i actualy like it, shows that they actually respect him as an artist. some of the stuff ive noticed was the rapper Lil Wayne remixing the Diamonds and Pearls song, and purple rain. recently Kid Cudi used Prince's controversy cd cover in his music video. has anyone seen anyothers?

Be careful-because when I brought up Wayne doing my fav son D&P I was called a rap hater. I feel if they do a remake they should do it justice and do it right. But I have nothing against rap and rap artist. Some are very talented such a Wayne

paisleypark319 said:

Respect or lack of creativity and talent of their own?

Graycap23 said:

i wouldnt go so far as lack of talent at all. they may be remaking a prince song, but would you go to say that prince is lacking talent because he has copied a song before? hummm?

paisleypark319 said:

lol.....if u don't know the difference between Prince and a sampling rapper, I don't know if there is anything more that I can add 2 this discussion.

Graycap23 said:

no need to be mean, ill let you have your opinion. but of course i deffinatly know the diffrence. i just think its neat when i hear other people playing with prince's music, it still shows they have an intrest in him.

The best use of Prince's music with a rap artist that I've heard is on the first version of the "Purple Album," which is a remix CD of Jay-Z's "Black Album." The DJ mixed Jay's a capella verses from each song over different Prince instrumentals and choruses. It's no longer available (I remember it was wiped out from the net QUICKLY when it was released back in 2004, LOL), but that's some of the greatest hip-hop I've ever listened to.

WaterInYourBath said:

ahhh thats really exciting!! so there is no chance left for me to hear it?

paisleypark319 said:

Not trying 2 be mean. Honestly, I hear u, but I think it is more a lack of talent than showing respect. True respect would be NOT 2 destroy the original.
[Edited 4/30/09 10:58am]

Graycap23 said:

i see what your saying

WaterInYourBath said:

Bang. That shit is the bomb. I have it on my hard drive.

There was actually two "Purple Album"'s. For those who don't know, the trend at the time was to take the vocals from Jay-Z's 'Black Album' and mix themn with all kinds of other music. The most famous example was Danger Mouse's "White Album" that mashed up Jay's vocals with The Beatles 'White Album'.

Anyway, there were two different "Purple Album"'s. One of them exclusively used music from 'Purple Rain' and the other one used all kinds of different Prince songs and the latter is the one I prefer. Here's the tracklist for it:

1. December 4th VS Little Red Corvette
2. What More Can I Say VS Diamonds & Pearls
3. Encore VS Hot Thing
4. Change Clothes VS Purple Rain
5. Dirt Off Ya Shoulder VS When Doves Cry
6. Threat VS Soft & Wet
7. Moment Of Clarity VS Do Me, Baby
8. 99 Problems VS DMSR
9. P.S.A VS Sign O' The Times
10. Justify My Thug VS Controversy
11. Lucifer VS Thieves In The Temple
12. Allure VS Insatiable
13. My 1st Song VS Kiss, Let's Go Crazy, and Darling Nikki

It's easy to scoff but the way this DJ did it REALLY works, ESPECIALLY the mashup of Encore and Hot Thing. I think the DJ who did it, his name was D-Cyde.

Militant said:

how can i listen to these songs like...right now?

isnt that baby

on Aaliyah's

Are You That Somebody

from a Prince song?

http://www.dailymotion.co...body_music
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Militant said:

Yep, that's it. My favorite is "Lucifer VS Thieves."

The second version is, well, garbage (sorry, LOL) compared to the first.

MC Hammer-Pray ( When Doves Cry is used)

Graycap23 said:

Can be both.
Could be that they're purple hippies also and/or they think that sampling his music would give theirs a boost.