It seems that the singer’s latest passion for developing her musical career is a duet with the famous artist known as Prince. This is what Alicia Keys said about meeting her soon to be partner: “I met Prince before. I tried to act cool but I definitely had a little star-struck moment. He’s great.” Yeah, Prince did always seem to have that effect on all of the women he met… even though by now he must have gotten on in years a bit. It’s probably why Alicia Keys wants a duet with him… to profit from the man’s vast experience.
The artist formerly known as The Artist Formerly Known as Prince has been accused of some seriously cutthroat business tactics in a book deal gone sour. According to a lawsuit filed in LA County Superior Court, a literary agency claims that Prince chose them as his “exclusive agent with respect to the negotiations of a publishing deal” for a book called ’21 Nights’ and a special limited edition version. In the documents, the agency claims in the final stages of the deal, the singer stopped calling them back and then went behind their back to finish the negotiations, thus screwing the company out of its 15% commission.
The singer who is apparently famous for recording a cover of Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U” didn’t quite get along with the artist. Sinead O’Connor relates her first encounter with the pop legend: “I didn’t hit it off with Prince. I met him after I’d recorded ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ and he said he didn’t appreciate how I used bad language in my interviews. I told him to go fuck himself and he wasn’t very happy.” Of course Prince wasn’t happy about it. Sinead O’Connor might have reminded him of some unsavory moments of his past. Whatever the case, I’m sure they’ll patch things up if Sinead O’Connor records another cover and stops reminding Prince of his darker side.
When you know that people are suffering in the middle of an economic crisis, what do you do? Prince knows. The artist formerly known as the Artist Formerly Known as Prince has announced that he will be releasing a three-disc CD package exclusively through Target for only $11.99. The triple disc set will include two new albums from Prince, ‘LOtUSFLOW3R’ and ‘MPLSoUND’ as well as a full length album from his latest protégé Bria Valente. The set is scheduled to hit Target shelves on March 29th. Let’s buy it! If it turns out to be great then we got one heck of a bargain. If it’s not so good, we still got a bargain.
Prince is once again in the headlines but this time not for his eccentricities but for his unfulfilled legal obligations. Instead of seeing adoring fans after he stepped out from a concert at Los Angeles’ Avalon nightclub, Prince was instead greeted by a lawyer who slapped him with summons. The lawyer reportedly came all the way from New York just to serve the papers to Prince. Apparently, Prince was supposed to play at the Dublin Croke Park last year but he reneged on the deal resulting to losses for the producer. MCD Productions is now running after him for compensation.
Prince may be some sort of a legend in the American music industry but his magic seems to be waning. This is evident with the slow ticket sales of his Oscar’s party gig last week. Tickets were being sold at a price tag of $200 but only half were sold. In November last year, Prince was also the recipient of a $100,000 suit filed by a perfume company after he and his record label “Universal” allegedly failed an agreement to promote a new fragrance. The case ensued from a licensing agreement between Prince and Universal Music where they allowed the perfume company to use not only Prince’s name and likeness but also the number 3121 which is also the title of his previous album. Revelations Perfume and Cosmetics said there was no attempt to communicate with them despite their continuous efforts since July 2007 to contact Prince to coordinate the promotions.
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