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Thread started 04/08/11 1:24pm

kdj997

Wha-what?! Suge Knight tried to sign Prince to Deathrow records?

Suge talkin about Prince "I seen Prince (The Artist) up in the clubs a few times and I hollered at him. Then the Muthafucker was walkin' around with 'slave' written on his face. He was sayin' that he didn't want to fuck with people at record labels. He should have stayed ghetto instead of runnin' back to Arista with his head between his legs." Why am I just hearing about this? Can you imagine the trainwreck that would've been if Prince would've been open to it? For real.

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Reply #1 posted 04/08/11 1:31pm

purpledoveuk

Prince and ghetto should never be said in the same sentence....ever again

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Reply #2 posted 04/08/11 1:37pm

armpit

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Suge is a moron if he thought Prince would *ever* sign with his label.

[Edited 4/8/11 13:38pm]

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Reply #3 posted 04/08/11 1:49pm

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It would have never worked! It would have been a train wreck when Prince refused to do something the way Suge wanted it to be done. I don't even want to think about the artists that Suge Knight has had.

"You need to laydown and let me show you how we do this thing up in funky town. From the heart of Minnesota here come the purple Yoda guaranteed to bring the dirty new sound! Come on, now!"
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Reply #4 posted 04/08/11 2:08pm

mzsadii

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PLEASE mad Prince wanted to stay alive, out of jail and healthy. He would never have stooped that level of despiration. Suge just saw $$$.

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Reply #5 posted 04/08/11 2:51pm

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Damn, he should have went! That's right I said it and I mean it. nod

Had Prince gone, Tupac Shakur would still be alive and well today because I know some Prince fans during that time, that would have taken Suge Knight out personally, had they laid down and dreamed, Prince was on Death Row Records! lol

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Reply #6 posted 04/08/11 2:55pm

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Suge Knight?

Deathrow?

Are those the people who walk around with their trousers hanging off their big burger ass' like they are carrying around a big shit in their pants?

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Reply #7 posted 04/08/11 3:01pm

PurpleChi

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purpledoveuk said:

Prince and ghetto should never be said in the same sentence....ever again


lol yeahthat
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Reply #8 posted 04/08/11 3:01pm

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....drippin' wit diamonds and all dat udder shite.

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Reply #9 posted 04/08/11 3:08pm

muskiediver

purpledoveuk said:

Prince and ghetto should never be said in the same sentence....ever again

Do your home work. Prince if from the north side of Minneapolis. Drive thru there.

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Reply #10 posted 04/08/11 3:11pm

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muskiediver said:

purpledoveuk said:

Prince and ghetto should never be said in the same sentence....ever again

Do your home work. Prince if from the north side of Minneapolis. Drive thru there.

Iz dat da ghetto part of town?

Do da locals have stupid fucking trousers hanging off their ass like they shit demself?

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Reply #11 posted 04/08/11 3:14pm

alexnvrmnd777

kdj997 said:

Suge talkin about Prince "I seen Prince (The Artist) up in the clubs a few times and I hollered at him. Then the Muthafucker was walkin' around with 'slave' written on his face. He was sayin' that he didn't want to fuck with people at record labels. He should have stayed ghetto instead of runnin' back to Arista with his head between his legs." Why am I just hearing about this? Can you imagine the trainwreck that would've been if Prince would've been open to it? For real.

Where does it say he tried to sign him to Death Row? It just says he "hollered" at him. Sounds to me like he was just rappin' to him and not necessarily trying to recruit him.

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Reply #12 posted 04/08/11 3:36pm

PurpleChi

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muskiediver said:



purpledoveuk said:


Prince and ghetto should never be said in the same sentence....ever again




Do your home work. Prince if from the north side of Minneapolis. Drive thru there.


Ghetto in this context refers to a state of mind, not a location.
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Reply #13 posted 04/08/11 4:21pm

LOTSO2010

If I remember didn't say he wouldn't even pay $500.000 for Prince to sign to his label?

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Reply #14 posted 04/08/11 4:27pm

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LOTSO2010 said:

If I remember didn't say he wouldn't even pay $500.000 for Prince to sign to his label?

Prince probably spends that in make up and hair dye every year.

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Reply #15 posted 04/08/11 4:34pm

scorp84

Prince would've got the Grape St. Crips to ride on Suge if he started acting up. They rep the color purple AND wear jheri curls! (at the time).

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Reply #16 posted 04/08/11 6:40pm

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scorp84 said:

Prince would've got the Grape St. Crips to ride on Suge if he started acting up. They rep the color purple AND wear jheri curls! (at the time).

falloff

And if that didn't work, we'ld put his ass in the trunk of a Lexius and drive him to Tennesse and invite a few Orgers to carravan and make him put his clothes on right.

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Reply #17 posted 04/08/11 6:54pm

mimi02

TheDigitalGardener said:

muskiediver said:

Do your home work. Prince if from the north side of Minneapolis. Drive thru there.

Iz dat da ghetto part of town?

Do da locals have stupid fucking trousers hanging off their ass like they shit demself?

I get that you going for humor there...but keep in mind that sagging pants are in all parts of town. I've seen my fair-share of lil' suburbites CK boxers.

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Reply #18 posted 04/08/11 7:06pm

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mimi02 said:

TheDigitalGardener said:

Iz dat da ghetto part of town?

Do da locals have stupid fucking trousers hanging off their ass like they shit demself?

I get that you going for humor there...but keep in mind that sagging pants are in all parts of town. I've seen my fair-share of lil' suburbites CK boxers.

They sure are.

It seems that people walking around with shit in their pants is a worldwide phenomenon.

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Reply #19 posted 04/08/11 11:41pm

purpledoveuk

muskiediver said:



purpledoveuk said:


Prince and ghetto should never be said in the same sentence....ever again




Do your home work. Prince if from the north side of Minneapolis. Drive thru there.




Yes I see what you mean...in his lace, high heels, mascara...plus I think his comparisons to slavery and poor black folks of history may slightly offend the real 'ghetto' dwellers when they realise he's talking about multiple-million paying slavery.

Prince may have been born in a poor area....but he got out damn quick and has far removed himself (except when it suits him to draw ill advised comparisons)
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Reply #20 posted 04/09/11 5:45am

mimi02

PurpleChi said:

muskiediver said:

Do your home work. Prince if from the north side of Minneapolis. Drive thru there.

Ghetto in this context refers to a state of mind, not a location.

Yeah, I believed that's where he was going too.

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Reply #21 posted 04/09/11 5:54am

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LOTSO2010 said:

If I remember didn't say he wouldn't even pay $500.000 for Prince to sign to his label?

No that was Russell Simmons who said something along the lines of " I wouldn't pay a nickel more than $20,000 for his contract" or something like that. The quote is in the book Purple Reign (aka Slave 2 the System)

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Reply #22 posted 04/09/11 6:05am

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I'm not surprised. I read several times how Suge was at a Prince concert not long ago acting like a true fan in the audience.
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Reply #23 posted 04/09/11 6:11am

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fantasticjoy said:

I'm not surprised. I read several times how Suge was at a Prince concert not long ago acting like a true fan in the audience.

eek so Tupac and Suge both were a Prince fan, huh?

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Reply #24 posted 04/09/11 2:41pm

Timmy84

Suge wasn't trying to get Prince to his label, all he said was he saw him at the club and Prince and him taught. I think the assumption Suge wanted Prince on his label came from Prince's own statements according to Suge but all it suggests is that he was telling him why he had "SLAVE" written on his cheek when Suge asked him why he had it there. And where he lived at when he grew up is definitely an impoverished neighborhood (the ghetto). But I don't see where it said that Suge wanted him on Death Row. It wouldn't have worked anyways.

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Reply #25 posted 04/09/11 4:47pm

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'Slave' on his face. Wow, that was about 15 yrs ago. eek

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Reply #26 posted 04/09/11 5:17pm

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TheDigitalGardener said:

mimi02 said:

I get that you going for humor there...but keep in mind that sagging pants are in all parts of town. I've seen my fair-share of lil' suburbites CK boxers.

They sure are.

It seems that people walking around with shit in their pants is a worldwide phenomenon.

falloff falloff falloff highfive

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Reply #27 posted 04/10/11 3:25pm

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Mindbells9 said:

LOTSO2010 said:

If I remember didn't say he wouldn't even pay $500.000 for Prince to sign to his label?

No that was Russell Simmons who said something along the lines of " I wouldn't pay a nickel more than $20,000 for his contract" or something like that. The quote is in the book Purple Reign (aka Slave 2 the System)

Yeah Russell Simmons funky ass would need a Prince now to keep him from bootlegging debit cards on late night tv.

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Reply #28 posted 04/10/11 3:41pm

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muleFunk said:

Mindbells9 said:

No that was Russell Simmons who said something along the lines of " I wouldn't pay a nickel more than $20,000 for his contract" or something like that. The quote is in the book Purple Reign (aka Slave 2 the System)

Yeah Russell Simmons funky ass would need a Prince now to keep him from bootlegging debit cards on late night tv.

aw come on, you know you have a Rush Card lol jk jk booty!

"Is anyone pregnant yet?" - Prince 3.26.11
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Reply #29 posted 04/13/11 5:03pm

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CynthiaMarie84 said:

muleFunk said:

Yeah Russell Simmons funky ass would need a Prince now to keep him from bootlegging debit cards on late night tv.

aw come on, you know you have a Rush Card lol jk jk booty!

I can just see Prince now with "Funk Life" tatted on his stomach....

"Is anyone pregnant yet?" - Prince 3.26.11
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