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Prince remembered by many as the most meticulous musician ever continues to set records. billboard reports that the for the full year of 2016 he outsold every other recording artist with 2.23 million albums sold. and joining me from the brooklyn histori historian, and zahir, thanks for being here. and i think it is shocking that he s not here but could you quantify the legacy of with someone with that volume of work and level of genius. it is hard to do that. i think we people who were fans of prince expected an album every year and when he didn t release an album a year, he released two the next year. so it is really hard just to know that his vault contains music that will rebe leased for a while, but it is hard to really think about the impact that prince has had and i think not only in terms of music and ....
Signing, where their money is going. he understood the history of the exploitation of black labor in the music industry and he campaigned strongly and encouraged black artists to regain and maintain control of their productions. and in minneapolis, obviously now paisley park is going to soon be a museum, if it is not open already. ha havy you been? i have been to minneapolis and paisley park many years, i was fortunate enough to see him perform at paisley park several times and i was there last fall when it reopened. now here is the final question and this actually has a right and wrong answer. what is the greatest prince song. i would say adore and the beautiful ones. you got the wrong answer. it is purple rain. come on, college maiden. it is purple rain. everyone knows that. i had to go with the deep cuts. we ll argue about it later offline. thank you, zahir. that is our show for today. be sure and join us next weekend ....
As the experience for yourself, being a young black american man going to the african continent in 1974, what was that experience like and how was ali and how were you guys received by people in zahir? well, ali was a rock star wherever he went. but i had met him in chicago when he couldn t fight, when he was barred. uh-huh. and i checked into this hotel and the guy said, mohamed ali is in town, i was joking i said well send him up to my room. five minutes later he shows up to my room with kid gavaland who was leblgd dare at this time. having had some previous contact with him and going over there, it was they met us at the plane and thewere dancing in the traditional african garb with the bells on their ankles ....
just hours after we left prison, we were able to swim in the waters of the gulf. we stayed up all night with our loved ones and we watched the most beautiful sunset we ve ever seen. these experiences will be with us for the rest of our lives. we would like to thank oman for welcoming us and hosting our families. also present at the press conference were both men s families as well as sarah shourd, bauer s fiancee. while they refused to answer any questions, they were all smiles when they were presented with gifts given by omani officials. both men made their way to the tarmac where they said good-bye to omani and u.s. officials before boarding the plane that will start them on their long waited journey back home. muhammad jam june, muscat, oman. let s go to politics now and a shocking finish in the republican battle in orlando, florida, this evening. tonight s winner with 986 votes, 37.1% herman cain. and there you heard it, herman cain surprised many by winni ....
Dance around. it drives me crazy. i wish he would stop it? he is a little mincing on that issue. the woman hard pressed him right out of the box. she was with the darr ling tea party. bangalor. everybody in the world with exception of the french are tired of the b.s. tired of it. we re rope adoping more than mohammed ali and zahir. we get it there are different types of jihad. quit blowing it up. bill: focus in on the muslims who want to kill everybody, then that s all i want. that s all i want. bill: okay. president bush i m interviewing him tomorrow in ohio. i m 16th in line after the dairy ....