Prince can easily surpass Tupac as the greatest posthumous artist of all-time

[Mac Casper]

Now I'm not saying he faked his death, there's obviously been no evidence to point to that. However being based in a small town like Chanhassen for a majority of his life he could of easily made the small town connections needed to fake a death in such a place. Just something to think about. Prince is fully equipped to be the greatest posthumous artist of all-time. Say what you will but death is a certain way back to the top of the charts

"I've never said this before, but I didn't always give the record companies the best song. There are songs in the vault that no one's ever heard. There are several vaults; it's not just one vault" - Prince

I didn't want to say this yet but Prince has the potential to be the greatest posthumous artist of all-time - and I would suspect that his unreleased material is a lot more finished and put together than any other artists a majority of which would feature less collaborators and sampling so there will be very little red tape on getting his work out in it's original form

Keep in mind how large his catalog is now, it's been said over 70% of his work is unreleased. Conservative estimates say there's about 2,000 unreleased songs. From his unreleased material over the years I'm sure there's enough to be able to compile a whole project of Prince rapping . . I really like Prince as a rapper for the same reasons I like Madonna as a rapper. Slick and concise, and very precise with their words

 

[Mike Otherz]

Sure. But we need to digest all his dope shyt that he released. It's a mountain of shyt.

 

[DaveyDave]

he had a good 40 years recording time whereas Pac had 5-6?

 

[Mac Casper]

he had a good 40 years recording time whereas Pac had 5-6?

Of course . . but that title of greatest posthumous artist of all-time isn't going to account for that. It's just looking at this thing indiscriminately

 

[Mac Casper]

As far as people already enlisting themselves as a prospective producer for the project. Please stand out boldly to dismiss this nonsense. These people are nothing more than graverobbers who want to add their touch on music that is already completed. The only thing need would be a final mix before sending it off for mastering. Prince left behind entire albums. He likely composed the entirety of the music and wrote all of the lyrics - probably even played most of it since most of these recordings represent music he made while hanging out at Paisley Park doing what he loved. It's not like he left behind unfinished materails and songs with samples that would be tough to clear

 

[Juven]

pac was the goat at his craft. we cant say the same for prince

 

[Mac Casper]

pac was the goat at his craft. we cant say the same for prince

You can make an argument for Prince



When Eric Clapton was asked what it's like to be the greatest guitar player in the world he said "I don't know you'll have to ask Prince"

 

[Stack Money]

Prince put out most of his music right after he made it, homie was droppin 2 albums a year and shyt. Especially when he was tryna get out of that slave contract they had him in, he made like 16 albums just to meet the requirements of his deal and free himself up. @ bein locked into a contract that says you gotta release over a dozen albums for them, Birdman and Puff combined couldn't rape somebody that bad.

 

[Mac Casper]

Prince put out most of his music right after he made it, homie was droppin 2 albums a year and shyt. Especially when he was tryna get out of that slave contract they had him in, he made like 16 albums just to meet the requirements of his deal and free himself up. @ bein locked into a contract that says you gotta release over a dozen albums for them, Birdman and Puff combined couldn't rape somebody that bad.

His vault is extensive breh

 

[Mac Casper]

Prince put out most of his music right after he made it, homie was droppin 2 albums a year and shyt. Especially when he was tryna get out of that slave contract they had him in, he made like 16 albums just to meet the requirements of his deal and free himself up. @ bein locked into a contract that says you gotta release over a dozen albums for them, Birdman and Puff combined couldn't rape somebody that bad.

His vault is extensive breh

 

[MexicanKingpin]

I highly doubt prince will move as much units after his death.
Tupac was at his peak when he died , prince on the other hand was at the end of his career
Tupac sold 6 million copies off all eyes on me before he died. What did prince's last album sell?

 

[Osmosis]

pac was the goat at his craft. we cant say the same for prince

yes we can

 

[Mac Casper]

I highly doubt prince will move as much units after his death.
Tupac was at his peak when he died , prince on the other hand was at the end of his career
Tupac sold 6 million copies off all eyes on me before he died. What did prince's last album sell?

End of his career? The man was nearly 40 years into his career and was putting out music very frequently -

 

[UpAndComing]

Nah Jay-Z after Ether is the GREATEST posthumous artist of all time IMO

 

[UpAndComing]

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