Prince has tried rapping in many different songs and was very successful at it. He had a very orignial flow...hasn't done it in awhile though. I know he never likes to do the same thing twice, but rapping is like using an instrument, a way to work your voice. He continues to use his regular voice and falsettos, but he's quit the rap for awhile, the closest thing being his monologue in Muse 2 the Pharoah. Anybody else think he should give it a try again?

no, no, no, a billion times no!!!

I don't like it when he raps either, but I like it when he flows like at the beginning of The Greatest Romance with Eve. That sounded really smooth. Otherwise his rap is umm ... not so good.

loosekiss said:

yeah...it's like, he can rhyme awright, he just can't flow.

No way, Prince is not a rapper he is a dead pop baby. It pisses me off when artists like him take really good songs and layer techno shite and rap all over it. SEXY MF would be a kick ass song if that shite in the end didn't come up. Random black guys in parachute pants running into the scene. BLAH

I like a lot of his rap based songs. Especially when he's doing it-

Gett Off
Sexy MF
18 & Over
Face Down
Days of Wild
Now
Pussy Control
Race
The Good Life remix
Come On remix

Those are all kick-ass songs! Not to mention when he let the ladies do it like Cindy C., Alphabet St., Transmississippi rap.

he flows just as good as the rest of em if not better. shit days o wild is phat also now. believe me guys prince can do it all. except market his music and pick singles.

If Prince would have never rapped, I´d never got into his music. I like rap a lot (old school: PE, RunDMC,Ice T...), and I know when Prince raps it´s different... I love his rapping, anyway.

I like it, too. More on songs like 'Gett Off' than say 'The Latest Fashion'.

PlastikLuvAffair said:

To quote you Plastik:

co-sign

Ripopgodasandwich said:

When Prince is TRYING to rap in the hip hop way it undercuts his music. When he's not trying to really "rap" in that sense, as in "Muse 2 The Pharaoh" or "Irresistable Bitch" it turns out much better and doesn't seem forced. I hope he never works with another rapper again either.

Random black guys spice up anything.

Ripopgodasandwich said:

Ripopgodasandwich said:

You guys are too funny!
Anyway I agree with whoever said his forced rap like in The Latest Fashion is bad again he can flow like in The Greatest Romance just not intentionally rap. Besides it's just not his style. I alway thought his style was anti-rap.

I liked the rap part in acknowledge me.

Now Cat she can rap!...Well maybe just on the one song.

Anyone know the lyrics to Dead On It?

Hope Not."Love 2 The 9's" is one Good Reason Alone why He Should toss the Raps away for Good.His Side Rappers are either Peeps that were at the Local Minneapolis Bus Stop&Prince picked them up or the Peeps that have something on Him&forced the issue.

TRON said:

These songs are all great. But most of them showcase his form of quasi-rap. I think that he has some great music laid down and he knows traditional sing-song isn't going to fit right.

No one wants to hear his "Dead On It" style done ever again...

Fucking computer...
[This message was edited Thu Oct 10 23:25:12 PDT 2002 by squirrelgrease]

I think Prince was great rapping on Sexy MF,Days Of Wild and especially Face Down. I loved that Tora,Tora,Tora character also with The NPG . That was so Funny and that hat with the Flower and his shoes and I love that Chain Hat. Prince is always Cool. His rapping was Fly. The Sexy MF video is so Great and I'll never get over Violett The Organ Grinder or his Gangster Glam with him and the Roller Skates and Black bathing Suit with Suspenders. Damn I would just have stripped right there and dove into that pool for him and that car . I would have let him take me right on the Hood. Right in the Sun. He was and is so Talented and Gorgeous! I could pass out right now.

mistermaxxx said:

ahhh...tony m is awesome! one of the best rappers out there. u hafta be somewhat of a rap fan to appreciate him i guess

ITS Embarrassing . Sometimes he rhyme like a white boy but on the other hand some of his rhymes are tight(18 & Over-Days of Wild-Pussy Control"SNOP DOGG's STYLE").

And BTW The Muse in the Pharaoh & The greatest romance ain't RAP its spoken words/poetry style.

Natasha said:

Yes, Prince really looked like a gangsta in his bathing suit, suspenders, and roller skates. LMAO

TheEnglishGent said:

Hey I agree with u Gent, I totally love this song and I love his rapping on Sexy MF. but that was just a period for him adding rap to his music, u know trying somthin' new. Showing everyone that hell, he can do it all!
What do u expect he is a Gemini..everchanging
my son is a Gemini also and was born on june 7
~~~
*positivity...have u had your + sign 2 day?*

lovemachine said:

co-co-sign !

The middle of Muse 2 is most definitely Princely type rap.

PlastikLuvAffair said:

You captured all of the emotion I was feeling in this one wonderfull little post.

Tossed Salad head needs to leave the rapping to the real rappers. He ain't got the 'FLOW'.

He's alright when he does his own thing, though. I'll give him that. Like on "Muse..." and "Irresistable..."

But I'm glad he stopped trying to be Ice T (Sexy M.F., actually most of the album)

'Can't nobody rap in Minneapolis!!!

cuffwerks said:

What about a certain white rapper named Slug who's drawing some serious national attention?

fairlite said:

I agree...Prince's "rap" sucks full stop