i been listenin' to a lot of prince like everyone else has. "the cross" might be my favorite prince song now
I have the Sign O' The Times concert dvd, the audio is very good. I'm gonna rip it to mp3, split the tracks and up it in a thread.
Prince Passed Away At Age 57
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I have the Sign O' The Times concert dvd, the audio is very good. I'm gonna rip it to mp3, split the tracks and up it in a thread.
My thing is how is this happening? Are the people who are left running his estate doing this? See this is why folks don't trust the music industry and why I have never wanted my kids part of the industry.
...remembers when I found The Hits/The-B-Side Triple CD in my dearly departed uncle's album's stash; feeling like a kid in a candy store
When Doves Cry was the 1st song to registered to a 84 Baby infant state of mind, tho
I Would Die 4 U/I Wanna Be Your Lover/Let's Go Crazy/1999
made my Fisher Prince rewind button Go HAM. Laced Under The Cherry Moon
/Adventurous Batman/underrated Girl 6 with hissignature PIFF. Purple Rain
sheer brilliance alone ETHER'd/Created genres withingenres. To keep it 100: Thieves in the Temple/Little Red Corvette/If I Was Your
Girlfirend/Erotic City/Get Off made me feel what SEX was before I actually Did It. Cacophony
of drums/guitar riffs/piano chords/horn section/Bass gave the soundtrack of my life Pure Bliss.
Since 4/21
Nothin Compares 2 U/Adore/Diamonds & Pearls/The Most Beautiful Girl in the World/Sometimes it Snows in April/Beautiful, Loved & Blessed/The Dance has
purify my tears in Lake Minnetonka. Thank you Purple Majestic GOAT Beautiful One
forsharing your magical gifted soundscapes. But, How can YOU just leave me standing alone in a world so cold
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ThaRealness
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RIP. What a talent
Rapmastermind
Superstar
Prince did a deal and finally won his rights back a few years ago but Warner Bros still have percetages of the rights because they were the parent label to his music. Prince could never win 100% back but the fight was a large share of pencentages. It seems all the Warner Bros era music is on Itunes not the "Symbol" era I could be wrong though. The only thing is Prince didn't have any kids (It was a tradegy that happen to Son after birth) so if there's no will his entire estate goes to the siblings. But he was adamently against Itunes and other streaming sites. Only f*cked with Jay and Tidal.
@OffHalsted
The 100s LochNess
a lil comic releaf
Cat piss martini
Veteran
Wait, was this closet fakkit Prince considered a black man? P
yo mama should be held down
and six 40 ounce drinking beer
bellys should all take slow pisses
in her bootyhole.
He was going to the ancestors breh. It was his time.Something ain't right
I got Tidal. It's Black owned. He just need to move the company to America and hire nikkas.
Rapmastermind
Superstar
The thing is Jay brought a White company, he can't turn it black overnight because it was based in sweden. It will take time but he is taking the steps and should bring it to NY for sure. Prince saw the deal and knew he needed to alined with Jay because they were trying to destory it before it even popped off. That's why I was cool with what KanYe did as well with "Pablo". Prince was against "Slave Deals" (10 album type deals, ask your favorite rapper they are still doing them) that these labels have been doing to black aritst forever (Why he wrote slave on his face).
They take our creativity and monetize it only to take a majority of the pie (Profits) and leave the aritst broke. Prince was a trailblazier on taking on labels to the point he litterally became a new artist. People hated on the "Symbol" Era because honesly Definitive Prince was the late 70's-Early 90's Prince. But he still made good music during that time. But now that's he's gone of course Warner Bros is going to cash in but I think Tidal still owns exclusive streaming rights. This was my joint in High School during the Symbol era:
There many reports Prince has over 1,000 unreleased songs in his vault
Prince Estate is about it eat something heavy.
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DaKidFromNoWhere
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D'angelo is one. If he had the work ethic of PrinceI'm saying music period.....
name someone who could walk into a studio (alone)
write,sing,play drums,piano/keyboards,guitar,mix/master
a album (masterfully)
Thanks for the info. I knew about him winning his WB rights back but I was informed it was based on how many CDs he made per the new contract with WB. Meaning he got a bigger percentage of his old masters every new CD he released.
Good to hear none of his new stuff and new NPG stuff isn't on iTunes. Yeah he was against getting his music streamed and I always hated he didn't have kids.
I was talking about this very thing about Prince three weeks ago. My wife and I were watching a documentary on MJ. I mentioned to my wife that even though Mike was a smart business man he was bad with his money. I told my wife that Prince is a smart business man and very smart with his money. But he doesnt have kids so there will be no one to take over when he dies. I also told my wife he is tight with his sister so hopefully he got her up to speed if anything happens to him.
Little did I know that the shyt my wife and I were talking about would come to life three weeks later....
D'angelo is one. If he had the work ethic of Prince
Yes he is but kats like him and even Maxwell are folks who have a life beyond music. I wouldn't say so much they don't have work ethic.
Prince was a dude would did nothing but create music. His whole life revolved around it.
Prince would be the old dude at work who is a workaholic. Who all his marriages ended and he never had kids because his work came first and everything revolved around his job.
Prince was a musical genius and his addiction to music was a curse and a blessing at the same time.
The thing is Jay brought a White company, he can't turn it black overnight because it was based in sweden. It will take time but he is taking the steps and should bring it to NY for sure. Prince saw the deal and knew he needed to alined with Jay because they were trying to destory it before it even popped off. That's why I was cool with what KanYe did as well with "Pablo". Prince was against "Slave Deals" (10 album type deals, ask your favorite rapper they are still doing them) that these labels have been doing to black aritst forever (Why he wrote slave on his face).
They take our creativity and monetize it only to take a majority of the pie (Profits) and leave the aritst broke. Prince was a trailblazier on taking on labels to the point he litterally became a new artist. People hated on the "Symbol" Era because honesly Definitive Prince was the late 70's-Early 90's Prince. But he still made good music during that time. But now that's he's gone of course Warner Bros is going to cash in but I think Tidal still owns exclusive streaming rights. This was my joint in High School during the Symbol era:
There many reports Prince has over 1,000 unreleased songs in his vault
Well said homie. Prince was a smart dude and he was able to use the symbol to do side music that wasn't on WB and the money went to his pocket.
He was also able to beat the music companies and get free pub without going through them.
I think when he came out with his CD in 2004 or 2005 that is when he went on tour and had a top 5 selling album. The money all went to him because he was printing up CDs and giving them to fans at the concerts. So he was able to could CD sells because the CDs were part of the overall ticket sale for the concert.
Those CD sells would be counted as music sales on the top 100 charts.
