Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Supernova said:

uhhh...

Supernova said:

you don't know that.

Abrazo said:

Don't assume what I do or don't know.
They admit it all the time. Take it up with them.

ever hear the term " he laughs all the way to the bank" ? in this case perhaps that term can be extended to " and snickers while attending sessions in kingdom hall" as far as business if he's down on any kind of sales he probably knows he can just tour for a few months and poof... his books are balanced... maybe I'm wrong but how else does paisley park get it's bills paid ? isn't he one of the only peeps that records there still?

He makes all the money from the sales of his music. WB doesn't. Is that a smart business move on Prince's part.

Constructing Paisley Park.. wiser than wise.

But overall, hell nawl!

Abrazo said:

Abrazo you're cruel

marcdeondotcom said:

Is Paisley Park still in business?

Me thinks he is just looking out for himself, and who would not?

cynicalbastard said:

sorry. his financial status has NOTHING to do with his business skills. He's sold MILLIONS of records. Even with the worst contract in the world (only getting a dollar per sale) you'd earn $50million... you have to look at his investments and potential earnings he missed / passed in contract negotiations.

Number32 said:

WTF!!!

WB owns all the back catalouge. Which includes albums that have sold between 1-17 million each. These albums STILL sell a few copies every week.

Every time Prince rolls his tour into town or does an incredibly embarrasing PR stunt, for every 2 records of his latest 'project' that is sold as a consequence i'd say 1 WB release also gets sold.

yeah, WB must be crying themeselves to sleep every night.

NME said:

really? so tell me about them, where did it all go wrong??

NME said:

I meant since he left WB's you nincumpoop. How many artists besides Prince have left the big record companies so they can make most if not all of the money, only a handful. It's only in recent years that more artists have picked up on this business method. As for the rest of the people complaining about how poor his business skills are just remember something, you folks are the ones who keep Prince in business . You still attend his concerts even if the tickets have gone up in price. You still buy his music/dvd's/and merchandise. You/we/us have been the ones who helped Prince buy his houses and then some. Who cares if he bought houses and sold them, good businessmen/women are always doing this in and out of real estate. No matter how many of you say he is a bad businessman he still is in business . That hundred dollar npgmc charge last year was reasonable for what we got soundchecks/priority seating/4 CD's and most of you payed that, even you complainers and BBB reporters. As soon as he opened the club again this year he charged 25$ but nobody mentions that here. Just tryin to make the brotha look bad. I ain't kissin the brothas ass one bit just stating the facts! Shit half of the org left this site and jumped on his like flies on shit. I guarrantee you at least 70% of them are the ones buying up the merchandise he has to offer and don't tell me it doesn't sell cuz I see people rockin the ice/clothing/etc at the fan gatherings and concerts religiously. I wouldn't doubt Prince gets a fat ass royalty check from WB's still, probably enough to be able to experiment in his business ventures wether they are good or bad and do as he pleases. He still ain't the rockstar that smokes up his profits/earnings in the crack pipe and they ain't been doin additional construction on the Park cuz the brothas broke. If y'all wanna really say he has failed as a businessman then stop buying his shit and then your all right. Until then he thanks you all for keepin him in business.

He's still a really bad business man though. Considering all the illogical, borderline insane career moves he made, he should've been broke by now. His actions in the 90's could've ruined his entire "Prince" legacy, but his genius always did and always will win out.

Any other musician would be finished, but we forgive Prince only because we know there's no musician who can compare.

I don't get why ppl think him leaving WB means he gets all that much money though.

Sure, he owns the publishing rights to his music now, but what does that matter if albums like NEWS only sell like 80,000 copies due to no marketing?

PurpleKnight said:

You said he should have gone broke. What went wrong. Why didn't he. You say we forgave him because no other musician can compare. That's what kept him in business? Us forgiving him? Okay, whatever you say. He was trying to prove a point in the 90's. He was tired of being pimped by the record company. He may not have won that war but in the long run he ain't gettin pimped any more.

squirrelgrease said:

does the pope even shit

familygroove said:

mmm, let's see..

oh yes. what about taking all the money he could in the re-negotiations with WB 1992/3, and taking an 'ego' role as a Senior VP @ WB... when he could have said, keep yer money and your job, just lets work out a way of me owning my masters.

WB would have done ANYTING to keep Prince. That's why he got all he asked for... (he didn't seem too bothered with masters then..)

Building a recording studio that far exceeds his personal use in the middle of knowhere. That place looses money like a bitch.

there's plenty more...

i'm not flaming him personally, just his buisness history.

jepman said:

Pope poop. Divine defacation.

Prince got PP out of WB..sure he sold the shit outta PR but still...may artisst sell 5-10 mil of an album and they dont get a fucking 5-10 acres recording complex-XANADU...Prionce pimped the fuck pout of WB lol. Getting that out of ANY record company?,...Dats goot bidness if u ask me lol.

What I'm saying is that purely as a business man, Prince is simply not smart.

As an amazing artist with unbelieveable artistic integrity though, he's fantastic.

You missed the point of my post somewhat. I didn't say us forgiving him kept him in business, but more that his amazing music forced us to forgive him in the sense that we looked past some of his nonsensical decisions cause the music was still too good to pass up.

When I said that he should've gone broke, what I really meant was that he's lucky he was as amazingly talented as he was when he made some of these bizarre career moves, because otherwise he wouldn't have such a religiously loyal following who never forgot about him and are so willing to dish out money for whatever he releases.

BlaqueKnight said:

I was wondering if you were gonna comment on this thread. I think I remember hearing he was going broke after the lovesexy album/tour... one of the smartest money making business decisions he made was taking the opportunity of recording the soundtrack for batman cuz I'll bet it paid him phat!