Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis Interview | What Prince Taught Me

Great lesson indeed! And because Prince pushed y'all out of the nest, you were able to help Janet become a superstar and one of the biggest selling recording artists in history, and blessed us with some memorable hits from other artists that still punch hard to this day. ❤❤❤

Prince set them free and he knew they were equally great . So be it. They were under continiuous competion on each other in Minneapolis. Prince loved to have musical groups and musical families near him. He wanted and envied that. Check how he adored music of latin roots with Sheila E. His jaws were dropped when he heard the sound of Escovedo family and Tito Puente in latin jazz and salsa. He adored Santana. I BET IT. They were a family to him and wanted his ways and control. May be fully control is not the best way but in a competition you want the best to get or you set free spirit and will. So he fired as he was the boss but his respect was limitless to them and Morris Day. He protected his music and his labels as a producer and in fact Jimi & Terry did followed same rules for their success. They wanted their freedom and so it was.

In my opinion these guys were the real Minneapolis sound not Prince. Prince was talented but didn't always agree with his musical direction it was often sporadic over-saturated and not focused I believe this is the biggest problem Warner Brothers had with him. In my opinion prince career got off to a slow start beause of his effeminate ways and dress hydrogenous whatever people call it that was a huge turnoff to a lot of people some goofy fan struck female would have been okay with it or some people in the alphabet gang but it was a bad career move and Prince had a number of bad career moves. In my opinion Prince had a phenomenal opportunity to put together some great sounds and a great production team if he would have stayed with stuck with Jimmy and Terry. The way to go is to build a band and or a team that can develop a sound has a chemistry that is in sync that hopefully can last for years this would have been better than some of the other routes he went like some stupid band named third eye blind Prince was weird and stymied some potential success in my opinion. Everybody have a blessed week and ne safe.