Suck Ya Mama's - Prince Is The One

17 reasons why I think Prince is still the best solo male artist in the world ever (ok, Stevie, Bob and MJ are pretty darn good too)

1. He made I Love U In Me, Scandalous, Starfish & Coffee, Little Red Corvette, Sometimes It Snows In April, Head, Controversy, 1999, D.M.S.R, International Lover, the whole of Purple Rain (bar Computer Blue which is a bit wack), the whole of Sign O The Times, Condition Of The Heart, Paisley Park, Pop Life, The Ladder, Raspberry Beret, The whole of Lovesexy (minus Anna Stesia), My Name Is Prince, Most of the Batman album (even if those stupid Hollywood types didn't recognise and most of it didn't make the film), The Question Of U (though the rest of Graffiti Bridge was admittedly patchy), The Diamonds & Pearls album (though I couldn't get with those annoying chicks), Kiss (thogh I can't listen to it now after Tom Jones MURDERED it), Under The Cherry Moon, Do U Lie, Girls And Boys, Anotherloverholenyohead, Cream, 7 (incredible live), The Morning Papers, Sexy MF, And God Created Woman, Violet The Organ Grinder....
2. He changed his name to a symbol that still no one knows how to pronounce.
3. That 'Slave' shit might have been off-key at the time, but the wee man was standing up for his rights. Artists SHOULD own their own master, you mo'fo's.
4. While on occasion he does look like Hilda Ogden caught on spin cycle with Bet Lynch, he's still oh-so-stylish.
5. He can dance his ass off.
6. While he's crazy and undoubtedly a freak, he's never been caught peeing on, or molesting, underage kids.
7. He has a house called Paisley Park.
8. He sometimes makes music that isn't as great as the classics, but even then it doesn't suck so bad that you can't face ever listening to anything ever again. In fact, it just makes you appreciate the best stuff even more.
9. He has ace-shaped guitars.
10. His music makes you cry. Literally.
11. He made some good films like Purple Rain (I'll conveniently brush off Under The Cherry Moon)
12. He's THE best live performer. Ever. With or without the Moonwalk. I've seen him three times so I know.
13. His name is Prince. And he is funky.
14. He opened a shop in Camden in the '80s. Sorry, but for that alone, a round of applause.
15. He bought us Sheila E, Wendy & Lisa, Morris Day and The Time and, inadvertently perhaps, Jam & Lewis.
16. His videos are amazing.
17. Three decades in the game, and he's still one of the biggest-selling live acts.
18. He plays basketball despite being 4'2. Or something.
19. Because of Prince, the word 'wet' got banned from being used in videos. He's SO saucy widdit.
20. He was using text talk b4 we even had mobile phones, u get me?
21. He released The Black Album and then withdrew it. Why? Because he's Prince.
22. This video: