There was someting so freaking cool about Prince becoming "The Artist."

It was like, "they can joke about it, but I know he's simply the coolest motherfucker on the planet."

Know what I mean?

sro100 said:

There was someting so freaking cool about Prince becoming "The Artist."

It was like, "they can joke about it, but I know he's simply the coolest motherfucker on the planet."

Know what I mean?

That's why I love this man's attitude. He did the same thing when they called him "Purple Yoda" and he wrote it into "Laydown"

In case some of y'all
didn't hear it right...

R-TEEEST: every
syllable must be heard

You got to get your Peace in

Y'all tryin' to start
somethin' up in here

...and YES, I miss that time VERY much!

Nope....sorry...it's Prince for me.....

mzsadii said:

sro100 said:

There was someting so freaking cool about Prince becoming "The Artist."

It was like, "they can joke about it, but I know he's simply the coolest motherfucker on the planet."

Know what I mean?

That's why I love this man's attitude. He did the same thing when they called him "Purple Yoda" and he wrote it into "Laydown"

who are THEY?

The artist was cool as fuck

Jam of the year

muppets

kirky j production

NPS

1999 new master

larry graham

the stauros

"number one at the bank"

karmasutra

rave un2 the joy fantastic

i liked the idea behind it, but people mocked it a little too much. the world wasnt ready for it, much like a lot of the things hes done

"Not I", says Tittypants.

jonylawson said:

mzsadii said:

That's why I love this man's attitude. He did the same thing when they called him "Purple Yoda" and he wrote it into "Laydown"

who are THEY?

The artist was cool as fuck

Jam of the year

muppets

kirky j production

NPS

1999 new master

larry graham

the stauros

"number one at the bank"

karmasutra

rave un2 the joy fantastic

Man, I hated those days.

You could just feel the 'outcast' vibe.

[Edited 11/6/11 23:46pm]

kenkamken said:

I sometimes felt like a complete idiot for still having faith in his ability, and soundness of mind. I even got a letter to Vibe published sticking up for him in 1994. I pointed out that no rap artist goes by their birth name, except for maybe Keith Murray, and nobody makes a fuss over that. He endured a lot of ridicule in those days, but so did those who stuck by him. I loved his musical abandon at that time, I guess freeing himself from having to please anyone also freed up his music. He's swung to the opposite pole nowadays, not courting controversy so much. His JDub phase hasn't been as adventurous musically imo, but it's still being written so to each his own [Edited 11/7/11 1:01am]

its funny to think how much people are always trying to bring prince down. i feel like hes held at a higher standard than most other artists

sro100 said:

There was someting so freaking cool about Prince becoming "The Artist."

It was like, "they can joke about it, but I know he's simply the coolest motherfucker on the planet."

Know what I mean?

I did a post about that not so long ago. I loved him being and wish he'd kept the name...

um I think I miss Mayte more than I miss the Artist

he was ahead of his time as prince but the world was over whatever the artist was pushing a long time ago .. nothing new there time to move on

I'm still kind of angry about that phase. By isolating himself like that, people were too busy laughing at him to listen to any of the music, and some of it was quite good. I think Gold, for instance, could have been a big hit.

Just ordered The gold Experience. I listened to a friends copy few times and I can't get the damn thing out of my head.

Definalety one of my favourite albums, but I don't even remember this coming out!!

Really wonderfull music.

I quite like Come too. I think this was still 'Prince' though, but kinda around the same time?

[Edited 11/7/11 6:52am]

mzsadii said:

sro100 said:

There was someting so freaking cool about Prince becoming "The Artist."

It was like, "they can joke about it, but I know he's simply the coolest motherfucker on the planet."

Know what I mean?

That's why I love this man's attitude. He did the same thing when they called him "Purple Yoda" and he wrote it into "Laydown"

I have never EVER heard anyone call Prince the purple yoda.

prince to me became "the artist" around 97

he had no name in 95-gold etc was cool as fuck and THAT premier gig at minneapolis in 94 when he previewed the new music was truly truly jawdropping

the vibe cover...the music overtook the bewilderment and mocking from the media

then emancipation...........ookayish some of his best music and some of his blandest

and THEN for me became the artist......

and it WASNT THE MEDIA it was prince called himslf the ARTIST tho he denies it in interviews

all that"who rock the hardest..the artist rock the hardest"

all those doug e fresh chants...........

uuhson said:

kenkamken said:

I sometimes felt like a complete idiot for still having faith in his ability, and soundness of mind. I even got a letter to Vibe published sticking up for him in 1994. I pointed out that no rap artist goes by their birth name, except for maybe Keith Murray, and nobody makes a fuss over that. He endured a lot of ridicule in those days, but so did those who stuck by him. I loved his musical abandon at that time, I guess freeing himself from having to please anyone also freed up his music. He's swung to the opposite pole nowadays, not courting controversy so much. His JDub phase hasn't been as adventurous musically imo, but it's still being written so to each his own [Edited 11/7/11 1:01am]

its funny to think how much people are always trying to bring prince down. i feel like hes held at a higher standard than most other artists

dude thats not up for debate

critically ?

Prince is only on a par with the beatles and bowie for being held in the highest esteem

thats untouched

but come on...the whole symbol thing SO SO SO nearly worked

IF gold had been marketed properly...but it wasnt and to everyones surprise Ps output went rapidly downhill

but GOLD is still a stone cold classic.its a fucking travesty that never was a global number one

uuhson said:

kenkamken said:

I sometimes felt like a complete idiot for still having faith in his ability, and soundness of mind. I even got a letter to Vibe published sticking up for him in 1994. I pointed out that no rap artist goes by their birth name, except for maybe Keith Murray, and nobody makes a fuss over that. He endured a lot of ridicule in those days, but so did those who stuck by him. I loved his musical abandon at that time, I guess freeing himself from having to please anyone also freed up his music. He's swung to the opposite pole nowadays, not courting controversy so much. His JDub phase hasn't been as adventurous musically imo, but it's still being written so to each his own [Edited 11/7/11 1:01am]

its funny to think how much people are always trying to bring prince down. i feel like hes held at a higher standard than most other artists

I don't see how you get that I'm trying to tear Prince down from what I wrote. I was saying that I stuck by him, didn't say it was easy to still be a fan. I think it's funny your knee jerk reaction to what I wrote, instead of actually reading what I said.

Not me.

sro100 said:

There was someting so freaking cool about Prince becoming "The Artist."

It was like, "they can joke about it, but I know he's simply the coolest motherfucker on the planet."

Know what I mean?

Yes, I think I do. So freaking cool, indeed

nahh he was kinda sad and confusing....or maybe that was Prince shining through.

eyewishuheaven said:

I'm still kind of angry about that phase. By isolating himself like that, people were too busy laughing at him to listen to any of the music, and some of it was quite good. I think Gold, for instance, could have been a big hit.

I agree.Prince did alot of damage to his career in the 90s.As a result,people paid very little attention to the music.Under different circumstances,'TGE' could have been a multi-platinum hit album.

...

[Edited 11/7/11 15:30pm]

jonylawson said:

who are THEY?

The artist was cool as fuck

Jam of the year

muppets

kirky j production

NPS

1999 new master

larry graham

the stauros

"number one at the bank"

karmasutra

rave un2 the joy fantastic

Wait -- is this supposed to be a list of GOOD things or BAD things?

The only things I enjoyed in that list are the muppets and some songs on rave un2 the joy fantastic. The rest is meh.

I wanted to slap him for wearing the word "slave" on his face in charcoal eye liner.

controversy99 said:

jonylawson said:

who are THEY?

The artist was cool as fuck

Jam of the year

muppets

kirky j production

NPS

1999 new master

larry graham

the stauros

"number one at the bank"

karmasutra

rave un2 the joy fantastic

Wait -- is this supposed to be a list of GOOD things or BAD things?

The only things I enjoyed in that list are the muppets and some songs on rave un2 the joy fantastic. The rest is meh.

thats a joke right???

jonylawson said:

controversy99 said:

Wait -- is this supposed to be a list of GOOD things or BAD things?

The only things I enjoyed in that list are the muppets and some songs on rave un2 the joy fantastic. The rest is meh.

thats a joke right???

now i'm even more confused. do you mean a joke, like i actually believe the opposite of what i wrote? or a joke like what i wrote is so obviously true why would i even write it? i have no idea which one you're saying.

Yup, I do.

But it seems it was not a particularly happy time for him.

NinaB said:

I remember that time - everyone & their brother asking me 'why's he changed his name? 'why has he got slave written on his face'... The ridicule in the media.. It wasnt enjoyable.. He didnt look well (underweight etc) or happy 2 me either. I was glad when he took his name back,altho it wasnt news by that point. I think things felt quite dark somewhere around symbol/come lp's (altho I loved both,esp come) & I felt it was that the gold lp was the start of his departure in the generall publics/media's conscousness. I only really play shhh, shy,bjb,i hate u from that lp. [Edited 11/7/11 18:26pm]

yeah that was quite tragic when he changed his name back and by then the media just didnt give a shit

he changed it back purely fr commercial reasons cos symbol was doing jack shit

of course a few fams bought the dawn bullshit

just a very very very bad choice

but one i kind dug