So I am back again with YET AGAIN another Prince thread.

This is a sincere question. And this question is all about Princes success in

taking over each genre of music; BUT yet it seems like EACH crowd specifes him to be a certain way.

I wanna know what PRINCES genres are? As in the official crowd he plays for...orIf he plays for one at all.

He seems to play what he wants to hear. AND so far he hasn't truly failed us; but

I MUST know

Is Prince pop, rock, funk, jazz, contemp?

Is he a Pop artist STILL, or has he moved on?

the black folks percevies him to be FUNK

What is he??

I think he is a funk artist.

How about you my sweet dears?

givegoodlove said:

Why do you feel the need to pigeonhole Prince's music?

I don't see the benefit.

80's new wave mostly

probably some people consider him rnb and funk

nobody considers him a rap jazz country reggae or strait rock artist .. especially not people who listen to those genres

I think most people consider him a funk artist. I would happily accept that he's one of the most versatile musicians and I wouldn't place him under a specific genre.

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However, on Spanish record shops (because both things do exist, Spain and record shops, though probably not for long) it isn't clear where to find the old man. He can be on pop/rock, he can be on soul/funk. That ambivalence is always a good thing, of course.

Let's start a new category for Prince by the Org. called Fusion! Prince is capable of playing just about any musical genre, he is music, so why not label him as such.

Pop / Rock.

That's what I usually see.

I suppose many people that listen to funk will always associate him with funk, first and foremost. People that like his funk stuff just tend to be very passionate about that part of his output, although the majority of his songs on most of his albums aren't really funk (there's usually just a few).

joyinrepetition said:

Let's start a new category for Prince by the Org. called Fusion! Prince is capable of playing just about any musical genre, he is music, so why not label him as such.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Fusion_music_genres

He's classed as Pop/Rock in many magazines, websites, record stores etc.

For me, he's Rock/Pop/Funk/Soul/Jazz and that's what he is in my iTunes library, at least. He's a mix of all those in his musical output - even in a single track and most of his albums cover all these genres.

Anotherlova4Nessa said:

So I am back again with YET AGAIN another Prince thread.

This is a sincere question. And this question is all about Princes success in

taking over each genre of music; BUT yet it seems like EACH crowd specifes him to be a certain way.

I wanna know what PRINCES genres are? As in the official crowd he plays for...orIf he plays for one at all.

He seems to play what he wants to hear. AND so far he hasn't truly failed us; but

I MUST know

Is Prince pop, rock, funk, jazz, contemp?

Is he a Pop artist STILL, or has he moved on?

the black folks percevies him to be FUNK

What is he??

I think he is a funk artist.

How about you my sweet dears?

Unfortunately.....gay.


I'm dead serious. Everybody who I know [in my daily life...not my personal life] perceives Prince as gay. NO musical genres or nothing! Just.....well.......gay.


I would say that Prince is his own unique genre. I can't say that about [mostly] anybody.

givegoodlove said:

This is tough, but i think most of the general public consider him 80s era pop. We know better, as he's rock punk jazz funk soul the list goes on. Minneapolis sound has their own sub-genre But if you're anything like me I consider prince and all his artists their own genre: prince. Lol

You forgot to put jazz in quotation marks.

steakfinger said:

SuperSoulFighter said:

This is a different subject, but you made me curious: you think Spain won't exist for long?! I know about the Basques and Catalonya, but...this is new to me, compadre!

Well, we have almost 30% of the population unemployed and the Catalans are pushing hard to leave. But I feel more optimist today: Spain will resist! We may even see a Prince remaster before Spain disappears.

steakfinger said:

givegoodlove said:

This is tough, but i think most of the general public consider him 80s era pop. We know better, as he's rock punk jazz funk soul the list goes on. Minneapolis sound has their own sub-genre But if you're anything like me I consider prince and all his artists their own genre: prince. Lol

You forgot to put jazz in quotation marks.

He's certainly done jazz in a more conventional sense than what he's done punk.

Ppenguin said:

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Javi said:

steakfinger said:

dandan said:

SuperSoulFighter said:

Javi said:

Well, we have almost 30% of the population unemployed and the Catalans are pushing hard to leave. But I feel more optimist today: Spain will resist! We may even see a Prince remaster before Spain disappears.

Well, even if Catalonia becomes indepent, the rest would still be Spain, right? But it's all very easy for me to say this, because I live in a small country where everybody speaks the same language.

Yeah, the "disappear" thing is just a way of talking, related also to the huge economic and social crisis. Anyway, I don't think Catalonia will leave, but they'll surely gain more political autonomy in the process.

SuperSoulFighter said:

novabrkr said:

Javi said:

most people are just ignorant(i mean that sincerely).they will put him in R&B because he is black. that's how basic public perception is. I would find robin thicke,timberlake and amy winehouse in the pop section and was like huh? or find lenny kravitz and saul williams in R&B/soul. i think most people (where I am from anyway) look at him as both r&b and rock. in these parts he is well respected for his tight grooves and his guitar playing.and i'm in a rural area. even rednecks love him.