It was reported yesterday in either the Evening Standard or Metro that Rita Ora has been working with Prince and she's, like , totally amazed he plays all those different instruments.

Is Prince in need of money or something? RITA ORA of all people? I hope this is not true... UGH... embaressing... This chick is a horrible artist, wannabe rihanna/beyonce... I can't... this is just...

[Edited 11/7/13 2:51am]

Didn't she say her new album was 'Prince-inspired', not that she was actually working with Prince?

[Edited 11/7/13 3:30am]

I've just found the article you were talking about. From the Evening Standard: Rita Ora was named musician of the year at the ceremony, and said she has worked with Prince for her second album: “I have had the honour of being in the same studio as him ... you know, I can’t believe he can play so many instruments.”

hmmm

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Yeah she does. Though she never actually seems to say she worked with him, just that she was in the same studio as him.

this cover is not bad though

Have you people not been paying attention over the decades, or something???? Prince rarely ever works with actually talented female singers. You can pretty much count the good ones on one hand. Why are any of you shocked by this?

purpleshadow said:

all the women he woerks with cant

ALL be hot...

He might as well reunite with this man for the new album. Rita Ora's talent is just as bad.

Tittypants said:

Have you people not been paying attention over the decades, or something???? Prince rarely ever works with actually talented female singers. You can pretty much count the good ones on one hand. Why are any of you shocked by this?

Exactly! TP - you are correct. I can count on one hand the number of truly talented women that Prince has worked with. Having said that, I don't know Rita Ora, so I can't comment. Her bio sure sounds promising, but I've never heard her sing, so I don't know.

awesomeav said:

Wtf Prince iv stuck by u since 1 was eight and that I'm proud of but 4 fuck sake wat r u doin makin song with low no talent crap singers I shrugged it of with some others(janelle monae and 3rd eye girl) but Not Rita Ora plz don't do this 2 ur self plz don't work with her plz that's it I'm officialy pissed at Prince No Rita Ora!!!!!

tollyc said:

awesomeav said:

Wtf Prince iv stuck by u since 1 was eight and that I'm proud of but 4 fuck sake wat r u doin makin song with low no talent crap singers I shrugged it of with some others(janelle monae and 3rd eye girl) but Not Rita Ora plz don't do this 2 ur self plz don't work with her plz that's it I'm officialy pissed at Prince No Rita Ora!!!!!

No kidding when real artists like Paul McCartney, Elton John, Aerosmith, Rolling Stones, public enemy etc are alive and making interesting work.

Fair enough comment. I can't say I disagree.

Tittypants said:

Have you people not been paying attention over the decades, or something???? Prince rarely ever works with actually talented female singers. You can pretty much count the good ones on one hand. Why are any of you shocked by this?

I'm not shocked but at least they were unknown girls, that he molded into something different. This chick is a copy-cat, she is seriously a wannabe rihanna/beyonce. She's just uggghhh....

GoldDolphin said:

Tittypants said:

Have you people not been paying attention over the decades, or something???? Prince rarely ever works with actually talented female singers. You can pretty much count the good ones on one hand. Why are any of you shocked by this?

I'm not shocked but at least they were unknown girls, that he molded into something different. This chick is a copy-cat, she is seriously a wannabe rihanna/beyonce. She's just uggghhh....

It doesn't matter. Really none of the women he worked with [that he put on himself] had any lasting careers. Her talent level is that of Rihanna....., where's the problem??

Empress said:

Tittypants said:

Have you people not been paying attention over the decades, or something???? Prince rarely ever works with actually talented female singers. You can pretty much count the good ones on one hand. Why are any of you shocked by this?

Exactly! TP - you are correct. I can count on one hand the number of truly talented women that Prince has worked with. Having said that, I don't know Rita Ora, so I can't comment. Her bio sure sounds promising, but I've never heard her sing, so I don't know.

Chaka Kahn

Mavis Staples

Bonnie Raitt

Sheila E.

Gwen Stefani

Sheena Easton

Stevie Nicks

Margie Cox

Sheryl Crow

Ani DiFranco

Kate Bush

Meshell Ndegeocello

How many fingers do you have on your hand? lol...

On the other end of the spectrum:

Dale Bozzio

Vanity

Appolonia

Jill Jones

Ingrid Chavez

Carmen Electra

Hmm...I'm drawing a blank...(brain must be in self-preservation mode, doesn't want to remember any others lol )

Somewhere in the middle:

Tamar

Bria Valente

Byron said:

Empress said:

Exactly! TP - you are correct. I can count on one hand the number of truly talented women that Prince has worked with. Having said that, I don't know Rita Ora, so I can't comment. Her bio sure sounds promising, but I've never heard her sing, so I don't know.

Chaka Kahn

Mavis Staples

Bonnie Raitt

Sheila E.

Gwen Stefani

Sheena Easton

Stevie Nicks

Margie Cox

Sheryl Crow

Ani DiFranco

Kate Bush

Meshell Ndegeocello

How many fingers do you have on your hand? lol...

Really [to bold "singers"]???

With exception of Mavis Staples, Bonnie Raitt [& Chaka Kahn....I guess ], everyone here is more unique than great in the singing department [I would say the same for Prince himself vocally].

Byron said:

On the other end of the spectrum:

Dale Bozzio

Vanity

Appolonia

Jill Jones

Ingrid Chavez

Carmen Electra

Hmm...I'm drawing a blank...(brain must be in self-preservation mode, doesn't want to remember any others lol )

Byron said:

Somewhere in the middle:

Tamar

Bria Valente

Tamar - yes.

Bria-hell no. Vocals are highly forgettable.

Mayte? Madonna? Wendy? Lisa? Susannah? Martika?

Tittypants said:

Byron said:

Chaka Kahn

Mavis Staples

Bonnie Raitt

Sheila E.

Gwen Stefani

Sheena Easton

Stevie Nicks

Margie Cox

Sheryl Crow

Ani DiFranco

Kate Bush

Meshell Ndegeocello

How many fingers do you have on your hand? lol...

Really [to bold "singers"]???

With exception of Mavis Staples, Bonnie Raitt [& Chaka Kahn....I guess ], everyone here is more unique than great in the singing department [I would say the same for Prince himself vocally].

You're questioning the singing talents of Chaka Khan? If so, any credibility you may have had on this topic just got flushed down the toilet...an airplane toilet...and it got dumped somewhere over Idaho.

And, hell, you're questioning the singing talents of PRINCE?

Byron said:

Empress said:

Exactly! TP - you are correct. I can count on one hand the number of truly talented women that Prince has worked with. Having said that, I don't know Rita Ora, so I can't comment. Her bio sure sounds promising, but I've never heard her sing, so I don't know.

Chaka Kahn

Mavis Staples

Bonnie Raitt

Sheila E.

Gwen Stefani

Sheena Easton

Stevie Nicks

Margie Cox

Sheryl Crow

Ani DiFranco

Kate Bush

Meshell Ndegeocello

How many fingers do you have on your hand? lol...

....and don't forget Sinead O'Connor. Btw, how would you rate Andy Allo?

Tittypants said:

Byron said:

Somewhere in the middle:

Tamar

Bria Valente

Tamar - yes.

Bria-hell no. Vocals are highly forgettable.

Mayte? Madonna? Wendy? Lisa? Susannah? Martika?

If Bria's vocals are highly forgettable, then so is Susannah's, Mayte's, Wendy's and Lisa's lol...Also, I wasn't counting females that were in his band, or else I'd be adding Bonnie Boyer and Rosie Gaines to the first list. (sheila E is the exception since she was in his band after he worked with her.)

Tittypants said:

GoldDolphin said:

I'm not shocked but at least they were unknown girls, that he molded into something different. This chick is a copy-cat, she is seriously a wannabe rihanna/beyonce. She's just uggghhh....

It doesn't matter. Really none of the women he worked with [that he put on himself] had any lasting careers. Her talent level is that of Rihanna....., where's the problem??

I'd say she sings better than Rhianna. Jay-Z just having found a niche that fits her. I think that's the issue.

Beautifulstarr123 said:

Byron said:

Chaka Kahn

Mavis Staples

Bonnie Raitt

Sheila E.

Gwen Stefani

Sheena Easton

Stevie Nicks

Margie Cox

Sheryl Crow

Ani DiFranco

Kate Bush

Meshell Ndegeocello

How many fingers do you have on your hand? lol...

....and don't forget Sinead O'Connor. Btw, how would you rate Andy Allo?

I forgot about Andy Allo...

And Nikka Costa...

And Angie Stone...

Gotta rank them somewhere, too ...