Of all of Prince's proteges, who is your least favorite and why?

My vote goes to...

Ingrid Chavez

Her whole quasi-spiritual hippy gobbledy gook makes my skin crawl. Just reading her songs titles makes me cringe: "Spiritual Storm", "Whispering Dandelions", etc. The only moment I like of hers is when her character gets run over in one of the only salvagable scenes of Graffiti Bridge. Like you kept harping, Ingrid, it was just around the corner...and it finally nailed your ass!

Oh, and that pixie cut is just vile!

End rant.

Your turn!

Whoa! Hell no I thought Ingrid's album is the COOLEST! I listen to it frequently.

Least favorite...??? Hmmm...I don't know..I kinda like them all!
[Edited 3/30/06 0:00am]

Ingrid is a genius and very underrated.

Mazarati is the least favorite

I think 3 O'clock & Good question R pretty bad!

I like Ingrid's album,it's very edgy,melodic and experimental.Her poetry is very intriguing and the music is moody and hypnotic.It was a pleasant surprise

Her album is alot more interesting than the awful Carmen Elektra debut

does larry graham count?

Moonbeam said:

tooooo funny, and ditto.
but my least favorite (dare i say it) is the NPG.

Carmen Electra

TC Ellis. Handsfuckingdown.

vainandy said:

Same here.

Mayte and Carmen Electra.

no wait..

Candy SNL Dulfer...

Moonbeam said:

OMG!

You just made me spit coffee out of my nose!

Justin1972UK said:

So many to pick from. I'll just say Scrap D.

sosgemini said:

oh no. Candy was amazing. I saw her play at the Roxy and she was amazing. She actually has a pretty good career outside of Prince, which tells me that she is above and beyond 95% of the people he has mentored who can't stand on their own.

I don't know how you can say that she is lower on the food chain than:

the game boyz
Tony M.
Carmen
Mazerati

and so many others

I dont know how people can list Mazarati at all, let alone over trash like TC Ellis.

madhouseman said:

because her style of hornplaying is equally as tacky and horrid as kenny g...sure, her technical skills might be there but its still makes me cringe when i hear it...

all that gives her my vote for worst.

sosgemini said:[quote]

madhouseman said:

because her style of hornplaying is equally as tacky and horrid as kenny g...sure, her technical skills might be there but its still makes me cringe when i hear it...

all that gives her my vote for worst.


She seems kinda corny when Prince wants her to be funky. Like in live situations.

i was about to put Lois lane, but they were quite nice really.
i wonder if they started or perpetuated the 'twin' thing.

Tony M
he got WAAY too big for his boots

StoneCrib said:

I'd have to say it's a tie between TC Ellis & Tony M. Nah, make it a 3-way tie when u add Damon Dickson. At least Kirk graduated to drums, and THAT's not saying much either!!!!!

most annoying, in no particular order:

the tony m and the other 2
tc ellis
carmen electra
robin power

least talented, even if not annyoing:

1)apples
2)tony/robin
3)carmen

ones he should've left alone to do their thing:

the time
paul peterson
mazeratti

ones he should have paid more attention to:

jill jones
ingrid chavez
jesse johnson(i always thought he could have really broken out had prince been helpful not a competetive asshole)


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sorry i went on a bit

wavesofbliss said:

You shoulda added The Family to your list of either "paid more attention to" "or "let them do their thang"

Moonbeam said:

Wasn't that just the best part of the movie!


I love Ingrid's album though, I think it's very unique in the canon of PP releases, and stands the test of time too.

Mazarati is another favourite of mine, I love the look, the sound, the lyrics, that album is my MOST favourite related release. It reminds me of Female Trouble, you know when they're injecting liquid eye-liner, that's what I think of Mazarati, like it's SO glam, nothing that fabulous could last.


Least favourite: TC Ellis I suppose, but I can't even remember what that LP sounds like, so it would just be because he was a (c)rapper. Robin was pretty bad, but I think Prince ditched her because he found Carmen who did the same thing, but I think he thought he could sell her better. On that note, I agree with what wavesofbliss and StoneCrib said about the artists he should've let out on a longer leash to do their own thing a bit.

StoneCrib said:

YEAH.....Jesse & Prince used to ALWAYS go at it!!! Like u may have heard me say b4, Jesse is THE guitarist that'll light a blue (not purple) flame under Prince's ass & BURN him. Prince always treated his best musicians like dogs*it. Don't believe me?? Andre, Jimmy, Terry, Jesse, Dez, Wendy & Lisa. That's just the START!!!!!

Tevin campbell

PurpleRein said:

Tev was never a P proto, he was Q's proto.

StoneCrib said:

and q could've kept him as far as i'm concerned.

wavesofbliss said:

I never find cds of any of the proteges Where've you found them? I know there are a few on amazon.