual fans haven't heard every, single song Prince has written. Although I've been a fan of his music from the beginning, there's a lot of his songs I just found out about in 2004 and later, after the Musicology era.

2elijah said:

rfan said:

R&B section HIGHLIGHTS FROM 1ST 2 ALBUMS

Celo Green - soft and wet

Bilial - Why u want trent me so bad

Deangleo - I wanna b ur lover/ extra Kiss

DIRTY MIND HIGHLIGHTS

Foofighters

Dirty Mind

Head-duet with Pink

extra/endorphinmachine

Songwriter Tribute

lady gaga, Gween Stefani, Katie Perry - Girl group

Gween - Lead on Nasty Girls

Katie - lead on Manic Monday

Lady gaga - lead Nothin compares to u

1999 HIGHLIGHTS

Black eye peas

1999

Little red corvet-Duet with Steven Tyler and Joe Perry

Delirious - same as above

OUTCAST - REUION

Funk section

Housequake

Alphabet street - Nikki M doing cat's rap

Erotic city

Purple Rain

U2, Eric Clapin, Ron Woods, Jeff Beck

Buno Mars

Dark

When u were mine

Nice choices. I agree with some on your list with the exception of a few. I can see some of these artists as part of the tribute as well. Here's another list just for fun, although my choices are subject to change:

Solo Acts

Gwen Stefani - Definitely a good choice

Bruno Mars - Good choice

Christine Aguilera

Ceelo Green - Good choice

Madonna

D'Angelo - Good choice, without question

Cindy Lauper

Eric Clapton

Joni Mitchell

Beyonce - Now you all know Beyonce is going to want to be inclusive in this..lol

Esperanza Spalding

Chaka Khan

Combined performances/Bands

Mint Condition

Black Eyed Peas - Good choice, even though they're not a favorite, but a good pick

No Doubt (with Gwen Stefani)

Foo Fighters - Ok, I'll go with that, even though don't know much about them

Bono/U2

Maroon 5

Outkast w/Andre 3000 featuring Janelle Monae (Janelle used to perform with Outkast)

The Roots

Maya Rudolph and Princess band

Main presenters

Chaka Khan, Patti LaBelle and Sheila E., Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis (w/add other names later)

Not so likely to want to see perform or inclusive at this tribute

No Katy Perry - She'll turn it into a bubble-gum popsy mess

No Lady Gaga - No need for a Madonna ripoff, plus she may pull that 'throwing up' mess. I prefer the real 'Madonna' to perform instead, as she is from Prince's era

No Usher - Please no, like another orger stated (lol)

NoJustin Bieber - (Lawd help us all if he's part of this tribute

No Justin, I agree. I like the Roots, and maybe an acostic set

AvengingToxic said:

Not a bad lineup. I could see Stevie Wonder singing some of Prince's more political/Planet Earth type tracks. Sheila E playing his latin-flavored tracks. Chaka Khan singing his more upbeat r&b soul tracks along with Patti LaBelle. The Time doing Prince's Minneapolis sound. Lenny can definitely do Prince's popular rock and blues-rock tracks, no question, and maybe add Joni Mitchell to the list to do his pop ballads. Maceo doing P's jazz and funk tracks. I think musicians/artists he's had a close or long-term, music history with or whose music he was influenced by, should be doing some of the tributes. I honestly don't know why some of his fans though, tend to belittle P's r&b/soul flavor, when he has so many, beautiful, soul and blues ballads.

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The average music fan has never heard of 'Planet Earth'

I never heard the Album Planet Earth, and I have been a fan since 1984.

PHISH??? why.....

I just checked the website, and it still says, "Artists to be announced..."

I got my tickets; I'm looking forward to a good time no matter who is performing.

2elijah said:

rfan said:

kindofblue7 said:

I read on hear recently that one of the venues that PRINCE has never performed at is the legendary CARNEGIE HALL. Major tribute to him next year.Seems like a big deal looking at the previous artists that have been feted.

http://www.aceshowbiz.com...56536.html

Michael Dorf Presents The Music of Prince.

http://www.carnegieprince.com/

20+ artists pay tribute to Prince!
Concert to benefit music programs for under-privileged youth all over NYC.

Artist announcements to begin soon.
Limited VIP packages available now.

at first I thought why is Worf (Michael Dorn) from Star Trek is Presenting the music of Prince.

AvengingToxic said:

2elijah said:

I don't think that's anything unusual considering many longtime and casual fans haven't heard every, single song Prince has written. Although I've been a fan of his music from the beginning, there's a lot of his songs I just found out about in 2004 and later, after the Musicology era.

And no one wants to hear that crap.

Please speak for yourself...

chocolate1 said:

AvengingToxic said:

And no one wants to hear that crap.

Please speak for yourself...

Exactly..

AvengingToxic said:

2elijah said:

I don't think that's anything unusual considering many longtime and casual fans haven't heard every, single song Prince has written. Although I've been a fan of his music from the beginning, there's a lot of his songs I just found out about in 2004 and later, after the Musicology era.

And no one wants to hear that crap.

I know I don't.

rfan said:

AvengingToxic said:

The average music fan has never heard of 'Planet Earth'

I never heard the Album Planet Earth, and I have been a fan since 1984.

The platinum"Planet Earth" is a "MasterPiece" with the classics "Somewhere here On Earth",The Grammy Award winning rnb single "Future Baby Mama" & the Sylvester inspired club banger "Chelsea Rodgers"...

chocolate1 said:

AvengingToxic said:

chocolate1 said:

Please speak for yourself...

No. It really is a shit album.

No.

That is your OPINION, not a fact...

You cannot speak for millions of people- just say that YOU don't like it.

chocolate1 said:

AvengingToxic said:

chocolate1 said: No. It really is a shit album.

No.

That is your OPINION, not a fact...

You cannot speak for millions of people- just say that YOU don't like it.

Millions of people? You might be overstating its appeal. Considerably. Follow your own advice & speak for yourself.

LittlePurpleYoda said:

chocolate1 said:

No.

That is your OPINION, not a fact...

You cannot speak for millions of people- just say that YOU don't like it.

Millions of people? You might be overstating its appeal. Considerably. Follow your own advice & speak for yourself.

Really?

That's your contribution- to try and chastise me?

I wasn't saying that millions of people like it... I meant that there are millions of FANS...

I don't particularly care for it, either. I just don't like when people state their opinion as fact.

According to an article in the New York Times:

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