I just heard on my local radio station. "The ultimate concert would be Musiq Soulchild, Maxwell & Prince. He also said the station was trying to make it happen (half serious? joking? not sure) Anyways he then play songs by each artist. Do you think this would be a good concert line up? Who would you add or subtract?
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NONSENSE said:

I think it sounds awful, neither one of those guys are near the same caliber of an artist that Prince is, but that's just me.

Well, it's not that awful but it could use some improvement. Maybe Lenny Kravitz, Ben Harper or Herbie Hancock
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musiq soulchild would open, next Maxwell, then Prince would shut it down...
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Roy Hargroves

NONSENSE said:

interesting line up, but theres something not quite right about it, Musiq and Maxwell lean more neo-soul and Prince is way more funkier

maybe Maxwell open, Lenny and Prince

REPLACE MUSIQ WITH d'angelo
Never really liked musiq.

Prince and Musiq already did shows together during the ONA tour. He'd pop up at some of the after party shows and they'd perform together. I'm not even sure if Maxwell and Prince know each other personally. i've never seen them at the same event.

i imagine a whole grip of women being at that concert
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HonestMan13 said:

Prince name checked him in "Old School Company" so he must dig him a little. I would Drop Musiq and add say, Ceelo(sp?), then Maxwell & Prince. But really a shutdown barn burner would be Prince and Lenny.

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KCOOLMUZIQ said:

NOT TRUE !!!

London 2007 had various opening acts not being The Time ....

xenophobia2002 said:

Here in the US he rarely if ever have opening acts

GCS & the funky baldheads opened for P in the States.
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KCOOLMUZIQ said:

erm except shit like the pasendenas and shakespeares sister etc in the 90's

larry and chaka in the 90's too

That sounds horrible. That would be like having a Rick James concert that included Johnny Mathis, Barry Manilow, and Lionel Richie. You just don't put funk on the same stage with weak artists.
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Those 2 are boring, and galaxies away from Prince and his musical abilities/talent. Who in their right mind would look at the body of work; the songwriting; the ability to play instruments, the crowd, and the media... and then come to the conclusion that those 2 belong on the same bill as P? P dominated a whole decade, those 2 can't even hold down 1 year. Even moving beyond the music, just to overall image, P is in whole other league- the clothes, the musical changes, the affect his chosen songs, interviews, movies, and public presentation has had in public debate- the other 2 they have no public affect!

micknme said:

Exactly! U hit it right on the bulls eye

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

didnt Mya open up at one of the 02 dates?

From what i've heard, Prince picks the people that open for his concerts.

NONSENSE said:

Where do you live?

Would be o.k., but that's probably one-to-two, many artists.



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nosajd said:

Harper and Kravitz are about the same musical league as Soulchild and Maxwell. All of them just rehash the 1970's (whether it's psychodelic rock or soul) and Herbie outclasses them all (by a large margin).

vainandy said:

Ain't nothing weak about Maxwell!
His band is super tight!
Just ask anyone who went to his recent gigs (me included).

And yeah, Maxwell was at some of P's LA 'house'parties. (which is why he gets the 'Ol School Company' name check.)

BlackCandle said:

Boring one-trick pony (and it isn't an interesting trick, not is it even an original trick).

Ohh lawrd.....Musiq has no business on stage with Prince.

He's too damn mellow...in other words "dull". Prince is hard funk/rock. I've never heard anything from Maxwell that wasn't slow to midtempo adult contemporary type R&B. I can see why Prince was sent to open for someone like Rick James back in the day because the two of them were the hardest things in R&B music at the time. I can also see Prince's own groups like The Time opening for him because once again, another group just as hard and funky as he was. But as far as someone like Maxwell goes, hell Lionel Richie would be a better choice. At least he could throw in some the hard Commodores jams. I love some music by The Carpenters also but I wouldn't want to see them open for KISS either. The two just don't go together.

DÁngelo, TTD, Lenny, And Prince 45 minutes D, 45 minutes TTD, 1 hour Lenny, Prince joins Lenny towads the end of his set and takes it home for 1.5 hours.

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

He had Jill Scott open for him for one of the Philly Musicology shows in 2004.

I don't think Musiq or anyone else belongs any where near Prince or Maxwell I like Musiq too but he is no where near the same category as these two.

A girl can dream

I love yummy Maxwell and musiq but not on the same stage as Prince. It does not compute. Prince doesnt need any fluffers, all he needs iz a mic, a guitar, a piano and a stage. Everyone is as happy as a clam. Why mess that up people?