Prince (funk, metal, pop, rock, albums)

Rainard Jalen · 09-17-2008, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I bought that one after it was released from the vaults in the 90s. I had heard all kinds crazy stuff about it like it was a forerunner of gangsta rap and whatnot. Needless to say I was really disappointed. It's been years and years since I've listened to it (I have it on cassette if that's any indication) so maybe I should go back and give it another chance.

Yeah...and hopefully without the expectation that it was a "forerunner of gangsta rap" (??)

**Janszoon** · 09-17-2008, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen

Yeah...and hopefully without the expectation that it was a "forerunner of gangsta rap" (??)

I never understood that either. Presumably the person who wrote that review was talking about "Bob George".

Rainard Jalen · 09-18-2008, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Molecules

you can hear alot of hip-hop in Prince actually. His sheer eclecticism the main draw

There's a vast, vast gulf that lies between having some of elements of hip-hop in your music, and being a "forerunner to gangsta rap".

Molecules · 09-18-2008, 08:49 AM

wasn't my implication...

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