I mean we all know the (ill)fated night of the 97 aftershow when mr nelson heard larry was in town with a suitcase of jeehovah pamphlets and invited him to ruin his care...sorry invited him to jam

BUT DOUG??? how did doug e get invited to the party

Yeah let the bashing begin lol.....

Seriously, Doug E and Larry Graham - 2 BIG MISTAKES in Prince's career!!!!

but how did they meet?

was doug and his crew bustin out moves on a rubber mat outside paisley one day?

^^ Doug E is too fat to bust anything but his hip on a rubber mat.

Now, now...before we start bashin' Doug E. Fresh, the guy's a freakin' legend in the world of hip-hop. He deserves a lot of respect, however I, like a lot of you, just didn't see why they were running around making music together.

Not hating on either's respective talents, but together, there was absolutely ZERO chemistry, and whatever song they were doing sounded like shit thrown together.

Sometimes, I think Prince let Doug E. be a part of the scene (Doug was originally at one of his concerts, and wanted to rap with him, right?) because he was "feeling his roots" again, something a charter and respectful member of the hip-hop community like Doug fully understood. Remember, this is around the first couple of years of when Prince was all about selling stuff himself and retaining ownership, much like a few of the rappers were doing by selling tapes outta the trunk of their cars. He mentioned something about this during an interview around this time, IIRC.

Not too surprising to me: Two black artists

who were big around the same time whose

hooks and creativity were complementery.

Does it reflect what Prince's mindset was?

Mayhap.

[Edited 4/2/11 19:01pm]

In the 90's Prince was so far behind the curve, that he finally listened to "The Show" and thought is was "funky fresh for the 90's"

..and the rest is history.

alexnvrmnd777 said:

Now, now...before we start bashin' Doug E. Fresh, the guy's a freakin' legend in the world of hip-hop. He deserves a lot of respect, however I, like a lot of you, just didn't see why they were running around making music together.

Not hating on either's respective talents, but together, there was absolutely ZERO chemistry, and whatever song they were doing sounded like shit thrown together.

Sometimes, I think Prince let Doug E. be a part of the scene (Doug was originally at one of his concerts, and wanted to rap with him, right?) because he was "feeling his roots" again, something a charter and respectful member of the hip-hop community like Doug fully understood. Remember, this is around the first couple of years of when Prince was all about selling stuff himself and retaining ownership, much like a few of the rappers were doing by selling tapes outta the trunk of their cars. He mentioned something about this during an interview around this time, IIRC.

I wonder what show you saw. P came to the D.C area with Dougie Fresh about 4 times and the crowds loved it. I think when it comes to traditional hip-hop the white orgers need to really shut the hell up. I do not know any old school rap fans who dislike Dougie Fresh and I mean old-school brother and sisters.

V10LETBLUES said:

In the 90's Prince was so far behind the curve, that he finally listened to "The Show" and thought is was "funky fresh for the 90's"

..and the rest is history.

wow....I had a recording of Doug E Fresh beatboxing on Erotic City or was that Pop Life....whatever it was, it was INCREDIBLE. I can't believe I lost that recording years back. Good Lord, when Prince played his guitar solo while Doug E did his thing...smh....

I'm glad they got together. I love me some Doug E Fresh.

V10LETBLUES said:

In the 90's Prince was so far behind the curve, that he finally listened to "The Show" and thought it was "funky fresh for the 90's"

..and the rest is history.

LOL.

thedance said:

Yeah let the bashing begin lol.....

Seriously, Doug E and Larry Graham - 2 BIG MISTAKES in Prince's career!!!!

omg, now i have met person that hates Larry Graham as strong as i hate. I hate '97 - '00 era. But Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic is great.

Good, we had the Doug E Fresh thread, now let's never speak of it again.

Some dummy put it in his mind that he was losing his listeners to the rap. He was already rapping to the sun comes up, so he didn't need to fall into those ruts. He tried some, but I'm glad he didn't step into it.

TheDigitalGardener said:

^^ Doug E is too fat to bust anything but his hip on a rubber mat.

when was the last time you SAW dougie fresh? u must be confusing him with someone else, he's far from fat

as usual on the org no fucking question ever gets answered....................