Highly underrated.

The Exodus Has Begun is one hell of a track, but the ending kills me now.

The exodus has begun

U ain't gonna hear that shit nowhere else

Ha, ha, ha

This shit is dedicated 2 the memory of his royal badness
I know his name, that muthafuckin' Prince
Rest in peace nigga!

dodger said:

Cherry, Cherry.... Count The Days.... Get Wild... Hallucination Rain... and of course, THE EXODUS HAS BEGUN. Some gems on there.

great album, lots of fun. the only thing i would wish for is a version of it with more prince

vocals. louder in the mix at least.

Get Wild
New Power Soul
Count The Days

The Good Life

Cherry, Cherry
The Return of The Bump Squad
Big Fun
Hallucination Rain
The Exodus Has Begun

my favorit bits are the 'good book' bit toward the end of Bump Squad, the electric violin
solo in Hallucination Rain, the whole crazy bass bits and screaming/moans on Big Fun, all
the insanity that is The Exodus Has Begun and even the opening skit with the cute xylo.

Love love love this record. I think it's about the funkiest album he ever made. My edit removes the segues and Cherry Cherry. It fucking bangs.

jillybean said:

I like Return of the Bump Squad and Big Fun a lot - but the entire project is worth it for The Exodus has Begun. (Have mercy!!)

polyvinylacetate!

Also, not much for The Good Life. I love that fucking song

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herb4 said:

Love love love this record. I think it's about the funkiest album he ever made. My edit removes the segues and Cherry Cherry. It fucking bangs.

The next occasion I have to proffer an opinion on Exodus, I'll just nod sagely and pronounce, "It fucking bangs." That works.

Thanks!

jpav said:

I remember this record store opened in a strip mall in the philly Suburbs near us and I was shocked to see the place packed with bootlegs. This had to be the late 90s. I got to talking with the guy working there about Prince and he metnioned Exodus. When I told him I never heard of it he said, "It's big and funky and it sounds like Prince is playing as if his life depended on it!"

I finally found it online and ordered it and I remember the day it came, running home and just being blown away by it. I love the vibe, the performances, the production. It's one a go back to again and again.

Any Exodus fans out there?

IMO, three of the essential Prince masterworks are on Exodus. Count the Days, The Exodus Has Begun, and Hallucination Rain. Quiet as it's kept, I love Cherry Cherry too!

The absolute venom Prince has for WB Records on The Exodus Has Begun is beautiful to me. I hate the "scratching" tho.

Behold the children of the New Power
Are more and mightier than U (Mighty, mighty)
U that have scorned and held back the inevitable
Must now come 2 grips with the truth
(All that is good in the eyes of heaven)
All that is good in the eyes of heaven
Will rebuke your powder monkey ways
(Have mercy, mercy, mercy)
And let that same heaven have mercy
When the wrath of the sun knocks upon your gate

Also fwiw, I personally LOVE Sonny T.'s contributions to Prince music.

airth said:

The Exodus Has Begun is one hell of a track, but the ending kills me now.

The exodus has begun

U ain't gonna hear that shit nowhere else

Ha, ha, ha

This shit is dedicated 2 the memory of his royal badness
I know his name, that muthafuckin' Prince
Rest in peace nigga!

I always thought the line was "I know his name ain't muthafuckin' Prince"

herb4 said:

Love love love this record. I think it's about the funkiest album he ever made. My edit removes the segues and Cherry Cherry. It fucking bangs.

Definitely the funkiest album he ever produced. And I'm struggilinng to think of a funkier song than 'The Exodus has Begun'?

Funky, Righteous, Angry, Nasty, Hilarious, Crazy, Soulful, Underground, Rebellious, Unappologetic, FUNK Masterpiece!

And yes, I know I mentioned funk twice...

I would LOVE to see a Deluxe Edition of this album that included all the remixes and outtakes in one tasty package... They can have all my $$$, if they do it right.

Some ace tracks - and I could listen to the Sonny T/Michael B rhythm section all day - though I really don't like Sonny's voice at all.

Unbelievably great album. The final song is so EPIC. I used to attempt to turn friends on to its brilliance, but they thought I was nuts. One of my favorite Prince albums. One of my favorite Prince songs.

Graycap23 said:

The 12" OF Halucination Rain is just 10 minutes of pure sickness.

Graycap23 said:

The 12" OF Halucination Rain is just 10 minutes of pure sickness.

the electric violin solo just keeps going on and on and on

bobsteezy said:

jpav said:

I remember this record store opened in a strip mall in the philly Suburbs near us and I was shocked to see the place packed with bootlegs. This had to be the late 90s. I got to talking with the guy working there about Prince and he metnioned Exodus. When I told him I never heard of it he said, "It's big and funky and it sounds like Prince is playing as if his life depended on it!"

I finally found it online and ordered it and I remember the day it came, running home and just being blown away by it. I love the vibe, the performances, the production. It's one a go back to again and again.

Any Exodus fans out there?

IMO, three of the essential Prince masterworks are on Exodus. Count the Days, The Exodus Has Begun, and Hallucination Rain. Quiet as it's kept, I love Cherry Cherry too!

The absolute venom Prince has for WB Records on The Exodus Has Begun is beautiful to me. I hate the "scratching" tho.

Behold the children of the New Power
Are more and mightier than U (Mighty, mighty)
U that have scorned and held back the inevitable
Must now come 2 grips with the truth
(All that is good in the eyes of heaven)
All that is good in the eyes of heaven
Will rebuke your powder monkey ways
(Have mercy, mercy, mercy)
And let that same heaven have mercy
When the wrath of the sun knocks upon your gate

Also fwiw, I personally LOVE Sonny T.'s contributions to Prince music.

I hated the scratching, too. Considering he was such a perfectionist when it comes to instruments, he could have used a really talented DJ to do the scratching because turntables ARE an instrument ...or used to be. They shouldn´t have used any scratching at all.

And it´s funny because in the Get Wild video they mock a traditional DJ and use CDs instead.

Sonny ´s contributions and influence on Prince´s music cannot be mentioned often enough. He had a huge influence on Prince and almost became a band member but Prince chose Brownmark instead.

Have you read Dave Hill´s Pop Life? He interviewed Sonny before he became a band member. Quite fascinating interview in hindsight.

Prince made him lose weight, which he did, then chose Brownmark without even telling Sonny.

Sonny and Michael were the greatest rhythm section ever.

KoolEaze said:

bobsteezy said:

IMO, three of the essential Prince masterworks are on Exodus. Count the Days, The Exodus Has Begun, and Hallucination Rain. Quiet as it's kept, I love Cherry Cherry too!

The absolute venom Prince has for WB Records on The Exodus Has Begun is beautiful to me. I hate the "scratching" tho.

Behold the children of the New Power
Are more and mightier than U (Mighty, mighty)
U that have scorned and held back the inevitable
Must now come 2 grips with the truth
(All that is good in the eyes of heaven)
All that is good in the eyes of heaven
Will rebuke your powder monkey ways
(Have mercy, mercy, mercy)
And let that same heaven have mercy
When the wrath of the sun knocks upon your gate

Also fwiw, I personally LOVE Sonny T.'s contributions to Prince music.

I hated the scratching, too. Considering he was such a perfectionist when it comes to instruments, he could have used a really talented DJ to do the scratching because turntables ARE an instrument ...or used to be. They shouldn´t have used any scratching at all.

And it´s funny because in the Get Wild video they mock a traditional DJ and use CDs instead.

Sonny ´s contributions and influence on Prince´s music cannot be mentioned often enough. He had a huge influence on Prince and almost became a band member but Prince chose Brownmark instead.

Have you read Dave Hill´s Pop Life? He interviewed Sonny before he became a band member. Quite fascinating interview in hindsight.

Prince made him lose weight, which he did, then chose Brownmark without even telling Sonny.

Sonny and Michael were the greatest rhythm section ever.

Yes!

IstenSzek said:

Graycap23 said:

The 12" OF Halucination Rain is just 10 minutes of pure sickness.

the electric violin solo just keeps going on and on and on

Agreed. Never released as a single though, that one is an outtake.

herb4 said:

jillybean said:

I like Return of the Bump Squad and Big Fun a lot - but the entire project is worth it for The Exodus has Begun. (Have mercy!!)

polyvinylacetate!

Also, not much for The Good Life. I love that fucking song

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Just cuz it's nasty...

RJOrion said:

here's a church here's a steeple here's a motherfucka that i gotta blow away

That's my favorite off that album.

The better question is; do u own a REAL copy?

The Good Life (Big City Remix) too hot, too hot! The comedy on the entire album is classic Prince... cannolis... man, I miss him.

Well, you said "reflections" so...

My parents' high school graduation gift to me was a road trip to Minneapolis. My dad drove a friend and me there to make all the "Prince landmark" stops. It was an amazing and overwhelming trip for a 17-year-old fan.

One of our stops was the NPG store in Uptown. That's where I bought Exodus on CD. I had no idea what it sounded like, I just liked the cover art (also bought The Sacrifice of Victor photobook, a t-shirt and a copy of NPG magazine). We played that CD in the car the rest of our time in Minneapolis and on the ride home to Ohio. We fluctuated between laughing our heads off and bobbing our heads...hard. So much FUNK on that album. One of my favorites, probably top 5 (today anyway).

The Peach & Black podcast review on Exodus is great, too. I love their appreciation for the humor on this album.

jdcxc said:

Exodus is HELLA tight, funky and just damned awesome. I have been listening to it on the daily, and a few weeks ago I got to listen to it on a high-end McIntosh system driving B&W 800D monitors at an ungodly volume. It. Was. Heavenly. Literally.

I think it's the best-sounding Prince album ever. I would love to hear it on vinyl.

"The Exodus Has Begun".....damn. That song is fiya. If anything Prince album should have been a hit, it's this one.