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Thread started 08/20/07 3:22pm

bboy87

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Will.I.Am talks performing with Prince

It's from a German magazine. He played with Prince on stage and watched the rest of the show with MJ

Here is the translation I found:
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Sp: You've also worked with Prince? The man has shocked the recording industry, by giving away his new CD in Great Britain for free with a newspaper.

Will.i.am: A visionaire. I performed with him. A few months ago,I was with the Black Eyed Peas in Las Vegas. Prince calls me, he played in a Casino and asks ", you want to perform with me tonight?" Sure, I say, of course! On the next day his assistant called me and said: "Prince would like to know if you want to come along this evening too." Want to? What's more cool than to play with Prince? Right, to play with him two days in a row! A few minutes later I get a further call: "Hey, it's Mike, wat are you doing?" Mike? Michael Jackson? Wow! He had changed studios at that time, from Ireland to Las Vegas. I say: "Hey, I'm playing with Prince here tonight." - "Prince? That is great!" - "you should come!" - "really? That would be cool!" - "that would be really cool!" - "Okay, I'll come." Imagine that : I'm playing with Prince, and Michael Jackson sits in the audience! Holy ish! What chance is there to get a call from Prince and then one from Michael Jackson within ten minutes ?


Sp: that chance is zero.

Will.i.am: Right. Okay, I head for the concert in the early evening and - get stuck in traffic! I think by myself, @#$%, this is the worst time to be stuck ! So I jump out of the car and start to run. I make it at the last second into the club. Everything goes smoothly, after three minutes I 'm back from the stage, Prince still yells in the microphone "Give it up for Will.i.am!", I creep into the hall and sit down to the table of - Michael Jackson. So he really came! "What did you think of me?", I ask him. He answers: "I did not know that you rapped." Now I ask you? The man lets me fly to bloody Ireland for a few photographs , and he doesn't even know that I am not only a producer, but also a rapper! I say: "Have you never heard my music, or looked at my videos? I @#$#%' am the main rapper of the Black Eyed Peas!" Anyways. Besides Michael Jackson sits the actor Chris Tucker, and then Prince comes down from the stage to us...


Sp: ... and sees Michael Jackson sitting at the table with you?

Will.i.am: Yo. He had his bass still strapped on and stops at our table. So there we sit : Michael Jackson, Chris Tucker and I. Prince stands directly before Michael Jackson and improvises on the bass: Slap! He does nothing- nothing! - and says nothing! Simply plays . What a scene! When Prince is again back on stage, Michael Jackson says to me: "Prince played his bass in the middle of my face! What's up with that?" Now now, I say: "you are finally incognito here! Imagine that Prince would have said: ', and by the way Michael Jackson sits here.' The people are already excited because of Prince, let alone, they would know that you are also here!" Yep, that was it then, the craziest night of my life.


Sp: And when you tell this story, nobody believes you.

Will.i.am: I would not even believe it! But I have to say: It is true. Each word. The next morning I had breakfast with Michael Jackson, we worked a bit on songs together - and that was the last time that I have seen him.
"We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world."
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Reply #1 posted 08/20/07 3:23pm

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my comp at school is fucking up so sorry about the triple post confused
"We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world."
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Reply #2 posted 08/20/07 3:32pm

furygirl

no not Will.I Am mad

lol
touched
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Reply #3 posted 08/20/07 3:46pm

katt

Prince still yells in the microphone "Give it up for Will.i.am!", I creep into the hall and sit down to the table of - Michael Jackson. So he really came! "What did you think of me?", I ask him. He answers: "I did not know that you rapped." Now I ask you? The man lets me fly to bloody Ireland for a few photographs , and he doesn't even know that I am not only a producer, but also a rapper! I say: "Have you never heard my music, or looked at my videos? I @#$#%' am the main rapper of the Black Eyed Peas!"


The next morning I had breakfast with Michael Jackson, we worked a bit on songs together - and that was the last time that I have seen him.


confuse Why would u wanna work with someone who doesnt know what u do or ur music - now thats weird.

Will.i.am: Yo. He had his bass still strapped on and stops at our table. So there we sit : Michael Jackson, Chris Tucker and I. Prince stands directly before Michael Jackson and improvises on the bass: Slap! He does nothing- nothing! - and says nothing! Simply plays . What a scene! When Prince is again back on stage, Michael Jackson says to me: "Prince played his bass in the middle of my face! What's up with that?" Now now, I say: "you are finally incognito here! Imagine that Prince would have said: ', and by the way Michael Jackson sits here.' The people are already excited because of Prince, let alone, they would know that you are also here!" Yep, that was it then, the craziest night of my life.


Will.i.am should have said cause Prince can play and u can't lol
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Reply #4 posted 08/20/07 3:59pm

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Sorry but i dont like..this guys rap style
Love Life,
Love God,
And Only Do Drugs You Need
smoker

... wave
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Reply #5 posted 08/20/07 6:02pm

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Prince played bass in the middle of my face!

DAYUM! 2 Funny! falloff
Thanks for the laughs, arguments and overall enjoyment for the last umpteen years. It's time for me to retire from Prince.org and engage in the real world...lol. Above all, I appreciated the talent Prince. You were one of a kind.
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Reply #6 posted 08/20/07 7:21pm

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bboy87 said:


Will.i.am: Yo. He had his bass still strapped on and stops at our table. So there we sit : Michael Jackson, Chris Tucker and I. Prince stands directly before Michael Jackson and improvises on the bass: Slap! He does nothing- nothing! - and says nothing! Simply plays . What a scene! When Prince is again back on stage, Michael Jackson says to me: "Prince played his bass in the middle of my face! What's up with that?"


lol falloff
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Reply #7 posted 08/20/07 7:45pm

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I honestly think he was just acknowledging Mike without making a big deal out of it.

Had I been there, and Prince AND Michael in the same room, as me? I would be crying, yelling, and callin' my momma at the same time! lol
"We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world."
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Reply #8 posted 08/20/07 7:56pm

georgeguitar

now surely i aint the only one thinkin bullshit? lol
"Im Too Funky To Sleep With Myself"
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Reply #9 posted 08/20/07 8:06pm

Calligraphy

Will.i.am: "And then ... and then... Liberace walked in with Elvis. I couldn't believe it. I thought those cats was dead! Are you gettin' all this down in your notepad? What are the odds of that happening???"
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Reply #10 posted 08/20/07 9:52pm

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bboy87 said:

I honestly think he was just acknowledging Mike without making a big deal out of it.

Had I been there, and Prince AND Michael in the same room, as me? I would be crying, yelling, and callin' my momma at the same time! lol

i know lol


but i'd really try to stay calm caus ei wouldn't want to ruin the show but i'd be damned if i left there without one of their numbers lol
"we make our heroes in America only to destroy them"
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Reply #11 posted 08/20/07 9:53pm

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georgeguitar said:

now surely i aint the only one thinkin bullshit? lol

well i believe it because i saw chris tucker in an interview talking about going to a prince show with MJ
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Reply #12 posted 08/20/07 10:37pm

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bboy87 said:


Will.i.am: Yo. He had his bass still strapped on and stops at our table. So there we sit : Michael Jackson, Chris Tucker and I. Prince stands directly before Michael Jackson and improvises on the bass: Slap! He does nothing- nothing! - and says nothing! Simply plays . What a scene! When Prince is again back on stage, Michael Jackson says to me: "Prince played his bass in the middle of my face! What's up with that?"


eek That is the most awesome thing I have ever heard in my Life! YES!...HAHAHAHAHA
lol

Prince is so damn cool.. cool
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Reply #13 posted 08/20/07 10:51pm

GoldiLocks

slam
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Reply #14 posted 08/20/07 11:42pm

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eek
falloff

oh my oh my gooooosh!
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Reply #15 posted 08/21/07 7:58am

Rhondab

sometimes the asshole in prince is funny as hell...lol
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Reply #16 posted 08/21/07 8:07am

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bboy87 said:

I honestly think he was just acknowledging Mike without making a big deal out of it.

Had I been there, and Prince AND Michael in the same room, as me? I would be crying, yelling, and callin' my momma at the same time! lol


i agree he gave mj a first class performance by playing bass in front of him
as fro michael not knowing will.i.am is a rapper ... whats up with that
does he know ne yo is a singer?
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