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Prince Rogers Nelson (born June 7, 1958), known from 1993 to 2000 as an unpronouncable symbol (or informally, The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, Tafkap, or simply The Artist), is a popular American musician. He had the biggest song of 1984 with “When Doves Cry” and is best known for his album and movie “Purple Rain”.
His music has spanned myriad styles; from his early material, rooted in funk and soul, he has constantly expanded his musical palette throughout his career, absorbing many other genres including new wave, pop, rock, blues, jazz and hip hop. Born in Minneapolis, he has based his entire career in Minnesota. He now resides in Los Angeles.
The distinctive characteristics of the early-to-mid 1980s work that raised him to super-stardom - which includes industrial sounding drum machine arrangements, the use of synthesizer riffs to serve the role of horn riffs traditionally used in earlier R&B, funk and soul music - became known as “the Minneapolis sound”. He has a reputation as a workaholic, having released over a thousand songs both under his own name and through other artists, and is known for having composed and recorded many more songs that remain unreleased. Regarded as a perfectionist, Prince has a reputation as being somewhat difficult to work with and for being highly protective of his music. He writes, composes and produces most of his music single-handedly. He also plays most of the instruments on his albums.
His music has spanned myriad styles; from his early material, rooted in funk and soul, he has constantly expanded his musical palette throughout his career, absorbing many other genres including new wave, pop, rock, blues, jazz and hip hop. Born in Minneapolis, he has based his entire career in Minnesota. He now resides in Los Angeles.
The distinctive characteristics of the early-to-mid 1980s work that raised him to super-stardom - which includes industrial sounding drum machine arrangements, the use of synthesizer riffs to serve the role of horn riffs traditionally used in earlier R&B, funk and soul music - became known as “the Minneapolis sound”. He has a reputation as a workaholic, having released over a thousand songs both under his own name and through other artists, and is known for having composed and recorded many more songs that remain unreleased. Regarded as a perfectionist, Prince has a reputation as being somewhat difficult to work with and for being highly protective of his music. He writes, composes and produces most of his music single-handedly. He also plays most of the instruments on his albums.
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phylloxr wrote:
He is genius living in a different dimension.
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nav3 wrote:
underrated
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feedback__ wrote:
I feel real damn guilty for not listening to him earlier. And I agree with hotterthanjuly.
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BackNDaDay90 wrote:
I agree, Prince, along with MJ should have 100 million + plays or 200 million + like The Beatles. Please join my group http://www.last.fm/group/I+Love+the+80s!
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hotterthanjuly wrote:
That's because most of the people on Last.fm only listen to shit that's "right now" so they can appear hip. Emphasis on appear.
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ste_simpson wrote:
13 million plays is a disgrace. Should be 130 million considering his output cf the output of his contemporaries. Mental.
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cjkisaragi wrote:
You totally should hear it. and the live versions on One Nite Alone
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hotterthanjuly wrote:
Haven't heard it. Always liked the cover art.
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Braderrs wrote:
Underrated completely.
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cjkisaragi wrote:
Rainbow Children is a masterpiece. Discuss.
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hotterthanjuly wrote:
LOL
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henry_hudson wrote:
you have to get the lyrics right for someone to follow you.
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filipstar wrote:
the one you can find in a second hand store! (someone continue with the next verse please!) :))
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Trymski wrote:
she wore a raspberry beret!
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GroupSupport wrote:
geniusz
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L8yBejbi wrote:
downloading 456297128504 gb of remastered copies is one thing but to actually have some upon your shelf... mmm, tempting.
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hotterthanjuly wrote:
Prince was still in excellent form until the late-90s, even if those albums weren't quite on par with the best of his 80s output. They were a shade below. How is the improvement in sound for Lovesexy? There's so much going on with that album, I'd be excited to get that one!
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dodoriazarbon wrote:
LoveSexy IS seperated into tracks. :) I got the remaster of it just the other day. I wonder if they'll remaster the 90's stuff? Less essential, but still.
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hotterthanjuly wrote:
Though, unsurprisingly The Black Album is not included in that remasters series.
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hotterthanjuly wrote:
Why does Japan always get the good shit?! I hope it's the tracked version of Lovesexy.
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