Def first saw it ondude where did you get these fromI'm over here in tears
but originally came from rick james forum where tour breh was posting about rick james hating prince
ROFL @ this story about Prince
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but originally came from rick james forum where tour breh was posting about rick james hating prince
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Prince has an ego beyond this world. He once sent Miles Davis a birthday card and wrote "From God" in the closingEven Miles Davis was like
Sounds like you're misinterpreting it.
Isn't Prince a full on Jehovah's Witness ?
I mean his ego can't be so outta control he was tryna talk down to a musician
that for all intent's and purposes completely eclipses him.
Mac Casper
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Def first saw it on
But it seems believable . . but to believe it we must assume that dude went from security dude to a guy with editorial prowess in a matter of a few decades and usually if you're a writer you're a writer . . it's not a learned thing
No even though Sheila has said when she heard it she called Prince thinkin it was him lol RFTW were fans/students of that Minneapolis Sound they 1st couple albums
Mac Casper
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Prince in 2011.
Photo by BERTRAND GUAY/AFP/Getty Images
This article originally appeared in Vulture.
Prince is one of those rare and wonderful humans who's surrounded by so much mystery and lore that you're willing to believe almost anything you hear about him. Prince had doves sing backup on one of his albums? Sure. Prince doesn't believe in time? Time is an illusion, anyway.
(In less fantastic, still excellent news, he just released two new albums: Art Official Age and PlectrumElectrum, the latter featuring his all-female backing band, 3rdEyeGirl.)
The thing is, some of the craziest rumors about Prince might not be mere rumors at all. Here are a handful of the weirdest, most delightful, and, in some—that's some—cases, maybe even true pieces of Prince-ly gossip.
1. He Held Back an Album After Freaking Out on Ecstasy
Prince's officially untitled 1987 “Black Album,” so called because of its all-black cover, was supposed to be his hardest and most aggressive effort to date. But days before its release, he withdrew the album, allegedly after having a bad ecstasy experience—one which supposedly led him to believe that he'd be committing an act of evil if he unleashed such dark-sounding music upon the world. Apparently, the trip wore off. The album was officially released in 1994. Life as we know it did not end.
2. He is a Renter's Nightmare
In 2006, Prince rented a Hollywood mansion belonging to NBA player Carlos Boozer. Bad move, Booz. The latter's former teammate Jay Williams told ESPN Radio that “Prince changed the front gate to the Prince sign ... changed the master bedroom to a hair salon ... changed the streaming blue waters that led to the front door to purple water,” and so on. Boozer filed a lawsuit over the unauthorized alterations.
3. He Went Door-to-Door for Jehovah's Witnesses
Under the religious influence of his friend and mentor, former Sly and the Family Stone bassist Larry Graham, Prince knocked on doors, proselytizing on behalf of Jehovah's Witnesses. “Sometimes people act surprised,” he told The New Yorker in 2008, “but mostly they're really cool about it.”
4. He Took That Job Extremely Seriously
In 2003, Prince and Graham knocked on the door of a Jewish family in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. “Then they start in on this Jehovah's Witnesses stuff,” Rochelle, a member of that family, told the Minneapolis–St. Paul Star-Tribune. “I said, ‘You know what? You've walked into a Jewish household, and this is not something I'm interested in.’ He says, ‘Can I just finish?’ Then the other guy, Larry Graham, gets out his little Bible and starts reading scriptures about being Jewish and the land of Israel.'” This all apparently happened, by the way, on Yom Kippur.
5. He Has a Truly Remarkable Pair of Roller Skates
In his book, Mo’ Meta Blues, Questlove shared his experience of being invited to go after-hours roller-skating with his Purple Majesty. Then he saw something he'd never seen before. “Prince had the briefcase out on the floor,” Questlove wrote. “He clicked the lock and opened it, and took out the strangest, most singular pair of roller skates I had ever seen. They were clear skates that lit up, and the wheels sent a multicolored spark trail into your path ... He took them out and did a big lap around the rink. Man. He could skate like he could sing.”
6. He Will Randomly Challenge You to Play Pickup Basketball
As immortalized in an episode of Chappelle's Show, Charlie Murphy tells a story of partying with Prince in the ’80s when the latter suddenly issued an impromptu pickup-basketball challenge. Prince didn't even bother changing out of his “Zorro-type outfit.” Marveled Murphy: “This cat could ball.”
7. He Takes Bootleggers OUT
Prince fan forums are full of stories of his no-mercy attitude toward bootleggers. An oft-told tale has him showing up unannounced at a Manhattan record store, snapping up their stock of bootleg Prince albums, and leaving.
8. He Is an Extraordinary Multitasker
According to an old profile from Notorious magazine, during a concert in Montreal, Prince, a giant NBA fan, watched a Chicago Bulls playoff game on a TV positioned at the side of the stage, and would amble over to watch while he played his guitar solos. He also apparently tasked a wardrobe girl with holding up the score on cue cards for him to read.
9. He Fired a Crew Member for Making Eye Contact
In that same Notorious profile, an anonymous Prince employee said, “No crew members were allowed to look at him or talk to him. I literally saw him fire a guy for looking at him. He just said, ‘Why is that guy looking at me? Tell him to leave.’”
10. He Doesn't Believe in Time
Again from the Notorious gold mine: “Your magazine probably won't print this,” Prince said in response to a question about his youthful appearance, “but I don't believe in time. I don't count. When you count, it ages you.”
11. He Likes Speaking in Riddles
During a speaking gig, director Kevin Smith discussed being summoned by Prince to talk about a possible collaboration, only to be subjected to some Byzantine sermonizing. Example: “If a big snake gives birth to a little snake, what is that little snake going to grow up to be?” “A big snake,” Smith correctly answered. Prince's point? “You gotta know who your father is.” Fair enough.
12. He Talked Trash About Michael Jackson's Ping-Pong Skills
Prince’s former sound engineer David Z told a story about Prince's attempt to play ping-pong with Jackson while the two were recording at the same L.A. studio. “You want me to slam it?” he recalled Prince asking MJ. He did not. “Michael drops his paddle and holds his hands up in front of his face so the ball won't hit him. Michael walks out with his bodyguard, and Prince starts strutting around like a rooster. ‘Did you see that? He [Jackson] played like Helen Keller.’”
13. He Thought Being Asked to Sing on “Bad” Was an Insult
Was Jackson’s smash hit originally intended to be a duet with Prince? Longtime Prince confrere Alan Leeds told Vibe, “Michael coming to Prince and wanting him to do ‘Bad,’ that really pissed him off. Prince was like, ‘Oh, he wants me to punk out on record. Who does he think I am, crazy?’ He probably couldn't get outside himself enough to realize that it was the kind of thing that probably could have benefited both of them.”
14. He Staged a Funk Musical Based on Homer's Odyssey
In August 1993, Prince debuted Glam Slam Ulysses, his musical interpretation of the Greek epic poem, at a club in Los Angeles. His then-protégé Carmen Electra was a featured dancer. It ran for 13 performances, and a bunch of its songs popped up on subsequent Prince albums. Variety reported, in very 1993 fashion, that Ulysses“featured enough phallic symbols and references to make even Heidi Fleiss blush.”
15. He Has a Giant Vault of Unreleased Music
Famously productive, Prince is widely believed to have a massive stockpile of unheard music. This is on top of the 32 studio albums he has already released.
16. He Took Out a Nationwide Personal Ad
In December 1993, ads in several national magazines showed an obscured photo of Prince accompanied by the text, “Eligible bachelor seeks the most beautiful girl in the world to spend the holidays with.”
17. He Doesn't Let Reporters Record Interviews
“Some in the past have taken my voice and sold it,” he told Billboard. He's not keen on having journalists take notes, either. Why? “That would be just like texting.”
18. He Believes Doves Have Beautiful Voices
On his album One Nite Alone ... Prince's doves, Divinity and Majesty, are credited with “ambient singing.”
19. He Hasn't Cried Since He Was a Child
When he was a boy, Prince's jazz-musician father threw him out of the house. (HowPurple Rain–y!) The young Princeling then cried in a phone booth for two hours. According to a 1991 Details profile, he claimed it was the last time he ever shed tears.
20. He Had a Private Hair Salon
In an interview with the U.K.'s Daily Mail, Prince's ex-wife Mayte Garcia says that their Spanish hacienda came equipped with its own hair salon—which she was never allowed to use. “I always went out if I needed my hair done,” Garcia explained. “The salon wasn't for me, it was for my husband. Prince needed his space.”
21. His Wife Wasn't Allowed to Call Him on the Phone
“Even when we were married,” Garcia said in the same Daily Mail article, “I had to wait for him to call me. I've no idea why, he never actually said.”
22. He Released a Recording of Kim Basinger's Sex Noises
In 1989, Prince put out a 12-inch single called The Scandalous Sex Suite, which featured vocal contributions from Kim Basinger, including some moaning and groaning that was rumored to be taken from recordings of a sex romp between the two stars.
23. He Kept a Lawn Ornament in the Bedroom
A 1985 Rolling Stone piece revealed the following after a visit to a pre–Paisley ParkPrince residence: “The only thing unusual in either of the two guest bedrooms is a two-foot statue of a smiling yellow gnome covered by a swarm of butterflies. One of the monarchs is flying out of a heart-shaped hole in the gnome's chest.”
24. He Enjoys Weird Food Combinations
An oral history of Purple Rain in SPIN revealed this curious dietary tidbit: “I ordered a grilled cheese sandwich,” said director Albert Magnoli. “Prince ordered spaghetti and orange juice, which was one of his favorite meals.” Spaghetti and orange juice? Sounds gross. But, as always, Prince probably knows something that we don't.
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Probably the biggest reason Rick & Prince didn't get along is 'cause Rick's ego couldn't take this new guy and his band kickin his ass on his own tour lol Teena Marie even said as much shyt as Rick talked he jacked one of Prince's keyboard's and wrote the Street Songs album on it 
Thatrogueassdiaz
We're on the blood path now
I just spent the last 45 minutes trying to find the video for you, just because you called me a liar. I'm not misinterpreting what Miles directly said. The interviewer brought it up, and Miles confirmed it. It's not like Prince was saying he was God in a literal sense, but that he was Miles Davis's God. It was a kind of a joke between the two, but it seems like Prince was trying to aggrandize himself amongst his peer. I agree that Miles eclipses Prince in talent, but it doesn't seem Prince wanted to believe that. Either way, I thought it was funny. There are several interviews on youtube where Miles mentions Prince (which is why it's taking me so long to find it), some about their collaborations in the 80s and some about Miles' thoughts on his music.
Sounds like you're misinterpreting it.
Isn't Prince a full on Jehovah's Witness ?
I mean his ego can't be so outta control he was tryna talk down to a musician
that for all intent's and purposes completely eclipses him.
Anyways, when I find the video, I'm going to neg you just for questioning me
Lucky_Lefty
Dreams Are Colder Than Death...
Salli gets love for being the inspiration behind the greatest Guy song of all time ("Let's Chill")I just found out his father was Italian
That's the Battle of the Half-Breeds right there...
For me it's Halle > Salli > Vanity
PlayerNinety_Nine
Produced, Arranged, Composed and Performed by....
The Gawd.
Saw him 3 times during his London residency in 07. The rendition of Purple Rain that he opened with on the first night is the single greatest performance of a tune I've ever seen.
Nikka came up through a trap door in the 'symbol' shaped stage surrounded by dry ice, strumming the guitar like the shyt was completely normal to him, on some
Prince:
"Never meant to cause you any trouble...."
The entire crowd: "Never meant to cause you any pain....
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Some of the magic in music died when Mike passed. When Prince goes, we're done for.
Saw him 3 times during his London residency in 07. The rendition of Purple Rain that he opened with on the first night is the single greatest performance of a tune I've ever seen.
Nikka came up through a trap door in the 'symbol' shaped stage surrounded by dry ice, strumming the guitar like the shyt was completely normal to him, on some
Prince:
"Never meant to cause you any trouble...."The entire crowd: "Never meant to cause you any pain....
"Some of the magic in music died when Mike passed. When Prince goes, we're done for.
Stevie Nicks and Prince
It feels as if there is a ton of unbelievable Prince stories from Celebrity point of views out there.
Last one I saw was about Kevin Smith meeting Prince. Didn't skimp on the fukkery for a minute.
Daps and reps watched the whole thing
At part where prince says It's 3am in the morning in Minnesota, I need a camel.
Sounds like you're misinterpreting it.
Isn't Prince a full on Jehovah's Witness ?
I mean his ego can't be so outta control he was tryna talk down to a musician
that for all intent's and purposes completely eclipses him.
I'm sure he did it when he was young and wild and settled down into his faith later.
You don't think eclipse is a bit strong of a word when talking about two prodigious, once in a lifetime talents tho?
I'd say dudes like Miles, Prince, Stevie Wonder, etc are all special in their own right.
One of his funniest to me was when he invited Questlove rollerskating...............
I got a text from Prince’s assistant. That’s how things go in the Prince universe: You get a pre‑message saying that a phone message is coming later. But this time, the message said something different. It said that there was going to be a roller‑skating party that night, for Valentine’s Day, and that I should bring some cool people.
I was puzzled. What did Prince mean by “cool,” exactly? I wasn’t sure if he was trusting me with the word or with the concept. I texted back: “Cool?” It turned out they meant the people who were already with me: Mos, Talib, Jill, Erykah, Common. I started to line people up in my mind and called them to give them the news. I thought they would do backflips: a party with Prince? To my amazement, most of them weren’t up for it. Jill came backstage and told me that she was tired. Talib said that he needed to be in bed before midnight. I ran into Alan Leeds, who led me to Raphael’s dressing room, where Chris Rock and Eddie Murphy were sitting and talking. I went to my same pitch: “Hey, guys, want to go roller‑skating with Prince?”
“Right,” Alan said. “I’ll be in the grave before I’m in skates.”
“Right,” Chris said. “Like I’m skating with these knees.”
“Right,” Raphael said. “I’m too old for that shyt.”
I was confused and a little depressed. How good were these people’s lives that they could pass on Prince’s roller‑skating party? Only one man was brave enough—visionary enough—to see what lay before us, and that was Eddie Murphy. “This is historical,” he said. “For starters, I need to see if Prince can roller‑skate. I’m a comedian, and honestly, what’s funnier than that?”
Prince’s assistant texted me directions to a rink in Glenside, way out in the middle of nowhere. It was around one in the morning by the time we drove out there, and the place was empty, a bare rink, and I started to worry that I had the wrong place, or that I had been punked. Maybe Alan and Chris were in on the joke. Maybe they were all somewhere laughing. Then I saw DJ Rashida and some of her friends skating. “Hey,” I said.
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson
Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images for Spike TV
“Hey there,” she said. They were so happy to see us that I started to feel bad that I hadn’t brought more people. “No,” she said. “Don’t worry about it. Prince likes to keep things intimate. A dozen people is a big crowd to him.” That may have been true, but it was crazy for her to say, as a DJ, and just as crazy for me, as a DJ, to hear. Do you know how hard it is to entertain a crowd that small?
The rink staff was professional, if a little nonplussed. “He’s paying for us to stay open,” one guy told me. “Let’s make the best of it. What’s your shoe size?”
My girlfriend and I skated for about an hour. No Prince, no nothing, and the longer we went, the stranger it seemed. Was he coming? Was he up in the rafters, laughing? It was a strange setup, to say the least. Someone was putting down cash to keep the kid behind the snack bar there, watching the pizza bake under the heat lamp. He should have been home studying for his spelling test.
Around two in the morning we were ready to go. Still no Prince, and the anthropological benefit of watching this strange half‑attended all‑skate was wearing off. Suddenly, Eddie came in.
“Hey,” he said. “I have an idea. Maybe don’t take those skates off just yet.”
And there he came, Prince, followed by a Princely entourage: his wife, Manuela; Larry Graham; some kids. I didn’t recognize the kids but they were a familiar type—show‑biz small‑fry, like I was all those years ago, when my father took me down to the green room to meet KISS.
Prince was carrying a big briefcase in his hand, and he was acting all mysterious, like it contained the glowing substance from Pulp Fiction or something. He made like he was going to open it, then stopped, then started again. Then he walked toward me.
“Where’s your phone?”
“What?” I said.
“Yeah, right, what?” he said. “I know you have it, Ahmir. Where is it?”
I thought maybe he wanted to make a phone call. I admit now that’s not a plausible reading of the situation, but it was all so surreal. “It’s here,” I said.
He took it from me and turned it over in his hand. “Your coat is in coat check?”
“Yeah.”
“Put this with it.”
“Why? You think I’m going to record something?”
“Check the phone.”
“What about him?” I pointed at Eddie. “You’re not going to take his phone? He’ll tell everyone.”
Eddie put up his hands. “Hey, man, I don’t know what you’re talking about. My phone’s in the car.”
I put the phone in coat check. Prince was asking me. I was being asked by Prince. It was Prince who was asking me. And fine, maybe I didn’t understand any part of what was happening, but sometimes you just have to launch yourself out into the river of an evening.
When I got back, Prince had the briefcase out on the floor. He clicked the lock and opened it, and took out the strangest, most singular pair of roller skates I had ever seen. They were clear skates that lit up, and the wheels sent a multicolored spark trail into your path.
He took them out and did a big lap around the rink. Man. He could skate like he could sing. I watched him go, so transfixed that I didn’t even notice Eddie Murphy appearing at my arm. “I’m going to go get your phone for you,” he said.
@ that Questlove story...hahahaha