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Reply #180 posted 06/03/16 7:13pm

wizardtelly

As I said, D'Angelo is the only artist that has studied Prince's musicianship to a T. Literally, if you were to ask him at what point in a Prince song does some deceptive bass cadence happens, he'd be able to tell you the exact second and minute to a fault. I'm not retracting on what I said about St. Vincent though. I don't see any similarity to Prince at all, see as in hear. Being talented doesn't represent Prince, alone, for me. D'Angelo has such a grasp that it's not bias that fuels this, it's intrigue in how much influence Prince has on him. From His debut album to Black Messiah. VooDoo is a direct rip on Prince, completely, down to the bass lines and harmonies/falsetto. Brilliant artist, true Prince was Funk, soul, rock and roll, and so much more. It's authentic.
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Reply #181 posted 06/04/16 6:34am

RJOrion

wizardtelly said:

As I said, D'Angelo is the only artist that has studied Prince's musicianship to a T. Literally, if you were to ask him at what point in a Prince song does some deceptive bass cadence happens, he'd be able to tell you the exact second and minute to a fault. I'm not retracting on what I said about St. Vincent though. I don't see any similarity to Prince at all, see as in hear. Being talented doesn't represent Prince, alone, for me. D'Angelo has such a grasp that it's not bias that fuels this, it's intrigue in how much influence Prince has on him. From His debut album to Black Messiah. VooDoo is a direct rip on Prince, completely, down to the bass lines and harmonies/falsetto. Brilliant artist, true Prince was Funk, soul, rock and roll, and so much more. It's authentic.


very true...but not just Prince...he's obviously studied and invoked the vocal mannerisms and production techniques of Al Green and Marvin Gaye, and combined them with his Prince influence, to create his whole thing...
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Reply #182 posted 06/04/16 7:41am

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RJOrion said:

wizardtelly said:
As I said, D'Angelo is the only artist that has studied Prince's musicianship to a T. Literally, if you were to ask him at what point in a Prince song does some deceptive bass cadence happens, he'd be able to tell you the exact second and minute to a fault. I'm not retracting on what I said about St. Vincent though. I don't see any similarity to Prince at all, see as in hear. Being talented doesn't represent Prince, alone, for me. D'Angelo has such a grasp that it's not bias that fuels this, it's intrigue in how much influence Prince has on him. From His debut album to Black Messiah. VooDoo is a direct rip on Prince, completely, down to the bass lines and harmonies/falsetto. Brilliant artist, true Prince was Funk, soul, rock and roll, and so much more. It's authentic.
very true...but not just Prince...he's obviously studied and invoked the vocal mannerisms and production techniques of Al Green and Marvin Gaye, and combined them with his Prince influence, to create his whole thing...


Which is what every musician does, combining different influences and styles to create their own.

Prince himself was a combination of James Brown, Jimi Hendrix etc.

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Reply #183 posted 06/04/16 7:47am

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Replace Prince? That is just silly.

"You always get the dream that you deserve, from what you value the most" -Prince 2013
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Reply #184 posted 06/04/16 8:56am

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Pokeno4Money said:

RJOrion said:

wizardtelly said: very true...but not just Prince...he's obviously studied and invoked the vocal mannerisms and production techniques of Al Green and Marvin Gaye, and combined them with his Prince influence, to create his whole thing...


Which is what every musician does, combining different influences and styles to create their own.

Prince himself was a combination of James Brown, Jimi Hendrix etc.

no doubt..

James Brown + Little Richard + Sly Stone + Jimi Henrix & Carlos Santana = Prince

the feel & tone of Prince's guitar playing has always been closer to Santana than Hendrix...

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Reply #185 posted 06/04/16 9:28am

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RJOrion said:

Pokeno4Money said:


Which is what every musician does, combining different influences and styles to create their own.

Prince himself was a combination of James Brown, Jimi Hendrix etc.

no doubt..

James Brown + Little Richard + Sly Stone + Jimi Henrix & Carlos Santana = Prince

the feel & tone of Prince's guitar playing has always been closer to Santana than Hendrix...


I agree.

We should probably also throw George Clinton into that list, too. Prince had so many diverse influences, which was a big part of his greatness.

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Reply #186 posted 06/04/16 11:12am

eelco

Replacement is of course out of the question but worthy of our attention would be the family stand. Not sure if they still exist as a band but the stuff i ve heard live and on record is really close to the quality of prince's stuff
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