I just finished watching a program on VH-1 Soul on sensuality/sexuality in Black Music. It went all the way back to blues and R&B in the 50s and 60s, thru disco, to "thug love" rap, but Prince wasn't mentioned. They even discussed women like Bessie Smith, Millie Jackson and Li'l Kim.
Okay... I can see how they could feel that Prince doesn't truly fit in with R&B per se, but Teddy Pendergrass said that D'Angelo has a "sound like no other".
I disagree with that point. His sexual falsetto is nothing that Prince wasn't doing before him. If they were going to throw that in the last 10 minutes, they could have mentioned how Prince's lyrics pushed the envelope of sexuality.

Certain segments of society want to act as if Prince was "discovered" when "1999" came out and as if he has little to no presence in the black contemporary music market -- when in fact Prince was a dominant act in that market. I agree, I don't see how such a show can be made without Prince.

I saw that also, and had an issue with Prince not being mentioned. They mentioned disco music and artist like Donna Summer and Sylvester and went straight to hip-hop sexuality, but in between those subjects should have been Prince.

2blax2proud said:

That's what I thought!