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Lincoln:
Been bugging me for a week or so, I'm interested in seeing the views of people on this board.

Trauma-san:
Prince is a great artist, but he hasn't affected the music scene like Curtis Mayfield has.  

Curtis Mayfield started the Impressions, for god's sake.  He helped launch Jerry Butler.  "People Get Ready" is better than anything Prince has ever done, from not only a songwriting perspective, but also from a aspect of impact on the game.  Nothing Prince has done has affected the music community much, but People Get Ready was one of those songs that helped to totally change music.  Also, it sounds as good today as it did 50 fucking years ago.  

EASSSSSSSILY Curtis Mayfield on this one.  

Darksider:

--- Quote from: SMiLE on May 11, 2004, 09:15:16 PM ---Prince is a great artist, but he hasn't affected the music scene like Curtis Mayfield has.  

Curtis Mayfield started the Impressions, for god's sake.  He helped launch Jerry Butler.  "People Get Ready" is better than anything Prince has ever done, from not only a songwriting perspective, but also from a aspect of impact on the game.  Nothing Prince has done has affected the music community much, but People Get Ready was one of those songs that helped to totally change music.  Also, it sounds as good today as it did 50 fucking years ago.  

EASSSSSSSILY Curtis Mayfield on this one.  

--- End quote ---

Shallow:

--- Quote from: SMiLE on May 11, 2004, 09:15:16 PM ---Prince is a great artist, but he hasn't affected the music scene like Curtis Mayfield has.  

Curtis Mayfield started the Impressions, for god's sake.  He helped launch Jerry Butler.  "People Get Ready" is better than anything Prince has ever done, from not only a songwriting perspective, but also from a aspect of impact on the game.  Nothing Prince has done has affected the music community much, but People Get Ready was one of those songs that helped to totally change music.  Also, it sounds as good today as it did 50 fucking years ago.  

EASSSSSSSILY Curtis Mayfield on this one.  

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Okay I agree that it is Mayfield, but I have a question, How did MJ change music? For the better?

Don Jacob:
i'm not going to downplay curtis mayfield's influence to boost prince's but IMO Prince takes this battle. Prince redefined a genre like no other artist before or after him has. i mean look at soul and funk music before 1999 and purple rain paisly park and sign of the times and then look at it after...hell prince had even MJ taking notes.

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