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How Come Justin's SexyBack gets more respect from the mainstream than Prince's Black Sweat? I still say that Black Sweat should have been a bigger hit if Universial would have gave it a bigger promotional push.
With that said, I'm happy for Justin to have a hit with Sexyback. But what the hell is wrong with this picture. Does THIS american music industry really hate artists over age 35 now? | |
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The public sucks. "Black Sweat" is the hottest record of the year (I can't think of any single that comes close to it) and had an excellent video. But what are you gonna do. | |
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Why? Because Justin is 25, and Prince is pushing 50.
It sucks, but older acts get no love on the radio. | |
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Nick715 said: Why? Because Justin is 25, and Prince is pushing 50.
It sucks, but older acts get no love on the radio. Sad but true.  | |
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sexyback is a better pop track than black sweat. i missed all the hype over black sweat. its a good song but it ain't the best thing on radio by a long shot. | |
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sitruk7 said: Nick715 said: Why? Because Justin is 25, and Prince is pushing 50.
It sucks, but older acts get no love on the radio. Sad but true. Very true and very pathetic. Black Sweat deserved to be heard cause that was and still is a hot song and it was passed for silly reasons. This song single handedly made me stop listening to Top 40 radio. It's pure and utter bullshit that Prince can't get no airplay but a counterfeit gets all the praise for sounding like a true artist. That's music today I guess.  I'm not a fan of "old Prince". I'm not a fan of "new Prince". I'm just a fan of Prince. Simple as that | |
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one more thing. i'm sure glad tina turner came back when she did because if she tried to come back today, she's be ignored like mad. clear channel is ageist. they think the young people are really stupid and can't get into someone who happens to be 30 let alone 60. someone needs to call their sorry asses on that. i'm off my soapbox now but i got to say this.
FUCK CLEAR CHANNEL [Edited 9/14/06 18:55pm] I'm not a fan of "old Prince". I'm not a fan of "new Prince". I'm just a fan of Prince. Simple as that | |
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Justin is 25
Prince is 50 well about those ages. | |
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purplecam said: sitruk7 said: Sad but true. Very true and very pathetic. Black Sweat deserved to be heard cause that was and still is a hot song and it was passed for silly reasons. This song single handedly made me stop listening to Top 40 radio. It's pure and utter bullshit that Prince can't get no airplay but a counterfeit gets all the praise for sounding like a true artist. That's music today I guess. Exactly!  | |
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purplecam said: one more thing. i'm sure glad tina turner came back when she did because if she tried to come back today, she's be ignored like mad. clear channel is ageist. they think the young people are really stupid and can't get into someone who happens to be 30 let alone 60. someone needs to call their sorry asses on that. i'm off my soapbox now but i got to say this.
FUCK CLEAR CHANNEL [Edited 9/14/06 18:55pm]  | |
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I was thinking the same thing. The tracks are very much the same. Black Sweat slighly better, both songs suffer from minimalism. Black Sweat has a great breakdown, shoulda been a bigger hit, even for a 50 yeard old. | |
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Black Sweat was hot to Prince fans. It wasn't that hot overall. For the record, SexyBack is overhyped, too. | |
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BlaqueKnight said: Black Sweat was hot to Prince fans. It wasn't that hot overall. For the record, SexyBack is overhyped, too.
Exactly! And Justin is doing a lot of interviews because of only one song. | |
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Today's listeners do not like anyone to have an individual look and a gay look is the last thing they like. Prince has both of those. The 1980s were the opposite. You had to be an individual and if you weren't gay, you sure as hell had better look like you were. Those were the good ole days....when men were women and women were whores.  Andy is a four letter word. | |
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I prefer Black Sweat anyday! | |
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Even though I'm really not a JT fan, I'd say that SexyBack is a better song than Black Sweat; that breakdown in Black Sweat is just cringe-inducing. Plus, that Dre-styled synth line is so annoying, not to mention dated.
The breakdown (bridge, whatever you want to call it) is pretty much the same thing he did in 'Musicology'; the half-rap thing over the beat doesn't really do it for me. I'm the first mammal to wear pants. | |
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vainandy said: Those were the good ole days....when men were women and women were whores.
I swear, your comments are priceless If you will, so will I | |
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Nick715 said: Why? Because Justin is 25, and Prince is pushing 50.
It sucks, but older acts get no love on the radio. Couldn't have said it better If you will, so will I | |
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vainandy said: Today's listeners do not like anyone to have an individual look and a gay look is the last thing they like. Prince has both of those. The 1980s were the opposite. You had to be an individual and if you weren't gay, you sure as hell had better look like you were. Those were the good ole days....when men were women and women were whores.
....and then, there was Micki Free. Of all of the artists of the new bleed era, Micki took the freaking cake!!! 
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TonyVanDam said: vainandy said: Today's listeners do not like anyone to have an individual look and a gay look is the last thing they like. Prince has both of those. The 1980s were the opposite. You had to be an individual and if you weren't gay, you sure as hell had better look like you were. Those were the good ole days....when men were women and women were whores.
....and then, there was Micki Free. Of all of the artists of the new bleed era, Micki took the freaking cake!!!
Don't make me think of charlie murphy true hollywood stories. | |
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TonyVanDam said: vainandy said: Today's listeners do not like anyone to have an individual look and a gay look is the last thing they like. Prince has both of those. The 1980s were the opposite. You had to be an individual and if you weren't gay, you sure as hell had better look like you were. Those were the good ole days....when men were women and women were whores.
....and then, there was Micki Free. Of all of the artists of the new bleed era, Micki took the freaking cake!!!
I am sorry Justin looks very Gay to me...him and his metrosexual lookin ass...Usher,Chris Brown,Ne-Yo...etc all look like some pretty homo thugs... I am not African. Africa is in me, but I cannot return.
I am not taína. Taíno is in me, but there is no way back. I am not european. Europe lives in me, but I have no home there. I am new. History made me. My first language was spanglish. And I am | |
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vainandy said: Today's listeners do not like anyone to have an individual look and a gay look is the last thing they like. Prince has both of those. The 1980s were the opposite. You had to be an individual and if you weren't gay, you sure as hell had better look like you were. Those were the good ole days....when men were women and women were whores.
You were on  all day, right? | |
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vainandy said: Today's listeners do not like anyone to have an individual look and a gay look is the last thing they like. Prince has both of those. The 1980s were the opposite. You had to be an individual and if you weren't gay, you sure as hell had better look like you were. Those were the good ole days....when men were women and women were whores.
so much truth in that.... maybe that's why the 90's was the decade of the Thug...just to wash away all fo the mascara and pumps the men were wearing in the 80s | |
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oh....and black sweat is officially one of my fav prince songs..... | |
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purplecam said: sitruk7 said: Sad but true. Very true and very pathetic. Black Sweat deserved to be heard cause that was and still is a hot song and it was passed for silly reasons. This song single handedly made me stop listening to Top 40 radio. It's pure and utter bullshit that Prince can't get no airplay but a counterfeit gets all the praise for sounding like a true artist. That's music today I guess.  it's downright depressing,isn't it?
Another reason why I refuse to listen to the radio these days. | |
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sitruk7 said: Nick715 said: Why? Because Justin is 25, and Prince is pushing 50.
It sucks, but older acts get no love on the radio. Sad but true. I agree with that. My 17 yo sister won't even listen to Prince because he's 48. She's crazy about Timberlake, Paris Hilton, Pussycat dolls.. Now it's about fashion, forget about the music taste... | |
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Nick715 said: Why? Because Justin is 25, and Prince is pushing 50.
It sucks, but older acts get no love on the radio. i think you hit it right on the head. it's so sad but true. if prince were 25 that song would have been a much bigger hit! | |
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TonyVanDam said: vainandy said: Today's listeners do not like anyone to have an individual look and a gay look is the last thing they like. Prince has both of those. The 1980s were the opposite. You had to be an individual and if you weren't gay, you sure as hell had better look like you were. Those were the good ole days....when men were women and women were whores.
....and then, there was Micki Free. Of all of the artists of the new bleed era, Micki took the freaking cake!!!
now hold on tiger. i loves me some micki free. he was a hottie and he could play and sing! circumstancial eveidence is my shit! | |
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Its all about your age plain and simple. It doesnt really matter what Prince will put and how good it is, its not going to get time from Radio because he doesnt fit the demographic that radio is aimed at. Its just the way it is now, some people say its always been that way, but thats not true, things all started changing in the soundscan era. "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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And I prefer Black Sweat. | |
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