It's a shameless attempt.

And I love it!

I can imagine it on "Sign O The Times".

ya think?

i love the song, but i never thought of it as particularly princey at all.

Oh Sheila by 'Something the World' I forget the name of the group right now. But it was a bunch of cats with real greasy Geri curls. When it came out in the 80s, everyone thought it was a Prince song.

This song always screamed out at me as a effort at sounding like Prince:

http://www.amazon.com/exe...48-0218479

Scroll down and click the sample of "100 Ways" if you dare


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MattyJam said:

No it isn't. Whip Appeal is. As is Oh Sheila

which record is that on?

TheBluePrince said:

Whenever Im searching for Prince downloads I always find

"Oh Shelia- Prince featuring Shelia E."!!!

This makes me so MAD! Dang People the group is called Ready for the World!



Ok, Im done!

Not sure about that song being particularly P-ish, but I've always thought TTD was right in line with Prince. I love his music and it's sad that he's no longer considered worthy by the music industry. He's more talented than any of his contemporaries or those who came after. An exciting and original singer, composer, and performer. When he was being derivative, it was derivative of the stuff I love (Stevie, JB, etc.).
It seems that his name change (Sanandra?) hasn't helped his exposure.

Do Anything by Natural Selection (featuring Ingrid Chavez) was a conscientios attempt at replicating Camille and D'Angelo's Untitled/How Does It Feel? was a tribute to old school slow jams of Prince.

MattyJam said:

Obviously you never heard D'Angelo's "Untitled: How Does It Feel"

TheBluePrince said:

Ready For The World's Oh Shelia is a copy. everyone the it was about Sheila E.

But "Dance Little Sister" was the shit.

TheBluePrince said:

Yeah, I downloaded it once years ago and thought it was a really shitty Prince song. I was relieved to find out it wasn't.

Also Van Hunt's "Down Here In Hell"

Eroticist said:

He was channeling Prince in his video too IMO

Brtitney Spears - Slave 4 U

TheBluePrince said:

At a company christmas party about 10 years ago, the DJ played "Oh Sheila" and the person who can name the artist gets a prize (I forgot what the prize was... probably some kinda alcohol). Everybody else said Prince... so I won

Dewrede said:

Bilal - Soul Sista
D'angelo - Untitled

Eroticist said:

You know it's true

TTD was a great artist,when his first album came out
the press called him a mix between Prince & M>Jackson.
I think he was more Prince but also much more than that.
2 bad record compagnies always seem 2 drop their true
artists,it will always be this way.
Backstreet Boys then,Britney now..they bring in the money!

Dewrede said:

LOL! Naw, dawg! She reminds me nothing of Prince, that blatant ass rip-off of "Nasty Girl!"

And who do you think wrote that song

Dewrede said:

LOL! Yeah, Prince wrote "Nasty Girl" but Brittney sounds NOTHING like Prince when she sings her KNOCK-OFF verson of "NG."

I know , but the 'vibe' , the beat and the minimal instrumentation
sound like Prince
Not talking about her 'singing'
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Dewrede said:

Oh ok, cool..THANK GOD! LOL!

PurpleKnight said:

Yeah me too, and when i saw the video and the Geri Curls them suckas was sportin, I hit the floor laughing.