I look at it more as the masses inability to perceive a hit.

I wish he could have worked more often w/artists who were his equals.

The same w/ a producer. At times he needed the input from a well-respected producer...and to have allowed the insight of another.

Santana was interviewed by Dan Rather and complimented on his generosity towards other artists.

Something stayed w/me...Santana was so humbly confident about the source of his talent that he

rarely felt insecure.

PurpleJedi said:

I would say that it "failed miserably" when compared to Santana's mega-hit "Supernatuiral" that was the inspiration for him to collaborate with Clive Davis.

I'd never paid attention, but, dayum...the Supernatural album went 15x Platinum in the US!

https://www.riaa.com/gold...ch_section

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CandaceS said:
I'd never paid attention, but, dayum...the Supernatural album went 15x Platinum in the US!

https://www.riaa.com/gold...ch_section

I still hear Smooth played on the radio & in stores. There is a song that was really popular not that long ago called Wild Thoughts by DJ Khaled & Rihanna. It sampled Maria Maria.

RODSERLING said:

3121 was great. I heard from Dr Funkenberry that Prince was really upset that Universal didn't promote 3121 with tv ads during the pop idol performance. Prince wanted it to be a huge hit, but come on : there was a promotionnal agenda in France, published at the time that was really appealing : Performing at awards, talk show... He didn't do anything of that and the album bombed at 30.000 copies sold.

I think the fact that was more upsetting was the song "Lolita" was ever created. Let's face it, Prince's stuff after 1995 was lukewarm at best. I mean it was good, but it broke no new ground. It's kind of like that new song by Bruno Mars/Anderson Paak. Good but not very original.

sambluedolphin said:

Musicology the album was massive at the time, top 5 most counties. Also Cinnimon girl was top twenty.

Musicology was a hit. Absolutely. Record lables have gamed the system throughout, so let's not take anything away when Prince games it by his own little self. The tour was amazing and was one of the biggest that year, and we came home with too many copies of that albim.