Emancipation

Love all 3 cds

Edmonton, AB -
- "Don't speak to me until I speak to you!" ~ Judge Judy.

Duct tape solves everything ~ Francis

"hush nubbits" !

Overrated. There are only a few songs that I really like. Too much of a lovefest.

What a slap in the face that was


Smooches;)

A masterpiece! Love every song on it!

I love Discs 1 and 2, but Disc 3 was just too weak because of the experimental, techno-feel of some of the songs. I still believe the second disc of Emancipation would've been a big seller for Prince at that time because he outdid himself with every song on that disc. But u gotta love Emancipation for what it is, that's important!
[Edited 10/29/06 18:58pm]

I just got this album - I've listened to it once but at the time I was mostly checking for skips to make sure it was OK. I should really hear it again Since I only remember some of the songs very well. I was just thinking about that today. I like it quite a bit from what I remember.

I think it is all about Disc II. Lots of romatic songs on that CD.

I loove that ablumn! some the great tracks on there... "friend, lover, sister, mother/wife" and "the love we make" are some the greastest ballads EVER imo.

"When want 2 hear new music, make it" Prince

Good album. It takes a long time to properly absorb, but there's plenty of good material on there. There's some stuff I could do without, but that's par for the course with 3 discs worth of material.

Still, there are some true gems here:

Sex in the Summer
Soul Sanctuary
Dreamin' About U
Joint 2 Joint
The Love We Make

J2J in particular is a standout track - the boy found a great feeling on that song.

I love disc 2

I'm new to the org and having some trouble posting at times. So, what I meant to initially post was not just a title. hee hee.
I wanted to say first of all that my friend gave me the Emancipation set this weekend, and I think it's incredible. Probably some of the best stuff I've heard from Prince. It will definitely have some of my favorite songs.
The other thing I wanted to ask is that I was under the impression Prince had a negative idea about artists doing the work of other artists. I read in an Entertainment magazine about a year ago something he said about the Goo Goo Dolls and artists should do their own songs. But he did at least 3 on Emancipation that weren't his (an my opinion is he did them much better than the originals). Is this just Prince being his contraditory self?

Protege said:

I just got this album - I've listened to it once but at the time I was mostly checking for skips to make sure it was OK. I should really hear it again Since I only remember some of the songs very well. I was just thinking about that today. I like it quite a bit from what I remember.

i've never liked the album--way too over-produced and blah to me. plus the cover artwork is vomitrocious.

AndGodCreatedWoman1 said:

silverchild said:

Love it. But over the years I'm kinda tired of all the love songs on the 3 discs now. I like the funk on disc 3 the most lately. Dreamin' About U still remains a masterpiece though.

AndGodCreatedWoman1 said:

Protege said:

I just got this album - I've listened to it once but at the time I was mostly checking for skips to make sure it was OK. I should really hear it again Since I only remember some of the songs very well. I was just thinking about that today. I like it quite a bit from what I remember.

Please tell me more about this "alter ego" thing ...

Electrostar said:

NDRU said:

MsMisha319 said:

Overrated. There are only a few songs that I really like. Too much of a lovefest.

What a slap in the face that was


Smooches;)

Love most of the music on the 3 cd's. Never get tired of it.

Sex in the Summer....is the P jam of all time. Love that tune!!!

I love Emancipation.
there's so much to listen to,i feel like it's a new cd everytime

Emancipation has some of Prince's best work ever. Not just his best of the 90's, but some of his best songs EVER.

It does have its filler tracks, but it's still a great album.

When viewed as the album he was born to make, it sucks. But as just another Prince album, it's great.

Protege said:

AndGodCreatedWoman1 said:

Please tell me more about this "alter ego" thing ...

Oh, you refer to Herman in my signature?

emancipation =


this is my least favorite prince album of all time. words are inadequate to convey how much i dislike it.

jone70 said:

emancipation =


this is my least favorite prince album of all time. words are inadequate to convey how much i dislike it.

i think its pretty hit and miss. and its the first time his production style sounded so generic. no offense if you love it. but it was like wtf? this is a prince album here! but the songs themselfs alot of good ones. a few i didnt think were so great. got some hot songs tho!....crystal got me all wanting to listening -dreamin about u- when she mentioned it on her thread lol

jone70 said:

emancipation =


this is my least favorite prince album of all time. words are inadequate to convey how much i dislike it.

"Think inside out."

Cloudbuster said:

jone70 said:

emancipation =


this is my least favorite prince album of all time. words are inadequate to convey how much i dislike it.

I like it. A lot.