yall just assuming what they can do without prince and up 2 this point as the time its been nothing regardless of what they have done solo as the time nothing has really happened without prince and we never would of even cared about without prince yes they all have good materail outside of the time but what made the time who and what it is 2day is prince so u can shit a bird and its still gonna be prince at the end of the day that makes them who they are and look at how many years they been trying 2 do something and hasnt when prince said it will be it was

DUDE REST ASSURED THIS ALBUM WILL BE DOPE.
xxx

KPTN KRUNK and Eagle Bear... what smack are you smoking again?
Do you even know who Jimmy + Terry are? Or that Jellybean wrote BLACK CAT for Janet (amongst other cuts)? Or that Monte wrote the PLEASURE PRINCIPLE, IF YOU WERE HERE TONIGHT and a slew of other hits? And what about Jesse's solo albums/hits? Damn, even if you don't want to love the guy, the dude has chops.

IF YOU CAN DO BETTER, BRING THE FUNK OR SHUT THE F*** UP.

And like Mama said last post,
THIS ALBUM WILL BE DOPE. PERIOD.
xxx

kaptainkrunk said:

Can someone translate this?

C'mon Capt Krunk, get off of Prince's jock. We all know he is great, but these brothers can stand on their own.

- JD

If Prince gets involved the album will be crap... Just like Princes last one, and one before that, and one before that. If they adopt his sound they will sound like a band in disaray with no direction or fresh ideas.

They will have a fairly strong opener followed by a pop throw-away. Then there will be the obligatory slow jam followed by the unneccessay rnb tune before delving into the uninspiring gutar number (completely washed out with over-produced horns). Once that is all out of the way there will be a "look how genius I still am" disjointed, unmelodic over-the-top pointless song about some scripture. Finally, as a hidden track, there will be a funk workout that sounds exactly like every other funk tune Prince has written in the past 10 years.

It will be marketed as the big come back, releasing the worst song on the album as the first single - probably the radio edit of the mundane rnb track. Then the release of the album will go pear shaped utilising a record company that has no interest in marketing it because they are only getting 0.01 cents per item sold and no publishing rights. The failure to market the album will land the record company in court as the album is finally given away with a third-rate tabloid newspaper.

Any video clips on YouTube will be lamblasted and removed so no exposure will be gained on there, and any photos appearing on anything from the internet to your own bedroom dresser will self destruct within 10 seconds of displaying them. Any discussion of the album online will be killed off by fat-cat lawyers as will any utterance of the album in a pub, toilet, bus stop or McDonalds.

They will then release a book of crap poetry and projected weather reports with a small spattering of shipping forecasts. It will also contain photos taken by an aging photographer who is doing little more than showing off their photoshop skills and their ability to over utilise the airbrush tool.

When they realise they have only sold four albums they will fall out and spend the next 20 years fighting and plotting the death each other.

Meanwhile Prince will shrug his sholders, go back into the studio and prepare his next gargantuan release - a live show of uninspired arrangements of songs everyone has heard a million times.

rebel juice you are funny but if you are for real then you are crazy.
are you prince and you know what he will do.

prince always gave his best jams to the time.
if i were prince i could never give up on a song as good as 777-9311.
how do you know time reunion album will affect prince?

for the time albums prince even opend his vault to give them his best stuff.
chocolate from pandemonium was made as a demo in 1982.

i can guarante you one thing if prince is working with them he will give them at least one song that will be as good as their classic material.

the time is prince,the right to use the name is also his.
it's his baby .it's stupid to deny that fact.
if they do album without him it will be packed with solid material but it will miss that extra something.-prince

and how do we even know that prince isn't on board to work on the new album by the time?

Rebeljuice said:

Don't let Prince read this cause he will do it just to prove he can.

I don't know what to think about this.

I worry that the new CD will sound too "modern",like all the other R&B crap on the radio right now.If they can keep it funky and retro (without any hip-hop elements),it might be great.

eaglebear4839 said:[quote]Except for their work with Janet Jackson, Krush Groove soundtrack and Human League,
And don't 4get the 2 albums they produced 4 Alexander O'Neal !!!
Hearsay and All true man also have some of my fav and the best
Flyte Time-songs also :Fake,Criicize,All true man,the yoke,Time is running out.


I haven't been too impressed with Jam & Lewis production and sound, nor Jesse Johnson. They are like Prince that way - no matter who they produce, it ends up sounding like them, pt. 2.
True!! So please let them do their great work once again,including Jesse's stuff!!
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Rebeljuice said:

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"If Prince gets involved the album will be crap... Just like Princes last one, and one before that, and one before that. If they adopt his sound they will sound like a band in disaray with no direction or fresh ideas"
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Put down your crack pipe!!! Everything on 3121 is better than last couple of CD Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis did for Janet !!!!!

In addtion, P always gave the best cuts to the The Time and came up with the concept. If you had no Prince you would have no Time.

And as far as uninspired jams in concert. People seem to like shelling out money to hear them. It amazes me that this guy could sell out 21 shows in a country he had not even toured in for a years and still people on this board bitch that he is tired or bad as a live act.

The public decides who sucks as a live act and I don't see anyone complaining about Maddonna or the Rolling Stones during the same songs over and over again.

None of the RnB acts of the 80's are putting out CDs or touring these days. P is the only one keeping it going so get a grip on reality.

funksterr said:

Co-Sign. I hope he is involved just shut up some of the jackass on this topic.

laurarichardson said:

since u brung this up in this thread, i can only respond 2 what u have said. not everyone that went 2 the o2 arena enjoyed the show. that being said, it only truly sold out cause of the marketing gimmick of "this being the last time he does the hits" be honest and think of the advertising of "21 nights of completely new music" would it have sold out every night? probably not cause his fans only want him 2 stick 2 his past era.

L4OATheOriginal said:

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"not everyone that went 2 the o2 arena enjoyed the show."

So you have polled a vast majority of people who went and know for a fact that many were disgruntled. (LOL)

Do you know how crazy that comes off as being?

"that being said, it only truly sold out cause of the marketing gimmick of "this being the last time he does the hits""

Gee I think a lot of acts say they are doing their hits for the last time
Cher and Tina Turner come to mind. Yes, it is called marketing Gee Prince discovered how to market his concerts do you want him to roast in hell for doing what any and every performer has done and will do.


" would it have sold out every night? probably not cause his fans only want him 2 stick 2 his past era."

It might have considering P does not get over to Europe to perform often,it appears right now he might be in some sort of semi-retirement and many tickets had sold for the shows that were schuduled for Ireland this past summer. Like I said before the public decides who sucks live.

P does not suck live by a long shot and guess what most fans want to hear the hits and P has said on numeorous interviews over the last five years that he will not be doing his racier songs.

You need to go somewhere and listen to your bootleggs and chill out with this shit.

laurarichardson said:

So u just skim through everyone that posted their likes/or dislikes about the o2 arena show then? that's what it seems like otherwise u would have seen people's responses 2 not liking the show.

do i want 2 prince 2 roast? no i just want the fucker 2 stick 2 his word 4 once!

and lastly ..i already do listen 2 my bootlegs including all 21 nights of that boring london stint

As long as Jimmy and Jesse, and plus Terry will be involved on this album will be off the chain. Those three are the most talented musicians on the group imo.

Did you hear those horrible new tracks on the last Morris Day album a few years ago? Those songs were some shitty shit hop shit.

vainandy said:

Morris Day solo is a lot different than The Time. I would be shocked if the new Time tracks sounded even remotely like those bad songs.

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This is a great discussion. Regardless of Prince's involvement (which I would love to see again), the amount of attention any Time post gets proves how much of a kick-ass band they are! My main concern here however is that we ACTUALLY get new music this time. Remember, this isn't the first time we've been promised new music....
Oh and Rhastus, call me a little weird, but I kinda liked some of those cuts from the Guaranteed (my wife calls it the Crack album) disc!!

I can't believe the dude tried to put the Time into the same catagory as the Rolling Stones or Aerosmith. Dreamer!!

This is such a bad idea and without Prince's involvement it will truely suck. Nothing Jam & Lewis have ever produced has been more than bland RnB dross.

This will be as interesting as a Family album, a Jill Jones album or a Sheila E album without Prince's involvement...C.R.A.P.

FlamingRaindrop said:

Now wait a minute!
"What Have You Done For Me Lately" man! This funky thing with the simple strange keys, sounds just as fresh and original all these 20 years later!
I would put this one up against any of Prince's best, especially that extended version, funky as all get out! *(To be fair though, I always carried the false suspicion that Prince actually wrote it )

Also "Just Be Good To Me" by the SOS band, a bad ass classic!
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vainandy said:

Yeah,I heard those songs That's what I'm afraid of...that they'll try to come up with an album that fits today's music scene,selling out like the Isley Brothers.

FlamingRaindrop said:

sextonseven said:

Well that was a solid rebuttal...
Skills sir, skills.

sextonseven said:

FUNK N ROLL IS ALIVE IN MPLS!!

New Time stuff = win.

They should give Prince a call, he's not doing much these days is he?

ian said:

Might as well call St.Paul and bring back the family while your at it. Jerome!! Yount!!! Chilli Sauce!!

robnpg said:

Oh I can take a few songs of it here and there, but not very often

JUST COME OUT WIT DA DAMN THANG!!!!! IT'S TIME!!!!!
OVERTIME IF U ASK ME!!!!!

L4OATheOriginal said:

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Everybody that went to those shows does not post to P org! If he sold out
21 shows with a 20,000-seat capacity that is a tremendous amount of people and they do not post to this board. I read the London reviews of the show and the comments on the message boards and none of those people seemed disappointed.

You are taking the word of a few orgers as the dominant opinion. I have bootlegs from some of the London shows and I do not find them boring. What is boring is doing the same old songs with same old arrangement repeatedly but at the same time, you have to give the public what they demand. I think with vast a catalogue as P has he does a good job of balancing. He is an excellent live performer and you are only going to find handfuls that are at his level today. Trust me your opinions are in the minority.

laurarichardson said:

maybe..however minorities count as well since they r paying a fee..i'm glad u enjoyed the london shows..i didn't ..