Seems expectations are low

I heard Shut It Down at the end of the Detroit Show and like it.

So either there will many pleasantly surprised or

SignOthetimes1987 said:

antonb said:

dodger said:

MIDDLE AGED PRINCE FANS wont understand the album... Keep whining...

feeluupp said:

MIDDLE AGED PRINCE FANS wont understand the album... Keep whining...

I see you're still parroting this weak argument.

"Change the channel, Marge!"

I'm not holding much hope 4 this one, and expecting it 2 b the worst of his career. AOA is gonna seem like a masterpiece compared 2 HITnRUN.

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V10LETBLUES said:

dodger said:

i expect nothing...as like I have for the last 10 years... he does not have what it takes to be/stay releavent in today's music scene...

feeluupp said:

MIDDLE AGED PRINCE FANS wont understand the album... Keep whining...

I'm in my 20s and I think hardrocklover, tcbu remix and x's face are garbage. It's not because I don't understand what the songs are trying to do.

IMO -

Cons -

1. Not all new songs. This is the most disappointing thing for me. If I didn't know better, it would smack of a song-writing drought. The X's Face (not great), Fallinlove2nite (cool but the original release sounded like undercooked generic dance, so hope they've souped it up), 1000 Hugs & XXX (a nothing special ancient 90's vault song).

I don't see the point in including a remix of a track from the past album (This Could B Us) on the new one, it dilutes the new one's identity. Would be better as a one track internet release for the fans (after all, it wasn't a hit, so who else knows about it?).

Here's hoping Mr Nelson isn't a remix of Clouds, would like as many new songs as possible .

2. No Revelation, which sounds like one of his most promising new songs for a while, judging by the teaser we've heard.

3. The album cover is a pretty poor 'remix' of the AOA cover, which was a reasonable cover for that album, but again using a similar image makes HITnRUN look like the bonus CD to AOA more than a proper new album.

4. I've nothing against Josh, but I do hope Prince does play a lot of the instruments on the album, not just the vocals. His 'one-man-band' playing skills are part of what makes him iconic.

Pros -

1. He seems to be stepping out of his comfort zone and another electro-pop-ish album in the vein of AOA would be welcome imo. I generally like it when he tries new things.

2. Hardrocklover is good, so glad it's on here.

3. As it's supposed to be 'experimental' for him, fingers crossed no more weak nth-generation photocopies of Do Me Baby/ Adore/ Insatiable type ballads. Done to death unless he's got a real classic in his pocket.

4. A new-ish Prince solo album less than a year after the last one(s) is a good sign for more music.

So, in short, am looking forward to it, especially as it shouldn't be P by numbers like Musicology or Planet Earth, but am disappointed/ puzzled why we don't have all new songs (I expected Hardrockerlover to be present and I dig it), but see no place for weak stuff like X's Face when there's stuff like Revelation in the vault. Typical perverse Prince .

One gets the feeling HITnRUN is going to be a sort of halfway house between a proper 'new' album and the bonus/ remix disk of Art Official Age.

Apologies for the inconsistent line-spacing. I'm sick of the weird things this site does to the formatting/ paragraphing of my posts, which puts one off posting more often.

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Right now, I think i'll give it a 2/5. It seems pretty weak and I only love HardRockLover. I sorta kinda like Fallinlove2nite 'cause it's fun. X's Face is a fun song but it's not great. I'll openly admit, I haven't even heard the original 1,000 Hugs & Kisses yet. The remix of This Could B Us imo is terrible compared to the original.

I think it seems like a pretty weak album not only for Prince standards but for anybody's standards in the music industry. But yeah, that's how I feel about it as of now.

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yeah the more i hear what is on it the less interested i become. 1000 hugs and kisses.... is okay... the thing i curious about is if he changed the lyric about unplugging the phone... today that means something a little different than when the song was recorded. "why would he not want to charge his cell?"

I was optimistic when I heard 'Hardrocklover', but 'This Could Be Us' sort of killed that.

Well, that & all the annoying press he's currently doing.

I expect a lot of bragging, complaining about business & not getting paid, (bragging about how much money he has & THEN complaining about not getting paid!) celebrity namechecks, Biblical references (misconstrued to fit whatever his belief du jour is) & a lot of cringing.

I guess not all my optimism is gone, because I'm still hoping he proves me wrong.

I agree with whoever said he'd end up falling out with TIDAL after this one tanks, tho.

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feeluupp said:

I've been giving my first impressions reviews for years, and I'll give a first listen review to HNR, I never stand by anything I say on a first listen - it's a first impression nothing more. But my expectations for this, based on what we know about, the way it's been handled etc - are lower than ever, I expect this tidal shit to be over in the blink of an eye.

thedoorkeeper said:

feeluupp said:

MIDDLE AGED PRINCE FANS wont understand the album... Keep whining...

Is it painful having that stick up your butt?

word? "middle-aged"? I'm 17 and I think the artwork, the concept, and most or some of the songs he already put out (except for HardRockLover) are lame. The album seems pretty weak even compared to AOA.

Most of his fans are middle age so that's basically an insult to the Purple OG's and their opinions..

feeluupp said:

Empress said:

feeluupp said:

MIDDLE AGED PRINCE FANS wont understand the album... Keep whining...

------ and the younger crowd will never understand just how incredibly awesome Prince was 20 - 30 years ago. You missed the best of him.

The adventure continues today, it's better than being elegiac and walking around like a sacred relic.

With his little plan Prince has it both ways: he's a legend that's still a maverick. Outisde of the Org and a few douchebag communities, Prince is widely known and respected both as a seminal artist and someone who still wow crowds live, which is more than you can say for many multi-decade acts.

Hiw willingness to brazenly and summarily collaborate with this group is yet another proof this guy can't rest and needs to create, he's just doing it differtly.

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Aerogram said:

If it's a new fallinlove2nite without the zooey deschanel duet gimmick — and just prince, solo — i'll be very happy.

appleseed said:

If it's a new fallinlove2nite without the zooey deschanel duet gimmick — and just prince, solo — i'll be very happy.

yeah it's just Prince... I personally think it works better with Zooey

It starts fast with Million $ Show, and by then end it's slow-tempo with June.

but I don't like how they cut out the part where in Million $ Show, Prince says "You're about to witness something you never seen before.. don't listen to the people sayin' "fear the fro'",

Welcome to the million million million million dollar show!"

I guess that was just for the concerts. Although Judith did say the line about the fro' later on so I guess that makes up for it.

Right now my faves are like

1) HardCockLover

2) Million $ Show

3) 1,000 Hugs N Kisses

4) Shut This Down

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My pre-releae expectation was

My post listening impression is



I like what I'd heard before but need to listen a few more times to make a definite conclusion. If it wasn't Prince I wouldn't be listening to half of this again.

One thing for sure though, it's great value for money