The whole post is BULLSHIT. NPG/Colombia Red Flag right there.

Did you guys even read the TEXT?????

Those who visit HHNM regularly would know how big a P stan I am. So here goes the latest from the legend. ‘Better With Time’ which is track number 6 form his MPLSoUND disc of LotusFlow3r album will be released as a single to the Urban AC radio. One of the standout tracks on that disc goes to adds next week(24th August) via NPG/Columbia.

yea, what a "professional" blog. It's fairly obvious the person who posted this runs the blog and you guys have been giving him hits the entire day. At least that other orger blogger's site is professional and if there are spelling errors that shit is fixed good n plenty fast. Doesn't mean I like it, just means it is more on point.

Just because a song has been added to radio does not mean it is going for ads. This just seems like a play for AC radio stations but this blogger is full of shit.

bamboozled. The org is slipping. you guys used to catch this stuff really quick.
[Edited 8/21/09 13:40pm]

The whole post is BULLSHIT. NPG/Columbia Red Flag right there.

Did you guys even read the TEXT?????

Those who visit HHNM regularly would know how big a P stan I am. So here goes the latest from the legend. ‘Better With Time’ which is track number 6 form his MPLSoUND disc of LotusFlow3r album will be released as a single to the Urban AC radio. One of the standout tracks on that disc goes to adds next week(24th August) via NPG/Columbia.

yea, what a "professional" blog. It's fairly obvious the person who posted this runs the blog and you guys have been giving him hits the entire day. At least that other orger blogger's site is professional and if there are spelling errors that shit is fixed good n plenty fast. Doesn't mean I like it, just means it is more on point.

Just because a song has been added to radio does not mean it is going for ads. This just seems like a play for AC radio stations but this blogger is full of shit.

bamboozled. you are slippin! you guys used to catch this stuff really quick.
[Edited 8/21/09 13:42pm]

purplecam said:

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"I guess if he was a 50 year old white woman, he'd have less if no problems. Just sayin... "

Unfortunately yes. Pop stations have no problem playing Madonna’s god awful music and she is 50 years old and looks it (LOL) I believe pop stations will still be playing Madonna’s music when she is 70 (LOL)

Sometimes you have to take the love where you can get it. In P’s case that would be RnB stations.

The whole post is BULLSHIT. NPG/Columbia Red Flag right there.

Did you guys even read the TEXT?????

Those who visit HHNM regularly would know how big a P stan I am. So here goes the latest from the legend. ‘Better With Time’ which is track number 6 form his MPLSoUND disc of LotusFlow3r album will be released as a single to the Urban AC radio. One of the standout tracks on that disc goes to adds next week(24th August) via NPG/Columbia.

yea, what a "professional" blog. It's fairly obvious the person who posted this runs the blog and you guys have been giving him hits the entire day. At least that other orger blogger's site is professional and if there are spelling errors that shit is fixed good n plenty fast. Doesn't mean I like it, just means it is more on point.

Just because a song has been added to radio does not mean it is going for ads. This just seems like a play for AC radio stations but this blogger is full of shit.

bamboozled. you are slippin! you guys used to catch this stuff really quick.
[Edited 8/21/09 13:42pm]

I love the song but as usual Prince's (presumably?) choice for a radio single has thrown me a curveball

So does this mean that Dance 4 Me is NOT now going to be a single of any kind (I was ideally hoping to end up with the Remix on a CD single format)

2elijah said:

I guess so but it's not fair that someone like Madonna (I hate bringing up her name ) can still get her current shit played on a pop station but Prince can't and they are both icons and the same age. I know there is a different dynamic with those 2 and I shouldn't compare but it just irks me, especially after hearing her new song while at Subway for lunch the other day, which sucks by the way. Prince is still doing the damn thing and I want everyone to hear what he's doing and yet he's can only get one format to play his new stuff.

Not for nothing, you are right about one thing 2elijah. At least R&B stations still want his music and thank God for that. I hope it does extremely well there. I also hope we hear it all over 98.7 Kiss FM and WBLS. Maybe, just maybe, KTU will play it too. If they could play Call My Name, why not Better With Time? Fingers crossed and prayers go forth!

laurarichardson said:

People seem 2 4get Madonna has been pushed by a major label her whole career. Prince took a big chance going independent. Radio doesn't embrace most independent artist unless they go major. Madonna has that advantage. But that don't mean she makes much profit like Prince has independently.

The songs that radio has played since Prince left Warners. Were only songs he made with major labels. Like The Musicology project, "Musicology", "Call my name". Radio only caters to major labels because they pay them off. That is why U hear the same songs over and over again. Prince is trying to break that cycle. But its a tough road and I'm sure he is frustrated with it[i]

The whole post is BULLSHIT. NPG/Columbia Red Flag right there.

Did you guys even read the TEXT?????

Those who visit HHNM regularly would know how big a P stan I am. So here goes the latest from the legend. ‘Better With Time’ which is track number 6 form his MPLSoUND disc of LotusFlow3r album will be released as a single to the Urban AC radio. One of the standout tracks on that disc goes to adds next week(24th August) via NPG/Columbia.

yea, what a "professional" blog. It's fairly obvious the person who posted this runs the blog and you guys have been giving him hits the entire day. At least that other orger blogger's site is professional and if there are spelling errors that shit is fixed good n plenty fast. Doesn't mean I like it, just means it is more on point.

Just because a song has been added to radio does not mean it is going for ads. This just seems like a play for AC radio stations but this blogger is full of shit.

bamboozled. you are slippin! you guys used to catch this stuff really quick.
[Edited 8/21/09 13:42pm]

Hip Hop N More confirms that 'Better with Time' is the next single.
It officially goes for adds next week, 24th August to be precise.

Thanks to the blog which takes keen interest in Prince and also is refreshingly accurate in its reports without relying on hype or controversy.

http://hiphop-n-more.com/...with-time/

Dance 4 Me seems to still be on the agenda for European release.

bebe319 said:

My dear friend. Sorry to burst your bubble but I do NOT run HHNM as pointed out by you.

Secondly, 'P Stan' is not a spell error, 'stan' basically means a 'crazy fan' and is derived from 'stalker fan', you may want to check-out http://www.internetslang.com/STAN.asp and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan to know more on what 'stan' means.

Your comment was unfortunate to say the least.
[Edited 8/22/09 0:56am]

squirrelgrease said:

?????
There is 'somebody' doing some type of marketing here?
Anybody here care to explain about who, what and why?

udo said:

Dunno where that French announcement originated, but it looks legit.

My thing is I want Prince to release songs that will grab EVERYONE, not just one segment of people. BWT is not a bad song but it won't grab the kids or some adults, even on the R&B stations. He needs to release "Dance 4 Me" or "Here". Those songs are smash hits waiting to happen cause they will grab everyone by the balls. Plus he needs to stop focusing primarily on the R&B stations. He needs to bet back on the Pop stations and I won't buy that he can't get new music played there. He needs the right people around to push these songs, but of course Prince won't get the right people around him. I just don't get him when it comes to him and these single choices.
[Edited 8/21/09 6:42am]

seems like he has been wanting to replicate the success of "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" for the last 15 years....

always with these damn ballads!

Hip Hop N More confirms that 'Better with Time' is the next single.
It officially goes for adds next week, 24th August to be precise.

Thanks to the blog which takes keen interest in Prince and also is refreshingly accurate in its reports without relying on hype or controversy.

http://hiphop-n-more.com/...with-time/

No, it's not. "Dance 4 Me", "Here", "Ol' Skool Company", or "Love Like Jazz" would have made better singles than "Better With Time".

purplecam said:

That's just it purplecam, it seems the RnB stations will open up to him, but getting these pop stations to play his "current" music is another.
[Edited 8/21/09 7:11am]

funksterr said:

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Dude just the fact that you did not bother to answer my question about what over 50 black artists is getting played on Pop stations should answer your question.

You do not think it is weird that Madonna is a white woman over 50 and she still gets some play on pop station.

You would not think it was weird if Tina Turner came out with a CD tomorrow that was slamming that she would not get play on pop stations.

What about Satanna he has put out a few CDs since 2000 and he does not get any play on pop stations?

None of this seemed motivated by age, race demographics, and a lack of payola?


Young black acts and mostly rappers get play not older actual musicians and singers. These artists have no chance of getting play on Pop stations. Our society is controlled by the majority race our society includes business, which includes radio stations, and record companies these business want to make money.

They all spend millions of dollars trying to figure out how to get people with the most money to buy CDs and buy something based on all those radio commercials.

I can guarantee you that older black folk are not who pop radio stations and record companies are trying to appeal to.

We simply do not fit into the demographics they are trying to reach therefore, artist that would appeal to the over 40 set and her performing RnB music are not going to get played on POP stations.

It is no different than an RnB station not playing Milley Cyrus or the Jonas Brothers. These groups do not have an appeal in the African-American community.


In fact, the Bros and Miley are so horrible I doubt if they would have record deals at all, if they were black and I know payola has got to be one of the reason pop stations play their music. (LOL)


This is America and race still plays a role in things not as much as it use to but trust me large sections of America don't want to hear any RnB music at all.

itsjustaroundthecorner said:

yup. and it will take a stronger song than "Better With Time" to accomplish that, even if it might be possible (which I doubt.)

Still... i'm glad he's releasing singles and trying to promote this record, because I think it's the strongest project overall he's done since the Come/TGE era.