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Thread started 08/03/09 4:31am

rap

Frank DiLeo and Prince

According to *Wikipedia, Mr DiLeo has worked with Prince on several projects.

True or False?


*Yes I know, not the most reliable source of information.
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Reply #1 posted 08/03/09 4:55am

missjay23

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Apparently, it is true.


Another signal of Prince's commitment to success was hiring of Frank DiLeo as management consultant.


http://books.google.fr/bo...20&f=false
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Reply #2 posted 08/03/09 5:33am

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rap said:

According to *Wikipedia, Mr DiLeo has worked with Prince on several projects.

True or False?


*Yes I know, not the most reliable source of information.



Yeah he was his manager during the Diamond and Pearls era!
THE CARDINAL HAS SPOKEN!!!
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Reply #3 posted 08/03/09 6:43am

SoulAlive

In the early 90s,Prince was frustrated at the lack of success he was having with his singles.He noticed that Michael Jackson's albums usually had five or more hit singles,most of them reaching the Top 10.So in 1991,he hired Frank Dileo (MJ's manager) as a consultant to help him with the 'Diamonds And Pearls' album.The strategy worked: this album had Two Top 10 hit singles (one of which,"Cream",went to Number One)."Get Off" and "Money Don't Matter 2Night" reached the Top 40,while "Insatible" was a Top 10 hit on the R&B charts.
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Reply #4 posted 08/03/09 9:23am

polkadotbliss

lol

when he had his ponytail during the bad tour-pics of him and MJ made me smile-like MJ was chatting to a 'made guy'

he looked so mafia then
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Reply #5 posted 08/03/09 9:25pm

rap

I always assumed he was self-managed, from the time he fired the spaghetti brothers ...
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