Still thinking legacy for Prince and no doubt he will be celebrated by future generations for many reasons. But when you have somebody with as many talents as Prince had, you wonder how many he could have been the greatest of all time of of he really wanted to. Did Prince's eclectic nature keep him from being the most celebrated in any one particular area but put him in the Top 5 or Top 10 of several. Of course, it is all subjective but is there one category that you think he stands out over all others that is fairly hard to dispute. I have difficulty with this myself. I think he is a Top 5 guitarist, Top 5 bassist, Top 5 songwriter. Certainly Top 5 live performer. Top 5 producer. Are there any of these categories that you think he should be recognized as absolutely number one (or any other categories you can think of)?

GottaLetitgo said:

Prince was just GOAT.

No explanation needed. Just like there's the "King" and the "Queen", Prince is GOAT.

MOST COMPLETE ARTIST OF ALL TIME

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Movie soundtracks, he is the GOAT of that. Kenny Loggins maybe a close second.

Actually, nothing in particular (onless you could sabotaging your own career commercially). But what made him one of the GOAT was the whole package.

To me was the most complete artist and most gifted musician of all time.

GOAT musical maverick.

GOAT...at succeeding on his own terms.

The greatest all rounder, no doubt. Whatever instrument i saw him on, Guitar, Bass, keys etc, just a masterclass all the way. The sound and the written song is the most important thing when it comes to music for me. I love visual stuff too, but it's secondary, only a bonus. Turns out he was pretty good at that too.

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HeavenMustBNear said:

I have said this 3 or 4 times on here, I compare him to boxer Sugar Ray Robinson who had everything in spades but he wasn't the best at any one thing, but he was so good at so many that for the last 50 years he's been regarded as the best "pound for pound" fighter ever, which means that if you could make all fighters one weight class, he'd be better than anyone. Prince was that, just so good at so many things that the cumulative effect is him being better than everyone else. Just put anyone up against him and there will be one or more things that they cannot do nearly as well. he was also just a freak of nature, a force of nature, he worked his ass off, harder than anyone, even james Brown. Elvis was prolific but Prince has so much music he "makes elvis look like a piker" in alan leeds' words. So, there were some people who could play guitar or sing better but that was maybe all they could do better because that's all they did. No one beats him when you add everything together. Now, if you argue different things like who was the most original or influential, that's a different arguement.

Being The Artist.

greatest recording artist EVER. the omega artist. there will never be another

ALLLLLL OF IT!!!! & the prettiest too!!

Since art is subjective, it's hard to say "greatest" in my opinion. I think he was the greatest guitarist, for example, but I'm sure plenty of Hendrix, Page, and SRV fans would disagree. And none of us would be wrong, either.

But in my opinion, Prince was the greatest I ever saw or heard at:

-Songwriting
-Guitarist
-Vocalist
-Promoter
-Live Performer
-Fashion
-Innovator
-Professionalism on stage
-Vision
-Working with protegees

I think he could have been the greatest I ever saw or heard at anything he really put his mind to. I wanted to say he was the greatest dancer, but I can't put him ahead of Michael Jackson. And he may have been the greatest bass player, I'm not sure. I am sure, however, that if he had put in a year at just playing bass, or drums for that matter, that he would have definitely been better than anyone I ever saw or heard at those instruments, too.

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purplethunder3121 said:

XxAxX said:

is that ?? oh my.

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purplethunder3121 said:

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BombFunk said:

To me was the most complete artist and most gifted musician of all time.

preach.

XxAxX said:

purplethunder3121 said:

is that ?? oh my.

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Junglehop said:

purplethunder3121 said:

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