errant said:

16 responses and no one's said Prince yet. shocking

I keep waiting for someone to say Prince too.

TonyVanDam said:

shorttrini said:

Ok. So I am here watching the 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame concert, and it got me to thinking..."What artist do you think show just "call it a day and just go home". Here are my choices.

1. Stevie Wonder - As much as he is a legend, in my opinion, he just does not have it anymore. His voice is not what it used to be.

2. Madonna - Her best days are behind her, as far as I am concerned. She has not released anything of substance, since "Erotica".

3. Paul Simon - Same as Madonna....His last great album was "Graceland".

4. Quincy Jones - After the "We are the world" and Strawberry Letter 23" incidents, he has a room waiting for him at Bellvue.

5. Janet Jackson - As long as she continues to make music for the hearing impaired, she will never be what she was in my book.

6. Anita Baker - Can we say, "National Anthem"

7. John Legend - The only good thing that he put out was his debut, after that it was all down hill.

This is what I came up with so far. What about you guys...

I disagree with only THAT^ first one. Even at his worst, I would rather put up with a flawed Stevie Wonder than the absolute "best" of these shit-hop/rhythmless bullshit (r&b) and C.R.A.P. artists of the 2000's & 2010's.

*C.R.A.P. = Contemporary Rap & Pop

I'm with ya on that.

NastradumasKid said:

Prince- I grew up listening to Prince and I love him very much but dude has been acting like a bitch for the past 10+ years and every since he became a JW, which is fine, but he hasn't really been good when it came to his music. And that last album he had...I didn't even need to buy it to know that it was worthless.

Mick Hucknall.

Ginger tosspot.

psychodelicide said:

NastradumasKid said:

Prince- I grew up listening to Prince and I love him very much but dude has been acting like a bitch for the past 10+ years and every since he became a JW, which is fine, but he hasn't really been good when it came to his music. And that last album he had...I didn't even need to buy it to know that it was worthless.

It was worthless and you know it!

Jessica Simpson...she's done Christian, R&B, Pop, and country and her Double D's have taken her just as far as she can go.

Aretha Franklin: She sounds like there's a chicken bone stuck in her throat when she sings. She can literally replace Jabba the Hut in the next Star Wars remake..No cgi necessary

^

shorttrini said:

Ok. So I am here watching the 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame concert, and it got me to thinking..."What artist do you think show just "call it a day and just go home". Here are my choices.

1. Stevie Wonder - As much as he is a legend, in my opinion, he just does not have it anymore. His voice is not what it used to be.

2. Madonna - Her best days are behind her, as far as I am concerned. She has not released anything of substance, since "Erotica".

3. Paul Simon - Same as Madonna....His last great album was "Graceland".

4. Quincy Jones - After the "We are the world" and Strawberry Letter 23" incidents, he has a room waiting for him at Bellvue.

5. Janet Jackson - As long as she continues to make music for the hearing impaired, she will never be what she was in my book.

6. Anita Baker - Can we say, "National Anthem"

7. John Legend - The only good thing that he put out was his debut, after that it was all down hill.

This is what I came up with so far. What about you guys...

I don't think the first two artists need to hang it up

Madonna is still selling out arenas/stadiums and every few years,she has the occasional Top 10 hit.Moreso than any other longtime pop artist,she knows how to remain relevent.I would never count her out.

Stevie Wonder is my favorite artist and I think he still has alot to offer.I just wish he was a little more prolific.We waited ten years for 'A Time 2 Love'!

As for the other artists on your list....

As a musical artist,Janet could still survive,but she's gonna have to change course and try something new.Making the same album over and over again just ain't working for her.She needs a complete musical makeover.

Ditto for Anita Baker.I stopped buying her music after 'Giving You The Best That I Got'.

Quincy Jones should have retired 20 years ago.He's become an embarassment,shamelessly collaborating with hip-hop artists and ruining his own classic songs I never thought that I would see the day when I would actually have to criticize a legendary,well-respected producer.

Not really a fan of John Legend,so I can't comment on him.

Paul Simon? I'm a fan of his 70s stuff,but I have no idea what he's up to nowadays.

NastradumasKid said:

psychodelicide said:

It was worthless and you know it!

NastradumasKid said:

psychodelicide said:

It was worthless and you know it!

It wasn't worthless. The problem is most Prince haters on the org now expect the

Dirty Mind-Controversy-1999 Prince era. It ain't happening captain. His last album

certainly was no masterpiece but it certainly has good songs on it that fall short

of his classic era. His last project was definitely better than the previous one

Planet Earth.

phunkdaddy said:

NastradumasKid said:

It was worthless and you know it!

It wasn't worthless. The problem is most Prince haters on the org now expect the

Dirty Mind-Controversy-1999 Prince era. It ain't happening captain. His last album

certainly was no masterpiece but it certainly has good songs on it that fall short

of his classic era. His last project was definitely better than the previous one

Planet Earth.

As a Prince fan for the past 11 years, I knew long ago the old Prince was gone. I was not expecting his last album to be something like 1999 or anything like that. I was kind of expecting something like 3121, that album was actually decent and so was Musicology, except for the actual song, IMO.

Yeah, not to beat a dead horse, but Stevie Wonder definitely shouldn't be on this list:

legendofnothing said:

Aretha Franklin: She sounds like there's a chicken bone stuck in her throat when she sings. She can literally replace Jabba the Hut in the next Star Wars remake..No cgi necessary

lmao! Thats hilarious!

gackt.

SoulAlive said:

shorttrini said:

Ok. So I am here watching the 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame concert, and it got me to thinking..."What artist do you think show just "call it a day and just go home". Here are my choices.

1. Stevie Wonder - As much as he is a legend, in my opinion, he just does not have it anymore. His voice is not what it used to be.

2. Madonna - Her best days are behind her, as far as I am concerned. She has not released anything of substance, since "Erotica".

3. Paul Simon - Same as Madonna....His last great album was "Graceland".

4. Quincy Jones - After the "We are the world" and Strawberry Letter 23" incidents, he has a room waiting for him at Bellvue.

5. Janet Jackson - As long as she continues to make music for the hearing impaired, she will never be what she was in my book.

6. Anita Baker - Can we say, "National Anthem"

7. John Legend - The only good thing that he put out was his debut, after that it was all down hill.

This is what I came up with so far. What about you guys...

I don't think the first two artists need to hang it up

Madonna is still selling out arenas/stadiums and every few years,she has the occasional Top 10 hit.Moreso than any other longtime pop artist,she knows how to remain relevent.I would never count her out.

Stevie Wonder is my favorite artist and I think he still has alot to offer.I just wish he was a little more prolific.We waited ten years for 'A Time 2 Love'!

As for the other artists on your list....

As a musical artist,Janet could still survive,but she's gonna have to change course and try something new.Making the same album over and over again just ain't working for her.She needs a complete musical makeover.

Ditto for Anita Baker.I stopped buying her music after 'Giving You The Best That I Got'.

Quincy Jones should have retired 20 years ago.He's become an embarassment,shamelessly collaborating with hip-hop artists and ruining his own classic songs I never thought that I would see the day when I would actually have to criticize a legendary,well-respected producer.

Not really a fan of John Legend,so I can't comment on him.

Paul Simon? I'm a fan of his 70s stuff,but I have no idea what he's up to nowadays.

RE: Janet...

Totally agree. Ditch the interludes (they've been on every album since RN...and though they were better on Discipline than DJ (the "Country" one in particular) or 20 yo, they've long overstayed their welcome.) and change up the sound a bit. She could pull off a full-on rock album...why not go for it?

=0P

James Taylor and Carole King.

SoulAlive said:

phunkdaddy said:

Smooth Criminal lousy?

I agree the album wasn't all that but Smooth Criminal was the

best track on the album imo. I thought Dangerous was a superior

album to Bad.

I never liked "Smooth Criminal" That song annoys me,with that silly,repetitive hook "Annie,are you okay...Annie,are you okay?".Many of the songs on 'Bad' sound as if they were written strictly for video interpretation,"Smooth Criminal" being the best example of this.

I actually agree. I always skip over Smooth Criminal and Bad.