Matta o' fact this is actualy a quite good read. I'm glad that I didn't listen 2 the "hounding" against Alex!

I really enjoyed reading this book despite the bad feeling I'm having each time I read every paper from tha book(Now that is a real sad story, Anji ).

The man made some valid points and obeviously touched on a very sensitive nerve otherwise he wouldn't get all this controversy(Believe it or not, I heard a couple of NYC/Harlem DJs give their inputs about the book and what not) and reading his words telling a story makes me realize mo' & mo' that Alex is no different than the "Hardcore Oger" with the intresting thoughts and knowledge about the music & biz behind Prince(ala Anji, NuPowerSoul, rdhull, Moonbeam, SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy, Boris and etc etc etc you name 'em). I give him the credit 4 the balls & the guts 2 make that move.

My only one complaint is he didn't talk about the Divorce/Baby's death. If you already dug deep into the personal stuff in the book then you gotta complete what you started otherwise why make that move from the 1st place? Right?

Anyway, thats my lil' 2 cents about the book & Alex. I sho hope some of the "angry hardcore" fans in here read this book coming from another "fan"(which seems to me that he is a hardcore fan) rather than a book coming from another "hater" who wants 2 get even. Just chill and read this without judging the facts and remember that everybody got skeletons in their closet(without exception).

Lawd knows that I love the brotha with a strong passion simply cuz he shed alot of joy in my life but then again we're talking about a "human being" here, we're not talking about Jesus. Hell, Stevie Wonder got dirty secrets too, everybody does.

I just hope u guys enjoy this read like I did.

Much props & love 2 Alex 4 taking a great deal of time talking about Prince in a period of time where the media and the people don't give a shit about him anymore and who even still think that he's a "sympol" and not Prince again.

Peace
[This message was edited Thu Aug 14 2:40:44 PDT 2003 by Harlepolis]

Matta o' fact this is actualy a quite good read. I'm glad that I didn't listen 2 the "hounding" against Alex!

I really enjoyed reading this book despite the bad feeling I'm having each time I read every paper from tha book(Now that is a real sad story, Anji ).

The man made some valid points and obeviously touched on a very sensitive nerve otherwise he wouldn't get all this controversy(Believe it or not, I heard a couple of NYC/Harlem DJs give their inputs about the book and what not) and reading his words telling a story makes me realize mo' & mo' that Alex is no different than the "Hardcore Oger" with the intresting thoughts and knowledge about the music & biz behind Prince(ala Anji, NuPowerSoul, rdhull, Moonbeam, SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy, Boris and etc etc etc you name 'em). I give him the credit 4 the balls & the guts 2 make that move.

My only one complaint is he didn't talk about the Divorce/Baby's death. If you already dug deep into the personal stuff in the book then you gotta complete what you started otherwise why make that move from the 1st place? Right?

Anyway, thats my lil' 2 cents about the book & Alex. I sho hope some of the "angry hardcore" fans in here read this book coming from another "fan"(which seems to me that he is a hardcore fan) rather than a book coming from another "hater" who wants 2 get even. Just chill and read this without judging the facts and remember that everybody got skeletons in their closet(without exception).

Lawd knows that I love the brotha with a strong passion simply cuz he shed alot of joy in my life but then again we're talking about a "human being" here, we're not talking about Jesus. Hell, Stevie Wonder got dirty secrets too, everybody does.

I just hope u guys enjoy this read like I did.

Much props & love 2 Alex 4 taking a great deal of time talking about Prince in a period of time where the media and the people don't give a shit about him anymore and who even still think that he's a "sympol" and not Prince again.

Peace
[This message was edited Thu Aug 14 2:40:44 PDT 2003 by Harlepolis]

I liked it too. I just thought that there could have been some more gossip in there, is all. I mean, we get a few new facts on Prince and Susannah (sending her home from Nice) and Wendy & Lisa, but a lot is left out. For instance, it mentions that there was some kind of problematic relation between Prince and Boni Boyer, but it doesn't say what the problem was. Also, it doesn't say why Sheila E. and Cat left. As rivals for Prince's love, did they leave because Anna Garcia enterede the picture? Or what?
And there is nothing on Princes relationships with Jill Jones, Sheena Easton, Sinead O' Connor, Kim Basinger, Carmen, Nona Gaye and all, even though all of them have slipped juicy tidbits to the press. And what about that there story of Prince telling some girl that sleeping with him was like sleeping with God - especially if they videotaped it?

What we really need is a book about Prince's women/personal relationships rather than yet another book about his music and business dealings - we've read all that before, and for those of us who followed the public feud with Warners and the death of Prince and Mayte's baby as it happened and was covered in the news, Possessed did not have that much new information to offer. But it IS a nice compliment to DMSR. In fact, if one has not read DMSR, this book might not stand on its own.

Still nice, but... not really what I was hoping for.

The kind of book you are looking for,probably won't come out until he's uh..gone.

Can you guys tell what at least some of the errors were for someone thinking about buying it?
Thanks,
Anna

One of the funniest ones was that he called Bono U2's guitarist.

One of the funniest ones was that he called Bono U2's guitarist.

To those of you who say this book is overly negative,it's worth noting that Alex doesn't even mention the Sinead O'Connor "Prince-threatened-to-kick-my-ass" tale,nor does he bring up Charlene Friend...lol

DavidEye said:

What is the Sinead O'Connor story and who is Charlene Friend?

That's weird: I just finished the book and was sort of looking out for that mistake, having read about it on the org. However, I'm pretty sure my copy says The Edge. Revised second edition?

Boy this book must have cheesed off all the wet-with-worship wonderdogs.

Yeah.. the book was much better than I expected.

I wonder what the original LCD..would have said...