Really it's just fine. The rap in Incense and Candles is very cool. I like how it segues into it actually. Gives the song a little edge and oomph!

Even in other songs, he's not bad...not nearly as bad as folks make it out to be. It's just his own style. ANd he's on key. So what's the beef?

I should point ouit I am not that big into rap (I like some...the good stuff) and personally, stuff like Eminem and all that is way too angry and bravado. But when Princy does it, I'm cool with it. I don't even think of it as rap, though it's in that style of singing.

This may be apples to Oranges but No one disses Blondie and Rapture. and though the lyrics to the song are cool...her rapping SUCKS and is so flat.

I know this is a hot topic...so BRING IT!

I thought the rapping in "Incense and Candles" was cool too.
He's rapping is ok I guess.

superspaceboy said:

eh--it's ok. It can be good or really bad. Isn't there a song on Emancipation that mentions douching? I can't remember if that's Prince or someone else, but it's just awful.

The phrase "comparing apples to oranges" should have it's own thread by now. This is the third or fourth time I've seen it in the last few days.

"Prince Rapping" isn't Rapping, it's singing in a less vocal tone way.

MickG said:

OK. I get you on that. But why do people diss it so much and not really recognize it for what it is?

I don't think anything is wrong with it. It's not his first time rapping anyway.

actionthisday said:

I used I&C as an example.

i think deb's rapping in rapture is FABOO. i mean, she's no tony m., but...

superspaceboy said:

ahh, got cha.

Anx said:

I think because it's her and at the time...there was really nothing to compare it to...and the fact that it's considered one of the first, it becomes enjoyable.

I was just commenting on the dead pan delivery (which I like). ANd it makes me wonder why folks hate it when P adds rap to his music.

superspaceboy said:

i like when prince raps - he has a sense of rhythm and pitch, so it always sounds good. of course, i don't think sounding on the beat or on key is considered cool in rap these days, so maybe he sounds like a quaint curiousity from the past, i dunno...

The rap in Incense and Candles makes me cringe...

Anx said:

Well he has said that rappers are tone deaf, which gives me reason to think HE doesn't care for the genre at all. And thus raps how he thinks it should be.

superspaceboy said:

yeah, but i think what's interesting is, around the time he said that, most popular rappers were still fairly good. certainly a lot better than some of the fools he put on "emancipation" and "chaos & disorder".

Anx said:

There was rapping on "Emancipation of PP" ??? Must have been on one of the many songs I skip.

superspaceboy said:

da da da...maybe that's the only one...

Anx said:

no one actually reads my postings...i'm gonna go kill myself now

u2prnce said:

Sorry, I didn't see it there. I do now.

superspaceboy said:

Yep, his rapping is certainly an acquired taste...
But nothing could be quite as bad as this:

I'm drinkin' a soy latte
I get a double shoté
It goes right through my body
And you know I'm satisfied
I drive my Mini Cooper
And I'm feeling super-duper
Yo they tell me I'm a trooper
And you know I'm satisfied
I do yoga and pilates
And the room is full of hotties
So I'm checking out their bodies
And you know I'm satisfied
I'm diggin' on the isotope
This metaphysics shit is dope
And if all this can give me hope
You know I'm satisfied
I got a lawyer and a manager
An agent and a chef
Three nannies, an assistant
And a driver and a jet
A trainer and a butler
And a bodyguard or five
A gardener and a stylist
Do you think I'm satisfied?

That's the shit, right there.

NewFunk said:

oh my GOD that's bad.

Anx said:

See it could be a lot worse...cuz there's someone who should NEVER rap EVER!

NewFunk said:

That is infamous. I have a friend who tried to tell me it was supposed to be bad. Uh-huh.

u2prnce said:

I can see his point: it's so bad it actually becomes good.
These days I quote the supa-doopa line whenever anyone asks me how I am.

NewFunk said:

i liked it better when young frankenstein said it.

Anx said:

I just watched that for probably the millionth time the other day. When Peter Boyle yells that out, I just lose it.

u2prnce said:

Carlos Mencia just had him on last night on his show!!! I wanted to know who he was, but didn't get the joke.

superspaceboy said:

Prince's style of rapping fits his music well. But his all rap song singing days should've ended with "My Name Is Prince".

I think his best rap song was P Control.

Can I get an Amen?