Great album!

Both for work out and relaxation.

I even love the Joan Osborne & Bonnie Raitt cover songs(despite how many feel about them here), hell, I'm not a fan of most of his cover songs, but I dug these.

You could feel that he invested so much into this project, despite how dated some of the songs sounded. I'll say this, ALL of the album's B-Sides/Outtakes/Whatevs should've replaced some of the songs in the album, but overall, its def a great listen.

dance4me3121 said:

UPDATE-I listened to Emancipation for a week but not in its entirety,just the songs I already knew and loved. But now its on the shelf,I recently got 2 new cds from amazon though. Michael Jackson's 2 disc History album (which I ADORE) and the Prince COME album. I like 7 out of ten tracks. I dislike Come,Race,and Dark (I prefer "So dark" better).

how do you know you wont like the other songs if you dont even listen to them?

HIStory is not really comparable to Emancipation, since 1/2 of it is a greatest hits disc. It's more comparable to The Hits/B-Sides, which blows it away by a mile.

Hey New World is my joint.

annastesia101 said:

I just ordered mine off amazon 2 and I was very impressed. It really depends on what ur into. It's a very 90s sounding album and I find that alotta the songs get stuck in my head. Some good ones are: Somebody's somebody Right bac here in my arms His rendition of I can't make u love me and One of us In this bd I scream His whole 2nd album is good with the exception of emale and curious child Style is probably one of my favs. Sleep Around and Face Down are cool. His remake of La la la means I Love U is total cheese but has good vocals Beware of Da da da, Courtin Time, New World, and We gets up. Enjoy!!! [Edited 5/16/10 16:01pm]

I've really been getting into this album recently. I have a new appreciation for it. I used to just dismiss it (except for "Somebody's Somebody" ) Now I really like it. There's so much material on it, and most of it's really good.

I love Sleep Around, In This Bed I Scream, Emale, My Computer, Face Down, One Kiss at a Time, Sex in the Summer, etc.

One thing that stands out to me on Emancipation is a sense of humanity that has largely been missing from more recent works. Not only does Prince seem emotionally invested in every song, but the topics themselves vary from love, happiness, vulnerability, loneliness, and at times anger.