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[Robso]

Gutted. A true musical genius! R.I.P.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

Man, my dad loves him. Better tell him gently before he sees it in the news.

Last 24 hours have been brutal.
Chyna, Prince and Victoria Wood.

What the fuck is going on?

 

[Bear Force One]

I often dream of heaven and I know that Tracy's there
I know that he has found another friend
Maybe he's found the answer to all the April snow
Maybe one day I'll see my Tracy again

Sometimes it snows in April
Sometimes I feel so bad, so bad
Sometimes I wish that life was never ending,
But all good things, they say, never last

All good things that say, never last
And love, it isn't love until it's past

 

[GK86]

Man, RIP to a true legend.

 

[Gusto]

Fuuuu, goodnight my sweet prince.

 

[GamePnoy74]

This is upsetting.

RIP, Prince. ='(

Raspberry Beret is my all-time favorite jam from him, yo.

 

[PadWarrior]

Any word on the cause?

 

[Instro]

The bigger question is, "How does TMZ have sources in Minnesota?"

I would guess they had their vultures circling after he had the emergency landing the other day.

 

[Ronin]

I missed his show in Atlanta too.

All work has ceased in our office and people are in each other's cubes talking about it.

 

[nillah]

RIP, sweet Prince...

 

[Kaiken]

https://youtu.be/7INsVaR-S-w
My guitar gently weeps. So sad.

 

[Jigolo]

Wow RIP

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

Has there ever been a year condensed with so many high profile deaths?

 

[torre_avenue]

rip

hope that rumor of him having tons of unreleased music in his 'vault' is true

He does.

“I joined Prince in 1983 when he was preparing to do Purple Rain. I realized it would be smart for me to get his tapes together in one place. I was aware there were a lot of pieces missing. It became an obsession. I wanted us to have everything he’d ever recorded. I called up the studios he’d been using and said: ‘Have you got any Prince tapes’? This is his legacy. We need to protect these things. It’s an actual bank vault, with a thick door. It’s in the basement of Paisley Park. When I left in 87, it was nearly full. Row after row of everything we’d done. I can’t imagine what they’ve done since then.”

 

[Corleth the Fey]

RIP man. You knew how to make a tune. We lost one of the greats today.

 

[Azoor]

Bowie and now Prince ?

WTF 2016?!

 

[TheOMan]

...on the upside we might actually get to hear his entire catalog digitally along with whatever else he was holding back now. The man's music will live on at least.

Too soon

 

[drugstore_cowboy]

Jeez! first I heard if it just now.

When I read the plane was diverted a few days ago I instantly thought the worst and was relieved it was 'just' flu.

Just wow.

 

[Florist]

Fuck this year. Way too young. Ugh purple rain on repeat. Rip

 

[doctorblurg]

It goes without mentioning but his halftime show at the superbowl is one of the best if not THE best halftime show ever preformed

 

[Ganzlinger]

Absolutely shocking, man. RIP, Prince.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Wtf???

is 2016 really bad or am I just getting old so I know more famous people?

R.I.P

 

[Lil'DigiOp]

...on the upside we might actually get to hear his entire catalog digitally along with whatever else he was holding back now. The man's music will live on at least.

Not always true because we still have a fucktn of MJ songs that will never see the light of day.

 

[Brazil]

What a shitty year for music.

 

[Randolph Freelander]

Rest in purple.

 

[maruchan]

Kexp.org. Has a prince tribute up all prince music right now

 

[TheOMan]

Any word on the cause?

Severe flu apparently?

 

[NESpowerhouse]

Christ, is the rapture happening this year or what?

 

[TsunamiOfSwagger]

https://youtu.be/miZxYjqqjZM
Charlie Murphys Hollywood stories.

R.I.P

 

[Saint Gregory]

Bowie and now Price ?

WTF 2016?!

This has truly been a shitty, shitty year and we're not even halfway through it -_-

 

[CDX]

His people told us the 57-year-old had been battling a bad bout of flu.

Man. 57 and died of the flu?

He was a Jehovah's Witnesses wasn't he? Is there any sort of flu or pneumonia medical treatment a Jehovah's Witnesses would have refused? I thought they only refused blood transfusions.

 

[LAM09]

In total shock.

 

[And_Boy]

Loved him! Prince - I Would Die 4 U

 

[Dishwalla]

 

[PadWarrior]

Severe flu apparently?

Oh geez

 

[SgtCobra]

Wtf? Shit. RIP...

 

[Lilith]

Rest in Peace, your Majesty.

 

[mr jones]

There's a quiet, somber rain in Minnesota.

 

[shadowkat]

WTF? I'm in absolute shock.

RIP Prince.

 

[DarkJediKnight]

Just saw on CNN!!!

No!!!! NO!!!

He was my idol. Someone who I was in awe of because of how unique and talented he was.

Rest in peace Purple Prince!

 

[Skilotonn]

I wasn't a huge fan of his music, but he was a legend regardless.

So crazy and unexpected - stranger yet, I had no idea that he was so young.

RIP. 2016 really has been crazy for celeb deaths.

 

[whytemyke]

Damn. Pretty awful news.

For younger people, at least check out his Superbowl halftime show in 2007. Easily my favorite halftime show in my life time. Plus it encompasses a LOT of his personality and attitude towards music and performance, I think. Pretty awesome.

He played up here in Detroit a couple months ago and I didn't go cuz I was tight on money and thought I'd see him next year. Damn.

 

[The Ummah]

So hurt right now, friends. Wow.

 

[jroc74]

I just read Cosmic post "OMG RIP Prince. Holy Shit"

It was so out of place in the thread I was like who the fuck is Prince? I started putting 2+2 together....

:-(

Wow at this news. Reports are he died in his studio. Hopefully he was making music, because thats what he loved to do.

R.I.P.

 

[ptuck874]

dang man, really liked him a lot

 

[jhmtehgamr20xx]

Also I'm just finding out Vanity (Katrina Matthews) died this year too, back on February 16th. Damn. I loved her in The Last Dragon.

RIP Vanity

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Saw a tweet asking if it was safe to say he was the 20th Century's Mozart.

I said Mozart couldn't hang.

 

[burgervan]

The word genius gets thrown around too liberally these days, but Prince was a true musical genius. His creativity was staggering. This is such sad news.

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

I was trying to read into the title thinking it was some other guy(not that I'd be glad if it was). This sucks, never knew he was ill.

 

[studyguy]

Not always true because we still have a fucktn of MJ songs that will never see the light of day.

True enough I suppose. Really do hope his estate allows more to be released though, I can't find squat of his stuff among my digital offerings.