Prince's Preference

This memory is my eternal internal chuckle. I was reminded of it today on the bus back from 33rd in Brooklyn, around Dee's place. I got a video of him rapping on the boardwalk the other day and another guy beatboxing. Which I'm gonna have fun working on with my software. Dee told me, yo, he could write me something and we'd rehearse it back at his place. I'm down with that; I'm hanging on to that possibility. As long as we're chilling and we got each other's backs, I'd give anything a try. I don't rap but yeah I wish I could.

So as I'm thinking about this on the bus, I remember my girl Shaznay from All Saints back in '98, a Brit R&B/Hip-Hop from back when girls would threaten to kill themselves if the Spice Girls broke up. Yeah, I listened to them too - they weren't the rage for nothing; they had good songs, and they got character. Not like the supposedly original but clearly conformist bands out there now. And honestly, how often do you find those bands storming the world. To use the old Spice saying that's damn "Girl Power!" too.

Shaznay Lewis, you'll remember from Bend it Like Beckham but chances are you didn't know who she was unless you were a Brit. She's got soul and she's real, and I respect that. If I got the break to do it like she does, I'd take it in a second. So I was on the bus thinking about this, which leads me to the memory I will always get a kick out of.

There's Prince Harry and there's Prince Charles. They are the few royal celebrities whose opinions will be life or death to their fanatic following of girls. It was around the time of the Spice Girl's second or third album - something like that - essentially close to their fall from musical fame. What better indication of that than reading an article where Prince Harry said he preferred All Saints now over the Spice Girls.

Way to go against the grain, Harry; you were the highlight of my day.