smoothcriminal12 said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

I think MJ is always mentioned with every artist. Because "Thriller" set a record for most sold albums by a single artist. So every artist looks up to him. If it wasn't for "Thriller" than my hero Princey would be the one mentioned all the time as a blueprint for greatness.After all MJ never had a successful movie,soundtrack & tour simultaneously or even won an oscar like Prince.Sadly it was something he never was able to achieve. Which puts Prince in a class all by himself

I will overlook your obvious bias to point out that I could create a list from here to China of the records Mike holds that Prince could never do. Like having the best selling album of all time, five number one songs from one album, being the third greatest selling artist of all time, selling 30 million after his death (there is a 99.9% chance that Prince will NOT do that)...just saying. I can understand preferring Prince, sure. I prefer him in some areas over Mike. But trying to claim that Mike could never accomplish some of the things that Prince could do? LOL. Dream on.

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Fixed

mjscarousal said:

smoothcriminal12 said:

I will overlook your obvious bias to point out that I could create a list from here to China of the records Mike holds that Prince could never do. Like having the best selling album of all time, five number one songs from one album, being the third greatest selling artist of all time, selling 30 million after his death (there is a 99.9% chance that Prince will NOT do that)...just saying. I can understand preferring Prince, sure. I prefer him in some areas over Mike. But trying to claim that Mike could never accomplish some of the things that Prince could do? LOL. Dream on.

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Fixed

Behind Elvis and The Beatles, but numbers are still shaky.

Aiight, so anyone who knows the PinBoard Crew will know how much we love, adore, admire, appreciate, look up to and generally obsess over PRINCE. For us, he’s probably the most amazing artist of all time.

Don’t get it twisted, we love MJ – but Prince, Prince is special because he not only DID amazing things, but continues to do so (unlike MJ!).

The man lives and breathes music. He writes pretty much everyday, plays pretty much every instrument, he’s recorded THOUSANDS of songs, released countless albums AND not only remains current but also revolutionary and innovative!!

Ok, you get the point? We think the man is a genius! And yea, we’re not afraid to say that on a very long, long, looooong list of “favourite” artists, Prince is probably numero uno!

Anyways, to the point! The Purple One is coming out with a new book! It’s called “21 Nights” and will be ram packed with amazing pictures, stories, essays and poems inspired by his “21 Nights” in London @ The O2 Arena (yes, we went..twice!). It will also feature a brand new Live DVD of his intimate shows at the Indig02!!

We can’t tell you how excited we are about this book, it’s gonna be overly dope!! If you were lucky enough to go see him during his 21 Nights, we don’t have to tell you what he does. If you didn’t get to see him, the term “you missed out” doesn’t quite cut it.

The Book:

Masterful composer, multi-faceted musician, international megastar and cultural icon—Prince—presents his first book, 21 NIGHTS, a stunning multi-media volume offering a rare glimpse into the life, lyrics, and mystique of one of the most notable and prolific performers of our time. This beautifully designed photographic essay flows from Prince’s sensational, unprecedented, record-breaking, sold-out 21 concerts in 21 nights at London’s O2 Arena in 2007. Juxtaposing his dueling worlds of music and solitude, it will incorporate Prince’s evocative poetry and lyrics to new songs and other selections, and 124 full-color, sumptuous, never-before-published images by celebrated photographer Randee St. Nicholas. As part of the dimensional experience, it will also feature “Indigo Nights,” a CD capturing Prince’s speak-easy, after-hours, raw, live after-show sessions of pure unadulterated jams.

Read more after the jump

For the first time in 21 NIGHTS, Prince is seen behind the scenes. Randee St. Nicholas, renowned for her rich visuals, deft touch, and distinctive style, was given access to Prince’s life and career, providing a nuanced and unparalleled view of the artist, accompanying him onstage, backstage, and into his sleeping quarters. “Indigo Nights,” which includes the live version of the song “3121,” will not be available in any other format. 21 NIGHTS will be published internationally in Fall 2008 by Atria, an imprint of Simon and Schuster.

“We are tremendously honored and excited by this opportunity to present this lyrical and visually rich book from Prince that captures the spirit and voluptuous sound of his brilliant 21-night residency at the O2 concert hall in London,” noted Judith Curr, Publisher, Atria Books. “21 NIGHTS is an innovative multi-media book project created by a musical visionary and uncompromising artist, an invitation to experience a side Prince has not revealed until now.”

An Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Grammy Award winner, Prince was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, in his first year of eligibility. In 2007, Prince won a Golden Globe for Best Original Song for the film “Happy Feet,” which grossed more than $300 million in the U.S. alone. Defying categorization, his widely acclaimed music has ranked highly, decade after decade, in the categories of Funk, Neo Psychedelia, Alternative, Rock, New Wave, Pop, Soul and Jazz.

Prince’s 21 London dates at the O2 Arena in 2007 generated an unprecedented $44 million in ticket and merchandise sales in just one month. The 24,000-person venue was sold out for all 21 concerts. The first 16 dates sold out in one hour; the remaining tickets by the following day. His most recent song, when made available via iTunes, garnered 40,000 downloads in the first two weeks. His last four albums have averaged more than 4 million copies worldwide-—without a traditional label deal. His album “3121” debuted at #1 on the charts. Prince’s last major U.S. tour, in 2004, was the highest grossing concert tour of that year, topping those of Madonna and the Rolling Stones, and generating $250 million, even though tickets were at half the cost of either of the afore-mentioned acts.

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smoothcriminal12 said:

mjscarousal said:

Fixed

Behind Elvis and The Beatles, but numbers are still shaky.

I'm pretty sure that's just albums. According Guiness World Records Michael is the best selling artist ever

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

The man lives and breathes music. He writes pretty much everyday,

So does Michael

AND not only remains current but also revolutionary and innovative!!

yeah right

Ok, you get the point? We think the man is a genius! And yea, we’re not afraid to say that on a very long, long, looooong list of “favourite” artists, Prince is probably numero uno!

Proof of bias

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

even though tickets were at half the cost of either of the afore-mentioned acts.

People love a bargain

aardvark15 said:

smoothcriminal12 said:

Behind Elvis and The Beatles, but numbers are still shaky.

I'm pretty sure that's just albums. According Guiness World Records Michael is the best selling artist ever

Hmm...interesting.

This needs to be in the sticky. Wacko Jacko has an uncanny ability to derail threads for some reason.

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Prince – "21 Nights"

Aiight, so anyone who knows the PinBoard Crew will know how much we love, adore, admire, appreciate, look up to and generally obsess over PRINCE. For us, he’s probably the most amazing artist of all time.

Don’t get it twisted, we love MJ – but Prince, Prince is special because he not only DID amazing things, but continues to do so (unlike MJ!).

The man lives and breathes music. He writes pretty much everyday, plays pretty much every instrument, he’s recorded THOUSANDS of songs, released countless albums AND not only remains current but also revolutionary and innovative!!

Ok, you get the point? We think the man is a genius! And yea, we’re not afraid to say that on a very long, long, looooong list of “favourite” artists, Prince is probably numero uno!

Anyways, to the point! The Purple One is coming out with a new book! It’s called “21 Nights” and will be ram packed with amazing pictures, stories, essays and poems inspired by his “21 Nights” in London @ The O2 Arena (yes, we went..twice!). It will also feature a brand new Live DVD of his intimate shows at the Indig02!!

We can’t tell you how excited we are about this book, it’s gonna be overly dope!! If you were lucky enough to go see him during his 21 Nights, we don’t have to tell you what he does. If you didn’t get to see him, the term “you missed out” doesn’t quite cut it.

The Book:

Masterful composer, multi-faceted musician, international megastar and cultural icon—Prince—presents his first book, 21 NIGHTS, a stunning multi-media volume offering a rare glimpse into the life, lyrics, and mystique of one of the most notable and prolific performers of our time. This beautifully designed photographic essay flows from Prince’s sensational, unprecedented, record-breaking, sold-out 21 concerts in 21 nights at London’s O2 Arena in 2007. Juxtaposing his dueling worlds of music and solitude, it will incorporate Prince’s evocative poetry and lyrics to new songs and other selections, and 124 full-color, sumptuous, never-before-published images by celebrated photographer Randee St. Nicholas. As part of the dimensional experience, it will also feature “Indigo Nights,” a CD capturing Prince’s speak-easy, after-hours, raw, live after-show sessions of pure unadulterated jams.

Read more after the jump

“We are tremendously honored and excited by this opportunity to present this lyrical and visually rich book from Prince that captures the spirit and voluptuous sound of his brilliant 21-night residency at the O2 concert hall in London,” noted Judith Curr, Publisher, Atria Books. “21 NIGHTS is an innovative multi-media book project created by a musical visionary and uncompromising artist, an invitation to experience a side Prince has not revealed until now.”

An Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Grammy Award winner, Prince was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, in his first year of eligibility. In 2007, Prince won a Golden Globe for Best Original Song for the film “Happy Feet,” which grossed more than $300 million in the U.S. alone. Defying categorization, his widely acclaimed music has ranked highly, decade after decade, in the categories of Funk, Neo Psychedelia, Alternative, Rock, New Wave, Pop, Soul and Jazz.

Prince’s 21 London dates at the O2 Arena in 2007 generated an unprecedented $44 million in ticket and merchandise sales in just one month. The 24,000-person venue was sold out for all 21 concerts. The first 16 dates sold out in one hour; the remaining tickets by the following day. His most recent song, when made available via iTunes, garnered 40,000 downloads in the first two weeks. His last four albums have averaged more than 4 million copies worldwide-—without a traditional label deal. His album “3121” debuted at #1 on the charts. Prince’s last major U.S. tour, in 2004, was the highest grossing concert tour of that year, topping those of Madonna and the Rolling Stones, and generating $250 million, even though tickets were at half the cost of either of the afore-mentioned acts.

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Tickets for Michael Jackson’s London concerts sold out within hours of becoming available, organizers said Friday.

For Ayesha Obi — who, having waited since Wednesday, was first in line — the experience was a thriller.

“He is a legend and I love his message to the world,” Obi, a 19-year-old student said outside the O2 Arena in south London. “I’ve been hoping that he would perform live again.”

The shows are scheduled to kick off in July and stretch into February. The pop singer has said the series, entitled “This is It,” will be his last in the British capital.

After 360,000 advance tickets sold out earlier this week, roughly 500,000 tickets were made available Friday, organizers said. Hundreds of people waited outside the arena for the chance to buy them.

“I have come 150 miles just for this,” said Lee Middleton, a 34-year-old construction worker from Liverpool, in northwest England. “We have made some very interesting friends waiting in line. ... People were singing his songs and dancing.”

Tickets were priced between $70 and $105 — but some were going for hundreds of dollars on internet auction sites.

While Jackson has said the shows will be his last in London, there has been speculation they could be part of a world tour. Jackson, who has sold more than 750 million albums and won 13 Grammys, hasn’t undertaken a a major tour since 1997 or released an album of new material since 2001.

Terrib3Towel said:

Wacko Jacko

That's so low.

Terrib3Towel said:

This needs to be in the sticky. Wacko Jacko has an uncanny ability to derail threads for some reason.

Shut the fuck up You wanted the attention now you have it, tired of your disrespectful ass

*quietly leaves thread*

We're still cool Terrib3

*exits*

smoothcriminal12 said:

*quietly leaves thread*

We're still cool Terrib3

*exits*

Watever Smooth .. you know Terrib stay talking shit about MJ for no reason... you not leaving without me

*exits*

mjscarousal said:

smoothcriminal12 said:

*quietly leaves thread*

We're still cool Terrib3

*exits*

Watever Smooth .. you know Terrib stay talking shit about MJ for no reason... you not leaving without me

*exits*

You had to? I was ready to watch this. I had popcorn and errthang.

mjscarousal said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Prince – "21 Nights"

Aiight, so anyone who knows the PinBoard Crew will know how much we love, adore, admire, appreciate, look up to and generally obsess over PRINCE. For us, he’s probably the most amazing artist of all time.

Don’t get it twisted, we love MJ – but Prince, Prince is special because he not only DID amazing things, but continues to do so (unlike MJ!).

The man lives and breathes music. He writes pretty much everyday, plays pretty much every instrument, he’s recorded THOUSANDS of songs, released countless albums AND not only remains current but also revolutionary and innovative!!

Ok, you get the point? We think the man is a genius! And yea, we’re not afraid to say that on a very long, long, looooong list of “favourite” artists, Prince is probably numero uno!

Anyways, to the point! The Purple One is coming out with a new book! It’s called “21 Nights” and will be ram packed with amazing pictures, stories, essays and poems inspired by his “21 Nights” in London @ The O2 Arena (yes, we went..twice!). It will also feature a brand new Live DVD of his intimate shows at the Indig02!!

We can’t tell you how excited we are about this book, it’s gonna be overly dope!! If you were lucky enough to go see him during his 21 Nights, we don’t have to tell you what he does. If you didn’t get to see him, the term “you missed out” doesn’t quite cut it.

The Book:

[Edited 6/19/12 18:33pm]

Tickets for Michael Jackson’s London concerts sold out within hours of becoming available, organizers said Friday.

For Ayesha Obi — who, having waited since Wednesday, was first in line — the experience was a thriller.

“He is a legend and I love his message to the world,” Obi, a 19-year-old student said outside the O2 Arena in south London. “I’ve been hoping that he would perform live again.”

The shows are scheduled to kick off in July and stretch into February. The pop singer has said the series, entitled “This is It,” will be his last in the British capital.

After 360,000 advance tickets sold out earlier this week, roughly 500,000 tickets were made available Friday, organizers said. Hundreds of people waited outside the arena for the chance to buy them.

“I have come 150 miles just for this,” said Lee Middleton, a 34-year-old construction worker from Liverpool, in northwest England. “We have made some very interesting friends waiting in line. ... People were singing his songs and dancing.”

Tickets were priced between $70 and $105 — but some were going for hundreds of dollars on internet auction sites.

While Jackson has said the shows will be his last in London, there has been speculation they could be part of a world tour. Jackson, who has sold more than 750 million albums and won 13 Grammys, hasn’t undertaken a a major tour since 1997 or released an album of new material since 2001.

He still never performed them so the late Mj can't claim that. Sadly even if he was still here I never felt he could play all those shows. It was already proven by the late Frank Dileo that Mj was only doing them to try to break Prince record. Sadly it wasn't meant to happen.

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smoothcriminal12 said:

mjscarousal said:

Watever Smooth .. you know Terrib stay talking shit about MJ for no reason... you not leaving without me

*exits*

You had to? I was ready to watch this. I had popcorn and errthang.

The threads already hijacked enough

smoothcriminal12 said:

mjscarousal said:

Watever Smooth .. you know Terrib stay talking shit about MJ for no reason... you not leaving without me

*exits*

You had to? I was ready to watch this. I had popcorn and errthang.

I'll handel things. Just let me find the perfect gif

Stop it! don't you guys dare turn this into a Prince vs.Michael Jackson thread!!

SoulAlive said:

Stop it! don't you guys dare turn this into a Prince vs.Michael Jackson thread!!

Kcool needs to just sit his/her ass down and everything will be fine

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aardvark15 said:

smoothcriminal12 said:

You had to? I was ready to watch this. I had popcorn and errthang.

I'll handel things. Just let me find the perfect gif

smoothcriminal12 said:

aardvark15 said:

I'll handel things. Just let me find the perfect gif

My heart almost stopped beating!!! I DON't THINK I'VE EVER SEEN SOMETHING THAT FUNNY

That sloth is scary as fuck.

aardvark15 said:

SoulAlive said:

Stop it! don't you guys dare turn this into a Prince vs.Michael Jackson thread!!

Kcool needs to just sit his/her ass down and everything will be fine

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smoothcriminal12 said:

aardvark15 said:

I'll handel things. Just let me find the perfect gif

Lawd...I go to work, I come back and this thread has become a Prince Vs. MJ thread.

And perpetuated by KCOOL no less.

Kudos to my Brother Smooth and Sister mjscarousal for keepin' it cool.

Now I said it before, I'll say it again. Breezy betta sit his ass down and shut up.

And Scriptgirl...I can (somewhat) understand you not being a fan of MJ...but Marvin? Lawd...I'm so sorry. That's all I gotta say.

Yeah, I know, Thru, but hey, do I at least get points for loving Donny, another music genius? At least I have taste

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scriptgirl said:

Yeah, I know, Thru, but hey, do I at least get points for loving Donny, another music genius? At least I have taste

[Edited 6/19/12 22:25pm]

Yeah, alright.

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

mjscarousal said:

Tickets for Michael Jackson’s London concerts sold out within hours of becoming available, organizers said Friday.

For Ayesha Obi — who, having waited since Wednesday, was first in line — the experience was a thriller.

“He is a legend and I love his message to the world,” Obi, a 19-year-old student said outside the O2 Arena in south London. “I’ve been hoping that he would perform live again.”

The shows are scheduled to kick off in July and stretch into February. The pop singer has said the series, entitled “This is It,” will be his last in the British capital.

After 360,000 advance tickets sold out earlier this week, roughly 500,000 tickets were made available Friday, organizers said. Hundreds of people waited outside the arena for the chance to buy them.

“I have come 150 miles just for this,” said Lee Middleton, a 34-year-old construction worker from Liverpool, in northwest England. “We have made some very interesting friends waiting in line. ... People were singing his songs and dancing.”

Tickets were priced between $70 and $105 — but some were going for hundreds of dollars on internet auction sites.

While Jackson has said the shows will be his last in London, there has been speculation they could be part of a world tour. Jackson, who has sold more than 750 million albums and won 13 Grammys, hasn’t undertaken a a major tour since 1997 or released an album of new material since 2001.

He still never performed them so the late Mj can't claim that. Sadly even if he was still here I never felt he could play all those shows. It was already proven by the late Frank Dileo that Mj was only doing them to try to break Prince record. Sadly it wasn't meant to happen.

[Edited 6/19/12 19:21pm]

When you say shit like that you almost make me wanna beat your ass Ike Turner style.

Serenity now.

[Edited 6/19/12 22:38pm]

ThruTheEyesOfWonder said:

Kudos to my Brother Smooth and Sister mjscarousal for keepin' it cool.