Let's Discuss NewPower Soul

This cd really has some good songs like When U Love Somebody, Until Ur In My Arms Again, Come On and The One that seem to get over looked all the time-it's a nice cd. Any love out there?

thank god for Wasted Kisses

xlr8r said:

...THE ONE..iz on my top list of my favorites...i rank it #2 right after THE DANCE...and b4 IF I WAS UR GIRLFRIEND...
..mzsexybaby

mzkqueen03 said:

...THE ONE..iz on my top list of my favorites...i rank it #2 right after THE DANCE...and b4 IF I WAS UR GIRLFRIEND...
..mzsexybaby

Another 90's 'prince' album (pedantics aside ppl), which aged horribly IMHO.
"Until You're In My arms Again" is a moving song though and "The One" is just awesome, Thank U Rhonda...

'dre

DreZone said:

nurseV said:

mzkqueen03 said:

...THE ONE..iz on my top list of my favorites...i rank it #2 right after THE DANCE...and b4 IF I WAS UR GIRLFRIEND...
..mzsexybaby

The One is always in my slow song Prince rotation Love it

mzkqueen03 said:

nurseV said:

The One is always in my slow song Prince rotation Love it

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...AWWW NURSE!!!..they did a HOUSE-STYLE REMIX!!!..it is banging!!!..cuz it is VERY VERY DANCE-able...it came out MAY-'08...right on time 4 my B-DAY!!!...when the d.j. handed me the remix..i was like..THIS IS D BEST B-DAY PRESENT i have had in my L-I-F-E..better than limo rides..better than turn'in 21 in las vegas..better than a new car..better than a gun-card..better than a C.D.L....
..so far..i have gotten...
-1-THE ONE..
-2-THE DANCE..
-3- SHH.....ALL REMIXED IN HOUSE-STYLE!!!..
..mzsexybaby

I can dig this album...it's fresh and funky...
prince's vocals are great...

wanted kissed is some of his best work

nurseV said:

mzkqueen03 said:

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...AWWW NURSE!!!..they did a HOUSE-STYLE REMIX!!!..it is banging!!!..cuz it is VERY VERY DANCE-able...it came out MAY-'08...right on time 4 my B-DAY!!!...when the d.j. handed me the remix..i was like..THIS IS D BEST B-DAY PRESENT i have had in my L-I-F-E..better than limo rides..better than turn'in 21 in las vegas..better than a new car..better than a gun-card..better than a C.D.L....
..so far..i have gotten...
-1-THE ONE..
-2-THE DANCE..
-3- SHH.....ALL REMIXED IN HOUSE-STYLE!!!..
..mzsexybaby

Not under any circumstance will I accept an orgnote about em mzkqueen03

mzkqueen03 said:

nurseV said:

Not under any circumstance will I accept an orgnote about em mzkqueen03

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....AWWW the only problem iz i have them on actual and i haven't learn 2 up-load them on the PC...trust me nurse..u will d 1st one 2 get a snippet or more!!!...but i don't now how 2 upload them yet
..mzsexybaby'I'M SO OLD SKOOL..I DON'T EVEN HAVE A CELL-FONE AND I STILL LISTEN 2 TAPES,LP'S AND VHS'

It's not a bad CD. I think if the drums were live throughout, it would have been SO SO SO much better. Prince told Mel B that it was the wildest CD he's done for a while, and it was a vibe from the band itself. Well, too bad for that, because the band vibe sucked. The songs themselves aren't bad, but Kirk's drum programming and the dry production leaves it flat a bit. There was just room for improvement, and in the realm of the three NPG albums, it'd rank 2nd for me. Tony M is shit on Goldnigga. Exodus is a stand out album. I groove to that title track forever. And the live NPGMC release of "Return of the Bump Squad" is off the hook. I still like the album version though.

It's a great album, I like

The One

Funky Music

Come On

Until Your In My Arms Again

It's the "Controversy" of the 1990s...

Mostly fantastic songs; A few clunkers; No real theme or overall concept; Just a good collection of party songs and ballads.

His best of the 1990s.

GirlBrother said:

Sorry but there are better albums to waste threads on. This one is dreadful from the music to the artwork, and the better songs are more C grade rather than A grade, most of its dull, just sex and dancing. Theres no dreamer, or gold or any of the eclectic references that made Symbol so exciting.

Honestly I think it's better than it's given credit for.

I think at the time, it was just at the tail end of a lot of backlash. People hated C&D, Emancipation was a let down, the whole Crystal Ball was a mess, the website, Larry, etc, etc. And then comes NPS, which sounds a lot like Emancipation, the production of which was many peoples main gripe. And it was kinda lacklustre, unimaginative themes and lyrics, recycled stuff.

Only a couple of clunkers really, with some fun tracks and nice ballads.

The One, Until Ur In My Arms Again and Wasted Kisses are EXCELLENT IMO, nothing else was memorable to me at ALL. i'll have to go back and check out stuff like Come On, but the rest sounded like loose JB funk sessions with god awful lyrics made up on the spot and i have a high tolerance for the stuff people often call "filler

It took me a LONG time to get into this CD. When it came out I listened to it once and it then got buried not to be heard from again for awhile. But I took it out one day a couple years later, put it on my ipod to have some new running music...listened during a run...and I finally dug it. No...its no way NEAR as good as most of his stuff. But its also not as bad as people say. I love the title track and shoo-be-doo gets STUCK in my head for days.

LOVE! Wasted Kisses best in my opinion and favorite on the album. Like somebody else said on here, Thank God for Wasted Kisses.

ernestsewell said:

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

It's not the shit-fest that it gets credit for. It's lite funk. As an album, it's very consistent, despite using the Emancipation template.

Newpower Soul - Nice breezy melody
Mad Sex - The song "Mad" should have replaced this
Until U're In My Arms Again - Different take on the "Prince" ballad
When U Love Somebody - I like it
Shoo-Bed-Ooh - Not so much
Push It Up - Good
Freaks on This Side - S'OK
Come On - Best track on here (the remixes are great too)
The One - Very good
(I Like) Funky Music - Not great, but not out of place
Wasted Kisses - Wonderful

squirrelgrease said:

ernestsewell said:

squirrelgrease said:

ernestsewell said:

That's my least favorite track.

Oh. FAIL.

Come On, Mad Sex, The One, Wasted Kisses, Shoo-Bed-Ooh all are fantastic tracks. A lot of my friends(not Prince fans) liked Shoo-Bed-Ooh.

The CD single for Come On also rocked!

NouveauDance said:

HonestMan13 said: