SoulAlive said:

I'm curious to know if we'll get a vinyl edition of the album. I'd really love that.

My mom just watch Mr. Thicke preform blurred lines and informed me that he sounded a lot like

Prince. (She has never heard of Robin Thicke before.).

BELL6983 said:

Eye never said that Robin Thick sound like Prince. Pay attention I said his album sounds like a produced album by Prince. 3rd eye girl don't sound like Prince but they're produced by him, "right"?

I still disagree this album doesn't sound like a Prince-produced album.Prince isn't even into these types of sounds (Timbaland's distinctive electro-pop,Pharrell's minimalist funk..the disco-sounding tracks....).The only Prince influence I hear is in Robin's vocals,and only at certain times.

BELL6983 said:

Eye never said that Robin Thick sound like Prince. Pay attention I said his album sounds like a produced album by Prince. 3rd eye girl don't sound like Prince but they're produced by him, "right"?

Oh boy There's no such things as albums produced by Prince, either he's all over the place and we're talking about Prince albums with someone else on vocals or he doesn't touch the thing at all, even when he produced Larry and Andy (the 2 exceptions) he made them sound just like him, plating and arranging everuthing on them. 3EyeGirl aren't "produced" by Prince, they ARE Prince, it's just a name he puts on the music instead of his, and God they DO sound like him, everything from FixUrLifeUp to Octopus Heart sounds like Prince has always sounded! Everything by 3EG sounds just like Prince, much more than anything ever recorded by Thicke. Dude I'm sorry but obviously you really don't have "ears" at all ^^

BELL6983 said:

SoulAlive said:

I can hear a Prince influence on the track "4 The Rest Of My Life" which kinda reminds me of "Adore",but that's it.The production throughout the album doesn't sound like Prince at all.

The single that he has out now sounds like a song the Prince produced.

I guess u're referring to Blurred Lines... How in the WORLD can you hear something that sounds like Prince in that song??? It doesn't sound like anything Prince has ever done

databank said:

BELL6983 said:

SoulAlive said: The single that he has out now sounds like a song the Prince produced.

I guess u're referring to Blurred Lines... How in the WORLD can you hear something that sounds like Prince in that song??? It doesn't sound like anything Prince has ever done

Notheless, it's a great song

BELL6983 said:

So, yall tellin me that robin thicke falsetto style of singing in blurred lines don't sound like a Prince version of kiss. That song sounds like it's featuring TI, Pharrell, and Prince.

Damn right I am!

Everyone and their cousin sing falsetto in the world of AfroAmerican music, and Prince certainly didn't invent this singing technique, so I just don't see why a man singing falsetto should immediately be associated with Prince. It's just as absurd as someone saying a song sunds like Lary Graham just because the bass player slaps (even though Larry DID invent slapping)

Lack of musical culture, BELL, lack of musical culture

U wanna hear something that sounds like Kiss, go check Annie's I Know Your Girlfriend Hates Me, which is a Kiss rip-off (and Annie acknowledged it in interviews): http://www.vevo.com/watch...UV70800630

I'm listening to it again as I write, u know, just to check again in case I'd be wrong: Thicke's voice just doesn't sound like Prince's at all: that's really just you tripping on the misconception that falsetto = Prince

databank said:

There's definitely a strong Prince influence on this album.

Se7en said:

SoulAlive said:

cbarnes3121 said:

marvin gaye or princer whomever he trying 2 copy its a failed attempt every white person that tries 2 do soul sing in this awful flassecto voice and people instantly try 2 throw some comparsion 2 prince either u 2 bored or 2 high.

there are white artists who make R&B music....deal with it

chile booo damn u and the white horse you rode in on its sickening how people compare these talentless people 2 prince regardless of color the things prince can do and has done robin thicke is nowhere close in ever achieving and thats instrument wise alone

BELL6983 said:

Eye never said that Robin Thick sound like Prince. Pay attention I said his album sounds like a produced album by Prince. 3rd eye girl don't sound like Prince but they're produced by him, "right"?

There's a difference between Prince comparisons (e.g., he's the "new" Prince), and Prince influences (e.g., [song] on [artist's] new album sounds like Prince).

There's way too much of the former. Thicke's 10-11yr career arc in his own right and comparisons to an artist like Prince, who's 35yr career arc is much different, are very hard to make.

There are also way too many generalizations about "blue eyed soul" singers, as Thicke, Mayer Hawthorne, Remy Shand, et al. each have distinct characteristics to their sounds.

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cbarnes3121 said:

BELL6983 said:

databank said:

I'm listening to it again as I write, u know, just to check again in case I'd be wrong: Thicke's voice just doesn't sound like Prince's at all: that's really just you tripping on the misconception that falsetto = Prince

Do robin thicke sound like prince "hell no"! Im talking about the influence. U gotta hear the influence in that song.

I DO deny any Prince influence here but maybe that's only me...

databank said:

databank said:

VERY interesting review of the album over at soultracks.com

http://www.soultracks.com...d-lines-lp

I didn't know Robin was singing about his meat ("Give It To You")! Good Lord! How could he record such smut? I may have to go out and buy it this weekend!

kitbradley said:

I didn't know Robin was singing about his meat ("Give It To You")! Good Lord! How could he record such smut? I may have to go out and buy it this weekend!

6. Give It 2 U Feat. Kendrick Lamar

Here's where a lot of Thicke's old fans will start scratching their heads, and where, years later, we'll probably be thinking "Give It 2 U" sounds an awful lot like 2013, though not in the best way. On this club hopeful, Dr. Luke gives an ill-fated will.i.am impression while Thicke sounds about as lyrical as Pitbull, spouting cliché after cliché (though the line "I got a big dick for you" is delivered so free of pretense, it's actually kind of funny). Kendrick Lamar adds an uninspired verse, which doesn't help matters much.

To the public, Prince has a unique but generalized sound . . . almost a caricature of what he really sounds like.

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Bands that try to sound like Prince actually sound like this caricaturized sound. The Jets, Ready For The World, etc. including impersonators and those who have been influenced by his sound such as Timberlake and Thicke.

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Does any one of their songs sound like a direct Prince song? No. But overall, they do have "Prince-isms" that are undeniable.

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There are only a few songs that DIRECTLY sound like Prince to me. D'Angelo's "Untitled" and Natural Selection's "Do Anything" being two of the best ones.

Another song that I'm really diggin...."Feel Good" this one didn't do much for me at first,but I was blasting it yesterday in my car and I was like "Wow...this song kicks ass!".

Another potential single

SoulAlive said:

kitbradley said:

I didn't know Robin was singing about his meat ("Give It To You")! Good Lord! How could he record such smut? I may have to go out and buy it this weekend!

6. Give It 2 U Feat. Kendrick Lamar

Here's where a lot of Thicke's old fans will start scratching their heads, and where, years later, we'll probably be thinking "Give It 2 U" sounds an awful lot like 2013, though not in the best way. On this club hopeful, Dr. Luke gives an ill-fated will.i.am impression while Thicke sounds about as lyrical as Pitbull, spouting cliché after cliché (though the line "I got a big dick for you" is delivered so free of pretense, it's actually kind of funny). Kendrick Lamar adds an uninspired verse, which doesn't help matters much.

I'm only buying the CD so I can give it a little more in-depth critique. Thicke's dick has nothing to do with it. I listened to the song on youtube and I actually dig it quite a bit.

It's decent.

Se7en said:

To the public, Prince has a unique but generalized sound . . . almost a caricature of what he really sounds like.

.

Bands that try to sound like Prince actually sound like this caricaturized sound. The Jets, Ready For The World, etc. including impersonators and those who have been influenced by his sound such as Timberlake and Thicke.

.

Does any one of their songs sound like a direct Prince song? No. But overall, they do have "Prince-isms" that are undeniable.

.

There are only a few songs that DIRECTLY sound like Prince to me. D'Angelo's "Untitled" and Natural Selection's "Do Anything" being two of the best ones.

Its the mpls sound that everyone is always trying to recreate maybe because its minimalism qualities are the easiest to produce. This song is probably the most Prince like song ever recorded. I bet Prince did a double take when he heard it.

lrn36 said:

Se7en said:

To the public, Prince has a unique but generalized sound . . . almost a caricature of what he really sounds like.

.

Bands that try to sound like Prince actually sound like this caricaturized sound. The Jets, Ready For The World, etc. including impersonators and those who have been influenced by his sound such as Timberlake and Thicke.

.

Does any one of their songs sound like a direct Prince song? No. But overall, they do have "Prince-isms" that are undeniable.

.

There are only a few songs that DIRECTLY sound like Prince to me. D'Angelo's "Untitled" and Natural Selection's "Do Anything" being two of the best ones.

Its the mpls sound that everyone is always trying to recreate maybe because its minimalism qualities are the easiest to produce. This song is probably the most Prince like song ever recorded. I bet Prince did a double take when he heard it.

Now THIS sounds like Prince... and it's delicious