Why did the musician, Prince, stop making good music back in '89?
540669
I don't ever remember Prince making good music.
979113
Everyone's opinion about music, the new type is crap and has no taste. But, that is what every next generation has thought. Parents in the 50's thought Elvis was trash, that doesn't ensure that he is. That's why it is a free country, and if you think music has been going downhill, then it probably started going downhall after people started making music. Just because you think your music is better doesn't make it. I don't like the new music myself, I am a fan of blue, jazz, rock, and classical.
1033462
im pretty sure he is retired. all his music is probably reused
119503
same thing as most of the pop singers.....no longer popular
1017213
When you look at the music created between early 1980-1987, there was a genre of musical talent I believe the world will never see again. \nWhere has this talent gone?\n\nThe 90's music was what you listened to when your 5 seconds short of suicide, and the 70's music was simply 1-dimension heavy rock(for the most part)\n\n60's music was fast-beat 3 minute songs designed for AM radio\n\nAnd the 'music' today? Horrific...to say the least.\n\nThe 80's were a great era.
249133
Because they realized no one liked their music anymore. I mean, they waited over a year to release Forever. And they actually tried to describe their sound as "mature". Who the hell has heard of mature pop music? It's almost an oxymoron.
695893
Why did he ruin his career? He was great on ESPN. Snappy quips about sports. Now he makes me think about all the 'celebrities' who spew their political hatred. \n\nWhy can't they - Just shut-up and sing?
311890
I couldn't agree more, look at the music industry, people like.. 50 cents, Lindsay Lohan, Jessica Simpson (oh please don't tell me with a voice like that she has talent!), Beyonce, Gwen Stefani, blah blah blah.. Crap music everywhere and I could go on for days!! I think good music will extinct in a few years time, that's really sad..
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There black crossover acts that came out of the 80s with a vengeance (thought they had albums prior).\nPrince's income is largely a mystery as his album sales are not all counted due to his using alternative distribution methods through his website. \nWere MJ makes about a dollar for each album sold, Prince makes about 8 to 10 dollars of each album sold as he insists on owning all his masters and uses record companies mearly as distributors. MJ has the beatles catalog (200 songs) valued at 200 million. Prince has about 3,000 songs he wrote himself in his vault (the number grows by about a song a day) which he's banking on in the future.  In the end Prince will probably win out since MJ hasn't generated positive cash flow for years (he has to sell several million copies of an album to break even) and Prince's break even is roughly 200 albums.
413580
In the glory days of Guns N Roses, he was probably the best rock singer of them all. The current Axl is a bit frightening, and it is sad that the band broke up in such acrimony with the lawsuits and everything - I guess Axl's head got a little too big for him, something not too unusual for a rock star.
603062
Lack of talent is what is going on! I don't even keep up with the new stuff anymore, it sucks. It seems that the music industry is catering to the younger people with all of this poppy bubble gum crap. This is another reason we bought Sirius, we get to pick what we listen to. No Shakira, or over the hill Madonna. It is all crap!!! Hey is that Freedom Rock? Well turn it up! Ha ha
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MTV ruined music in my opinion.  Music has been in a downward spiral since around 1985.  I'm 25 years old and I listen to mostly to the music my parents and grandparents grew up with.  There are a few good artists right now like Jack Johnson and Norah Jones.
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Prince (born Prince Rogers Nelson on June 7, 1958), known from 1993 to 2000 as  (or informally, The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, Tafkap, or simply The Artist),He currently lives in Chanhassen, Minnesota.
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so far ive heard alot of no's! mtv said he was going to take a break, cuz he was tired and just wanted to help other artists like 50 with there music and to spend time with his family. He maid curtian call so poeole wouldnt forget about him (like anyone would)! so he should be back in the music world in a coouple of years maybe months! see i think he stopping for a short- term cuz he knows his last couple of albums didnt do so well like his first one's did! also did ya know him and kim(x wife) are getting married again? its true he told music stations! hope i helped ya! here is a site for more music news on him and everyone-else!
380998
kiss by prince - at least i think that was the 90's, the years are starting to run together!!
539319
Actually, Prince was the guy that originally sang the Time's song....he wrote them all.  He originally wanted Alexander O'Neal to be the leader of the group, but O'Neal wanted too much money.  So, Prince, under the alias of Jamie Starr, brought in his friend Morris Day to sing over tracks he had already laid.  If you listen closely to The Time's early albums, all you'll hear are Prince's and Morris Day's vocals.
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He was going to call it "The Book Formerly Known as Prince" but sony let him out of his contract, so he went with "The Prince"