prince is a disciple of jb, sly, jimi, and joni. what acts have benefited immensely from prince being on the scene since 1979? (not saying that they wouldn't have been great aren't great without the "next prince"/prince-esque chain they had to carry)

d'angelo
van hunt
lenny kravitz
janet jackson (control/rhythm nation)
sheena easton
jimmy jam/terry lewis (as producers)
the bangles
sinead o'connor

I wouldn't say that Sheena Easton, The Bangles, or Sinead O'Connor fit this bill at all. Their body of work is wholly different sounding than Prince, and aside from a few songs he penned for them, they have no connection to Prince.

The others on your list are very valid examples though, especially anything Jam/Lewis related.

I would also add Terence Trent D'arby and Ready For The World to that list. RFTW, on some songs, are nearly indistinguishable from Prince.

Sheila E
Jesse Johnson
The Time
Jimmy/Terry
Mint Condition
Remember Georgio? Prince wannabe
Sinead's dumb ass
Alicia Keys-you hear Prince's influence
TTD or Sananda
Jody Watley/Andre Cymone
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Ready for the World

metallicjigolo said:

Hell yeah

andre' 3000
d;angelo
lenny kravitz
jam and lewis
pharrel
timbaland
justin timberlake
alicia keys
me'shell
trent reznor
cee-lo
gwen stefani
?love
to an extent r kelley,madonna,janet jackson

Tevin Campbell-such a great voice/to bad his career got derailed. I think he could have been a huge talent.




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Speaking of Tevin-I wish Prince would reach out and help him out again. I think this could actually work this time.

nurseV said:

What happend to is carrer? What exactly went wrong? Was he on drugs and didn´release anything because of that ??

PPKING said:

I remember that he got caught up in some kinda scandal Something about hookers/trannys or something and it was over for him. He released some nice songs that I still listen to today.

nurseV said:

Oh ok I´ve never heard anything about it. Was this in the news??? I mean it must have been huge to finish his career. Does anyone know what exactly happend?
So what if he was with a hooker?? Who cares?? Ask any Hollywood Star aka Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Martin Sheen etc they had 100s of them.

PPKING said:

I agree, but I think it made matters worse because people always thought he was gay anyway before this happened. I never did, but public opinion is a bitch sometimes I hope someone can post the story.

Thanks for your question on Tevin Campbell. First, the question of
sex - It seems Tevin was arrested and pleaded no contest to soliciting
oral sex from an undercover (male) LA police officer. Here is an
excerpt from the 11/29/1999 issue of Jet about the incident:

"Singer Tevin Campbell was recently ordered to attend Narcotics
Anonymous and an AIDS awareness class after he pleaded no contest to
soliciting oral sex from an undercover L.A. police officer last July.

Campbell 22, was also fined $ 1,080 for the misdemeanor conviction. He
also was ordered to return to court in February to show proof that he
has completed the requirements of his sentence.

When he was arrested officers recovered what they said resembled
marijuana and a pipe containing marijuana, according to his arrest
report. Campbell was one of many men arrested in San Fernando Valley
section of L.A. for either engaging in lewd acts in public or for
soliciting lewd acts. The area of the arrests has several churches,
and elementary school, a high school, single family homes and
apartments. The arrests were made following complaints, officers told
JET."

Tevin's career apparently fell into steep decline after this event.
His last original album was from 1999 (the self-titled "Tevin
Campbell"). His last release was a best-of album in 2001.



Google is my friend

Sheila E!!!!!


Sheila i have every single albums he has even some rarities, That girl as said many time's can rock the funk out on drums!!!!!
And she's not a bad singer either:D


She did some work on Ringo Star's albums as well love Sheila

metallicjigolo said:

regarding the quote:
LOL. I'll bet that took her by surprise...and left her speechless.

Gunsnhalen said:

agreed, Sheila is awesome She's supposed to do a show at the Jazz in the Pines soon. Though I don't know how I can make it to that one. But we'll see.
I'd love to catch her act live.... just once. that would be cool.


btw...folks... do Prince cover bands count? maybe not. I did catch the Purple Reign Prince cover band at Fantasy Springs casino last night. That was fun. And that's actually a good band ...
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Ow wow! i wish i could check that out(:

And i'm glad someone agrees on Sheila!


I Mean most people know she's badass on drums but her solo suff is more cult status in my opinion...

Great List....Where is Little Wayne in this and why would he feel he should play Prince in a movie on Prince's life?

mzsadii said:

Say it isn't so After he butchered my D&P he needs to not even think of playing Prince with his gremlin looking ass I ain't hatin-he's a good rapper and that's where he needs to keep it

Gunsnhalen said:

oh yeah... I love singin along with that early track of hers ..."hold me"

but shhhhh....don't tell anybody

Lou Rawls. "My baby don't stand no cheatin'...my babe."

I think it is everywhere. Not just musically, like mainstream music such as Britney Spears, but also in attitude. The ecclecticism, the rebellion, the internet, the control....

Fury said:

do we vote just from this list alone? ... how about Mace (sp?) I tried to google her ..but since I apparently CAN'T spell. lol. but a couple of her tracks reminds me of Prince. ... musically, lyrically .. i dont know ...just seems to be an influence to me.

Tame said:

Lou Rawls .... ? reminds you of Prince?

Fury said:

MAXWELL has the closest singing voice to Prince than almost everyone.

van hunt for sure.
for not giving a good goddamn.
for mixing up musical styles.
for innovation and creativity. he's a REAL artist.

Yes, MAXWELL

sweething said:

Thank you for agreeing with me on MAXWELL. I also will have to agree with D'Angelo as another posted.

Andre 3000?

I saw a poster for a Tevin Campbell gig in North London recently.
It was a "Back to the 90's" night!
I think it might be this Month.

Mickey Hollywood...


(D')