Just to clarify, if I preorderd the CD & digital tracks from the Warners site, I am supposed to be able to download this track and Whitecaps as of now? I've not had any links come through on email.

TT.

mordang said:

It is not new, it is not innovative, it is not catchy, it is not what Prince should or schould be. Because it lacks anything that could be considered a glimpse of his creativity. "U Know" is boring as hell.

Prince is sparsely daring in these modern times. He stays within the lines. He gets paid and doesn't care if the music he makes nowadays adds something to his musical Palmarès. Where is the anger of F.U.N.K.?

Xpectation and N.E.W.S were the last albums that had a certain joy, but with every new album it is eroding further from his music.

Somehow it starts to be a task to listen to his new music. It is like making homework or doing chores.

He still can write a fine tune, but it is too lackluster to make any impressions. I'm afraid that this album gets a few spins and will be collecting dust for years to come.

ok, fineeeeeeeee

Actually, the music is really haunting, until I found out that someone else wrote the whole fucking music! And it is some lame female rapper/singer.

My hope is that this version of U Know is actually a remix and the actual song has Prince penned music, which could be worse. lol.

Watch this go number one single? lol.

The more I hear it, the more I like it. Prince really takes it to the 9's with his depth and layering. I can't pull myself away from repeating it

2freaky4church1 said:

Actually, the music is really haunting, until I found out that someone else wrote the whole fucking music! And it is some lame female rapper/singer.

My hope is that this version of U Know is actually a remix and the actual song has Prince penned music, which could be worse. lol.

Have you heard the original? Sure it's the basis of the track but there's a lot more going on in U Know, he's not just singing over the backing track of the original.

tintin said:

Just to clarify, if I preorderd the CD & digital tracks from the Warners site, I am supposed to be able to download this track and Whitecaps as of now? I've not had any links come through on email.

TT.

this evening I have got 2 emails from Warner:

1st. email: with download link to "U Know",

2nd: with a download link to "Whitecaps".

thedance said:

KingSausage said:

I got emails to download both yesterday. I actually really like Whitecaps.

Me too. I like both very much. Whitecaps is really nice, but U Know is the nutz.

I listened to the original track by what's her face and it's bilge. This is layered magic, with a chorus impossible to get out of my head. The use of the loop works wonderfully well. I think it's a really creative effort and sounds awesome. A*

thedance said:

tintin said:

Just to clarify, if I preorderd the CD & digital tracks from the Warners site, I am supposed to be able to download this track and Whitecaps as of now? I've not had any links come through on email.

TT.

this evening I have got 2 emails from Warner:

1st. email: with download link to "U Know",

2nd: with a download link to "Whitecaps".

Got mine this evening too but the other way around. Whitecaps first, then U Know.

jasontate said:

U Know is excellent. That is all.

thedance said:

tintin said:

Just to clarify, if I preorderd the CD & digital tracks from the Warners site, I am supposed to be able to download this track and Whitecaps as of now? I've not had any links come through on email.

TT.

this evening I have got 2 emails from Warner:

1st. email: with download link to "U Know",

2nd: with a download link to "Whitecaps".

Yup. I emailed Warners to ask about the download links and a couple of hours later they both came through. I thought it was because I asked but I guess I would have got them anyway.

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Stymie said:

Dude I wasn't quoting you!

And I never said I gave a damn about whether you care what I listen to. You can not be objective when it comes to Prince. You call people fairweather when it comes to him but you are a fairly recent phenomenon on this site yourself (posting-wise).

I could gove a ton of examples of fans embracing R&B Prince. You want to make an issue when there is noen.

[Edited 9/2/14 18:28pm]

U are a MAJOR stalker to the TENTH power! U comb through every single post Eye make & critique it. Eye wish I can file a restraining order against U!

its not hard to find you posts - they are visually...um...unique.

After many listens now I'm jumping on the "this is an R&B track" bandwagon. It really is. (It ain't pop, rap, hip hop, rock, etc.). And it's a genuine, innovative, relevant Prince R&B track -- not him trying too hard to sound like "today's" R&B. I know... it's done over a sample, but I don't care. He's used that as the base only and added his own purple touch. It's haunting, sexy, catchy, has attitude, a little funny ("oh no he di'int"). Most importantly: it's UNIQUE. He put effort into this one, which might explain why this thread is now 18 pages long.

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I only wish the outro was extended. That was some funky stuff.

[Edited 9/5/14 16:48pm]

I'm with the growers on this one. It's really not a song you can judge on a couple of spins, there is a lot going on. Not it's not a classic but I think we would all be better off if we stopped waiting for Prince to defecate classics out of his bum every time he goes up to the plate. Does the song have a good hook? Yes. Is it funky? Yes it is. Did Prince actually put some thought into the lyrics? Yes. Is it better than anything JT could do right now? I think so. This song exudes cool and if it were by a younger artist would already be on the radio. Prince is 56 so that is going to be a challenge, even for mighty Warners. But personally, it is one of his most commercial, and yet strange and Princely, jams he has put out in a while. 8.5 out of 10 on this one.

KingSausage said:

BobGeorge909 said:

I've reserved my opinion of the song because I wanted to really give it the chance to "grow on me". I've tried getting through the song 10 times now and the only thing that has grown is my distaste for it.

The obviously inserted over used sound byte of "Unh. Uh huh, uh huh" starts off making me cring.

Then comes this flat out crock of BS:

For the record, let me state
That I never had a reason to
Break contractually or sever
Relationship with anyone I pleasure

Which leads directly into this:

For the playa, let me stop and say-a
That I only paid attention when
When I heard you mention that
He tried to take your treasure

Oh no he didn’t

My very best efforts at trying to give this song the benefit of the doubt were no match to hearing Prince himself say, "Oh no he didn't."

By 49 seconds in, I've just been completely like:

And by the end of it:

****DISCLAIMER*****

This is just my honest expression of what I feel regarding Prince's new song "U Know". My stating this is in no way, meant to disparage what anyone else feels regarding it. So bless you! Do you! Bless me! Leave me be!

I felt some serious secondhand embarassment for him when he said "oh no he didn't" too, but then the more I think about him and his sense of humor, I think he was just being stupid. Can you really hear him saying that IRL unless he was just goofing off? You all know how he his.

KingSausage said:

I started with hate for U Know. It grew to like. It grew to love. Now it's obsession.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

I've reserved my opinion of the song because I wanted to really give it the chance to "grow on me". I've tried getting through the song 10 times now and the only thing that has grown is my distaste for it.

The obviously inserted over used sound byte of "Unh. Uh huh, uh huh" starts off making me cring.

Then comes this flat out crock of BS:

For the record, let me state
That I never had a reason to
Break contractually or sever
Relationship with anyone I pleasure

Which leads directly into this:

For the playa, let me stop and say-a
That I only paid attention when
When I heard you mention that
He tried to take your treasure

Oh no he didn’t

My very best efforts at trying to give this song the benefit of the doubt were no match to hearing Prince himself say, "Oh no he didn't."

By 49 seconds in, I've just been completely like:

And by the end of it:

****DISCLAIMER*****

This is just my honest expression of what I feel regarding Prince's new song "U Know". My stating this is in no way, meant to disparage what anyone else feels regarding it. So bless you! Do you! Bless me! Leave me be!

Oh, no you didn't.

As soon as I heard this I with the "uh uh" woman's voice in it I thought of that Kenye song where Kim Kardishian says "uh Huh Honey....." you know the song with the dreadful video of Kenye and Kim on the motorbike - *cringe*.

Hope this P track grows on me

Bambi82 said: