No idea why you said Prince never reached the masses, because he sold a HELLUVA lot of records in the 80s (and still went platinum with his last joint, I believe). Still, even he never did reach "the masses", that has nothing to do with his greatness as an artist...perfect example: Hendrix might not have had a record that sold as much as Puffy's first LP while Jimi was alive (although he sold a helluva lot of records post mortem), but who's the greater artist?<P>Spread love,<P>Spirit<BR><a href="http://amphibians.iuma.com" target="_blank">http://amphibians.iuma.com<;/a><BR>www.soul-sessions.com<BR>Hip-hop forever...power to the people<P>R.I.P. Filli (Amphibians)<P>"There will be no peace until God sits at the conference table" - Chi-Lites