SuperSoulFighter said:

antonb said:

Is there a Nile Rogers discussion site where i can go and post how Prince is more relevant than rodgers? Just for the fun of it? You who what? I carnt be bothered!!

You can be bothered to write no less than three replies, so you obviously care about this.

Yea WHATEVER!

Somebody point me to where the Prince fans hang out these days, cos it sure ain't round here .

And relevant to whom? P does what P wants when he wants how he wants, as long he gets/ has enough money to finance his music and lifestyle. In today's fragmented musical landscape, there is no 'shared culture' to be relevant to.

IMO P released two very good/ excellent albums a few months ago, yes it's a little disappointing that so far he ain't out there touring and playing songs from these, esp. AOA.

Prince, unlike Nile as a solo artist, is a very well-established legend who can pop back into the modern music scene whenever he feels like it - or not. Chic were cool but imo not quite the same level of status. Can't see any point in doing the 'Prince vs Nile' thing anyway.

With the enormous quantity of good/ great Prince music available in his back-catalogue and unofficial catalogue, he is very relevant to me musically most of the time .

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MattyJam said:

Who'd have figured? On the eve of the first new Chic single in 20 years and after the massive success of his collaboration with Daft Punk, it leads me to wonder, how is it that Nile Rodgers can manage to write a hit and get commercial radio to play his music and Prince can't? Same deal with Santana in the early 00's.

Don't tell me Prince doesn't want one, because releases like AOA and MPLSoUND tell a different story.

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Nonsense.

MattyJam said:

Who'd have figured? On the eve of the first new Chic single in 20 years and after the massive success of his collaboration with Daft Punk, it leads me to wonder, how is it that Nile Rodgers can manage to write a hit and get commercial radio to play his music and Prince can't? Same deal with Santana in the early 00's.

Don't tell me Prince doesn't want one, because releases like AOA and MPLSoUND tell a different story.

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Who would have figured another day with a delusional post on Prince.org !!! Plenty of people know who Prince is and very few could pick Nile out.

Come back when Nile has done a Santana move with this Chic release because if you think this project is going to massive you are smoking crack.

The wack thing is thousands would run not walk to go see Prince in concert if he went on the road tommorow. Do you really think Chic can pull that off?

MattyJam said:

Who'd have figured? On the eve of the first new Chic single in 20 years and after the massive success of his collaboration with Daft Punk, it leads me to wonder, how is it that Nile Rodgers can manage to write a hit and get commercial radio to play his music and Prince can't? Same deal with Santana in the early 00's.

Don't tell me Prince doesn't want one, because releases like AOA and MPLSoUND tell a different story.

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If I can remember correctly, Prince is about that money; regardless if his music is not being played he’s getting paid. Financially they have the hits and radio play while Prince has the money. Both their incomes combined does not come close 2 his. So he must be doing something right whether he’s getting radio play or not. Prince is in a good place Spiritually, Musically and most importantly Financially. He dances to his own music and calls the shots whether we like it or not. He’s always been in control; don’t forget he’s the Artist known as Prince.

This site has gone full-blown TROLL.....Yep...

murph said:

This site has gone full-blown TROLL.....Yep...

Been that way 4 a while now. It seems 2 be the ONLY way 4 some folks 2 get any attention.

I don't know if Niles will outsell Prince this time around with the new Chic album. Prince does have one advantage over him though, Prince has a large built in fanbase who buys every single album he makes as soon as it is released without even hearing it first. I've been a part of that fanbase myself from 1979 up until this last album which I was able to hear first and refused to spend my money on a sellout product.

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Niles has to work a little harder though because I doubt he has as large of a built in fanbase that Prince has. But if the samples I've heard of the latest Chic song are an indication of rest of their latest album, soundwise, Niles is going to kick Prince's ass big time because Prince sold out completely on his R&B (Rhythmless Bullshit) album except for "The Gold Standard". Whether he outsells Prince or not doesn't matter to me. I'm just glad that someone out there can fill the void of throwing down hard since Prince seems to have either lost it, or is too busy trying to kiss ass and sell out.

You're obviously talking about commercial relevance. `

Niles was featured on a Daftpunk record, I actually did a whole robot video to Lose Yourself to Dance -- which I suppose I can't be posting.

So yeah, big Niles fan here, but more than likely he'd wish he'd get so lucky to be as "irrelevant" as Prince is. If you don't know that then you don't know Niles Rodgers.

my question is this:

would you rather prince relase an album every few years on his own terms - and whatever goes or doesn't go along with that in terms of promotion/videos/tv appearances...

or...

wait 10 years (how long has it been since a solo Nile or Chic album?) and play the game with the record industry just to sell a few more records?

here is the answer from my daughter; Nile is the old guy who did that song with Pharell...That will never be said about Prince

^^^^^ LMAO!!!!

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This thread is baiting like a mofo but Nile is winning because he is talented, compassionate, and honest with his fans. Once I saw him just walking around the East Village by himself a few years ago. He is a survivor and these days seems happy to be alive let alone successful.

TheGoldStandard said:

^^^^^ LMAO!!!!

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This thread is baiting like a mofo but Nile is winning because he is talented, compassionate, and honest with his fans. Once I saw him just walking around the East Village by himself a few years ago. He is a survivor and these days seems happy to be alive let alone successful.

no bitches trying to fuck Niles though; just saying

antonb said:

OH MY GOD, another pointless topic posted for the haters to enjoy! Hello, this is prince.org not Nile.org go and post on a nile rodgers board for gods sake!

I love Nile Rodgers and have been lucky enough to meet him...but I agree with you this is another dumb ass trolling thread.

bashraka said:

MattyJam said:

Who'd have figured? On the eve of the first new Chic single in 20 years and after the massive success of his collaboration with Daft Punk, it leads me to wonder, how is it that Nile Rodgers can manage to write a hit and get commercial radio to play his music and Prince can't? Same deal with Santana in the early 00's.

Don't tell me Prince doesn't want one, because releases like AOA and MPLSoUND tell a different story.

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Easy to explain. The difference between Nile Rodgers and Santana and Prince is that Prince does not do the things that will help get his new music played on the radio. Prince has an adversarial relationship with the music industry-from record company executives, radio program directors and insiders. Prince still gripes publicly about master recordings and changing the gatekeepers of the industry. Because of his hard line stance, Prince is unwilling to give a piece of his action to folks to help him reach the success you're talking about. Those people are managers, A&R people (few of them that are left). Unlike Prince, Rodgers and Santana are willing and able to adapt to the business practices of the industry-release their music to the public via today's technological advances to expose their music to the widest audience as possible. You're right that Art Offical Age and MPLSoUND are records that musically could compete with what is sold in the marketplace but if Prince is unwilling to fully exploit the same opportunities to make his music sell as Rodgers and Santana, then each album Prince releases will commercially taper off after a few weeks on the charts.

The thread should have stopped after this post. Or the one following. Relevant to whom? You are here talking about it, right?