adorable2 said:

but music is so much more subjective then sports. first of all its silly that folks try to compare artist but its even sillier to use popularity as a litmus for talent.

sosgemini said:

Exactly my point. Comparing athletes is just as silly. People start to put all their stock in some individual being the "next" individual. TTD didn't need to be the next Prince. If his fans appreciate what he brings to the table, that should be enough. Nobody is ever going to be Prince in this or the "next" life. Just like no one will ever be the next Michael Jordan. Labeling individuals this way only leads to dissapointment because the most anyone can ever be is themselves. I totally love and appreciate TTD for who he is and what he brings I don't need him to be the next anything.

adorable2 said:

LOL! Blast from the past like a mofo.

Ifsixwuz9 said:

I know right?

adorable2 said:

ohh..i totally misread your comment then. as you were.

sosgemini said:

Sos and I are gonna have a moment here please excuse us... Thank you, wtf are people looking at?

Ok, moment over... we can go back to battling now

Ifsixwuz9 said:

scriptgirl said:

TTD could have been a great artist if he didn't try to rip off Prince's style.

adorable2 said:

Harold was supposed too be the "next Mike" in atheletic ability/dunking only not as all all around talent.

LittleBLUECorvette said:

Regardless he was nicknamed Baby Jordan or some shit wasn't he? I'm not saying he wanted it that way but the public always has a way of trying to turn someone into the next - insertwhoeverthefuckuwant.

adorable2 said:

Yeah, his nick name was "Baby Jordan" because he dunked like MJ - I see what you mean though.

I love TTD, but he skipped 1999 & Purple Rain and went straight to Around the World in a Day.

Prince lost lots of fans, too, but he had more to lose.

if there was never a Prince, people here would be lappin up TTD. too bad for TTD
he cant get away from the shadow he never tried to run from.

to answer the question....hes the closest
that never was

PleasurePrinciple said:

This is where people fuck up when they get around P. If u want P to be cool with u, then u have to just be yourself and show that you're at peace with just being yourself. Only then will your confidence show. If u come in there trying to be something that you're not, P will eat u alive. One thing a lot of people don't realize or they tend to forget is that P is from the streets. Old school street. Simply put; Prince is an o.g. U think P couldn't tell that Terrence was on this 'I'm going to try to act like Prince" trip? P probably respected Terrence's talent. But Terrence would have gotten a lot further with P if he didn't show any fear and just kicked it. If u come in trying to copy him or if you're falling all over yourself kissing his ass, u can forget it. Everyone is an equal and u must exude this. Then, that's when u get the respect. When you're truly talented, u don't have to go out of your way to show it. Folks aren't blind or deaf. So just let it do it's thing.

Ifsixwuz9 said:

No shit. Besides the fact that they're both light skinned brothers, that's where the resemblence ends.

Both are diferent artists

scriptgirl said:

Well, some brother out in the audience during Terrence's performance at the 87 Grammy's sure thought so. With P AND Michael both sitting in the audience, some cat yelled out during D'Arby's song "Go head, Prince!". That was really fucked up. To Terrence's credit, he didn't lose his cool. He just kept performing.

sosgemini said:

I prefer him to Prince as well and I don't understand why some people think he copied Prince's style because that's just not true at all. I wonder if any of these people ever gave a second listen to any of his albums . I guess they just came overhere from the NPGMC and never listen to anyone else but Prince . Sananda/TTD is an amazing artist, a great singer and songwriter and what difference does it make anyway if he looks like Prince or doesn't .

I love them both...they are different!

The only similarity they have is that they make excellent music!

MikeMatronik said:

They are similar, but more in the way you can compare Michael Jackson to Elvis. They don't look alike, sound alike, move alike, etc, but there are similarities in the type of artist they are.

NDRU said:

Both Prince and Sananda are multi-instrumentalists and compose all their stuff.

But the themes of their music are different.

MikeMatronik said:

They also do r&b & rock & cross other musical boundaries, have great sense of musical history, they're a little goofy, they think highly of themselves, they dance, they do lush vocals, they genderbend to some degree, they are sex symbols, sing in high voices, they don't fit neatly into any pop category, they are probably control freaks, they're producers, they both changed their names

but they don't look or sound like each other, no

NDRU said:

And they both love Beautiful Women!

Check Sananda's wife:



She's beautiful!!!

MikeMatronik said:

Yeah, she is. I was going to say that but then who doesn't love beautiful women!

Both have songs named Dolphin!

I remember reading a interview on TTD's site asking him would he like to work with P. He said he would love to, but it would never happen because they think too much alike and the "sheer brilliance" between the both of them would cross cancel each other...or some mess like that.

TTD to me looked more like Lisa Bonet's twin brother more than P. I was never big into him (because of the "Sgt. Pepper" remark..I'm a huge Beatles fan) but he is talented. I respect him.

sharonbell said:

I have no idea but I wouldn't have been watching.

scriptgirl said:

well, according to Terrence Trent D'Arby he was. And Michael Jackson too. Just ask him.

I believed the hype and went to see him at the Warner Theater, D.C. in 1987 and it was horrible. He couldn't sing and he tried to be James Brown. One of the only concerts I ever walked out on.

Interestingly enough, his website has an archive of concerts and the D.C. one isn't listed there. (it says 'not all venues known') Maybe he doesn't want to remember that night.

I felt bad for him sort of. I mean nobody clapped and everyone was like "Who does he think he is?"

Anyone else go to that show or hear about it?