well let me start off by saying im 16 years old, and have ALWAYS been a HUGE mj fan, im one of those crazy fans, lol..

about a year ago i started listening to prince, and im now rather obbsessed with him as well,

i LOVE music from the 80's.. but im trying to explore and find more great musicians to listen to, i have recently gotten into bowie,whitney houston, sly and the family stone, and james brown,

basically im just asking from what i have explained to you about my musical intrest what are some good albums for me to buy and listen to?

thanks..

besides mj and prince because i have all there records,

thanks!

HisProtege said:

Rick James

thanks, and album?

dm3857 said:

HisProtege said:

Rick James

thanks, and album?

^^^Street Songs. Check out Teena Marie also--It Must Be Magic, Robbery, and Starchild.

purplethunder3121 said:

dm3857 said:

well let me start off by saying im 16 years old, and have ALWAYS been a HUGE mj fan, im one of those crazy fans, lol..

about a year ago i started listening to prince, and im now rather obbsessed with him as well,

i LOVE music from the 80's.. but im trying to explore and find more great musicians to listen to, i have recently gotten into bowie,whitney houston, sly and the family stone, and james brown,

basically im just asking from what i have explained to you about my musical intrest what are some good albums for me to buy and listen to?

thanks..

besides mj and prince because i have all there records,

thanks!

DoNNa SuMMer, baby! I'd say start with her album, Bad Girls. And, kudos to you for widening your musical interest. Some people just stick with one genre and that's it. They are missing out!

[Edited 7/26/11 3:19am]

I usually enjoy listening to the artists that inspired my favourites.

I would recommend everything that Stevie Wonder did circa 1971-1980 but maybe the Original Musiquarium double album is a better entry point.

If you enjoy James Brown you may like Wilson Pickett. If you can find it the double disc A Man and a Half: The Best of Wilson Pickett is a great collection. The Definitive Soul Collection has less songs but is easier to find.

For some rock mixed with your funk try some Funkadelic. Motor City Madness: The Ultimate Funkadelic Westbound Compilation is pretty great. Also, The Whole Funk & Nothing But the Funk: Definitive Funkadelic 1976-1981 does a great job of covering the later half of their career.

I believe that The O'Jays were a big influence on Michael Jackson. The Essential O'Jays 3.0 is a good compilation.

The 1996 The Very Best of Curtis Mayfield on Rhino is a good entry point for his '70s funk era. There's a great double disc collection (The Anthology 1961-1977) but the early tracks on that may not be to your liking. It may be better to try his '70s music first.

Aretha Franklin's Atlantic recordings are a must. Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings is fantastic but if a four disc box set is too much then try 30 Greatest Hits.

If you are looking for someone with similarities to Prince and Michael Jackson try some Terence Trent D'Arby. For a brief time in 1987/1988 it looked like he was going to be a huge star but that never really happened. There are two compilation albums with similar tracklists (Greatest Hits and Do You Love Me Like You Say: The Very Best of). I would give the nod to Greatest Hits but they are both good compilations.

Prince is a big fan of Chaka Khan, you may want to investigate her recordings. Unfortunately there is no perfect compilation available. Ideally there should be a double disc set with one disc devoted to her years with Rufus and the other covering her solo recordings. I believe there is only one Rufus compilation (The Very Best of Rufus featuring Chaka Khan). It's good but at just ten tracks it is a little skimpy. For her solo years try Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan, vol. 1 also reissued under the title I'm Every Woman: The Best of Chaka Khan.

Are there any other genres that you are curious about? The above artists are all great but mostly of a similar genre.

I was roughly your age when I started branching out and trying different music. Before that I was mostly a metalhead. I'm about to turn thirty-one and am still constantly "discovering" new music. The bad news is that if you live to be a hundred you will never hear all of the great music that exists. The good news is that if you live to be a hundred you will never hear all of the great music that exists.

[Edited 7/26/11 4:07am]

[Edited 7/26/11 4:44am]

check out the New Wave/New Romantic thread in this forum. And watch VH1 Classics when they just show videos. There are a million great, great singles by bands that otherwise didn't have huge careers.

P-Funk

Bootsy Collins

The Ohio Players

The Dazz Band

Peter Gabriel

Annie Lennox

Mint Condition

Donny Hathaway

Frank McComb

Living Colour

Kraftwerk

The Time

Meshell Ndegeocello

Raphael Saddiq

Rahsaan Patterson

Lalah Hathaway

Rachel Ferelle

George Duke

Stanley Clark

Marcus Miller

Anita Baker

Phillis Hyman

The Gap Band

Heatwave

Slave

The Bothers Johnson

The Isley Brothers

Smokey Robinson

EW&F

Roger

..................2 name a few.

Terence Trent D'arby has some great albums...

Are you looking for other types of music or similar to what you already listen to?

dm3857 said:

well let me start off by saying im 16 years old, and have ALWAYS been a HUGE mj fan, im one of those crazy fans, lol..

about a year ago i started listening to prince, and im now rather obbsessed with him as well,

i LOVE music from the 80's.. but im trying to explore and find more great musicians to listen to, i have recently gotten into bowie,whitney houston, sly and the family stone, and james brown,

basically im just asking from what i have explained to you about my musical intrest what are some good albums for me to buy and listen to?

thanks..

besides mj and prince because i have all there records,

thanks!

Madonna

Try listening to here 1989 album Like A Prayer, you'll find it's quite a strong album.

Buy Guns N Roses Appetite For Destruction.

If you don't become a fan after three listens then there's something wrong with you.

From a fellow MJ/Prince nut.

[Edited 7/26/11 8:21am]

^ ^ This.

dm3857 said:

well let me start off by saying im 16 years old, and have ALWAYS been a HUGE mj fan, im one of those crazy fans, lol..

about a year ago i started listening to prince, and im now rather obbsessed with him as well,

i LOVE music from the 80's.. but im trying to explore and find more great musicians to listen to, i have recently gotten into bowie,whitney houston, sly and the family stone, and james brown,

basically im just asking from what i have explained to you about my musical intrest what are some good albums for me to buy and listen to?

thanks..

besides mj and prince because i have all there records,

thanks!

when I was little...I was just a passive listener to music. It was on and i enjoyd it...didn't pay it much mind except for a typical childhood fascination with Michael Jackson....i believe that was more image/marketing oriented than anything.

I then became an active listener. Seeking and absorbing info and guidance.

My first source for "good" music was family ad friends....but they were usually as passive as I HAD been.

So I went to the musicians themselves. What were their inspirations, motivations, muses, friends.

THAT was my richest source of info. Look at what they like. Then when U get to what they like, look at the inspirations inspiration.

Prince led me to the Family stone, larry graam, joni mitchel, chick corea which led me to a hint of punk, which led me...who knows where

A family liking of Paul Simon's Graceland lead me to open up to sounds of the world and to an appriciation of the singer/songwriter and that flashy does NOT equal substance.

lemme stop there before I begin to list my whole musical journey here....

in all...look to your inspirations inspiration....it's not always logical but usually thourghly enjoyable. And even if it doesn't touch your soul, the information and links and bridges will help immensely in your musical journey.

NO one's ANYone without EVERYone.

thanks so much! im going to check these things out! and yeah, i started listening to james because he inspired both prince and michael, and sly inspired prince as well.. but thanks so much!! i GREATLY appreciate it!

rialb said:

I usually enjoy listening to the artists that inspired my favourites.

I would recommend everything that Stevie Wonder did circa 1971-1980 but maybe the Original Musiquarium double album is a better entry point.

If you enjoy James Brown you may like Wilson Pickett. If you can find it the double disc A Man and a Half: The Best of Wilson Pickett is a great collection. The Definitive Soul Collection has less songs but is easier to find.

For some rock mixed with your funk try some Funkadelic. Motor City Madness: The Ultimate Funkadelic Westbound Compilation is pretty great. Also, The Whole Funk & Nothing But the Funk: Definitive Funkadelic 1976-1981 does a great job of covering the later half of their career.

I believe that The O'Jays were a big influence on Michael Jackson. The Essential O'Jays 3.0 is a good compilation.

The 1996 The Very Best of Curtis Mayfield on Rhino is a good entry point for his '70s funk era. There's a great double disc collection (The Anthology 1961-1977) but the early tracks on that may not be to your liking. It may be better to try his '70s music first.

Aretha Franklin's Atlantic recordings are a must. Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings is fantastic but if a four disc box set is too much then try 30 Greatest Hits.

If you are looking for someone with similarities to Prince and Michael Jackson try some Terence Trent D'Arby. For a brief time in 1987/1988 it looked like he was going to be a huge star but that never really happened. There are two compilation albums with similar tracklists (Greatest Hits and Do You Love Me Like You Say: The Very Best of). I would give the nod to Greatest Hits but they are both good compilations.

Prince is a big fan of Chaka Khan, you may want to investigate her recordings. Unfortunately there is no perfect compilation available. Ideally there should be a double disc set with one disc devoted to her years with Rufus and the other covering her solo recordings. I believe there is only one Rufus compilation (The Very Best of Rufus featuring Chaka Khan). It's good but at just ten tracks it is a little skimpy. For her solo years try Epiphany: The Best of Chaka Khan, vol. 1 also reissued under the title I'm Every Woman: The Best of Chaka Khan.

Are there any other genres that you are curious about? The above artists are all great but mostly of a similar genre.

I was roughly your age when I started branching out and trying different music. Before that I was mostly a metalhead. I'm about to turn thirty-one and am still constantly "discovering" new music. The bad news is that if you live to be a hundred you will never hear all of the great music that exists. The good news is that if you live to be a hundred you will never hear all of the great music that exists.

[Edited 7/26/11 4:07am]

[Edited 7/26/11 4:44am]

thanks!! im going to look into more artist who inspired prince and michael,

thanks so much!!

BobGeorge909 said:

dm3857 said:

well let me start off by saying im 16 years old, and have ALWAYS been a HUGE mj fan, im one of those crazy fans, lol..

about a year ago i started listening to prince, and im now rather obbsessed with him as well,

i LOVE music from the 80's.. but im trying to explore and find more great musicians to listen to, i have recently gotten into bowie,whitney houston, sly and the family stone, and james brown,

basically im just asking from what i have explained to you about my musical intrest what are some good albums for me to buy and listen to?

thanks..

besides mj and prince because i have all there records,

thanks!

when I was little...I was just a passive listener to music. It was on and i enjoyd it...didn't pay it much mind except for a typical childhood fascination with Michael Jackson....i believe that was more image/marketing oriented than anything.

I then became an active listener. Seeking and absorbing info and guidance.

My first source for "good" music was family ad friends....but they were usually as passive as I HAD been.

So I went to the musicians themselves. What were their inspirations, motivations, muses, friends.

THAT was my richest source of info. Look at what they like. Then when U get to what they like, look at the inspirations inspiration.

Prince led me to the Family stone, larry graam, joni mitchel, chick corea which led me to a hint of punk, which led me...who knows where

A family liking of Paul Simon's Graceland lead me to open up to sounds of the world and to an appriciation of the singer/songwriter and that flashy does NOT equal substance.

lemme stop there before I begin to list my whole musical journey here....

in all...look to your inspirations inspiration....it's not always logical but usually thourghly enjoyable. And even if it doesn't touch your soul, the information and links and bridges will help immensely in your musical journey.

NO one's ANYone without EVERYone.

RKJCNE said:

dm3857 said:

well let me start off by saying im 16 years old, and have ALWAYS been a HUGE mj fan, im one of those crazy fans, lol..

about a year ago i started listening to prince, and im now rather obbsessed with him as well,

i LOVE music from the 80's.. but im trying to explore and find more great musicians to listen to, i have recently gotten into bowie,whitney houston, sly and the family stone, and james brown,

basically im just asking from what i have explained to you about my musical intrest what are some good albums for me to buy and listen to?

thanks..

besides mj and prince because i have all there records,

thanks!

Madonna

Try listening to here 1989 album Like A Prayer, you'll find it's quite a strong album.

yeh! i love that album! i forgot to put madonna in the list, lol

B.B. King

Swing Out Sister

Johnnie Taylor

Tyrone Davis

Joe Simon

Brand New Heavies (get the ones with N'Dea Davenport as the singer, although the Nicole Russo album is alright)

The Eagles

Oumou Sangare

Randy Travis

Tears For Fears

Run DMC

Fania All Stars

Little Milton

You can also check out Latin Freestyle music like Sweet Sensation, Lisa Lisa, etc.

[Edited 7/26/11 12:47pm]

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[Edited 7/28/11 18:19pm]

MattyJam said:

Buy Guns N Roses Appetite For Destruction.

If you don't become a fan after three listens then there's something wrong with you.

From a fellow MJ/Prince nut.

[Edited 7/26/11 8:21am]

thanks!i took a listen and i actually like it alot! thanks!!

The Time

The System

dm3857 said:

well let me start off by saying im 16 years old, and have ALWAYS been a HUGE mj fan, im one of those crazy fans, lol..

about a year ago i started listening to prince, and im now rather obbsessed with him as well,

i LOVE music from the 80's.. but im trying to explore and find more great musicians to listen to, i have recently gotten into bowie,whitney houston, sly and the family stone, and james brown,

basically im just asking from what i have explained to you about my musical intrest what are some good albums for me to buy and listen to?

thanks..

besides mj and prince because i have all there records,

thanks!

Brother I'm 19, let me give it to u straight:

Cream

The Rolling Stones

Joni Mitchell

Queen

Little Richard

James Brown

Bruce Springsteen

Eric Clapton

Duke Elligton

Jimi Hendrix

Santana

Janis Joplin

Patti Labelle

Stevie Wonder

Ray Charles

Jesse Johnson

Miles Davis

Go check out some random Jazz instrumental albums.

dm3857 said:

MattyJam said:

Buy Guns N Roses Appetite For Destruction.

If you don't become a fan after three listens then there's something wrong with you.

From a fellow MJ/Prince nut.

thanks!i took a listen and i actually like it alot! thanks!!

Seriously, buy the album, then buy Use Your Illusions 1 and 2. Then buy Chinese Democracy.

This thread made me smile as it was like reading something I would've written ten years ago. I used to be just like you, pretty much only listening to MJ and Prince. I then branched out a bit to old funk music, Sly, James Brown etc and some 70s stuff like Bowie. Your thread is word for word identical to my own musical journey.

Then I got into Guns N Roses and it hugely widened my taste, opening many door to appreciate great rock music.

[Edited 7/26/11 23:55pm]

TylerHippie said:

dm3857 said:

well let me start off by saying im 16 years old, and have ALWAYS been a HUGE mj fan, im one of those crazy fans, lol..

about a year ago i started listening to prince, and im now rather obbsessed with him as well,

i LOVE music from the 80's.. but im trying to explore and find more great musicians to listen to, i have recently gotten into bowie,whitney houston, sly and the family stone, and james brown,

basically im just asking from what i have explained to you about my musical intrest what are some good albums for me to buy and listen to?

thanks..

besides mj and prince because i have all there records,

thanks!

Brother I'm 19, let me give it to u straight:

Cream

The Rolling Stones

Joni Mitchell

Queen

Little Richard

James Brown

Bruce Springsteen

Eric Clapton

Duke Elligton

Jimi Hendrix

Santana

Janis Joplin

Patti Labelle

Stevie Wonder

Ray Charles

Jesse Johnson

Miles Davis

Go check out some random Jazz instrumental albums.

hwy! i have been wanting to get into some little richard,the rolling stones, bruce springstein, and jimi hendrix for a while now,

where is a good place (album) to start at with each of these artists

thanks!

MattyJam said:

dm3857 said:

thanks!i took a listen and i actually like it alot! thanks!!

Seriously, buy the album, then buy Use Your Illusions 1 and 2. Then buy Chinese Democracy.

This thread made me smile as it was like reading something I would've written ten years ago. I used to be just like you, pretty much only listening to MJ and Prince. I then branched out a bit to old funk music, Sly, James Brown etc and some 70s stuff like Bowie. Your thread is word for word identical to my own musical journey.

Then I got into Guns N Roses and it hugely widened my taste, opening many door to appreciate great rock music.

[Edited 7/26/11 23:55pm]

wow! that is something, but yes i am going to buy the album. and i thank you very much for your input, you introduced me to a great album!

purplethunder3121 said:

dm3857 said:

thanks, and album?

^^^Street Songs. Check out Teena Marie also--It Must Be Magic, Robbery, and Starchild.

street songs is great! i just took a listen to a few tracks on the record, and im SOOO buying this record,

thanks!!

dm3857 said:

TylerHippie said:

Brother I'm 19, let me give it to u straight:

Cream

The Rolling Stones

Joni Mitchell

Queen

Little Richard

James Brown

Bruce Springsteen

Eric Clapton

Duke Elligton

Jimi Hendrix

Santana

Janis Joplin

Patti Labelle

Stevie Wonder

Ray Charles

Jesse Johnson

Miles Davis

Go check out some random Jazz instrumental albums.

hwy! i have been wanting to get into some little richard,the rolling stones, bruce springstein, and jimi hendrix for a while now,

where is a good place (album) to start at with each of these artists

thanks!

Bruce Sprigsteen's Born To Run and Born In The U.S.A is a must have. All of Jimi Hedrix stuff is cool. The Rolling Stones stuff from 1975+ is outstanding. All of Little Richard stuuf is cool also.

TylerHippie said:

dm3857 said:

hwy! i have been wanting to get into some little richard,the rolling stones, bruce springstein, and jimi hendrix for a while now,

where is a good place (album) to start at with each of these artists

thanks!

Bruce Sprigsteen's Born To Run and Born In The U.S.A is a must have. All of Jimi Hedrix stuff is cool. The Rolling Stones stuff from 1975+ is outstanding. All of Little Richard stuuf is cool also.

alright thanks!!

Tori Amos is definately worth checking out. She has a huge body of work and is definately the greatest female songwriter of the last 25 years. Plus she's batshit crazy in the best possible way.

These are some of my Tori favourites:

http://www.youtube.com/wa...s-EdEDhm5Q

http://www.youtube.com/wa...f8RE2gcmdY

http://www.youtube.com/wa...sbFOMICB9k

[Edited 7/27/11 1:42am]