Convince me why I should like Prince. Not even over MJ but just in general.

[drederick tatum]

I'm not gonna try to convince you, because I don't care if you do or don't like him. I started listening to him on my parents' cassette player

One of the things I've come to realize and appreciate is that he was one of the first black artists to not really "play the game," and was completely himself, weird shyt and all. I've never compared him to MJ, both unique artists who deserve better than the N Sync vs Backstreet Boys bullshyt

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

 

[⠀X ⠀]

Prince’s influence on 80’s music was crazy. He wrote so many records for other people and gave other producers a style to run with. And most of the time, he didn’t even take credit. He’d write under a pseudonym.

 

[Big Boss]

@BelowTheMasonDixon

Prince is a musician that did every popular form of black music in the 20th century (except ragtime) and mostly excelled:
- Jazz (His Madhouse records, 'And That Says What' and 'Wally' on the Expanded Sign o' the Times record etc.)
- Blues ('Thieves in the Temple', 'Alphabet Street', 'Old Friends 4 Sale')
- Gospel ('The Cross', 'Still Would Stand All Time', 'U Make My Sun Shine' etc.)
- Rhythm and Blues ('I Wanna Be Your Lover', 'Adore', 'Scandalous', 'Kiss' etc.)
- Rock (‘Little Red Corvette’, 'Let's Go Crazy', 'Purple Rain', 'Temptation' etc.)
- Hip Hop ('p*ssy Control', 'Push', 'Get Off' etc.)
- House/Techno ('Cream-Housebangers', 'The Future', 'All the Critics Love U in New York', 'Erotic City' etc.)

On top of that he was a virtuoso guitar and keyboard player (he also played the drum and could program drum machines too)


And he could dance


He also had a 5 1/2 or 6 octave vocal range:


It's like Prince was made in a lab. It's like God said, I wanna combine James Brown, Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone.

We're not worthy.

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

“Convince Me”

No

 

[Why-Fi]

he banged out every genre, even subgenres. second goat in musicianship. #1 is stevie

 

[Westbama Heartthrob]

Women who are Prince fans are WHOLE FREAKS.



It pays to know a lyric or two, and have a playlist on standby.

Shout out to my homegirl

 

[Killer Instinct]

He's not MJ. No one is. Hell, they didnt even target the same audiences. Prince was like beer for me -- an acquired taste.

As I got older, I appreciated him a lot more and actually love a lot of his tracks.

 

[O.T.I.S.]

Skills


If you need convincing to like one of the most talented black cats that ever existed then don’t bother