Loved it.

I was getting really tired of hearing him do 'Let's Go Crazy'

altavista said:

I agree.
That performance was for the hardcore fans and not the masses. The audience was lost on that performance, so ultimately, people thought Busta's set was the best, followed by the Chaka tribute.

HoneymoonXpress said:

It was the BOMB. My favorite so far from the 3121 songs that have been performed LIVe on TV.

altavista said:

As opposed 2 what? Ne-yo, Busta, Chris Brown?

PurpleCharm said:

Anyone.....let me repeat ANYONE who thought Busta's busted ass performance was better than Prince's needs a BRAIN check.

I thought it was great until the crapper joined him.

shorttrini said:

Sampling has been going on since the seventies. That's how rap music was invented.

The 3121 performance was the most uninspiring thing Ive ever seen Prince do on television. It was still better than alot of what was showcased on this years BET Awards though. Prince has gotta step it up.

Remember when Prince used to dance?

True but a lot of the early rap songs had original music behind them. It also shared the airwaves with other music and didn't dominate everything like it does today.

Graycap23 said:

It doesn't matter. You act like Prince is above courting the masses. Whether you want to believe it or not, P does care about sales and being accepted. The 3121 album was for the masses, not the hardcore fans...IMO. That's why he performed on AI, at the Brit Awards, on SNL, on GMA and on BET.

Sometimes I think people on here are saying that the performance was "the bomb" because it went over the heads of the audience.
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vainandy said:

To add to what u just said Vainandy, sampling was not how rap music was invented. Rappers or MC's would rap over the instrumental versions of records. Sampling came a little later. Rappers Delight is a perfect example of rappers rapping over an instrumental track. The Sugarhill Gang rapped over Chic's "Good Times, which by the way, was replayed by musicians. What u hear is NOT a sample, but musicians replaying "Good Times".

PurpleCharm said:

Any artist who bothers 2 release a cd cares about sales. That's common sense isn't it?

I loved everything about it. The vocals (also Tamar's), the added horns, the overall sound of it, the braveness of doing such an unusual song at an awards show. I liked the stage show too, the dancing of the Twins was really something else.

The whole thing just funked and rocked. Big thumbs up.

I don't know. "Rapper's Delight" sounds pretty much like Chic's actual song to me, just looped forever over some drums.

An original rap song that comes to my mind is Kurtis Blow's "The Breaks". I think that's an actual song made from scratch from the ground up. If it's a sample of another song, I've never heard it.

Soul Sonic Force's "Planet Rock" is kind of like what you were talking about with "Rapper's Delight". They didn't sample Kraftwerk's "Trans Europe Express". They actually remade the song from scratch themselves but stole the groove.

Newcleus, Twilight 22, Divine Sounds, and Pretty Tony and Freestyle were others that made rap records from scratch. I started seeing compilations during the 1990s with songs like these and they were referring to them as electro. Hell, when they first came out they were simply known as rap. I think rappers wanted to come up with a separate genre to label these types of songs because they were no longer talented enough to make original stuff themselves.
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I like it - so what does that make -
5 songs from 3121 he has done on TV?
Fury
Te Amo Curozon
Lolita
Satisfied
3121

thedoorkeeper said:

Get on the boat was done on GMA.

Graycap23 said:

I would think so, but sometimes I get the impression that some fans want P to be above courting the masses.

PurpleCharm said:

Prince "fans" don't know what they want besides complaining about every damn thing.

Prince and Mint Condition SHOULD own the charts.....but they don't.
I know a few reasons why.

It's according to how you look at it. I would be all for Prince courting the masses if I thought Prince could change them into making better music. Instead, I'm afraid they might change Prince into making their kind of music.

BlB was also performed on snl.

Personally I was caught off gaurd when he performed 3121 because I obviously thought that he was gonna perform Black Sweat but either way I loved it. I don't think there's anything he could do that I wouldnt like.

vainandy said:

I've said this once and I'll say it again. Prince should make his kind of music.....what ever that might be.

I totally agree but I am starting to hear songs like "Incense and Candles" and thinking to myself...."mainstream attempt, mainstream attempt...he's letting the dead asses influence him".

Anybody who didn't like that performance should just leave Princeville and quick, cause we don't want cha. That was grade a for the purple freak.

Bad song choice, businesswise, but a pretty damn good performance otherwise. I'm just glad he seems to be enjoying his new material.

MendesCity said:

HoneymoonXpress said:

i loved it!

PurpleCharm said:

Sweetie, the people who thought Busta's set was the best are FIFTEEN YEARS OLD AND UNDER. You can't take those kids' opinions seriously.

HoneymoonXpress said:

I'm sure Prince liked it too

MendesCity said:

Me too! At least it's not like with Emancipation when he didn't do any songs hardly.