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Prince and Warner Bros Term Paper Has anyone read this? Is it worth purchasing?
http://www.academon.com/T...rds/100394
From the Paper:
"In conclusion, the record industry hegemony of Warner Brothers acted as an agent of corporate greed, which disallowed Prince to make the money he surely deserved. This type of corporate hegemony also forced Prince to sign long term record deals, which virtually enslaved the artist under restrictive and non-profitable conditions. This study also briefly shows the independent business side of Prince that provides the reasons why prince had chosen to reject the terms provided in his contracts. Furthermore, Prince would often be categorized as "black music", which was a part of the racist hegemony of the record companies to pigeonhole artists into narrow categories. Prince decided to resist and deny this type of limited identity, defining his rebellious role as a subservient artist beneath the corporate hegemony of Warner Brothers records."
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I think everybody bascially knows about the contract between WB and Prince and the things he had to do to get out of it | |
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but if you don't know the story I would say yes-it is very interesting indeed 
and BTW, just saw SexualChocolate last night watching Coming to America 
classic yes, I know the story of course, however, I'm interested to know if anyone has actually read this paper. Seems to go into a bit of depth about that period.
Coming to America...classic. "I have a date with Lisa. Isn't that wonderful?" | |
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Interesting read - kudos to you.
But a little constructive feedback for you - you have used the word 'hegemony' 3 times in that one quoted piece alone. If it hasn't yet been submitted, I'd go thru it again and edit comb to weed out any unnecessary overuse of terminology.
Papers can just end up sounding a little too 'wordy' for their own good sometimes, I know - we've all been there. | |
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