LOL What's with all the Xtina stans?

And yes obviously there are people as bad as Matthew but he is one of the worst and well known. I'm not a fan of Clive or L.A. Reid either.

its quite obvious Beyonce is a shit singer, her high pitch wailings make you want to ejaculate prematurely to avoid the agony of her disgusting voice.

not only that, but she is a CONFIRMED devil worshipper alongside Jay Z.

Both worship the devil and use blatant freemason imagery in their videos and clothing.

just take a look at Sasha Fierce's outfit, with the fucking obvious baphomet sticking out!

fucking whore!

i bet she bent over a few times and took it up at the ass, to become a "star".

dirty!

What's all this devil worship talk? My grandfather was a Freemason, and I don't recall any talk of worshiping the devil in their household.

the crap you read on the org these days...

TonyVanDam said:

@ "demon-possessed woman"

I feel like people (the music industry) give Beyonce too much credit. she hasn't broken any barriers or done anything remarkable.

To add, a Prince-Alicia Keys collaboration would be great. Have they worked together already? I love her cover of "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore". She's a great artist.

purplesweat said:

HUH POOK LIKE THAT SHOW

NOT EVERYONE HAVE TO BE EVERYTHING IN EVERY SONG

ThreadBare said:

I guess ya'll beat me to that point

WaterInYourBath said:

It a fact that Vanity was not better then Beyonce but I like her solo stuff more and I get a coolness factor from her so Yeah.

vainandy said:

What about Carmen Electra?

Question: If this is information available, if not necessarily widely known, to the general public, then how do you imagine Prince, someone who works in the industry, hasn't heard about it?


The fact of the matter is that Prince is the queen of saying one thing while doing another. He can preach for days about "real music by real musicians" but at the end of the day he's still hopping onstage with the likes of Beyonce.

Calluout said:

Prince's long line of protoges (minus possibly Tamar) prove this already

The Grammy performance had fuckall to do with love of music or artistry. It was an advertisement to let folks know he's still in the game and still 'has it'.

It worked.

meow85 said:

Play the game.....or lose the game.

CalhounSq said:

Exactly. People are acting like he did a duet with Rosanne Barr. And between Bey and Christina Aguilera what exactly is the difference other that one is white and the other is not? They both tend to botch a few perfomances in some form or fashion.

Graycap23 said:

BlaqueKnight said:

Thank you! Prince is as much an opportunist as anyone. Prince has done dirt behind the scenes himself, so who is he to judge? I'm not a Beyonce fan, but that performance gave them both a boost. It connected him to a younger audience and gave Beyonce more cache. Not for nothing the girl held her own with him.

He knew as much about her as he needed to know.

Enough to "show her some chords & scales on the piano" which says to me he knew she wasn't a real musician but had potential if she actually cared.

But this is the guy who sang with Appolonia fer crissakes

My opinion is that Prince could care less about talent...Beyonce sells and thats why he dueted with her.

On the flip side, I don't get all the hype of Beyonce. To me she's just a scapegoat right now. In 20 years she'll be featured on E! True Hollywood Stories have a reality show just like everybody else.

TonyVanDam said:

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I hope your joking !!! She is just another pretty face in an industry that is obsessed with looks over talent. P himself has been doing this since Vanity Six and I don’t remember him ever being hard on non-talented female singers. His beef appears to be with the lack of original music and piss poor live performances (especially dudes or bands).

In addition, part of that Grammy show was paring up olders stars with new stars. If he bitched about performing with her he would have been made out to be a bad guy.

meow85 said:

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He is also hoping on the stage and playing real music. Which is about all he can really do. People like Beyonce are not going anywhere.

It was ALL about promotion. He was just embarking on his Musicolgy tour & needed to remind people he was still on the scene. Don't even get me started on the American Idol appearance.

It's all about business folks, not about artistry.

laurarichardson said:

For real, lets not forget that awful performance with The Time paired up with Rhianna, of all people

Bree8016 said:

Exactly.

NDRU said:

Exactly.

Prince has acknowledge that Beyonce can "sing". But he NEVER said that she can "compose" music. At least Prince notice her weakness.

But damn it, it's the same weakness that is noticeable with a lot of shit-hop/rhythmless buttshit (r&b) artists AND producers alike. It's mostly about beatmaking. I love to hear some fresh drum beats myself. But as a music fan, I want to hear some bass (guitar or synth), keyboard, & guitar as well.

And the hell with the auto-tune crap. Instead of using that software for robotic vocals, why not use a REAL talkbox like the late Roger Troutman did in the studio AND on stage!?

laurarichardson said:

http://prince.org/msg/105/314230

Although most orgers aren't "convince", a lot of YouTube members are. And there is a lot of video documentaries that goes into details (both funny AND dead serious).

meow85 said:

Plus he finds that ass highly tappable. It wouldn't matter if she was an illiterate panda hunter.

laurarichardson said:

Exactly.

I'm no Beyonce fan by a long shot. I wish she'd just disappear, really. But I don't hold it against Prince for doing the performance with her, either. Or for that matter, the AI gig. Prince may be crazy, but he's not stupid. You've got to work within the rules of the industry to get anywhere, even when you're an established artist. He knows this, and so he also knew that -no matter how wrong it may seem for a living legend to have to work with a radio tartlet to get any attention -that appearing on the Grammy's with Beyonce could've only been a boon to his career at the stage it was in 2004.

WaterInYourBath said:

Her vocals piss me off too.

beyonce is NOT a bad singer. i think she does rather well on ballads.

DesireeNevermind said:

Of course not. In fact, she is a GOOD singer. Its fashionable to complain about mainstream pop artists. They think it makes them "cool" to hate on the mainstream. If anything, Beyoncé is guilty of having sub par material rather than not being able to properly exectue it.