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Thread started 05/22/10 11:54am

2freaky4church
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Maybe Prince isn't that funky.

I'm starting to agree with some orgers that maybe Prince is not that funky or we overrate his funk abilities. Or at worse he isn't as funky as someone like Roger or Parliament.

His beats don't slam in the same way. These other chicken grease artists throw more on the grill. Prince is more coldly funky. His songwriting is more of a force than his actual funkyness. This is why It seems crazy to continue to mewl about him staying funky when he is rarely that funky anyhoo.

I mean I was at an event and the DJ played Kiss. It sounded good, like it always does, but few people were dancing or shaking their groove thangs. Than he put on Atomic Dog and the house blew up. Kiss is funky but not Atomic Dog funky. My only point.

Then they played Cha Cha Slide, a song I can't seem to escape. You had this huge line dance. Everybody was dancing, acting crazy. That song is lame, at least to me, but look at the reaction. Prince is funky but not funky in the way most people like.
All you others say Hell Yea!! woot!
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Reply #1 posted 05/22/10 12:18pm

zaza

He ain't funky at all..He just a little ol' prude lol
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Reply #2 posted 05/22/10 12:25pm

fever

Blasphemy.
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Reply #3 posted 05/22/10 12:27pm

weused2luvhim

Thread topics like this prove to me that the org has just about run it's course.

"Maybe Prince ain't that funky"

Geeez, get the fuck outta here. rolleyes
If you're not doing the fucking, then you're taking one.
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Reply #4 posted 05/22/10 12:28pm

TheScouser

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No way! Prince is a motherfunker, the way he layers instruments, rhythms and melodies is insane
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Reply #5 posted 05/22/10 12:31pm

zaza

TheScouser said:

No way! Prince is a motherfunker, the way he layers instruments, rhythms and melodies is insane

Have you heard P-funk or Sly Stone? That's funky. Prince ain't THAT funky.
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Reply #6 posted 05/22/10 12:33pm

DMSRCMC12

U really don't belong here.Give all ur Prince music 2 some1 else.Prince isn't that funky?????Thats like saying.Oprah is not FAT!!!!!
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Reply #7 posted 05/22/10 12:35pm

zaza

I didn't say he's NOT funky.
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Reply #8 posted 05/22/10 12:36pm

Nikkie

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Ok. Enough of this.

Feel U Up.
DMSR.
Kiss.
Housequake.
Shockadelica.

Funky!
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Reply #9 posted 05/22/10 12:37pm

JBK

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Prince is still funky but not in the way he used to be.Funk is an exhausted and tired genre for him.His funk has become more abstract and subtle.
You can tell about Prince's Future , but his Past is utterly unpredictable
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Reply #10 posted 05/22/10 12:38pm

zaza

Nikkie said:

Ok. Enough of this.

Feel U Up.
DMSR.
Kiss.
Housequake.
Shockadelica.

Funky!

Mothership Connection - funkier.
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Reply #11 posted 05/22/10 12:42pm

Nikkie

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zaza said:

Nikkie said:

Ok. Enough of this.

Feel U Up.
DMSR.
Kiss.
Housequake.
Shockadelica.

Funky!

Mothership Connection - funkier.


I say it's a different kind of funk. Mothership is Classic funk. Not funkier or less funky than Prince's funk. His is different. It's poppy. But not less funky!
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Reply #12 posted 05/22/10 12:46pm

zaza

Nikkie said:

zaza said:


Mothership Connection - funkier.


I say it's a different kind of funk. Mothership is Classic funk. Not funkier or less funky than Prince's funk. His is different. It's poppy. But not less funky!

hmmm I guess this depends on our personal taste. For me, Mothership Connection is funkier than anything Prince has done. It makes me wanna dance, groove with my body.. Prince's studio recordings not. He's more funky live than in studio.
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Reply #13 posted 05/22/10 12:55pm

PicklesMcMilla
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your right prince isnt funky hes very clean and smells very good





but he just told me that hes very funky and that you need get ready because there gonna be something big in the works
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Reply #14 posted 05/22/10 12:57pm

zaza

PicklesMcMillan said:

your right prince isnt funky hes very clean and smells very good





but he just told me that hes very funky and that you need get ready because there gonna be something big in the works

MPLSOUND vol.2? lol
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Reply #15 posted 05/22/10 1:00pm

PicklesMcMilla
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zaza said:

PicklesMcMillan said:

your right prince isnt funky hes very clean and smells very good





but he just told me that hes very funky and that you need get ready because there gonna be something big in the works

MPLSOUND vol.2? lol



no bigger
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Reply #16 posted 05/22/10 1:01pm

zaza

PicklesMcMillan said:

zaza said:


MPLSOUND vol.2? lol



no bigger

That's almost everything lol
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Reply #17 posted 05/22/10 1:05pm

mycherrymoon

Well, I've heard it all now. neutral
"I pride myself on working with great musicians, and I consider her to be as such. She's an amazing talent, the real deal." Prince on Beyoncé ♥

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Reply #18 posted 05/22/10 1:08pm

emilio319

The title of this thread proves what I have been thinking for a long time now... That this forum is filled with a hell of a lot of people who don't know shit!!!!!

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Reply #19 posted 05/22/10 1:20pm

JBK

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emilio319 said:

The title of this thread proves what I have been thinking for a long time now... That this forum is filled with a hell of a lot of people who don't know shit!!!!!



Ok Doc.Teach us!
You can tell about Prince's Future , but his Past is utterly unpredictable
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Reply #20 posted 05/22/10 1:20pm

PicklesMcMilla
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emilio319 said:

The title of this thread proves what I have been thinking for a long time now... That this forum is filled with a hell of a lot of people who don't know shit!!!!!





its just their opinion don't get so uptight.

plus its just a message board and unofficial one at that biggrin

if prince is funky to you so be it

if prince is unfunky to them so be it
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Reply #21 posted 05/22/10 1:27pm

zaza

Again - I DIDN'T SAY HE'S NOT FUNKY. Learn to read.
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Reply #22 posted 05/22/10 1:27pm

ernestsewell

Prince hasn't been FUNKY for over 10 years. His beats are dry, and he's even surgically removed the funk from playing old hits like "DMSR", etc.
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Reply #23 posted 05/22/10 1:35pm

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zaza said:

Again - I DIDN'T SAY HE'S NOT FUNKY. Learn to read.

see all is well. zaza was just stating that P's funk to him/her is diminishing or not so hardcore funky as other funky artist. However, Prince is still funky ?? right zaza??
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Reply #24 posted 05/22/10 1:39pm

JBK

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ernestsewell said:

Prince hasn't been FUNKY for over 10 years. His beats are dry, and he's even surgically removed the funk from playing old hits like "DMSR", etc.


No Ernest, Prince is still funky but as I said above he is not interested in playing again and again "kryptonite" funk.
You can tell about Prince's Future , but his Past is utterly unpredictable
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Reply #25 posted 05/22/10 2:29pm

zaza

PicklesMcMillan said:

zaza said:

Again - I DIDN'T SAY HE'S NOT FUNKY. Learn to read.

see all is well. zaza was just stating that P's funk to him/her is diminishing or not so hardcore funky as other funky artist. However, Prince is still funky ?? right zaza??

nod
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Reply #26 posted 05/22/10 2:55pm

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Reply #27 posted 05/22/10 2:55pm

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ernestsewell said:

Prince hasn't been FUNKY for over 10 years. His beats are dry, and he's even surgically removed the funk from playing old hits like "DMSR", etc.


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Reply #28 posted 05/22/10 3:03pm

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2freaky4church1 said:



I mean I was at an event and the DJ played Kiss. It sounded good, like it always does, but few people were dancing or shaking their groove thangs. Than he put on Atomic Dog and the house blew up. Kiss is funky but not Atomic Dog funky. My only point.


I agree that it doesn't get much funkier than Atomic Dog, but I far as I'm concerned, Nasty Girl can go toe to toe with it anyday.
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Reply #29 posted 05/22/10 3:09pm

jdcxc

Funk comes in many forms. Not all funk is dance music. Kiss is not a dance song (or a funk song for that matter). Much of the Parliament/Funkadelic catalog is not "dance" music.

Believe me, He is Prince and he is funky. Find the video where he is backing Maceo Parker on rhythm guitar - incredibly funky. Listen to the bass solo in Let's Work, the drums in 777-9311 or the keyboard stabs on Come On/Mad Sex.
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