Huge fan of this track!

dodger said:

motherfunka said:

I love the song too. Cool video. I was at the video shoot, the part where Prince is walking through what looks like a club. It was done in the Love 4 One Another room at Paisley Park.

Cool. You've been to a few video shoots I seem to recall. What was the best one? . I've always loved it, also the best track on the album for me

SexyMF was probably the best one. The parts in the garage at Paisley Park. Wanna Melt With U was an interesting one. At the time, I was like how is he ever going to release this one. Nude strippers everywhere.

Cinny said:

SeventeenDayze said:

I'm not sure but I think only one of you is being sarcastic and I'm having trouble figuring out who that is but so far, my money is Emesem is being sarcastic.

Emancipation is up there with SOTT, dead serious! And it was 3 discs like SOTT failed to materialize.

Yeah Emancipation was ahead of its time. Great tracks on there that sound like today's music really. He was making 21st century sounds in the 20th century, albeit the last few years of the 20th century.

motherfunka said:

I'm actually in the video for a whole second and a half, so the song has a special place in my heart. Got in on shots of the audience at his Jan. '97 concert at the Tower Theater in Philadelphia.

It's a decent song,but it sounds very "ordinary",like most of the other songs on R&B radio in the mid-90s.Many of the R&B tracks on Emancipation had that same problem.

emesem said:

A somewhat boring, tinny, and forgettable track, IMHO. Seems like Prince forced himself to write a "radio-friendly" song and ended up with this.

That's how I feel.This track sounds like he was trying to compete with Babyface and R.Kelly,with a radio-friendly R&B track that lacks the distinctiveness that you expect from Prince.

SoulAlive said:

emesem said:

A somewhat boring, tinny, and forgettable track, IMHO. Seems like Prince forced himself to write a "radio-friendly" song and ended up with this.

That's how I feel.This track sounds like he was trying to compete with Babyface and R.Kelly,with a radio-friendly R&B track that lacks the distinctiveness that you expect from Prince.

Well, he sure did son those two. I think mainly you're hearing him ditch the new wave synths of the 80s and going with '90s keyboards.

Cinny said:

SoulAlive said:

That's how I feel.This track sounds like he was trying to compete with Babyface and R.Kelly,with a radio-friendly R&B track that lacks the distinctiveness that you expect from Prince.

Well, he sure did son those two. I think mainly you're hearing him ditch the new wave synths of the 80s and going with '90s keyboards.

So are many of you thinking that Prince knows how to write radio-friendly R&B tracks but perhaps these days chooses not to? I don't think he was competing with R Kelly and Babyface back then but perhaps he was just writing a song that just happened to be good

kenkamken said:

Livestudio mix is incredible

Agreed, destroys the weak sounding in comparison original. I always felt the song was kinda just 'there' until I heard that version. It actually sounds 'meant' .

FragileUndertow said:

purplepolitician said:

FragileUndertow said:

Love the album version

Love the video

Love the (Livestudio Mix)

I lost the livestudio mix . Remember it was pretty

I've never heard this version before but from what you guys are saying it seems pretty amazing!

Livestudio for me. I'd actually forgotten about the Ultrafantasy, though--just listened again and it sounds pretty nice.

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Derick Hughes version just came on when I searched my files. This might beat the album version too.

EddieC said:

Livestudio for me. I'd actually forgotten about the Ultrafantasy, though--just listened again and it sounds pretty nice.

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Derick Hughes version just came on when I searched my files. This might beat the album version too.

So does it sound like it could have been a hit today in 2014 or does it still seem like a dated sound like some people accuse Emancipation of sounding too plastic and too dated?

SeventeenDayze said:

I've never heard this version before but from what you guys are saying it seems pretty amazing!

Did you ever catch the live version he played on The Rosie O'Donnell Show?
It's nearly identical to that

FragileUndertow said:

SeventeenDayze said:

I've never heard this version before but from what you guys are saying it seems pretty amazing!

Did you ever catch the live version he played on The Rosie O'Donnell Show?
It's nearly identical to that

No, I don't think I have heard that version of the song. Do any of you know if he performed this song live during his tours in the late 90s? I know the music video for the song shows him at a concert and I can assume that he performed the song there. Was this song on the setlist for the tour he was doing during the 96-98 era?

SeventeenDayze said:

No, I don't think I have heard that version of the song. Do any of you know if he performed this song live during his tours in the late 90s? I know the music video for the song shows him at a concert and I can assume that he performed the song there. Was this song on the setlist for the tour he was doing during the 96-98 era?

from the vault.com

Its posible, but I cant think of owning any bootlegs with this song on it

FragileUndertow said:

SeventeenDayze said:

No, I don't think I have heard that version of the song. Do any of you know if he performed this song live during his tours in the late 90s? I know the music video for the song shows him at a concert and I can assume that he performed the song there. Was this song on the setlist for the tour he was doing during the 96-98 era?

from the vault.com

Live Appearances
First live appearance:
28 December, 1996 (am), Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA
Performed regularly on tour:
none
Performed occasionally in shows:
1996, 1997

Its posible, but I cant think of owning any bootlegs with this song on it

Okay cool thanks for posting this

One of my all time favorite Prince songs. Back in 1996 I got the chance to see him preform it during the Love4OneAnother Tour. I can't remember if it was at the Rimac Arena in San Diego or The Pantages in Hollywood ...

wouldntulove2loveme said:

One of my all time favorite Prince songs. Back in 1996 I got the chance to see him preform it during the Love4OneAnother Tour. I can't remember if it was at the Rimac Arena in San Diego or The Pantages in Hollywood ...

That's cool

FragileUndertow said:

Love the album version

Love the video

Love the (Livestudio Mix)

I can't believe I have never heard about:


the Ultrafantasy Edit....

I love love this song

but I don't consider

it to be a ballad......

chriss said:

I love love this song

but I don't consider

it to be a ballad......

So maybe you consider it to be a mid-tempo song?

SeventeenDayze said:

chriss said:

I love love this song

but I don't consider

it to be a ballad......

So maybe you consider it to be a mid-tempo song?

yeah

I love the feel to this track (and I liked the video, too!).

I wish Emancipation came out on 3xLP vinyl

Cinny said:

I wish Emancipation came out on 3xLP vinyl

For some reason, Cinny I thought it did. Hmmm, will have to see if someone else here can confirm.

Cinny said:

I wish Emancipation came out on 3xLP vinyl

Considering the length of each CD, wouldn't it had to have been 6 LP's?

SchlomoThaHomo said:

Cinny said:

I wish Emancipation came out on 3xLP vinyl

Considering the length of each CD, wouldn't it had to have been 6 LP's?

It would have fit fine on 4xLP but it probably would have ruined the sequence.

FragileUndertow said:

SeventeenDayze said:

I've never heard this version before but from what you guys are saying it seems pretty amazing!

Did you ever catch the live version he played on The Rosie O'Donnell Show?
It's nearly identical to that

Nope, never saw the Rosie O'Donnell performance but I'm sure it's floating around somewhere in the infamous vault.