Prince RIP

after finally watching that madonna tribute properly, i dont get the hatred for it. shes not the greatest singer, but it was undeniably heartfelt, which counts for a lot. there could have been worse artists to do it.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bet-awards-prince-tribute-to-feature-sheila-e-the-roots-dangelo-20160607

this should be interesting. though janelle's version of lets go crazy is pretty horrific.

Oprah isn't exactly an underdog either! are we only supposed to root for labels and music companies if some cool 20-year-old who just released a great debut album is running it? because that's not going to happen. Prince was coming from the perspective of seeing black musicians making huge amounts of money for an industry run primarily by white people and wanting to see more black executives and owners. it's really not that complicated. xp

wonder what tidal pays artists.

― StillAdvance, Tuesday, June 7, 2016 7:20 AM (52 minutes ago)

from what i can tell, tidal pays rights holders 0.007 cents per play. it looks like that's more than 5 times what apple pays, more than 6 times spotify's rate, and over 23 times what they make from youtube.

i am allowed to dislike jay-z. THATs not that complicated either.

"from what i can tell, tidal pays rights holders 0.007 cents per play. it looks like that's more than 5 times what apple pays, more than 6 times spotify's rate, and over 23 times what they make from youtube."

good to know. i should probably check what an artist would get/would have gotten from radio plays too to compare.

yeah i imagine radio royalty rates are much the same as they've always been but i'd be curious what the numbers look like

his first interview -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0MXqmUCN9U&feature=youtu.be
or at least the first one in circulation.
im guessing this is where the idea of him being half-italian began.

oops, obv NOT his first interview. i didnt notice it was from 1981.

well someone is clearly in a position to do deals for his music, so its odd that everything is still there on youtube.

everything from everybody is on youtube, prince is literally the only person i can think of who was so assiduous in erasing himself from it

Just accumulated this insane bootleg I will likely never listen to:

https://www.discogs.com/Prince-The-Revolution-Purple-Rush/release/7637667

wow what an incredible release!

everything from everybody is on youtube, prince is literally the only person i can think of who was so assiduous in erasing himself from it

Saturday Night Live is a person, my friend

Is SNL stuff not on Yahoo and Hulu anymore?

today i wondered if 'you're the one who makes me come running' in divinyls' 'i touch myself' is a callback to 'i wanna be your lover'

Would have turned 58 today.

Happy Birthday, Skipper.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=saturday+night+live+youtube

What's everyone's favorite Prince album from the 2000's onward? I think 3121 has aged incredibly well. Art Official Age is pretty excellent too.

3121 but I still haven't heard rainbow children

A random stomach growl yesterday sounded a lot like a Camille vocal. For a second I thought I was getting a visitation.

in order, based on memory rather than hearing them recently - rainbow children, 3121, art official, musicology, MPLS sound, 20 ten, planet earth. never heard the NPGMC compilations, and didnt care much for the third eye girl projects. NEWS is a masterclass in why prince shouldnt make jazz albums.

What do u think of The War and Lotusflower?

while DJing on Sunday i was randomly playing Play In The Sunshine as it was outdoors and scorching hot. a guy came up and we chatted about Prince and turns out he had the symbol tat and saw him '21 times' on his London residency in 2007. i said i'd not really heard much that he'd done since the early 90s and straight off he recommended "3121 and The Rainbow Children". so that's what an ultra-hardcore fan thinks anyway.

xpost - i dont remember lotusflower that well which is why i only listed MPLS sound (basically 00s prince doing 80s prince), but it might be decent, not sure. i only remember crimson and clover. the war was just a 40 min long song. i dunno, i remember it being sort of band of gypsies/santana-psych-dreamy-jam sounding with prince in one of his lecturing modes on top (reminds me of something from the gold experience era). i wouldnt mind seeing what its like now.

robert glasper does SOTT -

https://soundcloud.com/robertglasper/robert-glasper-trio-sign-of-the-times-unmastered

3121 and MPLS sound are my favorites

ty, sa, digging the robert glasper track

funny background on the SOTT cover on soundcloud -

This is a arrangement I recorded in 2015 as part of my "Covered" album. Unfortunately we were not allowed to put in on the album..Prince didn't really like people recording his music lol..But I feel now is a good time to let everyone hear it! This is my favorite prince joint "Sign O The Times"..the message is still relevant..Prince you are missed..Thank you for unapologetically being you..

he seemed to be really inconsistent in who got to cover his songs (and when), and who didnt.

Enjoying that glasper, thanks!

are there any instances of Prince blocking a cover earlier than Elvis Costello in 1997? it seems like that was the beginning of it becoming a common practice for him in the 2000s.

although i'm sure he blocked a lot of samples after letting a couple early ones like MC Hammer and Arrested Development go ahead

2pac sampled (or replayed) pop life. and i think he sampled the end of darling nikki too. so that was allowed for whatever reason. i remember him saying he got a lot of requests around the time of emancipation, but whether that was really true, or he just blocked them all, im not sure.

'96 was definitely when samples of '80s R&B and pop were taking over mainstream rap so that makes sense, there probably would've been a few Bad Boy smashes with Prince samples if he said yes moer

yeah, i could def imagine puffy reworking stuff like when doves cry or looping some of the time stuff even. biggie's nasty girl im sure was meant to have a vanity sample. would u die 4 me sounds obviously like it was meant to have a sample of kiss too. there were quite a few R&B covers of his songs around that time also, obv.

for you tidal peeps :

http://www.nme.com/news/prince/94026🔗

i mean, you can pay for another month of Tidal, or spend that money on one or two of the Prince albums they have. it's a choice, i guess!

2pac sampled (or replayed) pop life. and i think he sampled the end of darling nikki too. so that was allowed for whatever reason.

I assume the reason is Shock G

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jondJ6aj8ao

Odd that Cindy Crawford didn't do "Cindy C", he wrote her a song for crissakes! Honor that!

I watched Graffiti Bridge last night, hooboy that does NOT hold up. Tho the music does of course.

Wanna see Nelson George sing "Bob George."

or better yet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHk9T2rD4Ms
http://www.startribune.com/c-j-prince-was-indelibly-interesting/376786671/
http://prince.org/msg/7/396254

http://www.winmau.com/userdata/PRODPIC-1418.jpg

... Americans won't know who he is :((((

xp incidentally, before i searched for that piece, I didn't know CJ liked the song. Unflattering or not, it's a killer jam; I woulda been hyped about it too.

Haha I am going to a friends to watch graffiti bridge tonight, as it happens

it actually has some creepy prince moments, which i was not aware was possible but there's a sequence when prince takes the unconscious aura and sorta tries to peek at her breasts
also prince's chest hair is shaved into a heart with words in the middle that say "beat me"
it's a weird fucking movie

i mean the crux of the story is that morris day is the tough guy pimp. he is not very frightening.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIvPmwse0Iw
all the songs are truncated. you are likely better off listening to the album.

or maybe just watch his deathless ode to premature ejaculation, "tick tick bang" which is more or less the high point
http://videos.sapo.pt/kzov52IzQ8LeezGKV428

Odd that Cindy Crawford didn't do "Cindy C", he wrote her a song for crissakes! Honor that!

I assume she maybe doesn't dig being portrayed as a whore...?

my favorite part of Graffiti Bridge is the soundstage the bridge is on