JayCrawford said:

I'm going with Prince. That man was the king of music throughout the 1980s. After the 80s... He was just awful. He never recovered after SOTT. I still ask myself to this day how did he go from a classic perfect song like When Doves Cry to a song like My Name Is Prince? 😂 What about you guys and gals?

Granted, My Name Is Prince is embarassing, but he did have some quality moments in the 90s too.

Definitely Prince. Everybody else either retired and artists like Ronald Isley and Charlie Wilson continued on but sold out completely on every single song so I dropped them immediately. You can't be disappointed with someone when you completely drop them and no longer listen to or buy their music. Prince, on the other hand, still continued making enough good music to keep me hanging on. He was the only one to continue making funk but unfortunately, he made sellout tracks too, which was very disappointing. And what I would find hilarious with him is when he would get on his rants when it didn't sell and start preaching about "real music by real musicians" and then on the very next album you would hear a sellout track like "Laydown", "Valentina", or "Ole Skool Company" which would be exactly the type of stuff that he had preached against. That made him sound about as believable as Donald Trump.

MattyJam said:

JayCrawford said:

wilmer said:

The Dangerous tour was at least half live. He performed 16 songs on the setlist, 8 of which were 100% live:

Startin Somethin

Human Nature

She's Out My Life

I Just Can't Stop Loving You

J5 Medley

Billie Jean

Beat It

Working Day & Night

Half of MITM was also live

It wasn't until the HIStory tour where the lip-synching was on most of the songs.

Beastie Boys. To The 5 Boroughs (2004) was admittedly made in a depressing post-9/11 era from a group of New York natives. Though they had pioneered a sparse (short samples) thumping (808) style in the 1980s, the percussion on that album just sounds dull. I might be able to pull up some org posts where I am defending it but I was just fooling myself. After that album, I didn't follow them at ALL!

JayCrawford said:

I'm going with Prince. That man was the king of music throughout the 1980s. After the 80s... He was just awful. He never recovered after SOTT. I still ask myself to this day how did he go from a classic perfect song like When Doves Cry to a song like My Name Is Prince? 😂 What about you guys and gals?

Well he's not a machine. 7 albums of fantastic music isnt enough for you?

What did you do in your lifetime?

nextedition said:

JayCrawford said:

nextedition said:

Well he's not a machine. 7 albums of fantastic music isnt enough for you?

What did you do in your lifetime?

For you to make that statement. I have to ask, were you even alive to understand why us first generation Prince fans love his 80s era the most and understand why we were frustrated with his 90s work?

Yes i was.

so tell me again, what did you do in that lifetime?

nextedition said:

JayCrawford said:

nextedition said:

Yes i was.

so tell me again, what did you do in that lifetime?

Doubt it, that statement you posted made me lose a few braincells. Just out of curiosity. Why are you having a piss fit about this? I stated how I felt about the latter part of his career. Move on.

Not sure why you duobt it, i know my own age.

It's interesting why you don't answer my question.

You complain about getting depressed about Prince not releasing better albums after he out out 7 fantastic albums. You even make fun about "My name is Prince".

So again, what do you do in your lifetime?

nextedition said:

Jay, a dumb comment. Prince was pretty great in the 90s.

Stevie Wonder, Little Richard.

2freaky4church1 said:

If you are speaking of a musical decline (sales, voice, quality of music), I can't really think of anyone. Every artist has or will decline at some point. I don't expect anyone to stay at the top of the game forever.

kitbradley said:

If you are speaking of a musical decline (sales, voice, quality of music), I can't really think of anyone. Every artist has or will decline at some point. I don't expect anyone to stay at the top of the game forever.

Yup.

I'll go with Natalie Cole. Those dark years from 1981 - 1985 were pretty disappointing 4 me. I kept wishing and praying she'd hit the top of the charts (again), but it didn't happen really till "Jump Start." I wish she had her shit 2gether at Epic cuz they dumped her after only one album. It was rumored that she was gonna be paired up with Teena Marie (producing), but it never happened because of her downward spiral with drugs/rehab attempts.

whitechocolatebrotha said:

alphastreet said:

kitbradley said:

If you are speaking of a musical decline (sales, voice, quality of music), I can't really think of anyone. Every artist has or will decline at some point. I don't expect anyone to stay at the top of the game forever.

100%

Boys 2 Men.