Prince Passed Away At Age 57

[TKOK]

Mike's scalp was fukked up, and pretty much had to wear wigs or extensions the rest of his life, or go bald. And I don't see him doing that.

his hair catching fire really fukked up his scalp i believe. I read he was bald and wearing wigs at the time of his death.

 

[MufasaChoppa]

"Prince's thinking is just on a different level than most people's," "And people who expect a lot of themselves expect a lot of others. When you think a lot of yourself, you start to believe other people should be thinking of themselves along the same lines. And when they're not, you might say, hey stupid, why aren't you doing anything? You end up alienating them"

I remember when we were rehearsing for the second Time tour", says Jam. "We are having trouble with this song, '777 9311,' and we finally go it down to where we could play it good live. Then Prince came in one rehearsal, looked at me playing keyboards, and said, 'Jimmy, you're doing the bass with your left hand. You're not using your right hand.' And I said, there's not a part there. And he said, 'Well, you make a part there! You add something. You got to make it better than the record. No hands can be lazy. You got to play!'

"So I started using my right hand. Then a couple of rehearsals later he came in and we said, 'Yeah, Prince, check this out! We're jammin'!' And Prince said, 'Okay, who's not singing? Everybody's gotta sing a harmony part.' Somebody said, but there's not that many harmony parts in the song, Prince. 'Doesn't matter. Gonna be better now than it is on the record.'

"Okay, so we now we're singing. We got our parts down. He came back there rehearsals later and said, 'Okay, where's the cheorgraphy? You guys got to be steppin'!' Terry and Morris and Jesse are out there stepping', having a great time. Prince says, 'Jimmy Jam -what about you?' I said, 'What about me? I'm the keyboard player.' 'No, you got to step with them, too.'

"I said, 'What?! I gotta play with both hands, sing a note, and be stepping' at the same time? Forget it. I can't do that shyt.'

"Couple of hard rehearsals later -I'm talking about four solid hours of playing at each one -I could do the shyt in my sleep. I could play my keyboard part, take out a handkerchief and wipe my face and put it back, play the part, and do the step."...Jam took the lesson to heart and also said "That's what Prince did, time and again. He taught us we could do things we'd never believed we could." Wow!

Here's some quotes from Jimmy Jam from 1988, which give some insight to prince's approach.

 

[MufasaChoppa]

 

[LinusCaldwell]

JC and Kosher talk about the impact Prince had on the music community and how a lot of these people who are saying RIP Prince do not even really know who he is. Beyoncé dropped and the world stopped, Lemonade the hottest thing in the streets and Drake has to be on the lookout because JC thinks Drake with Views from the 6 is about to get washed in Beyoncé's latest album. Kosher and JC dissect the NBA playoffs and JC gives his case on how Harden is the best NBA SG in town and how the Warriors are looking funny in the light after their historic season.

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[Forlife44]

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[The_Sheff]

This is 100 right here. Born in the 90s, so I don't know Prince like some of y'all know him, but it's almost like he became raceless.

When I saw him with the fro some time back, I just looked at the picture for like 3 minutes, he was US again with no fukks given.

Now I'm reading all these stories on how he was helping his people without all he publicity or for the credit. Just to help HIS people. Beautiful thing, salute that man.

I wish Michael would have done that. I really wish Mike would have said I'm done with the perms and all the madness and I'm a black man and not ashamed of it.

Mike hair was fukked up, in fact the front of his scalp was tattooed black to match the wigs.

 

[Mr210]

Supposedly Prince got secretly married a few days before dying

 

[GzUp]

@Brooklynzson @cook

That dark goodnight prince rip skin is

 

[Family Man]

I miss him already.

I ain't gonna lie. It finally hit me tonight. I shed a few tears man

 

[GzUp]

I ain't gonna lie. It finally hit me tonight. I shed a few tears man

It's starting to hit me too, he's really gone

 

[#1 pick]

Been on my Prince music kick for the last few days, I would have to say one of the things that really got me was his lyrics and music was so different than anyone else, plus when I first heard the guitar in Let's Go Crazy and Purple Rain I was hooked. Songs like Sexy MF, that just jams to no end, the NPG just flowed funk throughout that song. Damn U, another track that was very slick with the lyrics and arrangement.

Even though Graffiti Bridge bombed at the theaters I bought the DVD and jammed the shyt out of the soundtrack especially The Question Of U and Still Would Stand All Time.... Can't tell you brehs and brehettes how many times I played Around The World In A Day...... Condition Of The Heart has a piano intro that just takes you to another place....

I got Tidal. I like his new stuff better than his stuff in the 80s. It has more meaning.

 

[Tenchi Ryu]

I got Tidal. I like his new stuff better than his stuff in the 80s. It has more meaning.

The most popular 80s prince songs are my least favorite. I don't want to knock Purple Rain era, but for me, GOAT Prince is a funky prince instead of a rockstar prince.

 

[#1 pick]

Same here, and this is coming from a real fan

Son, AIDS will fukk you up. This nikka didn't have AIDS. AIDS like EBola will have you at the bedside for a week before you die. Ain't no dancing or performing with AIDS b.

 

[Tenchi Ryu]