Prince was just appx 29 years of age when SOTT was released.
Who, out of today's artists, can compare to his talent at such a young age ?
Maybe Norah Jones or A Keys ? or is there someone else we can think of having that great a command over music and instruments with such a large collage of work.....

armybrat said:

I'm 31. But I'm kinda underground.

I don't know... How old is Mylo? Also, just because I would, I would put Josh Homme up there with Mr P... There is fabulous talent out there in musicland... just got to have a look.

BoySimon said:

woaw There are cds as good as SOTT out there that I'm not aware of ?!!!!

I'm drawing a blank

I'll have to revisit this later
[Edited 3/5/07 5:30am]

Avril Levigne is pretty close in both talent and age. A tour de force of musical ability.

armybrat said:

What is SOTT?????

No.Nobody even comes close 2 matching Prince's talent,nor his collage of work.

Matt Bellamy from Muse

Trick Question. No one comes even close.

Graycap23 said:

I have to agree with u here. I can't even imagine a 26 year old that would be able to do anything that rivaled Purple Rain let alone a young artist that could compare to Prince during the SOTT era.

adorable2 said:

There is this young cat in Atlanta though. This dude is going places 4 sure. His name is Kameron Corvet. The kid is damn good.

Graycap23 said:

Hey the more the better imo. I'm all for the new generation carrying on the torch. I believe there are many talented artists out there that need to be heard. Prince in his early years has set the bar pretty high though.

nobody

Hell to tha naw. . . the main reason I say that is because I can't think of ANY relatively well known artist out today that writes, produces, sings, and plays every instrument on almost every song on their album that transcends musical styles and genres the way Prince does. So it will never be an apples to apples comparison.

And to be fair, SOTT was a seminal, tour de force that will stand the test of time so that may not be a fair comparison for another artist. But I can't even think of a contemporary artist that is producing groundbreaking music that's even comparable to Controversy, 1999, or Purple Rain. It's kinda sad really. And again, for me, the key is the total control and responsibility for everything on an album that Prince had. You don't see that kind of creative autonomy anymore, underground artists excluded.

Chris Brown

drcoldchoke said:

I am sure there is outstanding, off the chart musical talent in the world right now. I know (judging from his speech at the NAACP) that he agrees. But, truthfully, in my heart, I don't know if anyone has been given the depth of talent he has been given. It is his curse and his gift. Can he be surpassed? No and HELL NO.

Imago said:

drcoldchoke said:

diana7777 said:

Times 10

hotwithyou said:

SOTT stands for Sign O The Times.

None of today's artists have Prince's kind of talent. Hell, they don't even have as much talent as Weird Al Yankovic.

vainandy said:

OH you better step off, boy! Weird Al is a MASSIVE talent.

I would have to say NO.

The real question is would any record company allow a musician to have as much
creative freedom of expression as Prince was allowed to have from 1978-96?

Can the industry cultivate and nuture that kind of talent?

I am sure their have been and will continue to be artists of Prince's caliber out there. Will they be given a fair record deal? Will they be allowed to
produce, arrange, compose, and perform their music, etc. I am not sure.

There are probably plenty of 29 year olds that have that talent, innate and/or learned. Does the industry want that kind of talent? I am not sure.

It seems that its more manufactured by a team of producers than one artist leading with their talent.

The talented people are there, it just may be more difficult to find them, or if they have music out there to find it. Many may have to go independent to get their voice heard.

Maybe I will learn of some new talent from this question.

Chris

hotwithyou said:

Sign of The Times ..

RedKite said:

That's true.

No one comes to mind right away....but I do have to say that if Justin Timberlake of any of his People try and compare him to Prince one more time....I think I might throw up!

Shit, even a lot of old skool cats can't hold a candle to P, let alone these new jacks.

Wanna talk about SOTT, to compare someone means they would have to able to create something as twistedly genius as Housequake, and who can you think of that could? Only person I can think of is Trent Reznor, and he's hardly from the current generation... its been twenty years since he first hit the scene with Pretty Hate Machine.