rafael said:

i saw him opening for Prince twice...not my music...boring...

about the article: I think P was only joking and if he didnt liked him why would he let him open for him in 2010?? But hopefully never again....

*sees it*, and i like Jamie Lidell.

Cinny said:

When he opened for Prince he was promoting Compass which I really wasn't feeling. It's just my taste, but his more credibl, experimental stuff isn't really for me. I like it when he does throwback Funk/Soul.

Cinny said:

smoothcriminal12 said:

That's quite the turnaround, Cinny.

I just had to ignore the hype, and listen w/o prej like George

Nothing wrong with that.

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Cinny said:

smoothcriminal12 said:

That's quite the turnaround, Cinny.

I just had to ignore the hype, and listen w/o prej like George

Except, they have absolutely nothing in common.

i've got tickets to see him live so i can judge for myself

Ellie said:

When he opened for Prince he was promoting Compass which I really wasn't feeling. It's just my taste, but his more credibl, experimental stuff isn't really for me. I like it when he does throwback Funk/Soul.

Part of this is me being most familiar with Compass. His new album is wayyyy more suited to my ears.

I was never a fan of Jamie's. If I was Prince, I'd probably diss his suit too.

Timmy84 said:

I was never a fan of Jamie's. If I was Prince, I'd probably diss his suit too.

P'shh!

Cerebus said:

Timmy84 said:

I was never a fan of Jamie's. If I was Prince, I'd probably diss his suit too.

P'shh!

Ellie said:

Well I like it a lot so I don't care what anyone else says. I don't even hear the Prince comparisons apart from maybe half a second here and there that could have been from the Parade era. He's far more comparable to if Stevie Wonder had been produced by Jam & Lewis in the 80s. This is the album Justin Timberlake wishes he could make but just doesn't have the talent to come close to it.

There are some serious tunes on this album and I can't stop playing it.

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THIS.

Jamie Lidell is FREAKING AWESOME. And his new self-titled album is well worth grabbing.

In addition to being one badass musician, he's a geniunely nice guy. I saw him in Austin during the Compass tour in a small bar. Twin Shadow opened, he did a 2-hour set, then I hung out to see if he'd emerge, and he did. He went to the merchandise table where I got in line for about 30 minutes. I had my Multiply, Multiply Additions, Jim and Compass discs with me. Said hello to Jamie, told him that not only do I love his music, but my (then) 6-year-old son loves listening to all his albums too. He says, "You should have brought him with you." It was 1 am. He proceeded to sign all four discs and made each one out to my son, writing a short message to him on each CD cover, which I sat down and showed my son the next morning. Unreal - those discs are treasures now.

He's featured on pitchfork.com now - interesting read -

http://pitchfork.com/feat...ie-lidell/

Of partciular interesting note is his recollection of listening to Prince growing up, particular Sign O The Times:

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When I was 16, I bought Funkadelic's Funkadelic strictly because of the cover. I didn't have a clue who Funkadelic were. I bought Sly and the Family Stone's Fresh for the same reason. I was listening to a lot of Prince at the time, too, and I was like, "Hang on a minute, there's something going on here." I took every song on Sign 'O' the Times and tried to play it on the guitar. The diversity blew me away. It's fun, it's stupid, it's original, it's playful-- but it's kind of serious, too. There's all that weird stuff about Prince where you're just like, "What is going on?" When I hear OutKast's "She Lives in My Lap" or Kendrick Lamar's "Swimming Pools (Drank)", it all sounds like footnotes to "The Ballad of Dorothy Parker". Why was Sign 'O' the Times popular? That was a weird album. It's pretty dark, so minimal. In a way, it's a miracle that that shit was popular.

sounds more like The Black Keys

CocoRock said:

johnart said:

I the fuck out of Jamie Lidell.

I'm for real! Can't wait to get this new jawn!

Have loved him and his sound for quite a while and NOT disappointed by this new album.

Timmy84 said:

I was never a fan of Jamie's. If I was Prince, I'd probably diss his suit too.

Fan or not, Prince got no biz dissing most folks dress nowadays (back in da day when he was BAD AZZZ fo' sho! ). Jamie got it right when he said "and he was wearing a bloody yoga outfit". Prince hasn't worn anyting cutting edge or note-worthy in YEARSSSS. Thankfully he showed slight improvement at this year's Grammys.

But like Jamie said..."I still love him"

Ellie said:

Well I like it a lot so I don't care what anyone else says. I don't even hear the Prince comparisons apart from maybe half a second here and there that could have been from the Parade era. He's far more comparable to if Stevie Wonder had been produced by Jam & Lewis in the 80s. This is the album Justin Timberlake wishes he could make but just doesn't have the talent to come close to it.

There are some serious tunes on this album and I can't stop playing it.

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I can definitely hear the Prince influence carry on from past joints to this album. It's not always blatant wanna-be copycat stuff (thankfully), but in song phrasings, ad-libs, odd sounds that shouldn't make great melodies, but do anyway, and other not-in-your-face stuff like that. And sometimes it's easy to hear too. For example I definitely hear a touch of "Extralovable" in "Big Love".

And yes very Stevie . Pretty much agree with the rest, ESPECIALLY about "the album Timberlake wishes he could make" except I would replace or add to "doesn't have the talent", doesn't have the BALLS.

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Ellie said:

Well I like it a lot so I don't care what anyone else says. I don't even hear the Prince comparisons apart from maybe half a second here and there that could have been from the Parade era. He's far more comparable to if Stevie Wonder had been produced by Jam & Lewis in the 80s. This is the album Justin Timberlake wishes he could make but just doesn't have the talent to come close to it.

There are some serious tunes on this album and I can't stop playing it.

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I feel the same way, I know Jamie is a huge Prince fan but I don't hear it so much in his music as some people always claim.

Funny that you mention JT, because that was what I was thinking too: the new Jamie album sounds like something JT would (like) to come up with...

purplethunder3121 said: