The Aidin Vaziri Review on Prince's Latest Brilliance!
I am not happy with the way they rate Prince's Musical Output these days, I truly believe its a more personal issue with these magazine editors and writers who publish all this low rating and nonsense about Prince.

Prince was once on the cover due to the success of a hit single in 1994, and then he was dissed once he decided to not go the conventional route in the music industry again.

So why is the latest issue of VIBE dissing ONA-Live and stating that a 40sec clip of "Diamonds and Pearls" is the best track on the 3 CD Set!?

This Set I've been listening to everyday for a few months now. I'm very pleased with it, thou I wish there were certain cuts included, but I'm not bitter, there will be other Live disc to come I'm certain of in the future from Prince.

I've even given a copy to a few co-workers who aren't big time Prince Fans and wanted to purchase the set but couldn't find it no where.

Some of our PrinceMusicGroupDetroit Members at yahoo sent an E-mail to NewPowerDetroit and had an issue with the Vibe review and I agree we should write them and speak our minds, We are NPGMC Members/Fam and were all Prince has at this point after his battles w/ the Industry and I must say he's done pretty well w/ his fanbase and the recent make up for delay on music through the online club.

In a E-mail sent to PrinceMusicGroupDET@yahoo.com :
" I am not pleased with Vibe magazine! i think the writer should be fired on the real.

It's not that they dissed Prince for a simple tune but dissed him and his fabulous band for their craft and a history makin' package. U will not find a more perfect set... it's near flawless and i cannot believe Vibe would speak such nonsense.

They didn't go in depth with songs cause then they wouldn't be able to speak truth. How can u not hear that and think "brilliance!?"
I think there should be a letter writing campaign... It's really pissed me off".

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*My thing is, if you don't have anything good to say, don't say it at all

*I stopped taking Vibe seriously when they stopped taking music seriously. Years ago.

*did the reviewer even listen to any of Prince's output ??... or stop listening around 93 ... and started buying up Brittney and Nsync albums ... i think thats what most critics have done ... Rolling Stone included .

*too be Honest most of the Music Magazines today don't take Music too Seriously nowadays IMHO.Vibe is like a Puffy Production:they Sample Rolling Stone,The Source,Entertainment Weekly,Slam Magazine,XXL,People,Us,etc... without ever having there own idenity.but then again all those above Magazines fall into that category IMHO.

*WTF VIBE is just like Rolling Stone and those two magazine aren't any better than any teenie bop boy band mags vibe or spin = pakcaged pop = NOT RESPECTABLE OPINIONS

*D&P the best thing on the album, huh? This review is Shht.

*That right there just says it all about the reviewer. What an a**.
VIBE sucks butt anyway. After Emil took over the mag he's been more interested in jetsetting all over Europe attending fashion shows than any journalistic interest. The mag has been up for sale for a while now but no one is buying.

These were a few of many ppl who are online and read the review and feel that the writer and vibe need to stop reviewing Prince's music if its constant a diss or be real and know that this is Prince's best music making these days!

*They've been listening to more important "musicians", like Puff Daddy...

The live set is DAMNED good.

Thank you for your Time!
Tor'Juan
NewPowerDetroit.COM