agreed .... but i also have to admit ... to be ... truthful ... i do NOT have a lenny album .... i just have heard what i have heard on the radio , etc ... i like maybe 1 or 2 of his songs .... most of the others ... that i have heard ... i really find derivative

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whodknee said:

Definitely. Prince could lear from them as well, just as they did from him.

bobsteezy said:

Well, let's see, TTD is original, while Lenny cops licks from Zep and our Preeonce. Do the math.

http://www.youtube.com/wa...ony%20Damn

http://www.youtube.com/wa...u7_c9WGp0g

I'm really happy to see that so many people here realize how talented Sananda is! I'm a big fan of both artist and I have all of Sananda's and Lenny's cd's but my favorite artist (not just over Lenny but over all other artists too) is Sananda. The guy is very original, very soulful, very REAL, and very willing to take many chances with his work in many ways. So my vote is for Sananda, but I will also say that I love Lenny too! He rocks. I agree that alot of Lenny's music is heavily influenced by other artists like John Lennon, Led Zeppelin, Kiss, etc. but at the end of the day I really love so many of his songs that I don't really care if they aren't that original. What really matters is that the music moves you. And plus I really like Lenny's voice.

So my favorite is definitely Sananda but Lenny's dope too!

emilio319 said:

Some folks just can't understand this. Originality is one thing, important too, but making good music is another thing, and Lenny's able to do that.

ThreadBare said:

No,it does not negate Prince-I'm simply saying that I'm not in2 either 1 of these,only Prince!

I respect what both bring to the table & I've enjoyed both of their careers, but I just can't shake those feelings about Lenny being a re-tread. So I go with TTD, hands down...It's just sad that he's so inaccessible... he deserved the notoriety that Lenny has in abundance.

bc

TTD/Sananda. I like TTD's music better than Lenny. Lenny does have talent.

NDRU said:

Who's to say he hasn't?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=CJDa_nVXjug

http://youtube.com/watch?v=nDFdOnmQGFE

I like them both, but TTD is more talented.

I dunno. But Lenny's jumpsuit looks jive uncomfortable.
Brother had to leave his nutsack home to get into it.

whodknee said:

Well, then lets say he could show us what he's learned in a more obvious way.

I'm just hoping that someday soon Lenny Kravitz will change his name in some stupid zen-name as well, just so that he will disappear as well.....

abierman said:

He used to be called Romeo Blue back in the day.

AlexdeParis said:

It was just this morning that I discovered TTD has become this 'Sananda' guy

exactly when did this happen?

Rudy said:

years ago, just after he scored his last hit.....

No competition. TTD crushed Lenny on EVERY level.

I don't even know why they're being compared at all

TTD is an amazing, AMAZING vocalist & songwriter. Lenny is cool but doesn't come close on a singing/songwriting level. Lenny probably (I'm really not sure) plays a better guitar than TTD but that's not really saying much, is it?

That said, I like them both. But TTD hits about a mile closer to my

Still, it's a silly contest - let's play Macy Gray vs. MeShell while we're at it

CalhounSq said:

MeShell!!!!!

I find TTD heavy-handed, ponderous and horribly aware that the midget in Minneapolis could probably do it better.



In all his "derivative" glory (which is a bullshit adjective in describing him) gimme Leonard Kravitz.

Graycap23 said:

except popularity

NDRU said:

Of course, that wasn't always the case. They've seemed to take almost completely opposite paths. TTD started with a bang while Lenny slowly built up an audience.

AlexdeParis said:

True, but there's something to be said for being able to build & maintain popularity like Lenny's done. And, as I said earlier, he didn't fit in neatly with rock radio or R&B radio. Still he found his niche.

Terence took bigger chances, and I respect that, but I don't think he wanted to become as obscure as he's become. I think he wanted the people to follow where he went.

In that sense I think Lenny has done better for himself. I don't think he's sacrificed anything to do it, either, I think he's making exactly the music he wants to.

NDRU said:

Well put and your earlier post was right to an extent. Prince doesn't always show the lessons learned-- or rather he tends to put them aside on various projects. That's a large part of his genius, but it also makes him inconsistent. You have to be able to absorb your influences and put them aside-- mix and match the tools at your disposal-- in order to keep finding fresh ways to express your ideas. That makes the peaks higher and the valleys lower in terms of quality.... blah, blah... I'm doing it again.

whodknee said: