Friday, December 26th, 2008
I Love Me Some Him
Posted by Bossip Staff
It looks like the Lakers might really be serious this year as they took Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and the Celtics down. Prince was also on hand to witness things, and apparently someone was all up in his grill instead of watching the game. Damn, can a sister brother live?
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Imma try this first thing lol
LOL
I don’t blame her — Prince is a lot more interesting than some b-ball game. . .
Imma try this first thing lol
dang second ain’t bad lol
She looks a little like Apollonia (sp) to me, btw. I had a Purple Rain flashback. . .
I am going to need for Prince to take off those gl***** slippers. I mean damn.
Is it me or are the springs (lifts) on Prince shoes…am I seeing things???
I take that back…he is still hot
Prince is STILL the cooliest-sexiest-shortest man in America! Only he can wear heels as high as his woman’s and still get lucky. LOL
As a female, I am REALLY trying hard to understand what it is about Prince that catches these jump offs?? He has on see thru platform pumps on?? I mean come on!
I guess I like them masculine. I highly doubt Prince “tears it up” in the bedroom the way I would like it….
I thought he was Rihanna when I first scrolled down, like no lie. LMAO!
It actually took me about 10 seconds to realize it wasnt.
That is not a good look, for Rihanna of course.
True,I doubt Prince tear up shiiiiiit in the bedroom!
He’s looks worse than a frail ***** white woman. That “man” can’t hump ***** but dwarf!
He’s just a metro-sexual..but he is still sexy.
But he will never be choice for a “man”. He couldn’t protect a damn fly.
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sad that he’s not comfortable with his height. smh @ those orthopedic shoes with heels or an air bubble.
gotta give him props though. he always have a beautiful woman on his arm.
Say what you say he is wearing 50 well. As for the shoes??? But, then again it is Prince. Now that he has gotten older he’s rocking the old man pimp shoes. But why white, in an all black fit
she looks like she wants to bite his damn kneck..
But on the other hand, Prince looks like he can suck the hell out of some ta ta’s..lol. My breast are tingly sorry. LOL
It was just too much Lakers’ D in the final three minutes last night. SMH at them putting an end to our winning streak.
I would speak, but I can’t make a distinction between the real you and the spurious one.
Just in case it’s really you, hey Sydney.
Congrats to the Lakers for beatin that Azz!!
Gasol showed his azz in the last few minutes of the game! It was easy to see how bad he wanted it when instead of taking an easy jumper, he put the ball down and drove into a crowded lane for a hard fought layup. That kind of heart and late game scoring (7 pts in the last 3 min) from Pau Gasol and Kobe just being himself, makes them my choice to win it all!!
***** the Boston Celtics and ALL of their Bensonhurst fans!!!
Is Denzel a Lakers fan or a Knicks fan? He’s always wearing that Yankees hat but he lives in California.
GO LAKERS!!!
Hey Film, yes, it’s me
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Is that Kobe’s wife, Vanessa eyeing Prince like that? ‘Cause if it and I was Kobe, I’d have to beat that azz when got home! See this is why dude’s be rockin’ wife:beaterz!
is denzel really a lakers fan, whoooooo, i luv that
BIGGUPS FOR ICE-CUBE AND SNOOP FOR HOLDING IT DOWN WITH THE SAME WIFEY FOR ALL HOSE YEARS. NOW THAT’S WHAT’S UP!(THICK AND THIN BABY!)
look at denzel wife lookin fly…
The Lake Show
19 game winning steaks dont mean a thing if the road to 20 wins lead through Los Angeles when the Lakers are playing tough in the paint!
Kevin who? Paul who? Ray who? Rajon who? Doc who?
Sydney
Hmm, I’m still skeptical, but, anyway, how are you?
Prince looks good for 50.
I was watching this game last night…the LA Lakers won. A reporter went over to Snoop Dogg and he gave a free style on the game! Samuel Jackson was there too. A lot of celebs were there…
NO one asked you JajaJamacian!
In case anyone is interested the East Indian woman is Bria Valente, one of Prince’s girls and a member of the group called Honey Collective.
Prince is not gay live here in Minneapolis he used to date one of my ex-girlfriend. And my ex did look like all of the others he had dated. And he is black both his dad and mom were so i would *****ume he is black too…..
Film, I’m fine. Did you have a good holiday?
Oh, and will this convince you? I recall your flying chair incident.
prince is the only man who can wear 6 inch high-heels and still be ‘the man’
Ice Cube – my Baby! His wife Kim is starting to look her age. But what I want to know is why do ALL of Prince’s women look the same? I mean every last one of them. You can bet that when / if this one doesn’t last – the next one will look JUST LIKE HER and all the rest of them.
Are those high heel clear gl***** sneaker pumps the ARTIST is wearing in the pic?
@ Fire & @ Toni Morris
You’ll be surprised at how much most SHORT men are packing. Have you ever dated a short man before? I have – and let me tell you – ol’ boy was VERY well hung. I was shocked as ***** at that, but I figured, hey, they have to make up for their ‘height’ somewhere.
So, what’s today’s lesson, children?
DON’T SLEEP ON SHORT MEN!!
@MissBlaze43
“DON’T SLEEP ON SHORT MEN!!”
Or skinny men, for that matter, lol.
prince is gay.
It was just one game Bossip. They can’t beat the celtics in a 4 game play off series. So don’t get too excited.
Damn you know the recession is effecting everyone when Prince has to downgrade the quality of babe he’s with these days!
This looks like a run of the mill old Italian chick
Lol @ Prince & his JAZZ SHOES Prince got on the Jack Trippers LOL
LMAO @ “they took Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and the Celtics down.” Bossip two men can’t win a game they may be the best on the team but it is still one team!
i’m sorry but how is prince straight to you? maybe he’s bi. and he looks like a mini, older, male version of rihanna.
Sydney
‘Film, I’m fine.’
Well, look who has an exaggeration of self-worth.
‘Did you have a good holiday?’
Yeah, I had a good time. I was looking forward to the game, but the Celts lost. You?
‘I recall your flying chair incident.’
Okay, you’ve convinced me, and I think you liked bringing that up.
@ Kori and @ Sooky
I do believe he’s Bi-Sexual and has stated that some time ago.
@ Sydney
Hey, Syd. I came into work for a little bit, but I’m leaving now and going back home to my bed.
@Film
“Okay, you’ve convinced me, and I think you liked bringing that up.”
Yeah, I do, lol.
Oh, and my answer to your question the other day is Yes.
Hey MissBlaze
I’m sorry you have to work, MissBlaze.
I’m still out of town, and I’m getting ready to go out to see “Doubt” soon.
Prince does Prince …and hot chix just get with it.DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME…YOU WILL FAIL!
That chik he’s with is hiding some serious rackage under that Black top.Nice.Is she Persian?…Caribbean Island Girl?…Afro-Euro mix? All his chix – except for Carmen Electra- look like this one.My favorite Prince tune:
Which one exactly are you speaking of? There was more than one.
Film
The one you said I probably wouldn’t answer. . .
I’m going out to see the remastered version of A Birth of A Nation. Now that’s real infotainment.
I knew it, but what made you want to tell me now?
I am so mad at prince’s supafly clear heel platform sneaker…DEAD DEAD DEAD!!!!
all he’s missing are the goldfish smh
I don’t know. . .I didn’t get a chance to respond the other day. . .
What about the other one?
There was another one?
The first one
Hey, I gotta go out in a few, but I’m sure I’ll run into you again soon.
Have you seen Doubt yet?
Sydney & Film
You two must really get off on the sexual tension thing. Do yourselves a favor, either hook up and ***** or stop trolling for ***** and ***** on the net. All you’re doing is advertising that you’re both lonely, socially retarded, probably overweight misfits in dire need of getting laid.
Oh, I guess I’m getting your questions confused. . .
But I think your instincts are correct.
They say if you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen. LOLOL. No, I haven’t seen Doubt yet.
Bye
‘But I think your instincts are correct.’
I see. Bye Sydney.
Who doesn’t love prince love him!!!!!!!!!
Say what you want about Prince……he’s still the man. As for the Lakers, one win certainly doesn’t break the Celtics. The road to the Championship STILL goes through them. Lakers………BLAH!!
Eff the celtics and the lakers
GO SIXERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i dont know but the woman looked like she was georgeous….cant hate on that….
Interesting how all of his girlfriends look similar to him. Prince is definitely one of a kind. I wonder what it’s like to be in his presence.
Prince, Russ Simmons and Diddy have the best taste women. I never seen with anything less than a dime
Why was I wasting time on the other post when my true ICONis over here and forever being cool…like me
so prince is not gay? how can it be possible?
” Money don’t matter tonite!”
Hey Prince you sexy *****!! 50 or what ever he still can get it!
GOOOOO!! MAGICS*,DETROIT AINT A THREAT NO MORE,AND THE MAGICS COULD BEAT THE LAKERS OR CELTICS IN A 7 GAME SERIES
Vee (its Bossladee if u nasty)
@ Vee “Prince is STILL the cooliest-sexiest-shortest man in America! Only he can wear heels as high as his woman’s and still get lucky. LOL”
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Many people will overlook a man’s woman’s foolishness and inadequacies IF they have enough money (like Donald Trump). I doubt if all the star stuck wannabees would be flocking to Prince’s bed if he didn’t have the fame and the dough.
He can quit it now with the stilletos and high heeled pumps. The chicks he hangs with don’t care that he is 4′-11″ and looks like a little white woman. All they wanna know is when can they get married and divorced and score a generous divorce settlement. It’s just business.
If I was sitting next to Prince I’d probably stare him down too.
Black, Yet Never Incarcerated!
Vee (its Bossladee if u nasty)
@ Vee “Prince is STILL the cooliest-sexiest-shortest man in America! Only he can wear heels as high as his woman’s and still get lucky. LOL”
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Many people will overlook a man’s woman’s foolishness and inadequacies IF they have enough money (like Donald Trump). I doubt if all the star stuck wannabees would be flocking to Prince’s bed if he didn’t have the fame and the dough.
He can quit it now with the stilletos and high heeled pumps. The chicks he hangs with don’t care that he is 4′-11″ and looks like a little white woman. All they wanna know is when can they get married and divorced and score a generous divorce settlement. It’s just business.
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U forgot to mention he’s extremely talented, he’s had number one and top ten hits for the last three decades…I know everyone is entitled to their opinion, but yours is just asinine…and may I add that even with his little frame he’s been seen with way flyer women then U could even try to imagine U face-less, nameless no-body.
Oh yeah, the first question was in response to someone else, not you. I forgot.
‘As for the Lakers, one win certainly doesn’t break the Celtics. The road to the Championship STILL goes through them. Lakers………BLAH!!’
I agree.
“U forgot to mention he’s extremely talented, he’s had number one and top ten hits for the last three decades…I know everyone is entitled to their opinion, but yours is just asinine…and may I add that even with his little frame he’s been seen with way flyer women then U could even try to imagine U face-less, nameless no-body.”
@Free to Pee and Lurk
Hmmmm…don’t you think you’re taking my comments just a bit too personally?
Why am I a *****ody? Doe’s someone have to achieve “stardom” to be “somebody” in your obviously shallow mindset?
As far as asinine comments…I think it is asinine and foolish to speculate about the kind of women I date without knowing me. I have above average looks and a nice personality and I have always found it easy to attract and keep attractive women without material enticements. I have never had to pay “fly” women for the pleasure of their company.
For your information, Prince has said in numerous interviews that the women in Minneapolis used to “dog” him until be became a popular local musician.
By the way, I have a fair number of Prince’s albums, so I acknowledge his musical genious. I also have most of Michael Jackson’s and ALL of Luther Vandross’ music. An entertainer’s appearance, sexual orientation, political ideaology, etc. is of no consequence to me if I appreciate their talent.
However, just because a person is extremely talented in one particular area does not make them worthy of blind worship nor does it exclude them from social commentary or critical examination.
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always LOVE Prince…FREE, CONTROVERSY, LADY CAB DRIVER, UPTOWN, 1999- (THE ENTIRE ALBUM), PURPLE RAIN, JUST FOR U, LITTLE RED COREVETTE, ETC.ETC. ETC. THE BEAUTIFUL ONES, WHEN DOVES CRY, NPG, FOREVER, LOVE PRINCE…QUIT HATIN…..
FACT: HE USED TO DATE NONA- MARVIN GAYE’S DAUGHTER…she is beautiful and the ONLY one that NEVER looked like the rest….
lmao @ the shoes
STILL LOVE PRINCE..BEAUTIFUL MUSICIAN
Really? That’s not his girlfriend….that’s his boyfriend!
Film
“Oh yeah, the first question was in response to someone else, not you. I forgot.”
Gotcha.
i love the way black people curse out and denounce gay people on a daily basis-yet turn a blind eye to the BLATANTLY flaming queen known as prince. does that mean it’s ok to be gay as long as you wear high heels, are short and light skinned, show up to public functions with a different pretty beard/girl every now and then, and play numerous musical instruments?
@free to pee…
fact check: the last time this tired queen had a hit, Reagan was still president.
are you women stupid or desperate? how can any of you sit up here and call him all sorts of fine, yet you call neyo all kinds of gay? prince is 50 times more of a queen than neyo could EVER be. ANY woman that thinks prince is straight needs to seek psychiatric help. FAST.
So, that was you?
I AM POSTING THIS EVERYDAY I POSSIBLY CAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(Bossip-You can try to block me, but your going to have block every IP address in existence)
Don’t you think, you and Darkchild are over-reacting? What are you two, the Oral Majority? Why don’t you two, find a nice room at the Farmer’s Daughter Motor Lodge, and 69 each other? You’ll probably feel better in the morning.
It is a complete and utter disgrace for this site to call itself B-OSSIP (Black Gossip) when the Black community, as it stands today, by and large is in a state of turmoil.
This site, in many ways, due to it’s name sake “B-OSSIP” (Black Gossip) AND WHAT AS WELL AS WHO it claims to represent, has become in the eyes of many who seek to visit an extension of the Black Community.
AND IT’S A *****ING DISGRACE
It’s one thing to have visitors of a site make RACIALLY DISPARAGING, MISOGYNISTIC, SELF-HATING etc… remarks.
It’s quite another for a site to PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE, ELICIT, ENTICE or INCITE, such behavior (RACISM, SELF-HATRED, MISOGYNY etc…) in it’s readers through it’s divisive, written as well as pictorial, depictions of what’s going on in the community it’s supposed to represent.
Especially how this site is “DETERMINED” to further the divide amongst “EACH OTHER As A COMMUNITY” as well as it’s INCESSANT need to pit other races against each other when we live in a “MULTICULTURAL” society.
@ Marquis de Sade
It’s not just me and Dark Child who feel this way. So please refrain from trying to make this seem as if it’s just the two us.
HAPPY WRITING, LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Must feel great to be such an *****et to the Black Community, LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’LL SEE YOU AROUND!!!!!!!!!!
HMMMMM, I WONDER WHAT AL AND JESSIE ARE DOING?.
ESPECIALLY JESSE, HMMMMM PROBABLY LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO REFURBISH HIS IMAGE DUE TO THE ELECTION DEBACLE RIGHT ABOUT NOW, DON’T YOU THINK, LMAO!!!!!!!!.
***** WHITE AMERICA! WHAT I’M SAYIN IS OFF TOPIC BUT SO DA ***** WHAT! BLACK HISTORY IS 2 MONTHS AWAYS AND I BE DAMNED IF OUR YOUR BLACK CHILDERN IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WILL REALLY HERE ABOUT ALL THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF BLACK AMERICANS. I HATE AMERICA AS A *****ING RACIST AS COUNTRY THAT WAS BUILT TO KEEP BLACK FAMILIES APART. BACK IN THE SLAVE DAYS THESE RACHETT AS WHITE FOLKS KEPT BLACK MEN FROM THERE WIVES AND FAMILY BECAUSE THEY KNEW THAT IF THEY KEPT US DIVIDE THAN UNITED WE’LL FALL! AND ALL I’M SEEING LATELY IS THE BLACK MEN WHO HAD A BLACK MAMA GIVING BIRTH TO THEY’RE DUMB ***** GO OUT AND GET THEM A TROPHY WIFE (DA FORBIDDEN FRUIT) MOSTLY WHITE WOMEN. ***** U BLACK MAN 4 LETTING DA WHTE MAN BRING U AND UR FAMILIES DOWN AND DIVIDED! ***** ALL U WHO DON’T WANT A STRONG BLACK WOMAN BY THEIR SIDE! ***** AMERICA
I think we just all need to accept that Prince is the exception to the rule. Always has been always will be. He isnt gay. He isnt in the professional world looking the way he looks. Because he is an entertainer, he can get away with alot more.
I just wish most of you black people werent so elementary. If you idiots wouldnt constantly box up black sexuality than maybe you wouldnt be so afraid of these men possibily hiding their sexuality or use the gay epithet to insult black men who dont want you sexually- black females.
Is it me, or does Prince go for the same chic!(They all look like Vanity!)
Oh well Prince!
If you like it, i love it…
paceeeee!
WHAT IS UP WITH THE GL***** HEEL WEDGES!?!?!
@Black
No picture…*****ody to me (also hating on one of the origina Superstars Prince)
@dag or whatever your name is I won’t sit up here and list Prince hits because folks like U wouldn’t know good music unless it hit U in the face
to the person posting this story, you are a true idiot. when prince first came out, his androgynous look was part of his gimmick, it was designed to not only shock us, but spark our interest and keep us guessing because you never knew what he was going to come up with next, and it made him an icon, then a living legend. if you ever get a minute listen to the song, controversy take note of the lyrics.
” i just can’t believe all the things people say…controversy
am i black or white, am i straight or gay…controversy
do i believe in god, do i believe in me….controversy
i don’t understand human curiosity…controversy
was it good for you, was i what you wanted me to be..controversy.”
now with that said, it was all marketing, much as this sasha foo foo crap, but on a much better level. prince has probably slept with more women than any guy on this site is even acquainted with…nuff said.
You’re probably right Kenya. Michael Jackson has also probably slept with more women than any guy on this site is even acquainted with.
Famous, wealthy musicians get a lot of play from gold digging wannabe-a-star females.
“his androgynous look was part of his gimmick–it was all marketing,”
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It is amazing how Prince stans can rationalize his feminine behavior. Prince hasn’t had a record out for a long while, thus there hasn’t been anything for him to “market” in a long while. With that in mind, why is he still going out in feminine makeup, feminine hairstyles, feminine jewelry, and “androgenous” attire?
I wonder how many heterosexual females would give an unknown 4′-11″ feminine acting, feminine dressing guy some play if he just said it was a “marketing act” for his career?
Hes getting old n has bad hips…he’s gotta wear those old lady heels now…(singin..) “looks like a pump..feeels like a sneaker…”
That lady is his new girlfriend- do some research folks.
Bossip =’s a white owned, black faced gossip site just like Viacom owns BET- image is everything.
Prince is a Queen (GAY)! Deal with it!!!!
He couldn’t even face Appolonia during their Purple Rain Love scene.
I’ve been in his presence and he is a short, (half an inch from a dwarf with his heels on), funny looking guy with a abnormally long head for his body.
He does take an excellent picture though.., but if he was not famous his ***** would be kicked up and down the Street each and everyday.
Any he loves his bodyguards big and black like the ones who humped his bare ***** (when he had on chaps) on the Grammy performance that I’m sure you can find on youtube.
He’s a fruit! Why would TWO gorgeous women divorce his ***** with the quickness? just hang around him a day and the Fairy in him is apparent!
“Why would TWO gorgeous women divorce his ***** with the quickness?”
because he’s a control freak
” but if he was not famous his ***** would be kicked up and down the Street each and everyday.”
so would alot of famous people…your point is?
“I’ve been in his presence and he is a short, (half an inch from a dwarf with his heels on), funny looking guy with a abnormally long head for his body.”
again…what is your point? he’s still sexier than you’ll ever be, whether you are male/female.
“Prince is a Queen (GAY)! Deal with it!!!!”
not in my eyes
Prince is a musical genius, therefore he is eccentric. there’s a fine line between genius and crazy, and i believe he plays on both sides of that fence. he obviously has short man’s syndrome which is part of the reason why he wears heels, but regardless of all that junk your popping, the man can do whatever he wants just because. he’s not hurting anyone, so why do you even care?
Kenya sounds like Star Jones, in love with a gay man and can not deal with the truth!
LOL!
Open your eyes Dear. You sound like a fat chick with no life but to drool over a gay midget.
Are you in love with Boy George and Liberace too? Just two misunderstood “straight men”? LOL! I also have a bridge to sell you to! You seem game to believe anything grande chica!
yeah da boy Prince looks suspect. but he does have some fine women on his arm but you never know.
Shiiiiiiiiit Rock Hudson denied it all the way to his grave. Bossip needs a new term, Down Low out in the open!
Kenya’s got to admit that eye line wearing, foundation apply brother does make one wonder, a whole daaaaaaaaaaaamn lot.
But Michael Jackson. Can’t give u that one sis. He’s a pubescent chasing, wanna be anything but black, damaged man child! Wake up girl!!! Your Idols are Fed up!!!! Find urself a real man!!!
A highly photoshopped version of the chick (Bria Valente) Prince is with is at these links [note-replace the hyphens with periods. Bossip wouldn't let me post the links in correct form]:
www-drfunkenberry-com/2008/09/19/here-she-comes/
www-drfunkenberry-com/2008/12/05/1415/
Apparently, Bria is his next here-today-gone-tomorrow female “protege”. Prince has excellent taste in beards.
Enjoy!!!
You guys are so wrong….First, I used tobe the BIGGEST FAN. I grew up in Garden City, Westland, and Dearborn, Michigan..I went to all Private Catholic Schools. In kindegarten= St. Norberts In 1-8 St.Raphael in Garden City, Mi and High School= St. Alphonsus and Plymouth Christian Academy in Canton, Mi…
The reason I am giving you background, is so that you’ll know those are the whitest areas, that you can get….At that time, when I was in school, they had NO ONE like Prince aka Roger Nelson. He was from Minnesota, (all white too) and he was funk,rock and r n b all at once..There was a lot of stuff around him in regards to whether he was gay or not..I challenge you to think, just for a moment. The reason I said he was beautiful, doesn’t have ANYTHING to do with COLOR. I meant the kind of person that he is, as an artist, he is a self-taught musician. All the instruments that he learned, he taught himself…Back then, (early 70’s) they didn’t have the music they have now.He made very controversial music along with Andre Cymone. His influeces are :From his early material, rooted in R&B, soul and funk, Prince has expanded his musical palette throughout his career, absorbing many other genres including pop, rock, jazz, new wave, psychedelia and hip hop. Some of his primary influences include Sly Stone, Curtis Mayfield, Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, James Brown, Parliament-Funkadelic and Carlos Santana.
ROGER NELSON FACTS :
Prince opened for Rick James in a 1980 tour with the label “punk funk” being applied to both artists, although it reportedly didn’t sit comfortably with Prince.
In 1981, Prince formed a “side project” (a problematic label given that his band was only used for performance, not recording sessions) band called The Time. Prince was able to do this thanks to a clause in his contract with Warner Bros. The Time released four albums between 1981 and 1990, with Prince writing and performing all instruments and backing vocals throughout. The band’s vocals were led by Morris Day.
In the coming decade, Prince would also collaborate with Vanity (of Vanity 6), Apollonia (of Apollonia 6) and Sheila E. He also wrote hits for artists such as Sheena Easton (“Sugar Walls”), Celine Dion (as she talked about in an interview with *****nio Hall in 1993), and The Bangles (“Manic Monday”). Prince’s own recordings would be covered in hit versions by artists as diverse as Chaka Khan (“I Feel For You”), Sheena Easton (“Eternity”), Mariah Carey, Art of Noise with Tom Jones, and Sinéad O’Connor (“Nothing Compares 2 U”). O’Connor’s cover, originally written by Prince for The Family, was a huge commercial success in 1990.
In 1985, after the U.S. Purple Rain Tour, which was a smash hit in the US and Canada, Prince announced that he would discontinue both live performances and music videos after the release of Around the World in a Day, which held the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 album chart for three weeks. Prince’s ban on music videos supposedly ended when the album stalled in the charts and, after a video for “Raspberry Beret,” then reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100.
In 1986, Prince released the album Parade. The album went to #3 on the Billboard 200 album chart and #2 on the R&B album charts. The first single, “Kiss,” would top the Billboard Hot 100. The Song was originally written for another side band project “Mazarati”. At the same time, “Manic Monday” by The Bangles, which Prince had written under the pseudonym “Christopher Tracy,” reached #2 on the Hot 100.
Christopher Tracy was the name of Prince’s character in the movie “Under The Cherry Moon,” for which Parade served as a soundtrack. Prince both directed and starred in the movie, and it also featured Kristen Scott Thomas as Mary Sharon in her first movie role. She would go on to star in such films as “The English Patient.” Following the film and album, Prince returned to touring with a stripped-down show. After a few isolated dates (dubbed “the Hit and Run Tour”) in the United States, he embarked on his first full scale European Tour in the summer of 1986. He closed the tour in September in Japan, his first appearances in the country.
At the end of the tour, Prince disbanded The Revolution, although retaining band member Matt Fink on keyboard. Added to the backing band was Boni Boyer on keyboards, Sheila E on drums, Levi Seacer, Jr. on b*****, Miko Weaver on guitar, Atlanta Bliss on stilts and Eric Leeds on Saxaphone. Dancer and love interest Cat Glover was added for live performances.
[edit] 1987—1991
Sign o’ the Times, released in 1987 as a double album, reached the Top Ten of the Billboard 200 and achieved the greatest critical acclaim of his career, topping the annual and highly reputable Pazz & Jop critics poll, reaching the top 100 of Rolling Stone’s list[8] and The All-TIME 100 Albums[9] of TIME Magazine, which declared it was the best album of the 1980s. Following the album’s release, Prince launched the Sign o’ the Times Tour in Europe. 1987 saw the potential for two of pop’s biggest stars coming together to perform a duet. Michael Jackson talked with Prince about performing a duet together for the title track of his new album Bad. Jackson and Prince ended up having creative differences, however, and Jackson recorded the title track for the album alone.[12]
In 1987, Prince planned to release The Black Album, a funk-oriented album whose erotically-charged lyrics and club-focused beats were perceived by many as his attempt to woo back the black audience he was supposed to have lost as a result of his mid-80s forays into pop, hard rock, and psychedelic rock. In reality, the album was a collection of tracks recorded during the previous few years, some of which had initially been recorded for Sheila E’s birthday party in 1986.[13]
The album remains legendary in Prince’s career after its release was canceled at the artist’s behest mere days before its release date. Though many already manufactured copies were supposed to be destroyed, several escaped and became the source for numerous bootleg editions. The album circulated through the bootleg underground music world and was not given an official release until 1994. Prince later attributed his eleventh-hour request for the album to be pulled from release to “a spiritual epiphany.
The 1988 album Lovesexy is considered Prince’s “spiritual” answer to the “dark” The Black Album. Lovesexy performed disappointingly on the US charts, reaching only #11 on the Billboard 200, but it reached #1 in the UK. (One track from The Black Album, “When 2 R in Love,” also appeared on Lovesexy.) The US leg of the Lovesexy World Tour also proved to be commercial disappointment: Prince lost money as dates failed to sell out. He did balance this poor performance with the European and Japanese legs of the tour.
In 1989, Prince provided and released the soundtrack for Batman, which returned him to #1 on the US album charts. The worldwide hit-single “Batdance” reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, while another track, “Partyman,” featuring the vocals of his then girlfriend “Anna Garcia”[14] became a popular song with the film’s audiences.
In 1990, Prince released the film Graffiti Bridge, a sequel to Purple Rain that performed poorly at the box office. The soundtrack to “Graffiti Bridge” featured Prince along with artists such as Tevin Campbell, Mavis Staples of the Staple Singers, and Morris Day with his other band and project, The Time. It would peak at #6 in the US and reach #1 in the UK. He also collaborated with Madonna on her Like a Prayer album for the song entitled “Love Song.”
[edit] 1991—1994
The release of Diamonds and Pearls 1991 gave Prince his fifth US number one single with the song “Cream.” Diamonds and Pearls debuted Prince’s new band, the New Power Generation, that featured rapper Tony M., Rosie Gaines on vocals, Michael Bland on drums, Levi Seacer on guitar, Sonny T on b*****, and Tommy Barbarella on keyboards.
1993 found Prince working significantly on Kate Bush’s 1993 album, The Red Shoes; her name appears in the credits of his Diamonds and Pearls album. Prince chiefly contributed on the song “Why Should I Love You,” playing b*****, guitar, and keyboards, singing vocals, and arranging music for the mix. This would be the final “Prince” credit, until 2000. Kate Bush reciprocated in 1996 and is featured on background vocals on the Eman*****tion track, “My Computer.”
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the city of New Orleans on 29 August 2005, Prince offered a personal response by recording two new songs, “S.S.T.” and the instrumental “Brand New Orleans,” at Paisley Park in the early hours of 2 September. Prince again performed all instrumental and vocal parts. These recordings were quickly dispersed to the public via Prince’s NPG Music Club, and “S.S.T.” was later picked up by iTunes, where it reached #1 on the store’s R&B chart. On 25 October, Sony Records released a version of the single on CD.
He has same bloodline as BILLIE HOLIDAY. There was not a BIG selection of music back in the early 70’s and 80’s, not like now. Prince being his ‘royal badness’ was a culimnation of all that he had been through…I LOVE PRINCE…
Additionally, what could he have done at 5′2 inches tall, light skinned, thin man present himself? How else would you have him acclimate being black with what he actually looks like?? I’m glad he follwed his own path…I don;t care for his choice in women, (except for Nona and Vanity), but so what..I don’t like a lot of rappers and their white women, either, so what’s the difference?
THERE IS NONE..BUT KNOW THAT IT’S NOT BECAUE HE IS ‘LIGHT-SKINNED’; IT’S BECAUSE HE IS VERY TALENTED A WHAT HE DOES…I GREW UP ON PRINCE, AN I ALWAYS WILL OVE HIM. YOU THINK HE’SGAY? YOU COULDN’T BE MORE WRONG…..BUT HEY, YOU’RE GOING TO THINK WHAT YOU WANT ANYWAY…JUST THOUGHT I WOULD ENLIGHTEN YOU…PRINCE IS THE ISH…EVEN NOW…CLEAR HEELS AND ALL….
um and what does this have to do with if he’s gay?
and secondly, his state might have had a high white population.., but he grew up on the BLACK side of his town. ie Prince grew up in a black neighborhood!
With the members of the time, Morris Day, Jellybean Johnson, Jerome Benton, terry lewis etc.
And they had plenty of peps like Prince. Price stole his style and wardrobe and hair from Jimi Hendrix, Lil Richard etc.
Prince styles himself like a 1950’s Queen(as in GAY man!)
His Purple rain era was hot.., but now his mainly more of a good music man than pioneering musician.
@always knew-
You forgot to mention that Prince wrote the song Do Me Baby for Melissa Morgan
um and what does this have to do with if he’s gay?
and secondly, his state might have had a high white population.., but he grew up on the BLACK side of his town. ie Prince grew up in a black neighborhood!
With the members of the time, Morris Day, Jellybean Johnson, Jerome Benton, terry lewis etc.
And they had plenty of peps like Prince. Price stole his style and wardrobe and hair from Jimi Hendrix, Lil Richard etc.
Prince styles himself like a 1950’s Queen(as in GAY man!)
His Purple rain era was hot.., but now his mainly more of a good business man than pioneering musician.
Manhattan
@always knew-
You forgot to mention that Prince wrote the song Do Me Baby for Melissa Morgan
Actually he wrote for himself. Do My Baby first appeared on his third album, Controversy. Melissa Morgan, covered it a few years later.
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All Hail the Great Purple One!
i think the Purple one is a flame to!
all hail fudge packers!!!!!!!
Hey young stupid people.
Prince has burned so many briges and *****ed off so many people that someone would have outed him a long time ago.
I can tell some of you are clueless because you keep stating that he has not had a hit. Well in 2006 2131 was a number one CD and right now not to many artist can give their music away.
I think some of you guys are gay and are little *****ed because you can’t get into duds pants.
Because if your not gay why are you so worried about who Prince is sleeping with.
all these sensitive ***** HAGS keep defending their lil’ “man”. your man as *****, fairy, queen!!!!!
why does da truth hurt?!
Any woman seen with Prince is *****umed to be *****kin’ for tracks.
Just like any woman seen with Hugh Hefner is *****umed to be *****kin’ for rent and drug money.
Prince definitely has a type. All his women look similar. I think he’d totally be into Kim Kardashian if her ***** wasn’t so big, but somehow, I don’t think he’s black enough for her.
I think Price is totally HOT!!!
Gay Men are just sooooooooooooooo beautiful!!!
da’ truth
Why are you worried about who P is sleeping with?
I mean come on who cares. Prince is probably as Gay as a Fruit fly, but the brother is real musically creative.
Yeah, he does remind me of lil’ Richard with his swag, but his music is pretty decent.
We black people have to accept our gay and bi brothers and sisters. Swirl on with your high heel wearing, eyeliner *****.
awwww. look at doughboy and his mini-me. too cute.
DOes he have on wedge heel sneakers, or are his feet dangling and can’t reach the floor?
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