LaVisHh said:

Prince as we know him changed quite a bit over the past 3-4 years. Some people are kind of let down by the direction he's taken with his music, but thats all subjective.

NPGMC I would rather do without, because at this point I don't have any confidence in his "experiments" anymore. P is notorious for giving up on projects halfway through, and it certainly felt like that with year 2 of NPGMC. Remember how active the Love4OneAnother site was with new news and information? Then compare that to year 1 of NPGMC. Not updated as much, but at least they posted new tracks every month. Then look at year 2 where they did virtually nothing to the site throughout the whole year and waited till the very last minute to send us the rest of our music.

The technology exists nowdays to operate a dynamic musician web site with downloads, interactive content, a virtual storefront to sell music, discussion groups, etc. In the past several years it seemed Prince was interested in creating a web presence such as this to operate independently from major labels. But the end result was shoddy and half-hearted at best. Maybe he needed a bigger staff. Maybe he needed a more active role in the management of the site. Who knows. Fans already showed their "commitment" for two years at $100 per head each year. That includes the "naysayers" who joined in good faith and at the time hoped for the best with the club.

Prince did try some new things over the past couple years such as the rehearsals, presales, and celebrations. But fans also paid greatly for them. If you spend $40,000 on a car you damn well better be drivin a Lexus. These were cash cows for Prince moreso than a kind attempt for him to reach out to his listeners. Yet we're the ones being called selfish. He's demanding more money from us, then we're gonna demand more and better music. It goes both ways.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

No jinx, just curious if anyone believes this stuff - there's been a lot going around lately.
My hunch tells me none of it is true... but, I have no way to verify hunches.

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What if the NPGMC, the Celebration, and Paisley Park are now a part of his past?

How would you feel?

Does it even matter?

Would you just wish him well?

What if the end of 2002 meant the end of Prince as we have all come to know him?

I'm interested in your thoughts. There are a lot of rumors floating around, I'm also wondering if anyone believes any of it.

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