I love Prince´s music, and I love rap...good rap...I grew up listening to rap...but this fool Lil Wayne is not just a fucking fool, he´s also one of the worst commercially succesful rappers ever. His style is annoying and even makes me aggressive, I could beat the shit out of him for days just for his annoying rap flow alone. Anytime I hear his ugly voice as a fucking "featuring artist" on some song on the radio, I have to hurry up and turn the volume down, that´s how annoying he is. He can bitch about Prince as much as he wants but his "song" Diamonds and Girls, and I use the term song generously here, is a travesty.

And he doesn´t seem to have a clue about black music, let alone his roots, he is just coming across as a total dumbass and ignorant minstrel.

That rapper came off rude, disrespectful and out-of-line, props or no props.

And before U come back at me with some "I wasn't talking to U" crap, U offended me whether or not it was directly shot at me. (See bold phrases ) I'm no "fam", but DAMN! Was all that necessary?! Sometimes people hide behind computer screens and say stuff they would never say to people's faces...

CalhounSq said:

Exactly. And who the hell is Lil Wayne? Is he that the rasta-troll looking mofo from that Mya video?

chocolate1 said:

there is nothing rude or disrespectful about saying Prince isn't a great singer. not one thing. Prince doesn't have a great voice IMO, am I being rude or disrespectful? absolutely not. that was all that was said.

whether or not Lil' Wayne has a single cell of talent in his body is irrelevant to whether what he says is valid. that is where someone who depends on an ad hominem attack shows their ignorance, because they focus on the arguer not he argument.

what if I said Larry Bird couldn't jump to save his life, but he was one of the greatest basketball players ever. have I somehow been rude or disrespectful because I pointed out a flaw in his physical ability? no, not at all, because the point only emphasizes how great Larry Bird was despite his lack of jumping ability. so, when most singers depend on having great voices, if Prince canbe considered one of the best of all time despite a great voice, that isn't disrespectful at all, it is actually a bigger compliment to his abilities as a whole. but, no, you Prince fans can't see that because if there is one ounce of criticism of Prince, all heads must roll. that is ignorant.

chocolate1 said:

there is nothing rude or disrespectful about saying Prince isn't a great singer. not one thing. Prince doesn't have a great voice IMO, am I being rude or disrespectful? absolutely not. that was all that was said.

whether or not Lil' Wayne has a single cell of talent in his body is irrelevant to whether what he says is valid. that is where someone who depends on an ad hominem attack shows their ignorance, because they focus on the arguer not he argument.

what if I said Larry Bird couldn't jump to save his life, but he was one of the greatest basketball players ever. have I somehow been rude or disrespectful because I pointed out a flaw in his physical ability? no, not at all, because the point only emphasizes how great Larry Bird was despite his lack of jumping ability. so, when most singers depend on having great voices, if Prince canbe considered one of the best of all time despite a great voice, that isn't disrespectful at all, it is actually a bigger compliment to his abilities as a whole. but, no, you Prince fans can't see that because if there is one ounce of criticism of Prince, all heads must roll. that is ignorant.

chocolate1 said:

there is nothing rude or disrespectful about saying Prince isn't a great singer. not one thing. Prince doesn't have a great voice IMO, am I being rude or disrespectful? absolutely not. that was all that was said.

whether or not Lil' Wayne has a single cell of talent in his body is irrelevant to whether what he says is valid. that is where someone who depends on an ad hominem attack shows their ignorance, because they focus on the arguer not he argument.

what if I said Larry Bird couldn't jump to save his life, but he was one of the greatest basketball players ever. have I somehow been rude or disrespectful because I pointed out a flaw in his physical ability? no, not at all, because the point only emphasizes how great Larry Bird was despite his lack of jumping ability. so, when most singers depend on having great voices, if Prince canbe considered one of the best of all time despite a great voice, that isn't disrespectful at all, it is actually a bigger compliment to his abilities as a whole. but, no, you Prince fans can't see that because if there is one ounce of criticism of Prince, all heads must roll. that is ignorant.

Wrong. Rick James said some horrible things about Prince for decades and I had absolutely no problem with Rick at all because he was a very talented artist just like Prince.

However, a no talent shit hopper that not only can't sing, but can't play any instruments, or make anything past a boring ass stripped down midtempo "song"....and then has the nerve to say anything negative about any artist, not just Prince...yeah, I have have a problem with that. Shit hop trash should never be in the "music business" anyway. If the shit they make is considered "poetry", then they need to go write some damn poetry books and let the musicians make the "music".

dumbass said:

He didn't say Prince isn't a great singer. He said Prince can't sing. That shit is false. He may not rank as one of the best singers, but you can't just deny his ability like Wayne did.

PurpleRighteous1 said:

Thank u....The fool said: "this n***a can't sing!"

Prince isn't a great singer. that is true. he isn't. that doesn't mean he isn't great.

but the guy is giving Prince props and you imbeciles still can't see the forest through the trees. any hint of Prince not being applauded 100 percent and you fools have a reptilian response to just attack and criticize, and a complete inability to actually analyze what was actually said. I always thought Prince fans were rather ignorant and self applauding, but now I see you lack not only the intelligence to comprehend anything more complex than "Prince is the best, yer yer," but have the inability to actually stop and think and simply live your life through knee jerk responses, like a reptile, to the first thought that comes to mind.

so for you ignorant SOB's, I'll break down what was said so you can realize the guy is applauding Prince and you don't feel attacked: "Prince can't sing, but that nigga is funky don't need to know how to sing. he write his ass off and jam a song like nobody's business. the fact that he can pump out jammin songs and can't sing a lick only make that nigga even funkier."

god forbid everybody in the world doesn't think Prince farts gold dust that can cure cancer. what is wrong with you people?

it's called an ad hominem attack, when you have no argument to disute their position so you simply attack the arguer, and is mostly used by ignorant people who can't analyze whart is being said and do not posses the aility to address it.
[Edited 7/6/07 13:41pm]

"Lil' Wayne" has struck a nerve....kind-of. "NO ONE" here is saying that "Prince" can sing like "Marvin Gaye" or "Luther Vandross", "DUMBASS"!!!! What they are saying is that "Lil Wayne", of all people, can not judge a guy's singing. Hell, he probably thinks that "Keyshia Cole" can sing. So, his opinion wouldn't happen to matter to me. He used to be a pretty good rapper. I think that his "Ghost-Writer" (Whomever that mysterious person may/might be) is mediocre at his/her skill and are making "Lil Wayne" fall off a little bit. Rhondab even looked down at that comment and she likes the kid's flow. This shows great imbecilicity on "Lil' Wayne's Part". Maybe if the guy could rephrase what he said like a mature, grown-ass man, then everyone wouldn't give two shits about how it was/is being worded. Ni**a this and ni**a that is a cop-out on holding an inteligent conversation or just adressing a situation from a third-person viewpoint like "Lil' Wayne" did. That little burnt-toasted "Jiminy Cricket" look-a-like looks like a damn fool...."POINT BlANK!!!!"

FarrahMoan said:

yes, he is an idiot...but I do like some his stuff

It's not just the comments about singing that trips me out, but a damn rapper couldn't play a damn instrument to save his life. Whether Prince has a voice or not, if "music" ever came back, a rapper would come far closer to McDonald's than Prince because they can't play a damn instrument. Since they are so good at pushing buttons on a computer to make their music, they should be real good at pushing the timer buttons on the french fry machines.

Taken from Fader.


"I had an iPod full of Prince from my manager, and I sat and really listened," says Wayne, his eyes now wide and his diamond-encrusted teeth curved into a genuine smile. "And like, this n***a can't sing! N***a just got a distinctive-ass voice. He's the type of n***a where you could just take him out the music and put
him on the McDonald's line like, 'Can I take your order?' And you'd be like, What the fuck is that? Same shit happened with my voice. I knew my shit was unique too, so I started practicing what Prince do."

Prince isn't a great singer. that is true. he isn't. that doesn't mean he isn't great.

but the guy is giving Prince props and you imbeciles still can't see the forest through the trees. any hint of Prince not being applauded 100 percent and you fools have a reptilian response to just attack and criticize, and a complete inability to actually analyze what was actually said. I always thought Prince fans were rather ignorant and self applauding, but now I see you lack not only the intelligence to comprehend anything more complex than "Prince is the best, yer yer," but have the inability to actually stop and think and simply live your life through knee jerk responses, like a reptile, to the first thought that comes to mind.

so for you ignorant SOB's, I'll break down what was said so you can realize the guy is applauding Prince and you don't feel attacked: "Prince can't sing, but that nigga is funky don't need to know how to sing. he write his ass off and jam a song like nobody's business. the fact that he can pump out jammin songs and can't sing a lick only make that nigga even funkier."

god forbid everybody in the world doesn't think Prince farts gold dust that can cure cancer. what is wrong with you people?

it's called an ad hominem attack, when you have no argument to disute their position so you simply attack the arguer, and is mostly used by ignorant people who can't analyze whart is being said and do not posses the aility to address it.
[Edited 7/6/07 13:41pm]

dumbass said:

Lil Wayne is a dumbass rapper who should not comment on anyone with talent.
We don't really give a rat's ass about what he thinks. He needs to crawl back into the rat hole he came out of and you can go right along with him.

The only think I have to say about P's singing is "Adore"