Luckily, Prince was able to give a coherent and reasonable speech. Unfortunately, the same can not be said of OutKast. You know, if you are about to induct a childhood hero, a musical genius and a living legend...have a goddamn speech written. Those two chuckleheads - Andre 3000 and Big Boy - got up there and sounded like a couple of real stooges. They rambled and mumbled their way through their "speeches" and essentially came off like a couple of unprepared children. Whose fucking idea was it to get them while Lenny Kravitz was 10 feet away!?!? At least he can put a sentence together. Alicia as OK, and looked like a PBS announcer next to those two losers, but how did she get the gig? There are other performers who have actually had a career that has been longer than TWO albums that could have done a better job and been more meaningful for Prince, I think.

its a shame he didnt think to thank the people who have bought his records for the past 25 years!
imho
that would have been a nice gesture.

Luckily, Prince was able to give a coherent and reasonable speech. Unfortunately, the same can not be said of OutKast. You know, if you are about to induct a childhood hero, a musical genius and a living legend...have a goddamn speech written. Those two chuckleheads - Andre 3000 and Big Boy - got up there and sounded like a couple of real stooges. They rambled and mumbled their way through their "speeches" and essentially came off like a couple of unprepared children. Whose fucking idea was it to get them while Lenny Kravitz was 10 feet away!?!? At least he can put a sentence together. Alicia as OK, and looked like a PBS announcer next to those two losers, but how did she get the gig? There are other performers who have actually had a career that has been longer than TWO albums that could have done a better job and been more meaningful for Prince, I think.

muirdo said:

He didn't thank any of his past band members either, yet he made sure to thank Warner Bros.

Oh well, at least he thanked the fictitious name for God.

LovesexyIsThe1 said:

Ficticious name of God?... before u go any further in making yourself look, un enlightened... heres a listing of God's"true names"

Ficticious name of God?... before u go any further in making yourself look, un enlightened... heres a listing of God's"true names"

its a shame he didnt think to thank the people who have bought his records for the past 25 years!
imho
that would have been a nice gesture.

What do you expect from people that call themselves Andre 3000 and Big Boi?

Brianr54 said:

Ooooo... i'm trying not to blow the f up..

'..The most petty attempts to claim superiority are often to belittle one's use of language in lieu of what one says...'

To divert my anger, let me just say this. Andre3000 and Big Boi are the first members of the hip hop community to actually take their Prince influence and infuse the music with a touch of that vibe most of us have appreciated for the past 20 some years from P himself. "Hey Ya" is a historic moment in the development of hip hop, much the way Lauryn Hill's successes were. Prince clearly inspired Andre to be so progressive and potentially map a course for the future (..3000?) that is less predictable and constrained, more inventive and musically rich. I sense from the way you wrote your comment that you're not particularly conversant in hip hop... your loss.

What do you expect from people who call themselves Elvis Costello, or Ringo Starr? Gee, if Dre and Big Boi could only be as eloquent as Keith Richards... Please...check yourself next time and leave your petty biases at the door.
[This message was edited Tue Mar 23 18:56:11 2004 by JumpUpOnThe1]

LovesexyIsThe1 said:

Ficticious name of God?... before u go any further in making yourself look, un enlightened... heres a listing of God's"true names"


'Elohim
'El
'Eloah
'Adhon, 'Adhonay
Yahweh (Yahweh) (Jehovah)
Tsur (Rock)
Ka`dhosh
Shadday
Descriptive names of God in the Old Testament:
'Abhir
'El-'Elohe-Yisra'el
`Elyon
Gibbor
'El-ro'i
Tsaddiq
Qanna'
Yahweh Tsebha'oth
I Am That I Am
New Testament names of God:
God
Lord
Highest, Most High
Almighty
Father
King of kings
Lord of lords
Potentate
Master
Shepherd, Bishop

Sinaplenty said: "if musicology turns out to be anything like as good as the love below/speakerboxxx then I for 1 will be pleasantly surprised. and maybe then you can complain that they are inarticulate."


Sinaplenty, or "Sina" for short, I don't think sales will make anyone any more articulate, do you? In that case Michael Jackson would be Churchill.
[This message was edited Tue Mar 23 18:28:23 2004 by brianr54]

muirdo said:

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He is giving free CD away at his concerts and he puts on incredible shows. What more do you want.

The English

Gent said:

Ooooo... i'm trying not to blow the f up..

'..The most petty attempts to claim superiority are often to belittle one's use of language in lieu of what one says...'

To divert my anger, let me just say this. Andre3000 and Big Boi are the first members of the hip hop community to actually take their Prince influence and infuse the music with a touch of that vibe most of us have appreciated for the past 20 some years from P himself. "Hey Ya" is a historic moment in the development of hip hop, much the way Lauryn Hill's successes were. Prince clearly inspired Andre to be so progressive and potentially map a course for the future (..3000?) that is less predictable and constrained, more inventive and musically rich. I sense from the way you wrote your comment that you're not particularly conversant in hip hop... your loss.

What do you expect from people who call themselves Elvis Costello, or Ringo Starr? Gee, if Dre and Big Boi could only be as eloquent as Keith Richards... Please...check yourself next time and leave your petty biases at the door.
[This message was edited Tue Mar 23 18:56:11 2004 by JumpUpOnThe1]
[This message was edited Tue Mar 23 18:57:15 2004 by JumpUpOnThe1]

muirdo said:

He didn't thank any of his past band members either, yet he made sure to thank Warner Bros.

Oh well, at least he thanked the fictitious name for God.

I knew before it was all over with that someone would have something negative to say about Outkast. Personally, I wouldn't have cared if Mickey Mouse had inducted him in as long as I got a couple good performances out of it. All I have to say to all the whiners and crybabies is:
GROW UP!! Stop being so damned bourgeois!

JumpUpOnThe1 said:

Keith Richards and Kid Rock were JUST AS ignorant as Andre3000 and Big Boi.
Don't front, all 4 showed a lack of judgement.
Why the hostility??? Your comments could be used by David Chapelle on
"When keepin' it real goes bad"

Alicia as OK, and looked like a PBS announcer next to those two losers, but how did she get the gig?

Keith Richards and Kid Rock were JUST AS ignorant as Andre3000 and Big Boi.

renapisces3372 said:

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If your not acting like a damm fool on television I guess your bourgie.