I feel like nowadays Prince has been mostly listening to his childhood influences (ie. James Brown, Parliament) rather than contemporary music.

It's no secret he's fan of Alicia Keys, Janelle Monae, and Beyonce. I think he's sort of an Outkast fan too but they haven't released anything in a while.

So what do you think, of the contemporary artists, is on Prince's record/cd player (we know he doesn't use iTunes or internet) these days? Who do you think he should give a listen to?

IMO he should definitely give Raphael Saadiq and Cee-Lo a listen if he hasn't already. Their albums were crazy soulful. I think they're pretty good examples of what Prince likes in an artists: real singers, songwriters and musicians. Plus, like him, they're soulmen.

Lol I just thought to throw Raphael and Cee Lo in there b/c I feel like they're different since Prince's favorite artists these days are usually women, no offense to them, the above mentioned women are talented and beauties

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Adele

Ledisi

Sa-Ra/Creative Partners

aznguy52991 said:

I feel like nowadays Prince has been mostly listening to his childhood influences (ie. James Brown, Parliament) rather than contemporary music.

It's no secret he's fan of Alicia Keys, Janelle Monae, and Beyonce. I think he's sort of an Outkast fan too but they haven't released anything in a while.

So what do you think, of the contemporary artists, is on Prince's record/cd player (we know he doesn't use iTunes or internet) these days? Who do you think he should give a listen to?

IMO he should definitely give Raphael Saadiq and Cee-Lo a listen if he hasn't already. Their albums were crazy soulful. I think they're pretty good examples of what Prince likes in an artists: real singers, songwriters and musicians. Plus, like him, they're soulmen.

Lol I just thought to throw Raphael and Cee Lo in there b/c I feel like they're different since Prince's favorite artists these days are usually women, no offense to them, the above mentioned women are talented and beauties

[Edited 9/18/11 11:27am]

"He bought four DVDs, including The Gospel according to Al Green, Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions, and the night James Brown played Boston." -- according to a London Bookstore Shopkeeper (July 2011). He's famously said he doesn't listen to contemporary music.

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Adele. I know that he liked Amy Winehouse too.

As long as he leaves them alone and doesn't try to duet with them...

He talked about Adele and Janelle being the people he frequently listens to. Don't know who else.

usually it's the ones that kiss his ass in interviews.

errant said:

usually it's the ones that kiss his ass in interviews.

Bilal & D'Angelo are inches away from slobbering his knobs, yet he's giving them the cold shoulder.

Harlepolis said:

errant said:

usually it's the ones that kiss his ass in interviews.

Bilal & D'Angelo are inches away from slobbering his knobs, yet he's giving them the cold shoulder.

it didn't kick into high gear until around 2004, after these two had slunk back into obscurity. up until then, he was still into whatever washed up has-been was prepared to lather up his ass to get an album/tour out of it.

Adel, Amy Winehouse, Sinead O'Connor

aardvark15 said:

Adel, Amy Winehouse, Sinead O'Connor

Maybe Prince has answered Sinead's ad saying she needed a good fuck?

Javi said:

aardvark15 said:

Adel, Amy Winehouse, Sinead O'Connor

Maybe Prince has answered Sinead's ad saying she needed a good fuck?

Note to all women on the forum: Shaving your head doesn't get men off

aardvark15 said:

Javi said:

Maybe Prince has answered Sinead's ad saying she needed a good fuck?

Note to all women on the forum: Shaving your head doesn't get men off

Sinead was a beautiful woman with her head shaven. Shame that she seems to be living a nightmare now.

aardvark15 said:

Javi said:

Maybe Prince has answered Sinead's ad saying she needed a good f***?

Note to all women on the forum: Shaving your head doesn't get men off

LOL! Thanks for the tip.

Javi said:

aardvark15 said:

Note to all women on the forum: Shaving your head doesn't get men off

Sinead was a beautiful woman with her head shaven. Shame that she seems to be living a nightmare now.

I do gotta admit she did look beautiful during the Nothing Compares 2 U era, but now she looks like the woman in Alien

aardvark15 said:

Javi said:

Sinead was a beautiful woman with her head shaven. Shame that she seems to be living a nightmare now.

I do gotta admit she did look beautiful during the Nothing Compares 2 U era, but now she looks like the woman in Alien

Among the many covers Prince plays live nowadays, he should choose some Sinead's tunes so that she can recover a bit of self-esteem.

Javi said:

aardvark15 said:

I do gotta admit she did look beautiful during the Nothing Compares 2 U era, but now she looks like the woman in Alien

Among the many covers Prince plays live nowadays, he should choose some Sinead's tunes so that she can recover a bit of self-esteem.

He has. Oh wait

Spinlight said:

As long as he leaves them alone and doesn't try to duet with them...

Justin Bieber

^lol^

Madeleine Peyroux

Andy Allo live

dm3857 said:

Justin Bieber

She looks so cute

I think the opening acts on the W2A tour in the states was like getting a look into
Prince's iTunes.

Dem Franchize Boyz

John Tesh

aznguy52991 said:

IMO he should definitely give Raphael Saadiq and Cee-Lo a listen if he hasn't already. Their albums were crazy soulful. I think they're pretty good examples of what Prince likes in an artists: real singers, songwriters and musicians. Plus, like him, they're soulmen.

He's definitely a fan of both.

Cee-Lo was a guest artist at one of his W2A concerts (in NY I think?), where he sang "Forget You"

Raphael Saadiq performed with him recently at the NPG Music & Arts Festival in Denmark (http://npgfestival.dk/)

So....good call on both counts

Creussonino said:

Adele. I know that he liked Amy Winehouse too.

mzsadii said:

Creussonino said:

Adele. I know that he liked Amy Winehouse too.

I like Amy, don't know Adele her work that much. However, isn't that very mainstream? I sure hope he listens to more exciting music than that.

dJJ said:

mzsadii said:

I like Amy, don't know Adele her work that much. However, isn't that very mainstream? I sure hope he listens to more exciting music than that.

He said he likes Adele in a Interview. I think that was on "The Guardian". It was recently. On the same interview that he talked about burqa.