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Reply #120 posted 08/24/09 11:30pm

alandail

Looks like Prince is going after another grammy nomination (R&B male vocal)
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Reply #121 posted 08/24/09 11:41pm

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Is it all Prince harmonizing the end note?
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Reply #122 posted 08/25/09 6:25am

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alandail said:

Looks like Prince is going after another grammy nomination (R&B male vocal)

Yep....he really likes the nomination plaque at least. wink
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Reply #123 posted 08/25/09 6:46am

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

I agree with you. At least R&B will support the dude. I'm happy to hear Prince whereever and whenever I can. nod

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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.


Oh please,stop acting as if Madonna has special advantages that other 'old' artists don't have rolleyes Most of her recent singles get ignored by radio stations in the US (did you ever hear "Get Together","Jump","Give It 2 Me" or "Miles Away" on the radio?? That's what I thought!).Yes,occasionally she scores a Top 10 hit,but it doesn't happen very frequently.She struggles just like everyone else.Her greatest success these days comes from her soldout tours.
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Reply #124 posted 08/25/09 6:48am

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SoulAlive said:

laurarichardson 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.


Oh please,stop acting as if Madonna has special advantages that other 'old' artists don't have rolleyes Most of her recent singles get ignored by radio stations in the US (did you ever hear "Get Together","Jump","Give It 2 Me" or "Miles Away" on the radio?? That's what I thought!).Yes,occasionally she scores a Top 10 hit,but it doesn't happen very frequently.She struggles just like everyone else.Her greatest success these days comes from her soldout tours.


So true.
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Reply #125 posted 08/25/09 11:56am

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alandail said:

Looks like Prince is going after another grammy nomination (R&B male vocal)

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...LORD!!! HEAR OUR PRAYER!!...
..mzsexybaby'THERE AIN'T NO OTHER' exclaim exclaim exclaim
..She's Just A Baby..but she's my lady..my loveR..my only friend!..true love that will last!..PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND..WHAT SHE SEES IN AN OLDER MAN..they never stop 2 think that maybe i'm what she's looking 4..THEY NEVER TAKE THE TIME..2 look in her mind
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Reply #126 posted 08/25/09 12:00pm

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...ABOUT THE RADIO STATIONS....
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...ok so i talked 2 my boy this sunday(works at the radio-station)...and asked him "HOW DID D SINGLE GET 2 THE RADIO-STATION?'...he seyz...he don't know!!!..it just "poped up!!!"...but he thinks BILLY had something 2 do with it..but he don't know 4 sure..cuz he seyz BILLY is a CONCERT-PROMOTER now...
..mzsexybaby'A THESE LIL'"DIRTY"SECRETS....L-O-V-E IT!!!' lol
..She's Just A Baby..but she's my lady..my loveR..my only friend!..true love that will last!..PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND..WHAT SHE SEES IN AN OLDER MAN..they never stop 2 think that maybe i'm what she's looking 4..THEY NEVER TAKE THE TIME..2 look in her mind
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Reply #127 posted 08/25/09 12:31pm

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SoulAlive said:

laurarichardson 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.


Oh please,stop acting as if Madonna has special advantages that other 'old' artists don't have rolleyes Most of her recent singles get ignored by radio stations in the US (did you ever hear "Get Together","Jump","Give It 2 Me" or "Miles Away" on the radio?? That's what I thought!).Yes,occasionally she scores a Top 10 hit,but it doesn't happen very frequently.She struggles just like everyone else.Her greatest success these days comes from her soldout tours.

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Get Together","Jump","Give It 2 Me" or "Miles Away"
If these songs did not get any play then it is about fucking time. That witch’s 15 minutes should have been over after “Like A Prayer”

She got to hang around a lot longer than she should have and if you think that her being a white woman had nothing to do with it you need to get your head out of your ass.
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Reply #128 posted 08/25/09 12:35pm

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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.


I don't think this is true. Prince's RnB crowd has always expected and enjoyed ballads or "slow jams" from him. He's delivered them since well before TMBGITW. Maybe the pop/rock world caught on to that one along with PR and D&P, but the RnB world has been down with his ballads since "Do Me Baby." I have always heard P's ballads on RnB radio. So, releasing a ballad to RnB doesn't seem like an attempt to recreate the success of TMBGITW.

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Of course it is not true so many people on this board no nothing about RnB music or audiences. They don't realize how the ballads from Musicolgy got a lot of play on RnB stations. They are simply ingnorant to what goes on in the RnB world.
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Reply #129 posted 08/25/09 12:53pm

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laurarichardson said:

bellanoche said:



I don't think this is true. Prince's RnB crowd has always expected and enjoyed ballads or "slow jams" from him. He's delivered them since well before TMBGITW. Maybe the pop/rock world caught on to that one along with PR and D&P, but the RnB world has been down with his ballads since "Do Me Baby." I have always heard P's ballads on RnB radio. So, releasing a ballad to RnB doesn't seem like an attempt to recreate the success of TMBGITW.

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Of course it is not true so many people on this board no nothing about RnB music or audiences. They don't realize how the ballads from Musicolgy got a lot of play on RnB stations. They are simply ingnorant to what goes on in the RnB world.

NO they don't KNOW. wink
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Reply #130 posted 08/25/09 3:17pm

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I love it,but I perfer "U'r Gonna C Me"


It's not my favorite from the album either, but a beautiful sentiment nonetheless.
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Reply #131 posted 08/25/09 4:24pm

audience1

It think it should do pretty well on Urban AC, but a televised performance would help; especially given that the album has been around for a couple of months now. Maybe something on Leno like he did with SHOE.
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Reply #132 posted 08/25/09 4:35pm

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Reply #133 posted 08/25/09 4:49pm

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bellanoche said:

2elijah 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]


You're right. As he's said in the past, the RnB stations have his back moreso than the pop/rock stations. BWT should get airplay on those stations. However, I am a bit surprised that this is the single that was chosen for this format instead of U're Gonna C Me. I could see the local RnB station here wearing that one out like they did FBM. I wasn't complaining though. lol

My 43-year-old brother, who isn't really a Prince fan (he likes him but doesn't know his music beyond what I play) heard U're Gonna C Me, went and bought it, then put it on a Quiet Storm CD that he made. He said it was a jam and that when he played it for folks at work they loved it. A young girl even asked him who that was singing because she liked the song and asked for a copy. He told her she wasn't getting anything because she should be ashamed for not knowing Prince's voice. lol


BWT is a beautiful ballad and I think it will do well on RnB stations. If it gets constant airplay, it will eventually grow on the listeners, especially younger listeners. I have to agree with you that RnB stations love playing Prince's slow ballads, like "Adore" and others that will always be a classic. Love his falsetto voice, because it always sounds like it captures his emotions. Matter of fact, 98.7kissfm in NYC had "Adore" on their playlist this weekend. This remake of "U're Gonna C Me" , does have more of a RnB flavor and has a Smokey Robinson vibe for sure.
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Reply #134 posted 08/25/09 6:24pm

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laurarichardson said:

bellanoche said:



I don't think this is true. Prince's RnB crowd has always expected and enjoyed ballads or "slow jams" from him. He's delivered them since well before TMBGITW. Maybe the pop/rock world caught on to that one along with PR and D&P, but the RnB world has been down with his ballads since "Do Me Baby." I have always heard P's ballads on RnB radio. So, releasing a ballad to RnB doesn't seem like an attempt to recreate the success of TMBGITW.

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Of course it is not true so many people on this board no nothing about RnB music or audiences. They don't realize how the ballads from Musicolgy got a lot of play on RnB stations. They are simply ingnorant to what goes on in the RnB world.


I know. I remember how people on here were panning Future Baby Mama, and that was a big hit on adult R&B stations. It was in the top 5 for weeks on Randy Jackson's weekly national countdown. Call My Name got major play as have most ballads that he's ever released. Here in Chicago the two adult R&B stations play Prince's ballads all the time. Songs like Scandalous, Adore, How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore, The One, Betcha By Golly Wow, International Lover, Diamonds & Pearl, Insatiable, all received huge RnB play. However, many folks here don't know jack about it.
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Reply #135 posted 08/26/09 7:52am

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bellanoche said:

laurarichardson said:


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Of course it is not true so many people on this board no nothing about RnB music or audiences. They don't realize how the ballads from Musicolgy got a lot of play on RnB stations. They are simply ingnorant to what goes on in the RnB world.


I know. I remember how people on here were panning Future Baby Mama, and that was a big hit on adult R&B stations. It was in the top 5 for weeks on Randy Jackson's weekly national countdown. Call My Name got major play as have most ballads that he's ever released. Here in Chicago the two adult R&B stations play Prince's ballads all the time. Songs like Scandalous, Adore, How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore, The One, Betcha By Golly Wow, International Lover, Diamonds & Pearl, Insatiable, all received huge RnB play. However, many folks here don't know jack about it.

So true. If I'm not mistaken, "Call My Name" went to number one on a couple of Urban AC airplay charts. FBM also went top 10 on Urban AC airplay charts. So, these people don't really have a clue as to how well Prince is loved on the r&b charts.
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Reply #136 posted 08/27/09 7:18pm

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alandail said:

Looks like Prince is going after another grammy nomination (R&B male vocal)



Don't u mean another Grammy Award win?
Call My Name & Future Baby Mama both won Grammy Awards!
Song of the Heart won a Golden Globe Award!

...and Future Baby Mama wasn't even a single!
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Reply #137 posted 08/27/09 10:24pm

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daPrettyman said:

bellanoche said:



I know. I remember how people on here were panning Future Baby Mama, and that was a big hit on adult R&B stations. It was in the top 5 for weeks on Randy Jackson's weekly national countdown. Call My Name got major play as have most ballads that he's ever released. Here in Chicago the two adult R&B stations play Prince's ballads all the time. Songs like Scandalous, Adore, How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore, The One, Betcha By Golly Wow, International Lover, Diamonds & Pearl, Insatiable, all received huge RnB play. However, many folks here don't know jack about it.

So true. If I'm not mistaken, "Call My Name" went to number one on a couple of Urban AC airplay charts. FBM also went top 10 on Urban AC airplay charts. So, these people don't really have a clue as to how well Prince is loved on the r&b charts.


Absolutely, R&B/Adult R&B has always been his strong base since "Soft & Wet" dropped. It just so happened that he could play rock guitar and during the "golden period" (1980 - 1994), he was all over the charts rock, pop, r&b, & dance.

Back 2 the aforementioned statement, "Call My Name" did go #1 on the Urban AC charts and did well on the R&B/Hip-Hop charts too. There's always luv 4 P on those formats so it would b foolish not 2 frequent them.
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Reply #138 posted 08/28/09 6:53am

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I forgot just how beautiful she was... I guess she's still not bad looking, just a little more wrinkles.

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Change it one more time..
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Reply #139 posted 08/28/09 11:20pm

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daPrettyman said:


So true. If I'm not mistaken, "Call My Name" went to number one on a couple of Urban AC airplay charts. FBM also went top 10 on Urban AC airplay charts. So, these people don't really have a clue as to how well Prince is loved on the r&b charts.


Absolutely, R&B/Adult R&B has always been his strong base since "Soft & Wet" dropped. It just so happened that he could play rock guitar and during the "golden period" (1980 - 1994), he was all over the charts rock, pop, r&b, & dance.

Back 2 the aforementioned statement, "Call My Name" did go #1 on the Urban AC charts and did well on the R&B/Hip-Hop charts too. There's always luv 4 P on those formats so it would b foolish not 2 frequent them.



I think a lot of people on this site 4get that Prince is a black artist. He started off on black radio before pop radio would even want 2 b bothered with him. I remember because I followed his career from way back then. Way b4 Purple Rain when a lot of people jumped on the band wagon and started pretending they were so loyal to him all his career.

Now when he gets a R&b ballad played on black format urban stations most peeps on here. Have no idea whats going on. Prince's most played recent songs now on the radio r on urban stations and they r ballads. Plus he has two Grammy's to prove it. Both won from his R&b ballads "Call my name" & the beautiful BALLAD "Future baby mama". So there u have it
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Reply #140 posted 08/29/09 9:49am

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Columbia is the record company who is doin that? or who sends the cd`s out to the radiostations 5 month after the release? target? i dont think so. what means all that?
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Reply #141 posted 08/29/09 11:06am

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Just heard it yesterday on the radio in DC. First time I heard it on the radio. Nice.
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Reply #142 posted 08/31/09 4:29am

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SoulAlive said:



Oh please,stop acting as if Madonna has special advantages that other 'old' artists don't have rolleyes Most of her recent singles get ignored by radio stations in the US (did you ever hear "Get Together","Jump","Give It 2 Me" or "Miles Away" on the radio?? That's what I thought!).Yes,occasionally she scores a Top 10 hit,but it doesn't happen very frequently.She struggles just like everyone else.Her greatest success these days comes from her soldout tours.

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Get Together","Jump","Give It 2 Me" or "Miles Away"
If these songs did not get any play then it is about fucking time. That witch’s 15 minutes should have been over after “Like A Prayer”

She got to hang around a lot longer than she should have and if you think that her being a white woman had nothing to do with it you need to get your head out of your ass.


rolleyes The reason she has "hung around" all these years is because people actually like her.They enjoy her concerts and her performances.She has handled her career better than almost anyone else in pop music.You think her longevity and success is because of her skin color but if that's true,how come Pat Benatar and Cyndi Lauper didn't last as long as Madonna? They're white too,so shouldn't they still be selling out arenas and stadiums,too? After all,white artists have special advantages,right??? rolleyes rolleyes
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Reply #143 posted 08/31/09 5:13am

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Smittyrock70 said:

armybrat said:

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/



It's already getting early reports from nine radio stations that I'm tracking so far.

WFUN - St. Louis
WHUR - D.C.
KNEK - Layfeyette
KBLX - San Francisco
WJTT - Chattanooga
WBAV - Charlotte
WQMG - Greensboro
WSRB - Chicago
WLBI - Birmingham


It's also been getting some airplay in Richmond,VA on Wkjs Kiss Fm.
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Reply #144 posted 08/31/09 5:37am

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SoulAlive said:

laurarichardson said:


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Get Together","Jump","Give It 2 Me" or "Miles Away"
If these songs did not get any play then it is about fucking time. That witch’s 15 minutes should have been over after “Like A Prayer”

She got to hang around a lot longer than she should have and if you think that her being a white woman had nothing to do with it you need to get your head out of your ass.


rolleyes The reason she has "hung around" all these years is because people actually like her.They enjoy her concerts and her performances.She has handled her career better than almost anyone else in pop music.You think her longevity and success is because of her skin color but if that's true,how come Pat Benatar and Cyndi Lauper didn't last as long as Madonna? They're white too,so shouldn't they still be selling out arenas and stadiums,too? After all,white artists have special advantages,right??? rolleyes rolleyes

Shouldn't we just be discussing Better with Time instead of racial matters? I hope that I hear this cut on the radio today cause it was really great to hear it on the Tom Joyner Morning Show right after they played the new Whitney Houston. It is a great ballad and those are what are sustaining Prince right now cause pop radio is not showing any love. Ryan Seaquest or whatever his name is definitely won't be playing it. I like to hear some Prince on there so maybe we should make requests on his show.
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Reply #145 posted 08/31/09 11:12am

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jimmyrogertodd said:


Shouldn't we just be discussing Better with Time instead of racial matters?



Agreed.
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Reply #146 posted 09/01/09 10:38am

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SoulAlive said:

laurarichardson said:


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Get Together","Jump","Give It 2 Me" or "Miles Away"
If these songs did not get any play then it is about fucking time. That witch’s 15 minutes should have been over after “Like A Prayer”

She got to hang around a lot longer than she should have and if you think that her being a white woman had nothing to do with it you need to get your head out of your ass.


rolleyes The reason she has "hung around" all these years is because people actually like her.They enjoy her concerts and her performances.She has handled her career better than almost anyone else in pop music.You think her longevity and success is because of her skin color but if that's true,how come Pat Benatar and Cyndi Lauper didn't last as long as Madonna? They're white too,so shouldn't they still be selling out arenas and stadiums,too? After all,white artists have special advantages,right??? rolleyes rolleyes


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Once again you don't know what you are talking about. Cyndi Lauper has gone on record to say she disagreed with her record label about the direction her music was going and it is obvious she has suffered for it. In addition, she managed to keep her clothes on.

Pan Benatar was on Behind the Music talking about the way she was mishandled by her record label and she kept her clothes on.

Do you think Madonna has ever challenged her record companies? This chick goes along to get along all day and god knows she only recently decided to keep her clothes on.

I don't think all white artist have a special advantage because if that were the case Teena Marie would be a bigger artist than half-naked, can't carry a fucking note for shit Madonna.

If you do not think Madonna has used her real special talents to stay at the top than go ahead and delude yourself.
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Reply #147 posted 09/01/09 11:11am

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Do you think Madonna has ever challenged her record companies?



lol You are *completely* delusional.


And I mean completely.
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Reply #148 posted 09/01/09 11:18am

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rolleyes The reason she has "hung around" all these years is because people actually like her.They enjoy her concerts and her performances.She has handled her career better than almost anyone else in pop music.



You are exactly right. She's a legend and keeps going strong almost 30 years into her career.
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Reply #149 posted 09/01/09 11:33am

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NoVideo said:

laurarichardson said:



Do you think Madonna has ever challenged her record companies?



lol You are *completely* delusional.


And I mean completely.

4 real if you think Madge never challenged WB. What was the Sex book about? What about the "Justify My Love" video?
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