I'm Black, and in much of my community Prince is beloved for his ballads. I made 2 Prince mix cds that total 31 ballads from Baby to Satisfied. Here are ten Prince Ballads that I cannot live without.

1. Adore

2. Do Me Baby

3. Insatiable

4. When 2 R In Love

5. Beautiful Strange

6. Call My Name

7. Still Waiting

8. Nothing Compares 2 U

9. Damn U

10. Friend Lover Sister Mother Wife

• When 2 R In Love
• Do Me Baby
• Gotta Broken Heart Again
• It's Gonna Be Lonely
• When We're Dancing Close and Slow
• Crazy You
• Slow Love
• Adore
• Beautiful Ones
• Still Waiting
• Scandalous
• Insatiable
• Damn U

Well I'm white, so in my community we only love him for his rock songs like Peach.

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jpnyc said:

Well I'm white, so in my community we only love him for his rock songs like Peach.

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I'm actually more in favor with ALL OF HIS SHIT!

Funk, ballads, pop, rock, etc.

jpnyc said:

Well I'm white, so in my community we only love him for his rock songs like Peach.

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jpnyc, I don't understand the purpose of your sarcasm. I don't think the white community only loves him for his rock songs. However, we must acknowledge a vast difference in musical tastes for much of our two communities.

I stated my race as a way of bridging an understanding. There seems to be less of an appreciation on this board for Prince's R&B than for his other genres. I only wanted to give a bit of insight into Prince's major influence on urban radio.

No need for sarcasm, just understanding.

1. Pink Cashmere

2. Adore

3. Crucial

4. Somebody's Somebody

5. Dreamin About U

6. Do Me Baby

7. Soul Sanctuary

8. The Beautiful Ones

9. The One

10. Open Book

Honourable mention(in no order): Satisfied, Call My Name, Underneath the Cream, Nothing Compares 2 U, The Question Of U, Beautiful Strange, Slow Love, Get Blue etc

mrInsatiable said:

jpnyc said:

Well I'm white, so in my community we only love him for his rock songs like Peach.

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jpnyc, I don't understand the purpose of your sarcasm. I don't think the white community only loves him for his rock songs. However, we must acknowledge a vast difference in musical tastes for much of our two communities.

I stated my race as a way of bridging an understanding. There seems to be less of an appreciation on this board for Prince's R&B than for his other genres. I only wanted to give a bit of insight into Prince's major influence on urban radio.

No need for sarcasm, just understanding.

Hmm... I don't know about that, I do think people have given an appreciation to Prince's crooning.

My 10 track playlist:

1. I Love U In Me
2. The Beautiful Ones
3. Do Me, Baby
4. Nothing Compares 2 U
5. Still Waiting
6. How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?
7. When 2 R In Love
8. Adore
9. Future Soul Song
10. Condition Of The Heart

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So blacks like the ballads and whites like the rock? Where the fuck does that leave everyone else, with the shit like Kamasutra I suppose?

NouveauDance said:

So blacks like the ballads and whites like the rock? Where the fuck does that leave everyone else, with the shit like Kamasutra I suppose?

Nobody likes Kamasutra!

NouveauDance said:

So blacks like the ballads and whites like the rock? Where the fuck does that leave everyone else, with the shit like Kamasutra I suppose?

lmfao

my list:

1. the beautiful ones

2. curious child

3. the love we make

4. scandalous

5. better with time

6. when were dancing close and slow

7. future soul song

8. crucial

9. adore

10. diamonds and pearls

QuasarOfRock said:

Nobody likes Kamasutra!

mrInsatiable said:

I'm Black, and in much of my community Prince is beloved for his ballads. I made 2 Prince mix cds that total 31 ballads from Baby to Satisfied. Here are ten Prince Ballads that I cannot live without.

1. Adore

2. Do Me Baby

3. Insatiable

4. When 2 R In Love

5. Beautiful Strange

6. Call My Name

7. Still Waiting

8. Nothing Compares 2 U

9. Damn U

10. Friend Lover Sister Mother Wife

Eliminate #5, #6, #9 and 10 and add A Place in Heaven, the Holy River, Greatest Romance ever sold and Dark in there and you may have my Top 10 ballads list.

TOTALLY love your choice for #1 though, thats my favourite ballad, 80s track, SOTT track and overall Prince song as well.

NouveauDance said:

So blacks like the ballads and whites like the rock? Where the fuck does that leave everyone else, with the shit like Kamasutra I suppose?

The mixed like the funk.

Just kidding.

jpnyc said:

Well I'm white, so in my community we only love him for his rock songs like Peach.

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Well I am mixed race, so I guess thats why I like all of the colours of the rainbow in his music.

Sweet Baby

Im a white snowflake of a cracker & i love the mushy stuff!! my faves r:

Eye hate U

With U

Do me Baby

The beautiful Ones

When 2 r In Love

Eye Love U In Me

Until ur In My Arms Again

She loves Me 4 Me

Eye Love U But Eye Dont Trust U Anymore

Nothing Compares 2U

I'm Jewish. So in my community, we only listen to "Diamonds and Pearls."

mrInsatiable said:

jpnyc said:

Well I'm white, so in my community we only love him for his rock songs like Peach.

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I don't think the white community only loves him for his rock songs. However, we must acknowledge a vast difference in musical tastes for much of our two communities.

I think he is taking issue with you placing each of us in different "communities" based solely on the color of our skin. It does seem very 20th Century to me, as well. (Not in a good way.)

Imaginative said:

I'm Jewish. So in my community, we only listen to "Diamonds and Pearls."

shalom.

PurpleChi said:

Keep em coming folks. I am creating new playlists as you post them to see how songs flow together. I am black, and I love all of Prince's music. I honestly can't say that I like any particular genre over another. But I do agree with the mrInsatiable. Prince's ballads have gone much further on urban radio than his rock, jazz, etc. It really isn't that debatable. It just is what it is. I don't think he was trying to pit one group against another. However, I don't think that the Org has been lacking in appreciation threads about ballads. I think that mrInsatiable may just be new to the Org. Welcome mrInsatiable!

RIGHT! I haven't seen him around here. If so, welcome to the Org, mrInsatiable.

And I'm black and I love all the genres Prince has fooled around with delightfully.

Not in any particular order, but some faves of mine: Shhh, Eye Hate U, Insatiable, Scandalous, International Lover, Do Me Baby, When 2 R In Love, Future Babymama, Adore, The Beautiful Ones.

mrInsatiable said:

jpnyc said:

Well I'm white, so in my community we only love him for his rock songs like Peach.

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jpnyc, I don't understand the purpose of your sarcasm. I don't think the white community only loves him for his rock songs. However, we must acknowledge a vast difference in musical tastes for much of our two communities.

I stated my race as a way of bridging an understanding. There seems to be less of an appreciation on this board for Prince's R&B than for his other genres. I only wanted to give a bit of insight into Prince's major influence on urban radio.

No need for sarcasm, just understanding.

Dude a lot of white PRince fans love his ballads too...

Are u equating Ballads with Slow Jams?

Nothing Compares 2 U was sung by 2 'white' people originally and they did it well. And Sinead OConnor loved it so much she covered it.

Bet she loves his ballads 2

Just for the record: I'm not being sarcastic, but how do you define a ballad?

I never thought of Beautiful Strange as a ballad, for instance. I love Slow Love, but don't know if that's a "ballad" or just a "slow jam".

NouveauDance said:

So blacks like the ballads and whites like the rock? Where the fuck does that leave everyone else, with the shit like Kamasutra I suppose?

I heard that Puerto Ricans and Japanese people like D.M.S.R.

irreverence said:

Just for the record: I'm not being sarcastic, but how do you define a ballad?

I never thought of Beautiful Strange as a ballad, for instance. I love Slow Love, but don't know if that's a "ballad" or just a "slow jam".

I assume "The Ballad of Dorothy Parker" would qualify.

electricberet said:

NouveauDance said:

So blacks like the ballads and whites like the rock? Where the fuck does that leave everyone else, with the shit like Kamasutra I suppose?

I heard that Puerto Ricans and Japanese people like D.M.S.R.

No everyone loves it. "Negroes" and "white people" love it too.

jpnyc said:

Well I'm white, so in my community we only love him for his rock songs like Peach.

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Speak for yourself, jpnyc. I'm white and I love Prince for all the music he created.