W/out being bias what do you think of P's rapping skills?

I love all of Prince songs.. and I like his "rapping" but seriously.. AS a rapper..

s-u-x.

i think P's style of Rappin' is "Spoken WOrd" it isn't a Reflection of Hip Hop Lyrics it's just Bomb Ass Spoken WOrd

I used to think that the way he phrased things around the rhythm (like in Days of Wild) was really cool and unpredictable, much better than some of the "pop" rappers.

One of my favorite Prince raps dates back to the song Lady Cab Driver.

Undisputed (monneapolis mix) is the best 'rap' song he's done IMO, but it isn't really rap, but damn close.

his actual rap songs like 'The Flow' and the dreaded 'Jughead' etc suck BIG Balls!

maybecabdriver said:

i wouldn't classify that as a "rap".

when he lets it flow, it's hot - when he "tries" to rap, it's just silly. though i always thought "Sexy MF" sounded like Ice-T on helium.

He sounds good when he does the singing type rap, like in housequake and the crystal ball version of Days of wild, ut when he tries to straight out rap he sounds like a fool.

I love Irresistible Bitch.

I would rather listen to him rap than Tony M.

about as Believable Rapping as Madonna&Michael Jackson IMHO&that is Something they best should leave alone IMHO.Kermit the Frog Got More Flow Rapping on the Mic than all 3 of them COmbined.

He's pretty cool...

Rythym speaking as in Irresistible Bitch or the Girls & Boys rap - fair enough.

When he tries to compete with rappers, he's wank.

Prince as a "rapper"

is about as good as

Ja Rule is a singer.


That said, Prince did distinguish himself with spoken lyric on "Irresistable Bitch" & "Sexy MF", to name a few of the few.

Matters what song. Gett Off is a classic rap as is Days Of Wild. Most of the Gold album is rap, and we all love that disk, right?

The outtake, Work That Fat is a great, funny rap, even though they do slow down P's voice to sound sinister, and more macho.lol.

My Name Is Prince is a great rap. Sexy MF is fair.

Damn, I like all of his raps. Can you believe that shit?

lol.

Johhny is a good rap song and Prince sounds aight. He is much better as a nasty singer though.

Jughead

Feel Good kicks ass.

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As a prince fan, i still dig the corny raps. I like how he incorpriated melody in his raps. I love the rap in "Willing and Able". its fun.
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I was gonna start a thread on this.

IMO Prince can rap rather well (when I say rap I refer to his 'spoken word' style which I would class as a rap). Check out these ace tracks with Prince in a prominent rapping position...

18 & Over
Acknowledge me
Race
Now

...and many more. Contrary to popular opinion I think he does an excellent job of the style, but only when he makes it his own. I don't think using other people's voices as rappers (Scrap D, Tony M, whatever) suits Prince's tracks and they make them sound odd. However, even this judgment might have exceptions. Eve and Chuck D arguably do a great job on RUTJF.

Definitely, though, trying to emulate rap/hip hop instead of making it his own pays off poorly for Prince. Instead, making the style his own as he does on the above tracks proves that Prince can successfully integrate rap (or a rapping style) into his music.

Another successful story in the Prince chapter IMO!

"Irresistible Bitch" is the best example, because he's not trying to be a "rapper" per se, although he isn't singing either. It sounds natural.

Supernova said:

Prince did say in an interview that what he does in NOT rap, and then he sort of laughed a bit.

pejman said:

amature...some are good

mltijchr said:

My sentiments exactly. Why rap when you can sing anyway?

PurpleLove7 said:

as a rapper, Prince is a pretty good guitarist

As A rapper, I love Prince also. He can sing and rap and there really is no difference. Like in his song "Pope" He rapped. I never really listened to it until the other day then when i took the time it sounded pretty good...But really to me, Everything that Prince does is great to me