avasdad said:

NouveauDance said:

What you're trying to say is could've - which is an abbreviation of could have.

does it really matter?? clearly you understood it...

True, but you so clearly need to be educated about this, as you seem to have such a hard time with simple English. Unless you actually just want to sound ignorant. If so, carry on.

Guys it was a joke, fuggedaboudit!

Any way, yes Prince could have approached this whole issue a lot differently and got different results, but he didn't. Maybe the contract he signed made things a little more high stakes though - and maybe this is one of those instances where having good management and people around who you trust could've made a diffrence? Prince wanted that contract for the headlines in industry news rags I guess, the figure looked bigger than the competition, but when you look at the requirements of, it was very unrealistic that Prince would ever fulfill them.

shakalakaboom said:

THE JONS BROS AND METALLICA ARE WHITE ROCK ACTS, THEY SUPPOSE TO GET THE BEST TREATMENT A RECORD COMPANY CAN GIVE THEM. PRINCE IS A BLACK ARTIST WHO WARNER BROS EXPLOITED TO THE HILT. THAT'S WHAT RECORD COMPANIES DO PEOPLE THEY EXPLOIT BLACK ARTIST FOR THERE BENEFIT.

jackson35 said:

THE JONS BROS AND METALLICA ARE WHITE ROCK ACTS, THEY SUPPOSE TO GET THE BEST TREATMENT A RECORD COMPANY CAN GIVE THEM. PRINCE IS A BLACK ARTIST WHO WARNER BROS EXPLOITED TO THE HILT. THAT'S WHAT RECORD COMPANIES DO PEOPLE THEY EXPLOIT BLACK ARTIST FOR THERE BENEFIT.

Are you serious? If so, PLEASE elaborate.

jackson35 said:

THE JONS BROS AND METALLICA ARE WHITE ROCK ACTS, THEY SUPPOSE TO GET THE BEST TREATMENT A RECORD COMPANY CAN GIVE THEM. PRINCE IS A BLACK ARTIST WHO WARNER BROS EXPLOITED TO THE HILT. THAT'S WHAT RECORD COMPANIES DO PEOPLE THEY EXPLOIT BLACK ARTIST FOR THERE BENEFIT.

^^this joker here

leonche64 said:

jackson35 said:

THE JONS BROS AND METALLICA ARE WHITE ROCK ACTS, THEY SUPPOSE TO GET THE BEST TREATMENT A RECORD COMPANY CAN GIVE THEM. PRINCE IS A BLACK ARTIST WHO WARNER BROS EXPLOITED TO THE HILT. THAT'S WHAT RECORD COMPANIES DO PEOPLE THEY EXPLOIT BLACK ARTIST FOR THERE BENEFIT.

Are you serious? If so, PLEASE elaborate.

elaborate as to how corporate americia exploits black artist. are u serious?

avasdad said:

shakalakaboom said:

True, but you so clearly need to be educated about this, as you seem to have such a hard time with simple English. Unless you actually just want to sound ignorant. If so, carry on.

Yes...I like to sound ignorant... And as per your request... Here is what I think of your opinion...

Ha ha ha!

i had it coming.

jackson35 said:

leonche64 said:

Are you serious? If so, PLEASE elaborate.

elaborate as to how corporate americia exploits black artist. are u serious?

Yeah, I am serious. How was Prince exploited at the time he signed the largest recording contract in history?

leonche64 said:

jackson35 said:

elaborate as to how corporate americia exploits black artist. are u serious?

Yeah, I am serious. How was Prince exploited at the time he signed the largest recording contract in history?

u mean when prince sign that joke of a contract when he was not the big superstar he used to be and therefore he becomes warners slave making albums that they don't care to promote but at the same time they were still making money off of purple rain and paying prince 35 cents a record.

jackson35 said:

leonche64 said:

Yeah, I am serious. How was Prince exploited at the time he signed the largest recording contract in history?

u mean when prince sign that joke of a contract when he was not the big superstar he used to be and therefore he becomes warners slave making albums that they don't care to promote but at the same time they were still making money off of purple rain and paying prince 35 cents a record.

That's what he gets for being mean to Dick Clark, right?

jackson35 said:

leonche64 said:

Yeah, I am serious. How was Prince exploited at the time he signed the largest recording contract in history?

u mean when prince sign that joke of a contract when he was not the big superstar he used to be and therefore he becomes warners slave making albums that they don't care to promote but at the same time they were still making money off of purple rain and paying prince 35 cents a record.

Yes, that is what I mean. Exploitation is by definition, taking advantage of someone who does not have the ability to know better. He signed the contract. He thought he would hit the marks. Warners signed the contract, they wanted him to hit the marks, more money for everybody. It did not work out that way. Revisionist history can be a useful thing for people who did not live through the period, but those of us who were there know better. Prince was promoted better than anyone else during that time in history. He chose to give limited interviews, seldom appear on television, not tour second line cities, have 20 people in his band etc. And with all that, he STILL emerged from that era as the most successful artist in terms of a career, awards, and yes, money. Boy is worth a quarter of a billion dollars. You want to talk about exploited? Go to the James Brown, George Clinton, Gap Band forums and cry poor mouth. Then you have an argument.