I just picked this up on CD proper and the sound quality makes a difference. Maybe some headphones will help it. I'm starting to reallly dig "1,000 Xs and Os" and even "This Could be Us". There's just no FIRE here. | |
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I hate how in this album and every other hip hop song. It sound like they're sampling Potemkin's voice from Guilty Gear. | |
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KCOOLMUZIQ said: Best Buy has many in stock here. But Eye'm VERY upset that not ALL Targets here have received it in my area. How is this GREAT cd not be in stock in the land of many stars with one moon?!
How is it going to go to number #1 next week? "Drop that stereo before I blow your Goddamn nuts off, asshole!"
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jobyjayy said: HITNRUN? More like ONENDONE.
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KCOOLMUZIQ said: Best Buy has many in stock here. But Eye'm VERY upset that not ALL Targets here have received it in my area. How is this GREAT cd not be in stock in the land of many stars with one moon?!
How is it going to go to number #1 next week? U should buy all copies at Best Buy, it will help the album sales [Edited 9/16/15 17:32pm] Welcome 2 The Dawn | |
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Why do you care? | |
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Bravo, agree 100%, and I have been a diehard fan since Day 1 with Soft and Wet. You are on point! If you've got funk, you've got style. | |
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has written HUNDREDS of songs with deep lyrics. Does every song he writes have 2 b poetically gifted? NO! He is only one person. Not an encyclopedia! will ALWAYS think of like a "ACT OF GOD"! N another realm. mean of all people who might of been aliens or angels.if found out that wasn't of this earth, would not have been that surprised. R.I.P. | |
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Encyclopedia? | |
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The sound/playing instruments that made Prince be Prince, is here on this album somehow used as imbellishments to crappy produced songs. ... When Prince plays the bass (he's an awesome base player!), he does it here in a way like it is part of a short solo or imbellishment - too bad. Missed oportunity. He could play base fot 10 minutes and it wouldn't bore a fan AT ALL. ... His guitar licks and playing show that his songs are two-chord jams, rather than thouroughly composed songs. Too much wooshes useless telephone voices and all this shit on repeat. I don't call that contemporary music, but 'trying to sound like a 24 yo while being a nearly 60 yo... ... Real guitar solos are poor, thin, too little, and too much treated by the production mill of JW (josh welton or jehova shitness if you like. . ... Prince isn't Prince anymore. But that's the way he works for already a very loooooong time. Fucking up things and so wanting to belong to the contemporary scene and be part of the gang now. ... "Mr Nelson" is an absolute utter wrong misuse of what he did with it before. Shame ! ... Some songs (Like a Mack) are not even Prince songs. "The X's Face" is 1995-1998 Prince trying to be ... Only "June" is worth a listen or two. Sounds like a sincere man trying to cope with things. Here we hear a glimpse of what might be a real Prince with a good and normal heart. This for once doesn't sound fake (the way he sings it). But it's not enough. This song askes for something like a long painful guitar solo (acoustic or electric), or some frustrated raw guitar rape. Even strings wouldn't be a bad idea. I think late Clare Fisher would have done a great work on this little gem. ... I'm affraid "fase two" isn't going to be any better. ... And gees i hope there will be no second 3rdEyeGirl project. ... I heard the live show from Detroit (this year) on bootleg. And that's about it. I 'heard' it once. I'm not going to pay and see him live. He's too much on automatic pilot. And the spirit's totally gone gone gone...
[Edited 9/17/15 1:36am] "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972) | |
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KCOOLMUZIQ said:
has written HUNDREDS of songs with deep lyrics. Does every song he writes have 2 b poetically gifted? NO! He is only one person. Not an encyclopedia! Save the , and this may be the only or one of VERY few mature posts Uve made. | |
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Man, this. The actual songwriting has been missing for quite some time now. AOA was a nice sort of diversion and held together as a cohesive whole for a change but I miss the days when Prince could simply write a very, basic, simple song and THEN decorate it with loops and subtle sound effects with ever expanding layers that embellished it. Stuff like "Forever in my Life", "All the Critics Love U" and "D.M.S.R." - even "When Doves Cry" - are very very simple structually. "The Word" is a also good example of what I'm talking about, where the song writing comes first and the embellishments are secondary.
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This is Princes Marmite moment. | |
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You guys ready for a bold statement? Here we go: The last time Prince was a great songwriter was on Rave Un2! "Drop that stereo before I blow your Goddamn nuts off, asshole!"
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I gave the album a 4/10 rating in the other thread.
Lowlights: Ain't About 2 Stop, Like A Mack, Shut This Down, X's Face
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First impressions...over produced. Never thought i would say that about prince. That "tape slowing down" plugin must have been the first on the list when josh right clicked on the wav file, pressed 'process' and there you go....instant fx.
Yes its a change from the casio keyboard presets prince used but its gone too far the other way. sounds like a sound engineer graduate showing off his plugin collection.
The lack of real instruments and space in the music is also a bit disappointing. I thought prince was well aware of the nuances and impact this brings, having had years of experience. It looks like he has given a lot of the soundscape creativity to josh.
The songs range from good, ok to boring. Im a bit bothered there may be no depth or grooves to save it from repeated listening, but will give it a chance to grow. Prince seems to chase other's sound rather than show us his sound. Sick of the admittedly laborious mouse-clicking nature of high editing in the production process maybe. | |
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3121, LotusFlower and AOA had some great songwriting. Musicology too to some extent. | |
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After listening to 8 of 11 songs (on my way to work, to the last songs i will listen on my way home) i am delighted with the result. It makes my smile. THANK YOU Prince. Keep on going.
Its a fresh, experimental album. I will give it 9 out of 10.
It is far better than plectrum or Art Official Age or 20TEN. And i like AOA very much.
I only have to grumble about two points.
The duration is very short. And where is the vinyl?
But that is grumble on a high level.
I need a tour in Germany... | |
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I find it hilarious that HnR has a lyric book. Whoa. No thanks, Prince. You can keep these lyrics to yourself! "Drop that stereo before I blow your Goddamn nuts off, asshole!"
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I so agree that Prince has far removed himself from his edge when writing lyrics. It's like... forget the fact they are pointless... I will take pointless as long as they are cool.... but these aren't even cool.
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It's the worst album Prince has ever done. And it's the opposite of being experimental. | |
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Thankfully he left out the blood clot bit. | |
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[img:$uid]http://i61.tinypic.com/wcbz4p.jpg[/img:$uid] will ALWAYS think of like a "ACT OF GOD"! N another realm. mean of all people who might of been aliens or angels.if found out that wasn't of this earth, would not have been that surprised. R.I.P. | |
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is it really
"rock star salad crusher can o' trickaway"? | |
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