I was listening 2 the radio on the way home from work and they were playing James vs Prince. so i thought it would be fun to do it here on the site.

You must live in Detroit.
I heard it too and was pleasantly surprised that Prince won. I just assumed that since James Brown has been out longer, that out of respect the voters would have voted for JB.

It was a great show.

What was the criteria for the vote? Was it based on the specific songs they played during the show?

CAN JB PLAY GUITAR, NUFF SAID

BELL6983 said:

I like Prince much better, but James Brown was in a Rocky movie and he deserves some props for that!

Luv & Peace,
Alex
Helped Catwoman bomb w/ Prince mention!

prince vs jb...c'mon thats an insult 2 them both! p is more better on the music tip..like playin it and such..and jb is more better @ the whole dancing thing..so u kno u can't like compare them..kinda shockin that p won 2..cuz had this been 90 somethin and they was doin that i don't think p woulda won...but o well..

sloopydrew4u said:

Man you crack me up

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there was no specific criteria... just played some jams alernating between the 2 and callers voted.
This station does it every saturday night, called the battle of the oldies.
Every week different battles.
A great night to put your cassette on record and let it go.

A couple of weeks ago it was the Dramatics vs the Whispers. Dramatics won!

Well i think that P is hot right now and thats probably Y he won. I think that although JB is 1 of P's main influences that P has a more diverse body of work,but on the funk tip JB has more funk songs in his repatoire than P and P more diverse styles. I love them both!

In the tough times he came up through, James Brown did an amazing pioneering job. He created some of the funkiest songs ever created. His influence continues through Prince and MJ and hundreds of hip hop and RnB acts of today. Without JB there may never have been a Prince. He's a legend and he deserves huge props for his work.

But I still prefer Prince.

I think James hits harder that Prince!

radici27 said:

"no class!"

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Awwww, I've got to steal that!!!!!

Not to say that folks can't pick whose music they dig better, but JB laid the groundwork for everybody and everything Funkafized. It's not cool to dis the Flashpoint of Funk.

No JB = No Prince.
A Ridiculous thread truly

psykosoul said:

go right ahead!

DITTO

Everybody on this site who doesn't rank James Brown higher ....
got a lot of back catalogue to get through .... the probably don't know James' music that well

Prince is the genius, playing keyboards, guitar, drums, bass with virtuosic skill and has a wider range of tone colours and styles than James as a vocalist.

Props due to James as he is the originator and was once brilliant, but Prince took it to another level.


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[This message was edited Mon Jul 26 4:14:25 2004 by MrDespuez]