thedog said:

You're insane. So you're saying that Prince didn't "want to be black" 2 years ago when he was singing "Avalanche"? Or how about in 1996 when he used Martin Luther King's speech in concert and sang "Style is when all black men are free"?

You're the fucking Uncle Tom, self-hating racist here, not Prince.

I find it strange this song immediately follows Musicology. You go from a happy song about bringing back the funk, and then this made-up story about a gigalo and a rich woman - it just seems a bit of a wrench, isn't very important in the scheme of things when you consider he's talking about war in some of the other tracks, and doesn't really fit with the rest of the album.

I can only think that it is an allusion to Prince and his battle with Warners/the music biz. That would make it more interesting lyrically, though it would seem a rather bitter throwback to his Emancipation days.

I prefer the idea that Illusion refers to Prince when he was at his height and he thought the record biz loved him, but it wasn't true. Then came Coma when Prince fell into the dolldrums artistically during the early '90s, then he went through that Pimp image in the mid-90s, trying to present the image he was in charge on the record company, then Circumstance could refer to his having to use the record biz right now to promote this new album. 'Who's pimping who?'

But perhaps I'm reaching.

I hate how this Uncle Tom, self hating, hair staightening asshole Prince want's to be Black all of a sudden now that his career is in the dumps.

i thought this song was another man vs industry song, artists being the whore, the labels being the pimps.

I am loving this song more and more each time, it´s great

same as "call my name" which I though was just the typical prince ballad but now I find
it really inspired

My question is: What is a whip? Especially a silver whip?

Tim

I hate how this Uncle Tom, self hating, hair staightening asshole Prince want's to be Black all of a sudden now that his career is in the dumps.

Laura, PUHLEEZE don't counter ignorance with ignorance...you ignorant so-and-so.

thedog said:

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You and other the other African-Americans hate on Prince because he keeps bouncing back.
Funk does not die it mulitplys. Real talent wins in the end.

It is not for you or anyone to tell someone what to do with their hair and you don't sell-out
20,000.00 seat venues if your carreer is in the dumps.

Let's not get into the self-hating rappers and their minstral man antics. They make Prince look like Malcolm X.

Laura, PUHLEEZE don't counter ignorance with ignorance...you ignorant so-and-so.

laurarichardson said:

Please don't

I thought the way he talked about the Whip he was talking bout Donatella VERSACE.... Think about That? Or well whatever happened to his Friend Gloria? But I won't tell ya more ...

Zelaira said:

[color=blue:2b2d1de9df][/color]when he talks about a whip' he's speaking of an automobile.So many of you guys are not getting this. On the street, a car is called a whip.

mkdagrizzley said:

oooOOOOOHHHhhhh. That makes so much more sense.

tackam said:

You're an idiot.... It's people like you who make this world shitty. You take the smallest shit and blow it out of proportion

lmfao '"it's implied he's black"....that's just too stupid to be real.

thedog said:

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You and other the other African-Americans hate on Prince because he keeps bouncing back.
Funk does not die it mulitplys. Real talent wins in the end.

It is not for you or anyone to tell someone what to do with their hair and you don't sell-out
20,000.00 seat venues if your carreer is in the dumps.

Let's not get into the self-hating rappers and their minstral man antics. They make Prince look like Malcolm X.

laurarichardson said:

WTF are you talking about "You and other the other African-Americans hate on Prince because he keeps bouncing back." Do you even realize how ignorant that comment is. Exactly what Black people are you referring to..please expound on your ignorance.

PurpleCharm said:

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Hip-Hop heads. I am making it plain enough for you. Judging anyone's blackness based on their hairstyle, clothes and color of their skin is totally ignorant.

Prince is black and if he did not know it before he definitly knows it now.

What I love about this song:
It's funky. Great melody, very catchy, great vocals, great guitar playing. No preaching.

What I don't like so much (and yes, by the way, I am nitpicking):
If Doris and her gigolo are both selfish people just getting what they need from each other, why is all the criticism aimed at Doris? We hear about how ugly she is, her big nose, how recklessly she throws her money around, and how she doesn't even care that her kept boy is hooking up with his old flame as long as her money is not in danger. This man is clearly an amoral, materialistic user living off an older woman he finds unattractive, but he is not criticized. He is basically lauded for being clever enough to work it for whatever he can get because he is "too fine" for her. There's no avoiding the race issue- she's white and it's implied he's black.

Does Doris get all the disrespect because she's older? Female? White? Ugly? What makes the gigolo any better than his sugar mama? I'd love to hear what women think about this song.

What I love about this song:
It's funky. Great melody, very catchy, great vocals, great guitar playing. No preaching.

What I don't like so much (and yes, by the way, I am nitpicking):
If Doris and her gigolo are both selfish people just getting what they need from each other, why is all the criticism aimed at Doris? We hear about how ugly she is, her big nose, how recklessly she throws her money around, and how she doesn't even care that her kept boy is hooking up with his old flame as long as her money is not in danger. This man is clearly an amoral, materialistic user living off an older woman he finds unattractive, but he is not criticized. He is basically lauded for being clever enough to work it for whatever he can get because he is "too fine" for her. There's no avoiding the race issue- she's white and it's implied he's black.

Does Doris get all the disrespect because she's older? Female? White? Ugly? What makes the gigolo any better than his sugar mama? I'd love to hear what women think about this song.