It was a bit of an embarrassing week for Lenny Kravitz, the man credited with writing and producing Madonna's single "Justify My Love." First the rap group Public Enemy popped up wondering why the percussion track in that record bore such an uncanny resemblance to a two-year-old P.E. track recorded with live musicians called "Security of the First World."

"I don't know which beat it is, actually," Kravitz said about where he got the rhythm track. "It's just one of those beats you find on the floor somewhere."

Then Ingrid Chavez, the singer and actress who costarred in Prince's "Graffiti Bridge" flick, turned up claiming that she had written and recorded "Justify My Love" with Kravitz in Los Angeles the previous summer, and that Madonna had merely copied her demo. This seemed to jog Kravitz's memory, as he quickly announced that it was true and that he'd had Chavez sign an agreement giving her 25 percent of the songwriting royalties in return for his taking full credit for writing the song. Kravitz said he did this for "personal reasons."

Even Prince has a beef w/ Lenny.

He said Lenny is the kind of guy who
u'll invite him to jam...and he goes cool...
and then sends u a bill later...

Amaya said:

Why are you posting this? Nostalgia? Wherever you have lifted the text from, the story is about 10 years old.

origmnd said:

Prince is a dick - he screws you NPGMC fools everyday. Like he should have some kind of problem with lenny.

"STYLE is...charging 'em ALL a fee!"

Rudy said:

Well, you are a "dick" who has a problem with Prince.

Supposed "Dicks" can have problems with each other.

Hey, if you are not a NPGMC member or have no quotes and numbers of disgruntled members leaving, then you need to temper your stories.

You are probably a "closet" member anyway...

Just another "jealous" Prince obsessive who is trying to draw attention to himself with short comebacks that lack substance.

Folks ain't leaving The NPGMC because you say so. They want the best seats at every concert. Most folks spend $100 bucks on beer, Rx, and Cigs a month alone!
[This message was edited Tue Dec 17 17:05:34 PST 2002 by NGSPW7200]

Show me a Big Artist with a Heavy Catelog&I'll show you some suspect Songs in thre Catelog.Every major Artist at one time or another has had a Ghost Writer a time or two.nothing wrong with it it comes with the territory.

origmnd said:

he was asked about this and it was recent news on mtv news
thought id post it

origmnd said:

WHACK!! Lenny should be honored to Jam w/ P!!

origmnd said:

When did he say that??

origmnd said:

A beef? Ah, good not a cow