HatrinaHaterwitz said:

babynoz said:

Another hair thread? Seriously....

One of the greatest artist ever to walk the face of the earth and this is what folk wanna focus on, over and over and over and over and over and over yadda, yadda.......

Even Verdeen White don't get this much shit about his hair...anybody seen him lately?

Know why nobody gives a crap about his hair? Because like Prince, he is badass.

I don't think I've ever once heard a single remark one way or the other about Hendrix's hair....because he is badass.

Prince is rocking natural, black folks hair....BFD.

Oh I'd to be sitting here talking about all the goodies on the Deluxe Purple Rain but ummmm...all we seem to be getting are these Jimi Hendrix dress up time photos to talk about. So I'm obliging.

babynoz said:
Prince is rocking natural, black folks hair....BFD.

Natural right, I saw that very same fright wig half a dozen times on Halloween.

NouveauDance said:

babynoz said:
Prince is rocking natural, black folks hair....BFD.

Natural right, I saw that very same fright wig half a dozen times on Halloween.

"fright wig"?????

NouveauDance said:

babynoz said:
Prince is rocking natural, black folks hair....BFD.

Natural right, I saw that very same fright wig half a dozen times on Halloween.

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Wig or not, and, honestly, I lean toward thinking it is a wig, but the issues on this website are that many people here have a problem anytime Prince does something that destroys their mulatto, exotic, "special," or "unique" black person fantasy--that fantasy that says, "He's not like regular black people." While it may be a wig, these folks who have an issue with him wearing a wig of natural black hair seem to have no problem if/when he wears wigs/pieces of a more European styled or straightened style. (Again, I can't prove whether or not he wears wigs or pieces, but I wouldn't be surprised if he does and has done so for years. Yet, whether he does or not does not impact how I feel about the music. I don't know one person, including myself, who doesn't have some amount of vanity.) Besides, if they are fans of the music, why does his hair make a difference, especially when that particular style, wig or not, is something to which a vast majority of African people can relate? These people who have issues with Prince's current hair style are no different than that fool/orger who stated about the girl in the "Black Sweat" video, "Prince must no longer like beautiful women," or words that that effect. Why is Prince's style or tastes less fabulous or beautiful when it is closer to a traditional African aesthetic?

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Now, to be completely forthcoming, we all know that Prince has a big ass head. And, when one has a big ass head and a very skinny body, regardless of one's race, one tends to resemble a human lollipop. So, my only statement about the Afro is not to shape it into a more symmetrical style--I like asymmetrical Afros--but to kept it asymmetrical but shorter, not to lessen the African aesthetic but to lessen the lollipop effect. Yet, even though he may resemble a lollipop, he still "be" jammin'! So, with all of that said, I'm glad the OP posted the pic because I hadn't seen it, and I love it because it reminds me of that dude who makes the music he wants to make regardless of what others think.

NouveauDance said:

babynoz said:
Prince is rocking natural, black folks hair....BFD.

Natural right, I saw that very same fright wig half a dozen times on Halloween.

I'm sure you would say that regardless since you seem to have made a career of shading Prince.

Can't pass up any opportunities.

1725topp said:

NouveauDance said:

Natural right, I saw that very same fright wig half a dozen times on Halloween.

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Wig or not, and, honestly, I lean toward thinking it is a wig, but the issues on this website are that many people here have a problem anytime Prince does something that destroys their mulatto, exotic, "special," or "unique" black person fantasy--that fantasy that says, "He's not like regular black people." While it may be a wig, these folks who have an issue with him wearing a wig of natural black hair seem to have no problem if/when he wears wigs/pieces of a more European styled or straightened style. (Again, I can't prove whether or not he wears wigs or pieces, but I wouldn't be surprised if he does and has done so for years. Yet, whether he does or not does not impact how I feel about the music. I don't know one person, including myself, who doesn't have some amount of vanity.) Besides, if they are fans of the music, why does his hair make a difference, especially when that particular style, wig or not, is something to which a vast majority of African people can relate? These people who have issues with Prince's current hair style are no different than that fool/orger who stated about the girl in the "Black Sweat" video, "Prince must no longer like beautiful women," or words that that effect. Why is Prince's style or tastes less fabulous or beautiful when it is closer to a traditional African aesthetic?

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Now, to be completely forthcoming, we all know that Prince has a big ass head. And, when one has a big ass head and a very skinny body, regardless of one's race, one tends to resemble a human lollipop. So, my only statement about the Afro is not to shape it into a more symmetrical style--I like asymmetrical Afros--but to kept it asymmetrical but shorter, not to lessen the African aesthetic but to lessen the lollipop effect. Yet, even though he may resemble a lollipop, he still "be" jammin'! So, with all of that said, I'm glad the OP posted the pic because I hadn't seen it, and I love it because it reminds me of that dude who makes the music he wants to make regardless of what others think.

The only person in this discussion that's worried and talking about Prince's "African aesthetic" is you. I just cannot stand raggedy ass afros. I don't care who is wearing it. And for the record, it takes a hell of a lot more than a recognizable hairdo - especially a raggedy one - to relate to a vast majority of African people.

keep rockin' that fro hard Prince until u drive all the superficial bitches away! good riddance

Look, the man is getting older, things change! Maybe he doesn't have the same hair or hair stylist that he used to have back in the day, maybe his hair is thinning and he wears it this way to conceal the thinning/balding, or maybe he just no longer gives a damn about his hair the way he used to.....who knows! I know that I used to keep my hair on point when I was younger, but now that I'm older, there are days when I just don't care, and barely comb/brush it, that's life.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

1725topp said:

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Wig or not, and, honestly, I lean toward thinking it is a wig, but the issues on this website are that many people here have a problem anytime Prince does something that destroys their mulatto, exotic, "special," or "unique" black person fantasy--that fantasy that says, "He's not like regular black people." While it may be a wig, these folks who have an issue with him wearing a wig of natural black hair seem to have no problem if/when he wears wigs/pieces of a more European styled or straightened style. (Again, I can't prove whether or not he wears wigs or pieces, but I wouldn't be surprised if he does and has done so for years. Yet, whether he does or not does not impact how I feel about the music. I don't know one person, including myself, who doesn't have some amount of vanity.) Besides, if they are fans of the music, why does his hair make a difference, especially when that particular style, wig or not, is something to which a vast majority of African people can relate? These people who have issues with Prince's current hair style are no different than that fool/orger who stated about the girl in the "Black Sweat" video, "Prince must no longer like beautiful women," or words that that effect. Why is Prince's style or tastes less fabulous or beautiful when it is closer to a traditional African aesthetic?

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Now, to be completely forthcoming, we all know that Prince has a big ass head. And, when one has a big ass head and a very skinny body, regardless of one's race, one tends to resemble a human lollipop. So, my only statement about the Afro is not to shape it into a more symmetrical style--I like asymmetrical Afros--but to kept it asymmetrical but shorter, not to lessen the African aesthetic but to lessen the lollipop effect. Yet, even though he may resemble a lollipop, he still "be" jammin'! So, with all of that said, I'm glad the OP posted the pic because I hadn't seen it, and I love it because it reminds me of that dude who makes the music he wants to make regardless of what others think.

The only person in this discussion that's worried and talking about Prince's "African aesthetic" is you. I just cannot stand raggedy ass afros. I don't care who is wearing it. And for the record, it takes a hell of a lot more than a recognizable hairdo - especially a raggedy one - to relate to a vast majority of African people.

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Wow..."raggedy ass afros"...really??? Clearly, you don't realize just how white supremacist your aesthetics or beauty sensibilities are. But that's cool. And, by the way, don't try to misconstrue my words. I didn't write that one needs a certain style of hair to relate to African people. I said that many African people can relate to that asymmetrical style, meaning they do not view it as something foreign or substandard because they have, as Frantz Fanon asserts, been able to liberate their minds from white supremacist notions of beauty. But, hey, if judging Prince or anyone else by those dehumanizing set of standards works for you, knock yourself out playa.

Angelsoncrack said:

I think he just needs to trim it a bit. I will admit, it looks a little untidy, but nothing a little snip can't improve.

In other news- that pic honestly looks like someone took a picture of his face from 1988 and photoshopped it over his 2014 body

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I'd prefer a nice blow out

datdude said:

keep rockin' that fro hard Prince until u drive all the superficial bitches away! good riddance

Why we got to be all that and be driven away because we don't like that raggedy ass afro and aren't afraid to say it? If you're so into it, what anybody else thinks about it, shouldn't bother you. But every time someone has the audacity not to give Prince a rimjob for whatever kick he's on at the moment, here you come popping off, all stupid and reckless. I don't know who you think you're running off but I'm not the one.

1725topp said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Oh please, spare me! I've been saying for the longest that he really just needs those raggedy, scraggly, split ends cut off to make the fro tighter. In other words, if he's going to wear the fro, wear it right. However, what I cannot stand is people confusing "going natural" with "neglectful hair maintenance". Going natural does not mean that you stop conditioning. Going natural does not mean you stop getting your ends trimmed. And going natural does not mean you pull the back down with your fingers, throw on a gold headband and call it styled.

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But, the problem with your position is that you seem to think that the symmetrical pattern is the style for everyone. Some people want a symmetrical pattern and some people want an asymmetrical pattern. Yet, with either style, there is no evidence that Prince has stopped washing or conditioning his hair as it looks healthy to me. And, by the way, just because hair is asymmetrical does not mean that there are split ends. Going natural means that one can wear a symmetrical or asymmetrical style. And, if one cannot recognize the asymmetrical style as "natural" and "beautiful," then one may have issues with natural African hair because asymmetrical is the natural growth pattern of many folks hair. And the same way that Prince has refused to trim or artificially shape himself to fit into other people's musical boxes, I'm for once glad that he's refusing to trim or artificially shape his hair to fit into other people's Euro-centric or self-hating boxes. Thus, the only people who cannot recognize "styled" as pulling down the back of one's hair with one's fingers and throwing on a gold headband is someone who clearly has some false supremacist notion that only the symmetrical pattern can be beautiful. Some people wear their hair untrimmed because it reflects their inability to be neutered by society; I never thought I'd see the day when so-called Prince fans, especially those who complain that Prince has become too conservative, would think that Prince's hair should be neutered to fit the false symmetrical fantasy.

Come on now, that head band is just not helping the picture

His hair looks good and healthy and I don't think it's a wig

But the styling is just wrong

maybe it's the headband

but he needs a good blow out

1725topp said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

The only person in this discussion that's worried and talking about Prince's "African aesthetic" is you. I just cannot stand raggedy ass afros. I don't care who is wearing it. And for the record, it takes a hell of a lot more than a recognizable hairdo - especially a raggedy one - to relate to a vast majority of African people.

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Wow..."raggedy ass afros"...really??? Clearly, you don't realize just how white supremacist your aesthetics or beauty sensibilities are. But that's cool. And, by the way, don't try to misconstrue my words. I didn't write that one needs a certain style of hair to relate to African people. I said that many African people can relate to that asymmetrical style, meaning they do not view it as something foreign or substandard because they have, as Frantz Fanon asserts, been able to liberate their minds from white supremacist notions of beauty. But, hey, if judging Prince or anyone else by those dehumanizing set of standards works for you, knock yourself out playa.

Yes, raggedy ass afros. Meaning afros that look like the wearer just got out of bed and doesn't give a care about their hair. All this Afro-consciousness you're peddling to distract, is not making me forget the fact that we're talking about a man who for nearly the last 30 years took great pride and extreme care of his personal appearance and always presented himself as such. It's just weird as hell for me to see him supposedly going for a Jimi Hendrix look and doing it so badly. If regaling Prince or anyone else by a subpar set of standards because your mind is so liberated, works for you, have at it.

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OldFriends4Sale said:

1725topp said:

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But, the problem with your position is that you seem to think that the symmetrical pattern is the style for everyone. Some people want a symmetrical pattern and some people want an asymmetrical pattern. Yet, with either style, there is no evidence that Prince has stopped washing or conditioning his hair as it looks healthy to me. And, by the way, just because hair is asymmetrical does not mean that there are split ends. Going natural means that one can wear a symmetrical or asymmetrical style. And, if one cannot recognize the asymmetrical style as "natural" and "beautiful," then one may have issues with natural African hair because asymmetrical is the natural growth pattern of many folks hair. And the same way that Prince has refused to trim or artificially shape himself to fit into other people's musical boxes, I'm for once glad that he's refusing to trim or artificially shape his hair to fit into other people's Euro-centric or self-hating boxes. Thus, the only people who cannot recognize "styled" as pulling down the back of one's hair with one's fingers and throwing on a gold headband is someone who clearly has some false supremacist notion that only the symmetrical pattern can be beautiful. Some people wear their hair untrimmed because it reflects their inability to be neutered by society; I never thought I'd see the day when so-called Prince fans, especially those who complain that Prince has become too conservative, would think that Prince's hair should be neutered to fit the false symmetrical fantasy.

Come on now, that head band is just not helping the picture

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I can't say that I've been disturbed by any of Prince's looks/styles, but, if I had to choose, I'd take the head band in this picture over the head wrap from Under the Cherry Moon that reminded me of my grandmother. First time I saw that head wrap from Under the Cherry Moon I thought, "Damn, Prince and my grandmother shop at the same store." But, after that moment, for me it was just Prince being Prince. And, that's my issue with this tread and others like it. For some reason, whenever Prince's style moves too far to an Afro-centric aesthetic there is always a problem, and they all seem to have the same tone as the orger who stated of the girl in the "Black Sweat" video, "Prince must no longer like beautiful women" or words to that effect.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

1725topp said:

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Wow..."raggedy ass afros"...really??? Clearly, you don't realize just how white supremacist your aesthetics or beauty sensibilities are. But that's cool. And, by the way, don't try to misconstrue my words. I didn't write that one needs a certain style of hair to relate to African people. I said that many African people can relate to that asymmetrical style, meaning they do not view it as something foreign or substandard because they have, as Frantz Fanon asserts, been able to liberate their minds from white supremacist notions of beauty. But, hey, if judging Prince or anyone else by those dehumanizing set of standards works for you, knock yourself out playa.

Yes, raggedy ass afros. Meaning afros that look like the wearer just got out of bed and doesn't give a care about their hair. All this Afro-consciousness you're peddling to distract, is not making me forget the fact that we're talking about a man who for nearly the last 30 years took great pride and extreme care of his personal appearance and always presented himself as such. It's just weird as hell for me to see him supposedly going for a Jimi Hendrix look and doing it so badly. If regaling Prince or anyone else by a subpar set of standards because your mind is so liberated, works for you, have at it.

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Wow...let that white supremacist aesthetic roar. As long as Prince was trying to look white by straightening his hair, he was cool. Yet, whenever Prince embraces natural African beauty it's subpar. You're so funny and so sad on so many levels.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Yes, raggedy ass afros. Meaning afros that look like the wearer just got out of bed and doesn't give a care about their hair. All this Afro-consciousness you're peddling to distract, is not making me forget the fact that we're talking about a man who for nearly the last 30 years took great pride and extreme care of his personal appearance and always presented himself as such. It's just weird as hell for me to see him supposedly going for a Jimi Hendrix look and doing it so badly. If regaling Prince or anyone else by a subpar set of standards because your mind is so liberated, works for you, have at it.

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Its one thing and its completely okay that you think its a bad pic and you dont like his hairstyle choices and you're always free to express it. but to assume that he no longer takes "pride" in his personal appearance is unnecessary, especially when you dont know him like that personally. If you did not mean it that way then okay, but it seems that you're indirectly insuating that judging by this statement and your constant dig at his hair.

Maybe through his eyes it looks cool and as long as its healthy then what is the problem? He's a rocker, a musician, they get to wear what they want. Doesnt always have to look neat in the way we choose "neat" for ourselves.

I hated Prince's hair style in the 90's, the one where he had the sides pasted down and kept the top like a curly mohawk. Ugh!!! I thought he looked so ridiculous, but I never assumed anything about him personally like that. I just didnt like it. and I dont recall going on and on about it.

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babynoz said

I'm sure you would say that regardless since you seem to have made a career of shading Prince.

Can't pass up any opportunities.

If only I got paid, I'd love it! Sign me up! Health and pension plan included?

I just get a giggle from some of the humourless dorks on here. Anyone'd think we're discussing nuclear armourment of the modern world not pop music with lyrics about 7" dicks and courting barely legal strippers.

wonder505 said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

Yes, raggedy ass afros. Meaning afros that look like the wearer just got out of bed and doesn't give a care about their hair. All this Afro-consciousness you're peddling to distract, is not making me forget the fact that we're talking about a man who for nearly the last 30 years took great pride and extreme care of his personal appearance and always presented himself as such. It's just weird as hell for me to see him supposedly going for a Jimi Hendrix look and doing it so badly. If regaling Prince or anyone else by a subpar set of standards because your mind is so liberated, works for you, have at it.

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Its one thing and its completely okay that you think its a bad pic and you dont like his hairstyle choices and you're always free to express it. but to assume that he no longer takes "pride" in his personal appearance is unnecessary, especially when you dont know him like that personally. If you did not mean it that way then okay, but it seems that you're indirectly insuating that judging by this statement and your constant dig at his hair.

Maybe through his eyes it looks cool and as long as its healthy then what is the problem? He's a rocker, a musician, they get to wear what they want. Doesnt always have to look neat in the way we choose "neat" for ourselves.

I hated Prince's hair style in the 90's, the one where he had the sides pasted down and kept the top like a curly mohawk. Ugh!!! I thought he looked so ridiculous, but I never assumed anything about him personally like that. I just didnt like it. and I dont recall going on and on about it.

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I didn't like the Typhoon and the doo-rag look either and have said so plenty of times on here over the years and it's funny though because I don't recall being a superficial bitch nor was my white supremacist aesthetic roaring because I didn't embrace Prince's backwoods wannabe pimp look. I will not be silenced by some self-annointed Defenders of the Purple Trippie Universe.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

wonder505 said:

Its one thing and its completely okay that you think its a bad pic and you dont like his hairstyle choices and you're always free to express it. but to assume that he no longer takes "pride" in his personal appearance is unnecessary, especially when you dont know him like that personally. If you did not mean it that way then okay, but it seems that you're indirectly insuating that judging by this statement and your constant dig at his hair.

Maybe through his eyes it looks cool and as long as its healthy then what is the problem? He's a rocker, a musician, they get to wear what they want. Doesnt always have to look neat in the way we choose "neat" for ourselves.

I hated Prince's hair style in the 90's, the one where he had the sides pasted down and kept the top like a curly mohawk. Ugh!!! I thought he looked so ridiculous, but I never assumed anything about him personally like that. I just didnt like it. and I dont recall going on and on about it.

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I didn't like the Typhoon and the doo-rag look either and have said so plenty of times on here over the years and it's funny though because I don't recall being a superficial bitch nor was my white supremacist aesthetic roaring because I didn't embrace Prince's backwoods wannabe pimp look. I will not be silenced by some self-annointed Defenders of the Purple Trippie Universe.

No only is silencing you. my point is that you're projecting your own opinion and personal choice on someone enough to assume that they do not take pride in their appearance when you have no idea in knowing that cuz you dont know him.

Me too and Prince is you're reading this please dont change your hair

iZsaZsa said:

I love this headband on his headful of sexy afro hair. There. [img:$uid]http://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/1533811_945686068792847_6180162919467291318_n.jpg?oh=4d8c6aae9c7d7646c1b8dab02c3818b5&oe=54D9F38B&__gda__=1423044022_9210e405a914a96e9a98449ee6f44e01[/img:$uid]

1725topp said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Come on now, that head band is just not helping the picture

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I can't say that I've been disturbed by any of Prince's looks/styles, but, if I had to choose, I'd take the head band in this picture over the head wrap from Under the Cherry Moon that reminded me of my grandmother. First time I saw that head wrap from Under the Cherry Moon I thought, "Damn, Prince and my grandmother shop at the same store." But, after that moment, for me it was just Prince being Prince. And, that's my issue with this tread and others like it. For some reason, whenever Prince's style moves too far to an Afro-centric aesthetic there is always a problem, and they all seem to have the same tone as the orger who stated of the girl in the "Black Sweat" video, "Prince must no longer like beautiful women" or words to that effect.

I don't mind the afro, I want it bigger. It looks healthy and full in this photo.
A I don't think it's a wig........

But I think for me it's how it is styled that isn't working moreso the 2 bottom sides

I usually like the head wraps and such, But even that Lovesexy photo with a similar head piece to this photo I didn't like much.

iZsaZsa said:

I love this headband on his headful of sexy afro hair. There. [img:$uid]http://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/1533811_945686068792847_6180162919467291318_n.jpg?oh=4d8c6aae9c7d7646c1b8dab02c3818b5&oe=54D9F38B&__gda__=1423044022_9210e405a914a96e9a98449ee6f44e01[/img:$uid]

THAT is a nice photo

in that picture everything looks on point, even the head piece

I just think for some reason the other photos is off, especially his bottom lip

Maybe the colors he's wearing and the makeup is so strong the afro styled here just doesn't work

I love this 'black n white' photo though

2elijah said:

I think people focus too much on his looks and hair. Maybe he has come to the realization that he wants to be free of the relaxed look and take on a more natural look. He is the same musician as when he had the permed hair. His hair didn't change his gift as a musician. Seems some fans have more of a problem with his hair than Prince himself. Speaking of Jimi, Jimi tried the perm thing too, didn't work, and went natural without a care, and his tussled 'fro became part of his signature. So if the man wants to keep his hair natural, then it's his choice, is 't it? Doesn't really matter whether some fans like it or not, just because they can't dress up a real person to fit the appearance of their own fantasy. Maybe Prince was way too focus on having the perfect look to satisfy the fantasies of his fans, and lost himself in the process, but realized of late he had to free himself of doing that, and now accepts his natural hair and wears it to his liking, carefree and all. But come on folks, you surely can't think that's a wig. How about embracing the man's freedom of accepting his natural hair, and wearing it to his liking instead of trying to fit him in some fans' imagined fantasy box. [Edited 11/24/14 9:09am]

A-MEN.!!! You said it Sis. But you know, instead, let's make a big deal about his hair, and accuse him of not taking "pride" in his personal appearance as the OP implies.

I like

wonder505 said: