COMPUTERBLUE1984 said:

Music:

Untitled by D'Angelo is the best "Neo Soul" song of the past 15 years, but Maxwell body of work>>>D'Angelo

If MJ, Prince, and Madonna represented the top tier of the 1980s musical scene, then George Michael, Whitney Houston, and Janet Jackson represent the 2nd tier.

Marc Bolan and TRex are very underrated in terms of classic rock.

Dr. Dre "Detox" = "Guns N Roses" Chinese Democracy.

Justin Bieber is this generations Leif Garrett

When They Reminisce Over You (Pete Rock/CL Smooth) is the all time greatest hip hop/rap song

Hall & Oates are severly underrated musically. One of the all time best groups

Ditto for Chicago

Usher > Chris Brown

New Edition > Bell Biv Devoe

Eminem is one of the best MCs of the past 10 years

TV:

Reality TV is vomit inducing.

The Cleveland Show should be cancelled

CSI is not the same since the original cast drifted apart

Movies:

Iron Man2, SpiderMan 3, and XMen 3 were all horrible. Superman returns and Transformers 2 equally as atrocious.

Politically:

The Tea Party is the prologue to a very dark chapter in American politics for the next several years.

Sports:

Miami Heat will not win the NBA championship

Soccer (Futbol) will never have the mass appeal of the NFL, NBA, or MLB in the American sports scene.

Sadly.

COMPUTERBLUE1984 said:

Music:

Untitled by D'Angelo is the best "Neo Soul" song of the past 15 years, but Maxwell body of work>>>D'Angelo

(That's not even unpopular.)

If MJ, Prince, and Madonna represented the top tier of the 1980s musical scene, then George Michael, Whitney Houston, and Janet Jackson represent the 2nd tier.

( )

When They Reminisce Over You (Pete Rock/CL Smooth) is the all time greatest hip hop/rap song

( True that!!!! )

Hall & Oates are severly underrated musically. One of the all time best groups

( Umm, I'm not sure if they're underrated.)

Usher > Chris Brown

( Duh!! )

New Edition > Bell Biv Devoe

( That's not unpopular)

Eminem is one of the best MCs of the past 10 years

( Oh god, )

TV:

Reality TV is vomit inducing.

( Yeah.)

The Cleveland Show should be cancelled

(Never watched it.)

Movies:

Iron Man2, SpiderMan 3, and XMen 3 were all horrible. Superman returns and Transformers 2 equally as atrocious.

( A lot of super hero movies are bad.)

There's really nothing special or unique about Lady Gaga.

The 70s was the best decade for music.

Robin Thicke's 'Something Else' CD is his best work.

Screw a Commodores reunion! I don't care anymore.

Layzie said:

sleepyq said:

Aretha Franklin and Barbara Streisand are incredibly overrated vocally.

[Edited 7/18/10 15:07pm]

OMG, I thought that I was the only one who believed this. I know that Aretha has been considered a legend long before I was born, but as much as people give/gave Patti shit for screaming, Aretha does her fair share of screaming too. And I never thought that Aretha's voice was that strong.

yup. Give me Whitney Houston and Minnie Ripperton's controlled voice over that loud sound anyday.

Hole were one of the best bands of the 90s and deserve to be mentioned alongside Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden et al.

The Doors recorded some dreary shit and Morrison was repulsive.

What's Going On isn't a masterpiece.

Johnny Cash was okay, but his music doesn't stand up to Marty Robbins, Gene Clark, Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, Waylon Jennings or Bobby Bare.

Siobhan Magnus should've won American Idol, she deserves a recording contract immediatly.

If Lady GaGa really is a hermaphrodite it makes her music better.

Prince's decline in musical greatness accurately embodies a rot in our culture: it's incremantal but not clearly visible.

SoulAlive said:

There's really nothing special or unique about Lady Gaga.

The 70s was the best decade for music.

Robin Thicke's 'Something Else' CD is his best work.

Screw a Commodores reunion! I don't care anymore.

Preach on about "Something Else". Great album. I'm still gonna stick with Thicke, even during his hip-hop/bling phase, which I hope is just that. A phase. As far as the Commodores "reunion"? Please, knock it off. Reuniting is easy. Reigniting the old chemistry, and actually performing is impossible. They will only embarrass themselves. NO MORE REUNIONS!!!!!!

Ditto as far as the 70s being the best decade for music. PERIOD. I also think it was the best decade for being IN the music business.

seeingvoices12 said:

purplesweat said:

* No one really cares if you think Dangerous through to Invincible sucked - considering Dangerous, HIStory and Blood on the Dancefloor are 3 of the biggest selling albums of all time. While Prince was floundering with Graffiti Bridge, Mike was riding the success of Black or White. Love Symbol bombed, and while Prince was fucking around with Warner Bros, Mike was finding huge success with the Dangerous world tour, HIStory - Scream, Earth Song. What 90s Prince song comes close to Stranger in Moscow? Dude was happy releasing sub par, embarrassing material like a prissy bitch and made his fans put up with it all - still is. Mike wanted his fans to be happy, wowed and properly entertained right up until the bitter end.

As for all the personal shit you brought up, 99% of which isn't even true (seriously, he'd been dating Lisa Marie for years before they got married) - fuck you. This Prince vs Mike discussion was totally focused on their professional sides NOT their personal sides - although Prince MADE it personal in the 90s. His music didn't have to suffer because he was having issues with his label. Or maybe he just ran out of creativity and originality before Michael did? He has all the control he wants now, yet his music still sucks ass and we just take what we can get.

While Prince was off writing shit like Purple and Gold, Michael was planning the jaw dropping This Is It shows. Mike made a perfectly bittersweet comeback in death, Prince is still the crazy irrelevant washed up 80s star with one big album.

Wow. Just. Wow.

PurpleRain2010 said:

JC Chasez is a better singer than Justin Timberlake.

Man, I agree, and that cut, "Blowing Me Up.." STILL kicks. His album could have used a bit more tweaking with the content, and production, but maybe it just came out at the wrong time.

namepeace said:

seeingvoices12 said:

Wow. Just. Wow.

The songs on Van Hunt's first two albums were better written than those appearing on Prince's first two albums.

Arrested Development's "Zingalamaduni" is far superior to their hit debut album, "3 years, 5 months, & 2 days in the Life Of ***."

coltrane3 said:

Arrested Development's "Zingalamaduni" is far superior to their hit debut album, "3 years, 5 months, & 2 days in the Life Of ***."

OMG! 'dre

PurpleRain2010 said:

JC Chasez is a better singer than Justin Timberlake.

Robin Thicke would kick BOTH their asses!

'dre

DreZone said:

PurpleRain2010 said:

JC Chasez is a better singer than Justin Timberlake.

Robin Thicke would kick BOTH their asses!

'dre

Ha! U kiddin me, right?!

Robin Thicke can write himself a good track, but vocally, he's in the same boat as Timberlake and Adam Levine.

JC is actually a good singer and doesn't belong in that group of white boys that can't sing.

sleepyq said:

DreZone said:

Robin Thicke would kick BOTH their asses!

'dre

Ha! U kiddin me, right?!

Robin Thicke can write himself a good track, but vocally, he's in the same boat as Timberlake and Adam Levine.

JC is actually a good singer and doesn't belong in that group of white boys that can't sing.

JT sucks anyway.

purplesweat said:

Well, as you said, this IS the unpopular opinions thread

Nothing wrong with telling it like it is - we all know very well Prince is probably still capable of being amazing again, that he probably has one last classic album left in him. We know he holds back, censors himself and distances himself from his old material/his legacy. We all know the 90s was a disaster for him and his career in every way possible and that his career is just riding on the fact that he's Prince nowadays and WAS great once. We've all been extremely frustrated by his treatment of us in one way or another - whether it be overpricing tickets, not touring, ordering fansites to shut, suing anyone who uses his music, closing websites or just releasing horrible embarrasingly bad music.

Mike NEVER stooped to doing any of that, even during his trial he was making sure fans were OK - there's video of him ready to tear a paparazzo's head off for pushing a fan. Prince is too busy writing diss tracks to us to care about the fact that we'll be the only ones preserving/caring about his legacy one day.

You tell me sales don't equal quality but then say it's "sad" that MJ only released 7 albums? Give me 7 solid, hard worked on, truly timeless albums than 35, with only about 5 or 6 truly worth listening to, most of which were released just to end a contract.

There's a reason that troll further up could only attack MJ's personal life via tabloid bullshit - because, careerwise, Prince just cannot compete.

I like MJ but he definitely didn't have 7 solid albums. More like 3.

mysticman said:

purplesweat said:

Well, as you said, this IS the unpopular opinions thread

Nothing wrong with telling it like it is - we all know very well Prince is probably still capable of being amazing again, that he probably has one last classic album left in him. We know he holds back, censors himself and distances himself from his old material/his legacy. We all know the 90s was a disaster for him and his career in every way possible and that his career is just riding on the fact that he's Prince nowadays and WAS great once. We've all been extremely frustrated by his treatment of us in one way or another - whether it be overpricing tickets, not touring, ordering fansites to shut, suing anyone who uses his music, closing websites or just releasing horrible embarrasingly bad music.

Mike NEVER stooped to doing any of that, even during his trial he was making sure fans were OK - there's video of him ready to tear a paparazzo's head off for pushing a fan. Prince is too busy writing diss tracks to us to care about the fact that we'll be the only ones preserving/caring about his legacy one day.

You tell me sales don't equal quality but then say it's "sad" that MJ only released 7 albums? Give me 7 solid, hard worked on, truly timeless albums than 35, with only about 5 or 6 truly worth listening to, most of which were released just to end a contract.

There's a reason that troll further up could only attack MJ's personal life via tabloid bullshit - because, careerwise, Prince just cannot compete.

I like MJ but he definitely didn't have 7 solid albums. More like 3.

That's pretty much what I said.

NastradumasKid said:

mysticman said:

I like MJ but he definitely didn't have 7 solid albums. More like 3.

That's pretty much what I said.

What you said was wrong, MJ did have 7 solid, cohesive albums, there few fillers but still solid albums from off the wall to history

purplesweat said:

Well, as you said, this IS the unpopular opinions thread

Nothing wrong with telling it like it is - we all know very well Prince is probably still capable of being amazing again, that he probably has one last classic album left in him. We know he holds back, censors himself and distances himself from his old material/his legacy. We all know the 90s was a disaster for him and his career in every way possible and that his career is just riding on the fact that he's Prince nowadays and WAS great once. We've all been extremely frustrated by his treatment of us in one way or another - whether it be overpricing tickets, not touring, ordering fansites to shut, suing anyone who uses his music, closing websites or just releasing horrible embarrasingly bad music.

Mike NEVER stooped to doing any of that, even during his trial he was making sure fans were OK - there's video of him ready to tear a paparazzo's head off for pushing a fan. Prince is too busy writing diss tracks to us to care about the fact that we'll be the only ones preserving/caring about his legacy one day.

You tell me sales don't equal quality but then say it's "sad" that MJ only released 7 albums? Give me 7 solid, hard worked on, truly timeless albums than 35, with only about 5 or 6 truly worth listening to, most of which were released just to end a contract.

There's a reason that troll further up could only attack MJ's personal life via tabloid bullshit - because, careerwise, Prince just cannot compete.

I agree

Thanks seeingvoices

NOTE: My quote riling everyone up was more about how the public sees Prince, obviously I don't think he's washed up nor do I think Purple Rain is his only successful or good quality album.

purplesweat said:

Thanks seeingvoices

NOTE: My quote riling everyone up was more about how the public sees Prince, obviously I don't think he's washed up nor do I think Purple Rain is his only successful or good quality album.

I think I'm the only one that got that

Destiny and Triumph are pretty much MJ solo albums, so dude does have at least 6 solid albums.

Prince should never have released ATWIAD and kept The Dance Electric for himself. He still could have been on top of the world without releasing Purple Rain pt. 2

The Beatles, Nirvana, and Elvis are all overrated. (overrated doesn't mean I think they're bad or anything)

David Bowie and Stevie Wonder don't get the credit they deserve and should be just as popular as bands like Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin.

If Prince would have done Bad (and mj change the lyric), there would be far less and less intense prince vs. mj debates

Lady Gaga is gonna be here a while, especially when she stops making dance music. that first album she diverts from her trademark style and drops the image, she's gonna be like the new norah jones

[Edited 7/20/10 7:14am]

MotorBootyAffair said:

PurpleRain2010 said:

JC Chasez is a better singer than Justin Timberlake.

Man, I agree, and that cut, "Blowing Me Up.." STILL kicks. His album could have used a bit more tweaking with the content, and production, but maybe it just came out at the wrong time.

I love ''Blowing Me Up''. I keep meaning to buy JC's album, but I keep forgetting. I don't think Justified was as good as people say it was. Justin just got lucky with the songs and producers he worked with. If JC was the lead singer of Nsync, he would have been more successful solo, IMO.

seeingvoices12 said:

NastradumasKid said:

That's pretty much what I said.

What you said was wrong, MJ did have 7 solid, cohesive albums, there few fillers but still solid albums from off the wall to history

That's your opinion pal.

Although many of us as fans believe our favorite artists body of work to be flawless over a given period, the general public view MJ and Prince being music as defined by their 1980s work. Madonna is given more credit (positive) for her body of work over the past 25 years

Layzie said:

NastradumasKid said:

Ummm....WTF???!!!!

You asked for unpopular.

This thread is weird... most people are playing it safe and posting "popular" opinions... the minute someone actually posts an unpopular opinion people are shitting all over him...

crazydoctor said:

Layzie said:

You asked for unpopular.

This thread is weird... most people are playing it safe and posting "popular" opinions... the minute someone actually posts an unpopular opinion people are shitting all over him...

indeed!

crazydoctor said:

This thread is weird... most people are playing it safe and posting "popular" opinions... the minute someone actually posts an unpopular opinion people are shitting all over him...

I think some of us are afraid to say something that will offend other orgers

MotorBootyAffair said:

SoulAlive said:

There's really nothing special or unique about Lady Gaga.

The 70s was the best decade for music.

Robin Thicke's 'Something Else' CD is his best work.

Screw a Commodores reunion! I don't care anymore.

Preach on about "Something Else". Great album. I'm still gonna stick with Thicke, even during his hip-hop/bling phase, which I hope is just that. A phase. As far as the Commodores "reunion"? Please, knock it off. Reuniting is easy. Reigniting the old chemistry, and actually performing is impossible. They will only embarrass themselves. NO MORE REUNIONS!!!!!!

Ditto as far as the 70s being the best decade for music. PERIOD. I also think it was the best decade for being IN the music business.

Fans always rave about 'The Evolution of Robin Thicke' but I think 'Something Else' is more focused with stronger uptempo tracks and less filler.And yes,I hope Robin's recent album is just a phase he's going through.I want him to leave the rappers behind and return to his excellent retro-R&B sound.