European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse In Princess Eden the animals vie with his psyche a Prince of Many talents and $100 million by Ann Powers special to the new York times Adam gained Dominion Over Paradise Only after granting names to All the animals. Prince pop Star and cosmologist uses names the same Way to declare Mastery the animals in Prince s Garden Are his own sensual and creative drives. In the beginning cod made the sea but on the 7th Day he made me he whoops on my name is Prince the single and first track from his new album. As a Choppy dance Groove propels him Forward he continues this tale of a new creation he was trying 2 Resty All when he heard the sound a my god was worried i he heard me sing. From this Point on Prince s latest self termed song Cycle reconstructs Eden As a Den of sensuality with the artist As its sole proprietor. The album Paisley Park Warner Bros. 45037 cd and cassette a whose title is an unpronounceable amalgam concocted by Prince of the male and female symbols a weaves a Funky fairy tale about sexual and musical Conquest dipping into the Bible and the hipster dictionary for lyrical inspiration. In a word or 2 it s u i Wanna do no not Cha body to mind u fool he declares in typical Prince Slang. With these words the album draws the listener into a musical seduction in which sex spirituality and music converge As the route to salvation. Prince synthesizes disparate musical styles with stunning dexterity stripping each influence of its individual nature and making it new in the mix. Funk jams run into pseudo techno raves lovers Rock goes cabaret a quiet storm fades into a beatles que Ballad and swinging Lite jazz escalates into Glam Rock opera. Even the samples Prince lifts a from the rap groups . And Eric b and Rakim among others a Are buried so deeply they Only Register As nuances. Throughout the album Prince reveals himself As his own most cherished inspiration. Almost every song is a shiny new take on Standard Prince. My name is Prince samples i Wanna be your Lover from dirty mind 1980 and quotes Thunder from diamonds and pearls by Fred Goodman special to the new York times with the release of his latest album Prince is beginning to Cash in on his new six album recording contract and worldwide publishing Deal with Warner Bros. Records. While he and his representatives say the contract is Worth More than $100 million pop stars have a Rich tradition of exaggerating the value of deals. Prince s claims were greeted by the music Industry with More scepticism than usual. To hear him Tell it his Deal would be More lucrative than those recently signed by Madonna and Michael Jackson artists whose recordings generally outsell Prince s. A source involved in the negotiations who spoke on the condition of anonymity says that even Warners executives telephoned Prince s lawyers after the agreement was announced to ask How the contract could be Worth so much. One published report put the actual value of the Deal closer to $30 million while others have speculated that the most he can earn is $10 million per album. 1991. Morning paper is Riviera lounge smoke circa Parade 1986. Prince has always emphasized his own processes of reinvention Over the musical history that informs his work. In Prince s realm sly Stone or James Brown float like family ghosts never quite confronted but always present. More referential than Ever on the new album Prince still insists that he s the originator of his own scenarios. I am the main thang he intones in the Continental. Why Settle 4 a Star when u can have the Sun this renewed self Confidence comes after a Long period of self doubt. Hip hop was Prince s doppelganger throughout the last five years he struggled awkwardly with its forms made a film Craft to Bridge casting it As the enemy and finally hired Prince s lawyer Gary Sti Flemen refuses to spell out the specifics of the agreement but described the More modest figure As he justifies the higher figure by saying the Deal has three major components a significantly higher Royalty rate than in the past substantial refinancing and expansion of Prince s Paisley Park record Label and a new three year agreement the Minneapolis rapper Tony m. To reinforce his ranks on diamonds and pearls. That record managed to recapture Prince s dwindling commercial audience generating a no. 1 hit with Cream. Prince now deals with hip hop s dominance by acting As if he has at least partially invented the genre developing an idiosyncratic rap style that subtly borrows from artists including . Cool j., Michael Jackson and George Clinton. Just As Prince subsumes his influences within his overwhelming personality he often seems to use his band members As tools rather than collaborators. For example Tony a s deep gangster baritone invokes a style of Black machismo that Prince himself can t manage. But the shift is so smooth from one voice to another on the sexual boasts where he s Between Prince s music publishing company controversy music and Warner Chapel music for the handling of his copyrights worldwide. Stiffelman also views Prince As unusually prolific. In the time Between Michael Jackson s 1987 release of bad and last year s dangerous for example Prince released four albums. Quot together they sold As Well As bad and i d Wager they were More profitable Quot says Stiffelman. Indeed Prince s problem has never been a Lack of material Over the years Warners has had to talk him out of releasing several albums Worth of music and the Rocker is said to have 450 unreleased songs. Even unreleased they represent a Rich lode for Prince and Warners music publishing companies. Several artists including sin6ad o Connor and the bangles have enjoyed hits with Prince s songs and his material is eagerly sought by others. Editor s note Fred Goodman a contributing editor at rolling Stone is working on a history of the Rock n Roll business. Featured that Prince appears to be changeling through him. Asserting a personality Prince designs for him Tony m. Misses any Chance to speak for himself. Prince s Genius that ability to name and claim so much also causes his ultimate isolation. Whatever he touches a music ideas people a becomes in his Art an aspect of his own identity. This alchemical gift has allowed him to create one of the most Complex artistic expressions known to pop. But it leads him into Ever More ratified atmospheres. In the end he s not Adam but the wizard of of playing behind his curtain at a magnificent illusion. Editor s note Ann Powers writes about pop music for of weekly the Village voice and . Weekly. Chart pop a singles 1. How do you talk to an Angel the Heights 2. End of the Road Bey i of. 3. I d die without you from Boomerang a pm Dawn 4. If i Ever fall in love Shai 5. Sometimes love just Ain t enough 6. Run Haer reckon elect 7. Rhythm is a dancer snap b what about your friends tic 9. Erotica Madonna 10 jump around House of palmtop a albums 1. The Chase Garth Brooks 2. Timeless the classics Michael Bolton 3. Unplugged Eric Clapton 4. Erotica a Madonna 5. Some gave All Billy Ray Cyrus 6. Automatic for the people r e m. 7. Soundtrack to pure country George Strait 8. Ten a Pearl Jam 9. What a the 411? Mary Blige 10. Untitled a Prince and the . Country a singles ramp by singles 1. No one else on Earth Wynonna 2. Watch me Lorrie Morgan 3. Shake the sugar tree Pam tills 4. Bubba shot the Juke Box Mark Chestnutt 5. I m in a hurry and Don t know Why a Alabama 6. If there had t been you Billy Dean 7. Lord have mercy on the working Man a Travi Tritt it 8. Letting go a Suzy Bogguss 9. Even the Man in the Moon is crying Mark Collie 10. Seminole wind John Anderson 1. Ainu to nobody Uke you Mikl Howard 2. Games Chuklin Booker 3. What about your friends tic 4. Work to do Vanessa Williams 5. Someone to hold Trey Lorenz 6 i got a thang 4 Yalo key 7 Rump Shaker wreck a elect 8 Sweet november troop 9. Love Shoulta brought you Home from Boomerang a Toni Braxton 10 inside that i cried Cece Pelsto classical a albums 1. Kathleen Battle at Carnegie Hall a Kathleen Battle 2. Baroque duet Kathleen Battle. Wynton Marsalis 3. In concert a Carreras Domingo Pavarotti 4. Muht a Luciano Pavarotti 5. Gorecki symphony no. 3 Upshaw. London san Monletta 6. Shostakovich 24 preludes amp fugues Keith Jarrett 7. Pieces of Africa Kronos quartet 8. Bernstein the final concer f Boston symphony 9. Switched on Bach 2000 Wendy Carlos 10. 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