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Pharrell says he wrote his song "Frontin" for Prince We all know the true Prince song he wrote that Prince should have been on was "Change Clothes"!
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"All of my biggest songs were songs that I did with or for other people. Collaboration has always been part of my DNA." He said, "and, to be clear and to be honest, songs that I ended up putting out by myself were always songs that I wrote for other people. I made ‘Frontin’ for Prince, and even ‘Happy’, I wrote that for CeeLo [Green]." Despite the two singles having major success, it seems as if Pharrell would still be curious in hearing how those two records, in particular, would've sounded if they were sung by the people they were initially meant for. "Still to this day I feel like CeeLo would have done a much better job on ‘Happy’ than me," he said. "And imagine if Prince had sung ‘Frontin’? I mean, come on! | |
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Sounds like a fundamental misunderstanding on how Prince worked if you think he's gonna sing your song. | |
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But he ended up performing it himself sounding like Miss Piggy. I can't imagine P singing Frontin' or Change Clothes, but I can imagine Cee-Lo pre-blacklist scoring a hit with Happy. if it was just a dream, call me a dreamer 2 | |
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When I had first heard the song immediately thought it was a "prince" song and then years later I read that he wrote it for Prince. Yeah this is reported on about a decade ago | |
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A friend of mine heard "Frontin"and said Prince should have sung that. I disagreed and I'm glad Prince rejected it. Although I do admire Pharrell and he was a pleasure down to earth man to meet.Prince ALWAYS stayed true to himself as an artist."That mountain top situation is not really what it's all cracked up 2 B when was doing the Purple Rain tour had a lot of people who knew 'll never c again @ the concerts.just screamin n places they thought they was suppose 2 scream." | |
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I don't see in the article where he offered it to Prince and Prince rejected it. It just said he had Prince in mind when he wrote the song. | |
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wait, what?? please explain. thanks | |
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Yeah, and Timberlakes first solo with songs from him/neptunes were offered to MJ (who rejected them). "Climb in my fur." | |
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. Jul 28, 2017 - Singer Cee Lo Green pleaded no contest to slipping ecstasy into a woman's drink two years ago. if it was just a dream, call me a dreamer 2 | |
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Cee-lo has most definitely been blacklisted. His career has NEVER been the same since. It's sad because he is very gifted vocally and a great songwriter. But I'm glad he attended Prince's last performance and talked to him before he entered "The afterlife".[Edited 9/13/18 11:03am] "That mountain top situation is not really what it's all cracked up 2 B when was doing the Purple Rain tour had a lot of people who knew 'll never c again @ the concerts.just screamin n places they thought they was suppose 2 scream." | |
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Yeah lets celebrate dude who says "if it was rape, theyd remember!" all because he got a chance to talk to Prince
youre weird and dangerous "Climb in my fur." | |
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Cee Lo gets the Prince side | |
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I didn't say anything even close to that about his situation or antics.If U can't address me with RESPECT or in a positive manner don't address me at all!"That mountain top situation is not really what it's all cracked up 2 B when was doing the Purple Rain tour had a lot of people who knew 'll never c again @ the concerts.just screamin n places they thought they was suppose 2 scream." | |
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