2elijah said:

This would be awesome!!! That would be worth more than the $77 I paid to join.

bellanoche said:

I know, can you imagine being able to witness a discussion with Prince and all of those guys just touching on issues of interests within the black community and also social issues that affect all Americans and other world issues? (i.e. economics, health issues, foreign relations, religion, environment, etc.)
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sidnic said:

The second link is full of misinformation...John Hanson (who was President of the Continental Congress) was not a Moor..


The most common myth about Hanson was that he was the first President of the United States.

The origin of the claim that Hanson is the "forgotten" first President stems from a 1932 book by Seymour Wemyss Smith titled John Hanson – Our First President. Officially Hanson was the third President of the Continental Congress, successor to the first two men to hold the office, Samuel Huntington and Thomas McKean. He was the first to serve a full one-year term, and the first to formally use the title President of the United States in Congress Assembled.

The office of the President of the United States in Congress Assembled was, despite the name, not an executive post. It bears a closer resemblance to the modern Speaker of the United States House of Representatives or Vice President of the United States. The office was in existence from 1781 to 1788, under the Articles of Confederation. It was replaced by the modern office of President of the United States when the Constitution took effect in 1789. The modern office is significantly more powerful as an executive position.

Overall, this was one of Prince's best interviews. He came off as relaxed, normal and weird all at once but yet not shy and uncomfortable in the process. I don't know if I've ever heard him laugh as much as he did towards the end of the 2nd night. I'm glad that Prince mentioned the deal with Target since Tavis never once said that Lotusflow3r was sold there as well as Prince's website. Bria also seems to be really nice and cool. She's a very beautiful woman with a good sense of humor and that was great to see. Both Prince and Bria seemed humbled and appreciative to be where they are at this point in their lives. I would have loved it if Tavis had asked Prince questions regarding P's beef with YouTube and a couple of other things but I wasn't disappointed with what I got. It was a very good interview and I hope Prince does another one before the Lotusflow3r era ends.

purplecam said:

I saw only part one.

Overall very interesting but that was kind of. He was holding the physical CD but kept only plugging the site....which I don't think gives you the physical CD. Come on Travis. Other than that, pretty interesting and informative. Travis is a bit of gushing fan boy that plays it very safe but also gets to some interesting info about Prince's thoughts and his life.

2elijah said:

That would be incredible. From the interview, I'm interested in checking out stuff from the State of the Black Union and that doc on Jack Johnson.

purplecam said:

True. He could create a "Discussion Room" forum. Not for members to participate, as we already know he doesn't seem to like message boards on his site, as that's a whole 'nother story, but to create a section on his site consisting of roundtable discussions, every once in a while, that he has/had with friends of his discussing issues, like the ones he discussed on Tavis' show.
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VinnyM27 said:

Very true. You should go to pbs.org and check out Pt 2 when it comes online. I enjoyed that one a little bit more but what you said was still true. Tavis played it safe and it was obvious that even with him being Prince's friend, he's a big fan too.

Actually, I thought it was called for. I did not mean it to be offensive. I was curious because, as Prince stated in the interview, some white people need to know more about what's going on with the rest of us. Whenever I have these kinds of discussions with people, my experience has been that the white people with whom I am talking are the ones who are quick to dismiss theses theories as nonsense or call people "nuts" for believing it, just as 2Freaky4Church did.

purplecam said:

He could have been plugging the site to get more members to join, because you get the music from all 3 cds with an exception of "Crimson & Clover" when you join the site. If people go to the site, they'll know they'll have to join to to get it. However, I agree that Tavis' should have mentioned that the cd could be purchased at Target as well.

Isn't it music that many artists in the past and now used to raise awareness of social and also political concerns? Gil Scott Heron, Curtis Mayfield, The Temptations, Joan Baez, Richie Havens,, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, just to name a few.

purplecam said:

I agree because he was setting her up for high expectations when he mentioned that to the journalist that interviewed him, and that would have been putting a lot of pressure on her with high expectations on her. Especially since a lot of Sade fans have been missing Sade. Sade is an artist in her own right with her own unique flavor that I doubt could ever be duplicated.

However, as far as Bria's sound, she has more of a smooth-jazz flavor that would go over well with Anita Baker fans. I could see smooth jazz stations playing her type music. Especially tracks like "All This Love" and "Everytime"; "Something You Already Know"(a very sexy, but tastfully sexy, yet smooth track); only comment I could say about that track, on some parts in the song, she could have put a little more feeling into some parts of that track as there's a part in that song, where it sounds like she is dragging her voice along, I think it is one of the parts where she repeats "..all up close to me"..other than that, it's one of my favorite tracks on that cd.
"Home" and "Another Boy" are on the R&B side, and I'm quite surprised it's not being played on R&B stations at the moment, because those 2 tracks pretty much falls into mainstream R&B, but then again most of us have questions on those behind the radio stations and their decisions on what type of music they choose to play; "2nite" is definitely for the club scene; "Elixer" should be played behind bedroom doors, to be played when the kiddies are out at Aunty's or grandma's house, while a mom/dad is spending some quiet or alone time together or for couples that haven't seen each other for a week and can't wait to "get it on and rollin".

As far as Prince working with other artists, it would be cool if we could get a collaboration with Anita Baker. Also, I'd like to see him work with "Esthero". Esthero also has sort of a sexy, smooth jazz flavor, but she also has experience working with other hip-hop artists, so she could gravitate to various flavors. I like her track "Thank Heaven for You" which I find to be a very, mellow track.
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purplecam said:

He could have been plugging the site to get more members to join, because you get the music from all 3 cds with an exception of "Crimson & Clover" when you join the site. If people go to the site, they'll know they'll have to join to to get it. However, I agree that Tavis' should have mentioned that the cd could be purchased at Target as well.

My problem with the chemtrail conspiracy, as with many other conspiracy theories, is that they offer an easy explanation often to the detriment of more complex analysis of the problems that our society faces.

In his discussion, Prince very simplistically links chemtrails to neighborhood violence... as though the rise in violent crime in certain neighborhoods can easily be explained away by chemtrails.

The answer is much more complex than that has to take into account both structural changes (politics, economy, joblessness, failing schools, etc.) and social/cultural changes.

While it may be compelling to latch on to easy answers for very complex problems that have seemingly been impossible to solve... chemtrails is not the answer. Hard, deep, real analysis is.

Interesting interview. Those glasses really work for Prince. He should continue wearing them.

WaterInYourBath said:

He's pushing 51. He might HAVE to.

ernestsewell said:

U may be right, but I don't know. They seem "clear" (non-prescription) to me, like a pair I wear sometimes (which are identical to his, LOL). Either way, unlike most who've been wearing black-frame glasses lately, that style suits him well.

2elijah said:

Tavis couldn't promote Target. Walmart is one of the sponsors that keep Tavis on the air.

bellanoche said:

baaaaa.....I don't believe its a black/white issue. IMO many black/white folks would laugh at the idea of chemtrails. All these chemicals end up dispersed in the air 30,000 feet above us. We all breathe air and water we drink? Think about it: basic science.

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food for thought:

Depending on what the alleged purpose of the chemtrail spraying would be, spray released above 30,000 feet is likely to be dispersed in a highly unpredictable manner, due to high-altitude winds.

Dramatic, wide cloudy trails illuminated by London sunsetHow do aircraft accused of depositing "chemtrails" manage to pass inspection without the deception being discovered (unless these aircraft are in fact owned, regulated, and operated by the government/military complex itself)?
Assuming drugging the population is the purpose, the people behind the conspiracy would breathe the same air the population breathes, so any harm inflicted on the population would also be inflicted on those in charge of the conspiracy, unless they were made immune through vaccination.
http://www.theblackvault....Chemtrails

WaterInYourBath said:

Hey fellow Prince nerds. We could all get those glasses and rule the world...

Noone loves Dick Gregory as much as I do. I just don't believe in the chemtrail nonsense. As the other person said, the wind would blow the chemicals into the white neighborhoods. Why would they risk poisoning Beverly Hills?

I have yet to see any whistle blower come out on this. If it were true it would have happened by now. This is as silly as the 9/11 truther stuff, something Gregory also believes.

"America is a plantation." Hell, not even Farrakhan would say that now.

Gregory,

http://www.youtube.com/wa...re=related

...THE show came on at 1am...i turned the volume all the way up..about 2 wake up the dead...
...prince was looking so dashing and proper in his outfit..the stacy-adams shoes were beautiful...the white satin shirt/tie set was like butter and the black satin suit was gangster...people have been calling me up ever since the ellen show 2 tell me that prince is wearing the same glasses like mine..i tell everybody mine are gucci and prince's might not b the same..still i really love the glasses..cuz we look like twins

...prince was so soft spoken and really wanted 2 share information...prince said all the right things and most of all HE MOVED ME!!...LOOK UP!!!..

...mzsexybaby