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Reply #30 posted 03/22/06 2:34pm

Jonb

I have a feeling that Prince is about to return to The Artist...I just have that feeling from everything that has been said and insinuated through his videos etc. Here's my evidence:

1. Prince's back on over with no 'Prince' on it only '3121'-Prince seems to be going away, as his back is turned.

2. 3121 booklet illustrates the new party place and it is completely decorated in the symbol of The Artist...what does this tell us?

3. The music is very similar to that which he tried in The Artist days, the rapping, the protege, the dancers, the heavy guitar and experimental synth sounds, its all The Artist

4. Black Sweat Video-Tamar keeps swinging her symbol pendant on her neck as the camera focuses on this.

Perhaps this is the beginning of a new era for The Artist??
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Reply #31 posted 03/22/06 2:36pm

Handclapsfinga
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FunkMistress said:

Giovanni777 said:

He said there were quite a few in the "Black Sweat" video, and that U have 2 watch very carefully 2 pick up on them.


Any ideas as to what these might be?

don't buy anymore moonwraps, i'm sorry giggle
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Reply #32 posted 03/22/06 2:37pm

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Handclapsfingasnapz said:

FunkMistress said:



Any ideas as to what these might be?

don't buy anymore moonwraps, i'm sorry giggle


falloff
"18 years old, and she knows her funk!!! headbang"
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Reply #33 posted 03/22/06 2:39pm

WillyWonka

It's his height.
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Reply #34 posted 03/22/06 2:41pm

Jonb

3121 is the new home of The Artist! Perhaps!
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Reply #35 posted 03/22/06 2:42pm

Handclapsfinga
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Jonb said:

Perhaps this is the beginning of a new era for The Artist??

i seriously hope not. i'm still reeling from the first go-round.
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Reply #36 posted 03/22/06 2:42pm

Handclapsfinga
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anon said:


I apologize for having mocked you guys...it seems the mystery is real.
I don't know what it all means...but it might have something to do with gonads.

fallofffallofffalloff oh shit!
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Reply #37 posted 03/22/06 2:42pm

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Jonb said:

4. Black Sweat Video-Tamar keeps swinging her symbol...
Tamar?
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Reply #38 posted 03/22/06 2:43pm

Jonb

The more i think about it the more it makes sense. The symbol is very prominent in both Black Sweat video and 3121 cover booklet. It's gotta be that.
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Reply #39 posted 03/22/06 2:58pm

purpledisc

Mars23 said:

Ok hating aside... like there aren't 100 other threads discussing the music.

In the mirror the lettering spells ISLE. I have no clue as to why that would be, I just remember other mirrored stuff from Prince in the past.



OK....so we got isle....the numbers are on Princes back.....Is there a Bee anywhere????? lol.....
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Reply #40 posted 03/22/06 3:00pm

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Handclapsfingasnapz said:

anon said:


I apologize for having mocked you guys...it seems the mystery is real.
I don't know what it all means...but it might have something to do with gonads.

fallofffallofffalloff oh shit!


*DEAD*

HAHAHAHAHAHA...

Tell me why I didn't see that the first 5 times... falloff
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Reply #41 posted 03/22/06 3:07pm

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If there is really a mystery hidden in the video then I would guess that the answer is found in the origin of the patterns (in the jewelry/DJ's dress etc...) and maybe the shape of the chair.
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Reply #42 posted 03/22/06 3:26pm

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I'm watching this thing on YouTube so you guys will have to look but I'm sure that there's a "3121" in the earring...and possibly something else.
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Reply #43 posted 03/22/06 3:27pm

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dreamfactory313 said:

3/21

Dream just hit it on the head, ya'll. Just replace the slash with a 1 and there it is. The name of the album is the date the album was released.
SynthiaRose said "I'm in love with blackguitaristz. Especially when he talks about Hendrix."
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Reply #44 posted 03/22/06 3:37pm

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blackguitaristz said:

dreamfactory313 said:

3/21

Dream just hit it on the head, ya'll. Just replace the slash with a 1 and there it is. The name of the album is the date the album was released.
That's too easy. Part of the answer is in the earring. I can't see it clearly so I'm hoping you guys take a look. It looks like some Garden of Eden thing. My guess is that there's some story being told there...looks like a womans figure on the bottom.

Then again it could just be an earring.
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Reply #45 posted 03/22/06 3:42pm

Toofunkyinhere

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hmmm...What if there is actually absolutely no thought behind it?...That would be a shocker!...


Just what I was thinking
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Reply #46 posted 03/22/06 3:53pm

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Toofunkyinhere said:

VenusBlingBling said:

hmmm...What if there is actually absolutely no thought behind it?...That would be a shocker!...


Just what I was thinking


I was afraid I was the only one wink People always like to read alot into things... Though I don't own the cd yet, so... P, what ya think?
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Reply #47 posted 03/22/06 4:03pm

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anon said:

blackguitaristz said:


Dream just hit it on the head, ya'll. Just replace the slash with a 1 and there it is. The name of the album is the date the album was released.
That's too easy. Part of the answer is in the earring. I can't see it clearly so I'm hoping you guys take a look. It looks like some Garden of Eden thing. My guess is that there's some story being told there...looks like a womans figure on the bottom.

Then again it could just be an earring.

Granted, it is simple BUT it's the only thing that makes sense. Sure, I know part of the fun is having it be "all deep" and shit. Trust me, it was fun as hell analizing the 1999 album cover when it first came out.
SynthiaRose said "I'm in love with blackguitaristz. Especially when he talks about Hendrix."
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Reply #48 posted 03/23/06 4:46am

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SlamGlam said:

steevetheeo said:


2. Controversy



so what all doe the papers say? i seem to remember that most of it was nothing but some of it was backwards words... did any of it make sense?



It was a bunch of nothing.. only thing that made any sense were the headlines.


I miss "ALBUM " covers because they were so big .."12inches".. and you could see more detail..
"..Just close your eyes and count to 10...and when U open 'em I'll B standing naked with nuthin' but a SMILE on.."
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Reply #49 posted 03/23/06 4:55am

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is he going to change his name to 3121 now?
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Reply #50 posted 03/23/06 5:03am

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Mars23 said:

Ok hating aside... like there aren't 100 other threads discussing the music.

In the mirror the lettering spells ISLE. I have no clue as to why that would be, I just remember other mirrored stuff from Prince in the past.


Anything to do with the Purple Ticket promotion run by Island Records perhaps?
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Reply #51 posted 03/23/06 5:17am

wasitgood4u

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SlamGlam said:

Graycap23 said:

I still have not seen the video. Is it online?



here is A video for 3121 ....

http://media.putfile.com/3121k


So COOL!!! Everybody must see this!
"We've never been able to pull off a funk number"

"That's becuase we're soulless auttomatons"
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Reply #52 posted 03/23/06 5:21am

padawan

Giovanni777 said:

High.

The cover of 3121 has "3121" on the back of Prince's jacket, and the "3" and the "2" are textured, and off-white, while both "1"s R snow white and non-textured. This seems 2 have been intentionally altered 2 appear this way, digitally.

I have a friend who worked on the album, and I remember him telling me that Prince loves using very subtle clues. He said there were quite a few in the "Black Sweat" video, and that U have 2 watch very carefully 2 pick up on them. Of course, we all know Prince is clever with his clues, but I can't help wondering about the "3121" image on the cover. It could possibly be a clue 2 3121's meaning. It clearly separates the "3" and "2" from the 2 "1"s... Any numerologists or code breakers out there want 2 explore "32" and "11"?

Peace.

G.



It's clear to me that the 3121 album cover is a "trigger" to his purple minions to terrorize the nation by renting out mansions and painting them purple. And if you can piss off an NBA star while doing it, all the better.
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Reply #53 posted 03/23/06 5:24am

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2 comments:
The fact that he pronounces it 31 21, rather than 3 1 2 1, seems to strengthen the Biblical verse suggestion.

I still don't get why there are two different 3121 logos, with different fonts: one is Asian looking (representing the past, Japanese robes?), the other is pseudo-futuristic (like computer writing from the early 80s). Remember ther's also the lyric "future fantasy" or something. Like, why use 2 differnt logos at the same time?

Could 3121 refer to a year? Is any1 hip on JW mythology? I know they have all wierd theories about history and significant years etc. (1914, 1999 I think).
"We've never been able to pull off a funk number"

"That's becuase we're soulless auttomatons"
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Reply #54 posted 03/23/06 6:00am

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padawan said:




It's clear to me that the 3121 album cover is a "trigger" to his purple minions to terrorize the nation by ...



3 1 2 1 take out the 3 and the 2 OH NOES!
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Reply #55 posted 03/23/06 6:29am

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Giovanni777 said:

High.

The cover of 3121 has "3121" on the back of Prince's jacket, and the "3" and the "2" are textured, and off-white, while both "1"s R snow white and non-textured. This seems 2 have been intentionally altered 2 appear this way, digitally.

I have a friend who worked on the album, and I remember him telling me that Prince loves using very subtle clues. He said there were quite a few in the "Black Sweat" video, and that U have 2 watch very carefully 2 pick up on them. Of course, we all know Prince is clever with his clues, but I can't help wondering about the "3121" image on the cover. It could possibly be a clue 2 3121's meaning. It clearly separates the "3" and "2" from the 2 "1"s... Any numerologists or code breakers out there want 2 explore "32" and "11"?

Peace.

G.


32 and 11 show up again and again in Joyce's Finegans Wake

32 feet per second per second is the rate of falling bodies
11 is the number of rebirth (after 10 comes 11, etc.)

so he uses 1132, and 3211 as symbols for the fall and rise of mankind (also the rise and fall, depending on how you look at it)
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Reply #56 posted 03/23/06 6:50am

thebunny

Here's what I think.

Someone recognized that there is a difference in the numbers that seperate the 3 and the 2 from the 1 and the 1.

3+2=5

1+1=2

5/2

May 2nd

This is the release date of Tamar's CD.

What do ya think?

By-the-By, I like the CD. It's fun and it's creative. It's Prince.
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Reply #57 posted 03/23/06 6:50am

DynamicSavior

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dreamfactory313 said:

3/21

Bingo.
3+1=4
2+1=3
4+3=7
wait...
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Reply #58 posted 03/23/06 6:52am

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Handclapsfingasnapz said:

FunkMistress said:



Any ideas as to what these might be?

don't buy anymore moonwraps, i'm sorry giggle

falloff falloff!!!!
I was gonna say something about the Alphabet St. video
One of Dansa's org hornies woot!
Supa is my gay messiah and he eats homeless dandruff sammitches on the bus.
mad HULK NEED LAID, HULK SMASH!! mad
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Reply #59 posted 03/23/06 6:55am

susannah

I dont know about all that, but if you look at the top half of the number 3 on his jacket on the album cover, there is, quite clearly, the number 7.... eek
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