Though Princey was looking good, he still needs to eat more. I remember when he used to be muscular back in the day...I understand being a vegetarian and all but damn.

Dreamer2 said:

Trey Songz should have left Purple Rain alone!!!

Question to all US orgers, can't you just put out a contract hit on this guy for murdering a Prince song!

You need to just get rid of him!

True he didn't do the song any justice, but I can't hate on anyone especially a young artist showing my Princey some love.

BET Bestows Lifetime Achievement Award On Prince Last Updated: June 28, 2010 at 11:22 am

By Verily Prime

I watched the BET tribute to Prince and realized that, not only are this man musical abilities are still intact, but that he hasn’t aged.

At 52, the Purple One is more serene than the controversial star we knew early in his career. This is the same Prince who once inserted the Our Father Prayer in his song ‘Controversy’, and last night was admonishing the younger stars not to emulate and made he same mistakes he did when he was young.

The BET awards went through all of Prince’s highlights: from his first hit ‘Soft and Wet’, to his introduction to a mass audience via the movie and soundtrack ‘Purple Rain’. Alicia keys, Patti Labelle, and Chaka Khan ? all serenaded him with lovely performances.

In hearing Prince accept the BET award, one comes away with the fact on how soft spoken and articulate he is, especially for someone who has had no formal education…we are left to surmise that Prince is self taught man.

I, personally, have always been fascinated with this man’s genius; it is reported that Prince has a vault with literally hundred of unreleased songs. He has written songs for the Bangles, such as ‘Manic Monday’; Sinead O’Connor’s ‘Nothing Compares To You’; Sheena Easton’s ‘Sugar Walls’, and countless others. Many of these songs were written under such names as Jamie Starr, Alexander Never Mind, Camille, and Joey Coco.

I wish that Prince Rogers Nelson and the late Michael Jackson had found the time to hook up and produce an album between them. Even his paramours went on to change their names to those of his liking: Denise Mathews became Vanity, Patricia Kotero became Apollonia, Sheila Escovedo became Sheila E, and Tara Leigh Patrick became Carmen Electra.

At 52, the Purple One has had quite an interesting life, and he looks physically better than he did some 25 years ago. His trade mark boots, doesn’t seem so weird doing so now because, perhaps, we have become accustomed to his wearing them.

Prince has booked many concerts for Europe this Summer. I hope he graces us with his renowned live performances here in the United States.

http://www.damego.com/bet-bestows-lifetime-achievement-award-on-prince

I wonder why SOME people are getting their "back up" because Prince admitted to making mistakes. Regardless of what he EXACTLY meant by his comments, a lot can be inferred and one is bound to likely nail a few of the areas that he was referring to . He is obviously of a changed mindset now so he's looking back on things that only he knows that he could or should have done differently. And if that means some of the music that he created...then so be it.

Some of you are saying "Oh he should have no regrets, because his past (mistakes and all) made him the big star that he is now". Well you know what? Life is about more than being a "big star", and I'm sure that there are some desired "non- material" things in Prince's life where he would in fact wager his "stardom" for.

Heck, I know we are the sum total of our experiences, but most of us....if we are honest can take a look back and say...wow "Why did I have to do it exactly 'that way?'". God only knows what Prince has done, on and off the scenes.He admitted that he was "wild" and he damned sure was; a lot of consequences come with that "wildness". Everything is not always about fame, money, the amount of records you sell, and the amount of fans that you have.

missfee said:

Though Princey was looking good, he still needs to eat more. I remember when he used to be muscular back in the day...I understand being a vegetarian and all but damn.

I wholeheartedly agree with you. I remember when I first saw him on that Tavis Smiley interview in 2009; I thought that he was sick or something. I became really worried about his thin-ness, he did not look good. Also, he's been wearing loose fitting clothes lately....so who really knows how slim he really is now.

Vegetarians usually do not have to lose a whole lot of weight unless they were eatting very poorly to begin with. However, with Prince's money, he should be able to hire a good nutritionist and chefs that would help stablize his weight.

Somebody posted a thread under the "Associated Artist" section where some ex-employees of Prince alleged / reported that he would like eat only a cup of rice a day (on some days)...if that much. He was vegetarian back then also.

fantasticjoy said:

Dreamer2 said:

Trey Songz should have left Purple Rain alone!!!

Question to all US orgers, can't you just put out a contract hit on this guy for murdering a Prince song!

You need to just get rid of him!

True he didn't do the song any justice, but I can't hate on anyone especially a young artist showing my Princey some love.

I wish Trey Songz was younger than what he really is, because I would have felt alot better about his performance. According to Wikipedia the dude is 25 years old. He's a grown man. At that age you know when you are giving a jacked up peformance. He should have practiced.

If he was like 16, I would have just said "awwh Prince has got to lub the kids". But it's not cute at 25 especially if he just up and took it upon himself to sing a rendition of Purple Rain knowing that Patty would cover it later in the evening.

Dreamer2 said:

BET Bestows Lifetime Achievement Award On Prince Last Updated: June 28, 2010 at 11:22 am

By Verily Prime

I watched the BET tribute to Prince and realized that, not only are this man musical abilities are still intact, but that he hasn’t aged.

At 52, the Purple One is more serene than the controversial star we knew early in his career. This is the same Prince who once inserted the Our Father Prayer in his song ‘Controversy’, and last night was admonishing the younger stars not to emulate and made he same mistakes he did when he was young.

The BET awards went through all of Prince’s highlights: from his first hit ‘Soft and Wet’, to his introduction to a mass audience via the movie and soundtrack ‘Purple Rain’. Alicia keys, Patti Labelle, and Chaka Khan ? all serenaded him with lovely performances.

In hearing Prince accept the BET award, one comes away with the fact on how soft spoken and articulate he is, especially for someone who has had no formal education…we are left to surmise that Prince is self taught man.

I, personally, have always been fascinated with this man’s genius; it is reported that Prince has a vault with literally hundred of unreleased songs. He has written songs for the Bangles, such as ‘Manic Monday’; Sinead O’Connor’s ‘Nothing Compares To You’; Sheena Easton’s ‘Sugar Walls’, and countless others. Many of these songs were written under such names as Jamie Starr, Alexander Never Mind, Camille, and Joey Coco.

I wish that Prince Rogers Nelson and the late Michael Jackson had found the time to hook up and produce an album between them. Even his paramours went on to change their names to those of his liking: Denise Mathews became Vanity, Patricia Kotero became Apollonia, Sheila Escovedo became Sheila E, and Tara Leigh Patrick became Carmen Electra.

At 52, the Purple One has had quite an interesting life, and he looks physically better than he did some 25 years ago. His trade mark boots, doesn’t seem so weird doing so now because, perhaps, we have become accustomed to his wearing them.

Prince has booked many concerts for Europe this Summer. I hope he graces us with his renowned live performances here in the United States.

http://www.damego.com/bet-bestows-lifetime-achievement-award-on-prince

Did this columnist even watch the show? Not only did she get the Chaka Khan thing wrong, but how could she tell that Prince's "musical abilities are still intact" from watching the show? He didn't freggin perform. Oh damn.

Reel said:

missfee said:

Though Princey was looking good, he still needs to eat more. I remember when he used to be muscular back in the day...I understand being a vegetarian and all but damn.

I wholeheartedly agree with you. I remember when I first saw him on that Tavis Smiley interview in 2009; I thought that he was sick or something. I became really worried about his thin-ness, he did not look good. Also, he's been wearing loose fitting clothes lately....so who really knows how slim he really is now.

Vegetarians usually do not have to lose a whole lot of weight unless they were eatting very poorly to begin with. However, with Prince's money, he should be able to hire a good nutritionist and chefs that would help stablize his weight.

Somebody posted a thread under the "Associated Artist" section where some ex-employees of Prince alleged / reported that he would like eat only a cup of rice a day (on some days)...if that much. He was vegetarian back then also.

A cup of rice a day? That's crazy But I wouldn't it put it past him though, the man probably hardly ever sleeps.

Reel said:

I wonder why SOME people are getting their "back up" because Prince admitted to making mistakes. Regardless of what he EXACTLY meant by his comments, a lot can be inferred and one is bound to likely nail a few of the areas that he was referring to . He is obviously of a changed mindset now so he's looking back on things that only he knows that he could or should have done differently. And if that means some of the music that he created...then so be it.

Some of you are saying "Oh he should have no regrets, because his past (mistakes and all) made him the big star that he is now". Well you know what? Life is about more than being a "big star", and I'm sure that there are some desired "non- material" things in Prince's life where he would in fact wager his "stardom" for.

Heck, I know we are the sum total of our experiences, but most of us....if we are honest can take a look back and say...wow "Why did I have to do it exactly 'that way?'". God only knows what Prince has done, on and off the scenes.He admitted that he was "wild" and he damned sure was; a lot of consequences come with that "wildness". Everything is not always about fame, money, the amount of records you sell, and the amount of fans that you have.

People are making assumptions about what mistakes he was referring to, when he never revealed exactly what those mistakes were. It's his life and apparently only he knows what those mistakes were/are. I think the problem is that too many of his fans work overtime analyzing everything about him to their satisfaction, and they don't know even know him on a personal level, to draw their own conclusions from that statement. I think until he actually reveals what those mistakes were, then people will be able to discuss/give their opinions/thoughts on them.

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FreeChild said:

The ex mrs. nelson is on fb critiquing the whole show. I didn't realize she was a musician.

I didn't realize you are an ex-wife of Prince's.

Oh wait, you aren't? Then how come you dare to criticize an ex-wife of Prince?

I tried to post the other night after the awards but the site was down, apparently. I have a longer post about the show, but I'll have to post it later when I have time.

Just wanted to mention, is it me, or does it look like Chaka & 'em teared up listening to his speech? Doesn't it look like everyone is wiping away tears or something?

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bettybop said:

I tried to post the other night after the awards but the site was down, apparently. I have a longer post about the show, but I'll have to post it later when I have time.

Just wanted to mention, is it me, or does it look like Chaka & 'em teared up listening to his speech? Doesn't it look like everyone is wiping away tears or something?

[img:$uid]http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr337/val34prince/capt_3c3701b6769b438ebf6705e7093c2a.jpg[/img:$uid]

Genesia said:

Sdldawn said:

He didn't.. He didnt refer to his mistake with W/B?

That was his music in youth..

[Edited 6/28/10 21:22pm]

No, he didn't.

He said - and this is an exact quote:

I was pretty wild in my younger days. And uh...you don't have to do what I did. You don't have to make any of the mistakes I made. The future's in your hands now - and the world is really yours.

Please note - he said nothing about Warner Brothers. He gave absolutely no clue as to the nature of what he considers to be his "mistakes."

Attempts by anyone here to define them is a matter of conjecture - nothing more.

THANK YOU! These oddball conspiracy theories as to what Prince meant by what his "mistakes" were is pure foolishness. Like I said pages ago, we don't know what the mistakes were even though I think he's made some, even in the so-called "good old days" of the 80's. Only Prince knows what those mistakes are and it's his business, not ours. I knew when he said that, people were going to buckwild with that and sure enough, you guys did not disappoint me.

fantasticjoy said:

Dreamer2 said:

Trey Songz should have left Purple Rain alone!!!

Question to all US orgers, can't you just put out a contract hit on this guy for murdering a Prince song!

You need to just get rid of him!

True he didn't do the song any justice, but I can't hate on anyone especially a young artist showing my Princey some love.

I'm with you on that.

Sdldawn said:

Genesia said:

That's not what he said!

Honestly, some of y'all need to clean the wax out of your ears.

He didn't.. He didnt refer to his mistake with W/B?

That was his music in youth..

[Edited 6/28/10 21:22pm]

He didn't directly reference any particular incident or occurance or circumstance. Everyone is choosing to hear what they want. He could have been referring to any multitude of instances in his career.

Maybe hearing all of that profanity that BET itself had to bleep out made him cringe and recollect when he did the same. Maybe he was talking about his past relationships with the artists and musicians in his camp. It could have been a refernce to many things in his 30 plus year career.

purplecam said:

2elijah said:

I agree about the mistakes part. No one in particular knows what mistakes he was referencing in his life, so it was easy for some to assume he was referring to some of the lyrics in his earlier music/or how he portrayed himself in the past on stage or to fans. Who knows, I get the feelilng he is a lot more content with the person he is today, moreso than in the past though.

I couldn't agree with you more and I'm glad that you get what I'm saying. Whether you or I agree with how he lives his life, I can see that he seems at peace and that can't be a bad thing. I'm happy for him, I really am.

My sentiments exactly ...

aarontj said:

BartVanHemelen said:

So what you're saying is that she can't sing? Because I don't know what she was doing during LGC, but it wasn't singing.

So let's see: crap album, plus can't sing live. And this is the next big thing?

You must be on the wrong fan site, music as a art form is not about perfect execution or amazing technical abilities.

It ain't about perfection. Did you WATCH her performance? It was HORRIBLE. Plenty other people here noticed it too, and judging form some posts even Janelle herself knew it stunk.

You lot are all pretending she's the shiznit, but she's just shit. She's just a different flavor of shit, but still shit. Hugely overated. Her album is unlistenable, pretentious pap.

Genesia said:

Sdldawn said:

He didn't.. He didnt refer to his mistake with W/B?

That was his music in youth..

[Edited 6/28/10 21:22pm]

No, he didn't.

He said - and this is an exact quote:

I was pretty wild in my younger days. And uh...you don't have to do what I did. You don't have to make any of the mistakes I made. The future's in your hands now - and the world is really yours.

Please note - he said nothing about Warner Brothers. He gave absolutely no clue as to the nature of what he considers to be his "mistakes."

Attempts by anyone here to define them is a matter of conjecture - nothing more.

Yeah, I love how people are 'interpreting' what he supposedly meant by this simple statement.

Isn't it pretty much the same thing that most grown-ups say to youngsters at some point?

BartVanHemelen said:

FreeChild said:

The ex mrs. nelson is on fb critiquing the whole show. I didn't realize she was a musician.

I didn't realize you are an ex-wife of Prince's.

Oh wait, you aren't? Then how come you dare to criticize an ex-wife of Prince?

Never even met the man.

Was making an observation.....

DoffieParker said:

I like how he has the "2010" intertwined with his symbol on his shirt.

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2elijah said:

DoffieParker said:

I like how he has the "2010" intertwined with his symbol on his shirt.

[Edited 6/29/10 8:16am]

i said this in the other post but doesnt the ten look like a yin yang symbol

and i looked up yin yang and i found this

is this his theme of the album the ten-thousand things??

im probably just reaching (which i do alot sorry i cant help it )

hollywooddove said:

Klyph said:

WHAT!! Are you serious? I'm sorry but the whole "I was wild, don't do what I did" nonsense SCREAMED "I'm a hypocrite and Jehovah won't let me acknowledge that the BEST music I did was when I was wild." Prince would have been just another talented musician if he hadn't let himself be "free" in every aspect of the word. His "raunchy" lyrics, his androgynous nature, his willingness to say "fuck it" in the face of convention is what MADE him be more that just another talented musician. These weren't mistakes, these were calculated choices from a man who knew what he was doing.

Oh, and one more thing. The state of Black music is HORRIBLE. So Prince, stop lying to these terrible "musicians and performers" because the future of music is in CRAPPY hands if these hack-jobs are it.

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I must disagree that to say "I was wrong in the past about some of my actions" is not being a hypocrite. A hypocrite is someone who purposely continues to do an act that they condemn others of and/or actively and knowingly hide them. I am not a JW, but if he is living to the letter of that platform, then he can't really be a hypocrite. I do believe he is a hypocrite in many ways, but not in this instance of apologizing. However, I don't think a song like chocolate box can be considered to come from a person who professes to strictly worship and praise God.

I do agree with the state of Black music. I think Prince was sparing the feelings of others, or coating them with false confidence to keep them lazy and beneath his standards.

Someday, another Prince has to come. Someone who is an exceptional artist has to be out there. I don't think anyone is out there searching for them though. I think the whole industry has gotten lazy, I think they are waiting for the next Prince to stumble into Amercan Idol or such so that public can pay for the entire star search process. Well, it isn't working.

All of that being said, White music is in its own toilet. Rock is sh*tty, and country music was buried with descent pop.

You have a point. Commercial music itself is at an all-time low. The difference between the Rock and R&B sides is that at least there are PLENTY of underground and smaller label Rock and White acts that are amazing, artists that don't mind pushing the envelope musically and image wise, artists that don't let cultural stereotypes and fears keep them in a safe, little, limiting box. I have tried and tried to find good R&B and "Black" music but I can't! The Afro-Punk movement tried but failed. D'angelo is cracked out. Van Hunt got dropped from his label. Janelle Monae has style, but her freakout nature only gets her so far, because musically she's the same as the rest of those "artists" who could easily be on the same album and no one would be able to tell the difference. (Which is totally unexpected since she is affiliated with of Montreal, the one band around today that takes elements of Prince's style and makes them all their own.) It's sad when the best soul album of the year is from a White guy (Mayor Hawthorne's album is the SHIT!)

[Edited 6/29/10 8:48am]

Klyph said:

hollywooddove said:

I must disagree that to say "I was wrong in the past about some of my actions" is not being a hypocrite. A hypocrite is someone who purposely continues to do an act that they condemn others of and/or actively and knowingly hide them. I am not a JW, but if he is living to the letter of that platform, then he can't really be a hypocrite. I do believe he is a hypocrite in many ways, but not in this instance of apologizing. However, I don't think a song like chocolate box can be considered to come from a person who professes to strictly worship and praise God.

I do agree with the state of Black music. I think Prince was sparing the feelings of others, or coating them with false confidence to keep them lazy and beneath his standards.

Someday, another Prince has to come. Someone who is an exceptional artist has to be out there. I don't think anyone is out there searching for them though. I think the whole industry has gotten lazy, I think they are waiting for the next Prince to stumble into Amercan Idol or such so that public can pay for the entire star search process. Well, it isn't working.

All of that being said, White music is in its own toilet. Rock is sh*tty, and country music was buried with descent pop.

You have a point. Commercial music itself is at an all-time low. The difference between the Rock and R&B sides is that at least there are PLENTY of underground and smaller label Rock and White acts that are amazing, artists that don't mind pushing the envelope musically and image wise, artists that don't let cultural stereotypes and fears keep them in a safe, little, limiting box. I have tried and tried to find good R&B and "Black" music but I can't!

[Edited 6/29/10 8:48am]

Ledisi

Eric Roberson

Kameron Covet

Frank McComb

Mint Condition

Anthony Hamilton

NDambi

Meshell Ndegeocello

Darien Brockington

Serena said:

Genesia said:

No, he didn't.

He said - and this is an exact quote:

I was pretty wild in my younger days. And uh...you don't have to do what I did. You don't have to make any of the mistakes I made. The future's in your hands now - and the world is really yours.

Please note - he said nothing about Warner Brothers. He gave absolutely no clue as to the nature of what he considers to be his "mistakes."

Attempts by anyone here to define them is a matter of conjecture - nothing more.

Yeah, I love how people are 'interpreting' what he supposedly meant by this simple statement.

Isn't it pretty much the same thing that most grown-ups say to youngsters at some point?

I'm sorry, but I just don't like whores and prostitutes that tell kids to remain abstinent ONLY after they've fucked everybody in the town.

MaddMaxx said:

bettybop said:

I tried to post the other night after the awards but the site was down, apparently. I have a longer post about the show, but I'll have to post it later when I have time.

Just wanted to mention, is it me, or does it look like Chaka & 'em teared up listening to his speech? Doesn't it look like everyone is wiping away tears or something?

[img:$uid]http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr337/val34prince/capt_3c3701b6769b438ebf6705e7093c2a.jpg[/img:$uid]

He's wearing that 3121 cologne.

now that's funny...

Graycap23 said:

Klyph said:

You have a point. Commercial music itself is at an all-time low. The difference between the Rock and R&B sides is that at least there are PLENTY of underground and smaller label Rock and White acts that are amazing, artists that don't mind pushing the envelope musically and image wise, artists that don't let cultural stereotypes and fears keep them in a safe, little, limiting box. I have tried and tried to find good R&B and "Black" music but I can't!

[Edited 6/29/10 8:48am]

Ledisi

Eric Roberson

Kameron Covet

Frank McComb

Mint Condition

Anthony Hamilton

NDambi

Meshell Ndegeocello

Darien Brockington

Thanks for the suggestions. HOWEVER....I never really dug Mint Condition back in the day and I don't think they've changed much, Ndegeocello was always overrated to me and I think people mostly dug her because she is a female bass player, Anthony Hamilton seems contrived to me (not natural at all and his lyrics aren't "timeless" to me).

Ill check out the rest, but if they fit into that whole "neo-soul" sound I probably wont like them. There are only 3 "neo-soul" greats-D'angleo, Badu, and Maxwell. The rest.....BLAH! If the fit into some nice little "black" hole I probably won't like them (unless they explode that hole to the point that they are considered too big for it! Feel me?)

(UPDATE)

WELL, after looking up the artists I wasn't familiar with, it seems most of the artists on your list are Prince affiliated in some way (or have been compared to Prince......at least his watered down, current "R&B" side.) That figures.........

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It was good to see Prince..

Klyph said:

Graycap23 said:

Ledisi

Eric Roberson

Kameron Covet

Frank McComb

Mint Condition

Anthony Hamilton

NDambi

Meshell Ndegeocello

Darien Brockington

Thanks for the suggestions. HOWEVER....I never really dug Mint Condition back in the day and I

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http://kameroncorvet.com/audio.html

Go 2 the audio tab and peep track 4.

Graycap23 said:

Klyph said:

Thanks for the suggestions. HOWEVER....I never really dug Mint Condition back in the day and I

[Edited 6/29/10 9:05am]

[Edited 6/29/10 9:06am]

[Edited 6/29/10 9:09am]

http://kameroncorvet.com/audio.html

Go 2 the audio tab and peep track 4.

Ill check it out as soon as I get home. Work=No Flash Support.