i feel ya cause 3121 and lotusflow3r/mplsound is the shit but in no way is 20ten even in condensate's parking lot. u can hear the fun and funk in condensate i haven't heard fun from prince since lotus/mpls man, he has such an amazing body of music that it's sad to see him constrict it down to the basics. he's too talented for the lineup he's doing. estelle 81 | |
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i like aydkmn
oops it's on now ..cranking it up!! man, he has such an amazing body of music that it's sad to see him constrict it down to the basics. he's too talented for the lineup he's doing. estelle 81 | |
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"Child Molester"... or "Lolita" as Prince titled it is a lower tier Prince song. Musically good, but lyrically horrible. If The Time had come out with it, no... who are we kidding? The lyrics would never pass muster with Jam and Lewis. The entire song takes place in the singer's mind. That's cornball and creepy given the girl Prince is talking about in the track is apparently an adolescent girl. Anybody care to make excuses for Prince on this one? | |
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Well darn lotusflowr was only two years ago no? haha... | |
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a looooooonnnnnnnnnng 2 years ago lol
and 5 years since 3121!!
but it's okay we have purple and gold, rich friends 2 listen 2
and then some want 2 say that some tracks on condensate are weak man, he has such an amazing body of music that it's sad to see him constrict it down to the basics. he's too talented for the lineup he's doing. estelle 81 | |
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Wait, so you favored FDeluxe over this? Wow!! We are treading into bizzaro land and have switched opinions or something. Space for sale... | |
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It's a "Time" track in the style of the holla back vocals and cooler than thou lyrics. Same vein as 'Prettyman' and "Movie Star'. When ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
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This music gets even better the more that I listen to it. It's like letting something marinate, and all the flavors come together. Jesse showed his ass. Jesse literally showed out on these songs! He is baaaaaad! Sick with it, AYDKMN
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Right. I get that, but lyrically it is way across the line. Probably some R Kelly level of disgusting if you think about it. Every song on Condensate is better than 'Lolita'. | |
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Im enjoying and liking it every more on the repeat. THe faithful track is clinging on to me, vibing all the way out.
Nice come back.. "Dead in the middle of Little Italy little did we know
that we riddled some middleman who didn't do diddily"--BP | |
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The song is haunting me. Love it! Space for sale... | |
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I love the excitement and conversation this CD has generated on this site. Remember when a new Prince release would create this kind of POSITIVE discussion, analysis, and excitement? That's what probably brought most of us to the Org. Hopefully we can get back to that more consistently.
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"Bring friends, bring your children and bring foot spray 'cause it's gon' be funky." ~ Prince
A kiss on the lips, is betta than a knife in the back ~ Sheila E Darkness isn't the absence of light, it's the absence of U ~ Prince | |
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Lolita is what I call "uninspired and forced". The quality of "Condensate", and that's maybe the reason for all the excitement it gets on the org, is: it is well crafted and doesn't sound uninspired like most of Prince's albums of recent years. Therefore I can easily say, "Condensate" is much more enjoyable than anything Prince released in recent years.
The main problem for me is: I can't stand their poppy approach. There are too many melodies and choruses on this album which sound like boring mainstream pop. [Edited 10/22/11 23:54pm] | |
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"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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Bland? Not really!
1st I'd say they are totally different albums. There are some really good funk jams on "Gaslight". It's just the amount of too many moody ballads (indeed a W&L vibe) that slows it down too much.
Even "Condensate" with its poppy approach is too well crafted to call it bland as such. | |
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bolded part: kind of like taking out the finest champagne and letting it sit on the counter ..condensation man, he has such an amazing body of music that it's sad to see him constrict it down to the basics. he's too talented for the lineup he's doing. estelle 81 | |
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i see we are at opposite ends of the spectrum when it somes to funky. I thought Lolita was childish and cheesey at the same time. Pure embarrasment. Also - I enjoy Cadillac for now, but I can see it potentially wearing out it's welcome. | |
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Things that are "too well crafted" have no edge - which is my point. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Well, there you go!
Grandpa does Trey Songz and Kei$ha on karaoke just isn't my bag! | |
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We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Ok, I see your point!
Nevertheless don't know if it's fair to say that their music is bland. I know much worse music I would associate with this term. | |
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Not to be outdone by drunk aunt and poser uncle going to a mall studio and recording the songs they wrote together when they were teens. Space for sale... | |
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Ouch!!! LMAO!! | |
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Album gets better as Time (oops ... don't sue me Prince) goes on. Songs I used to skip (lol at skip like this album is a decade old or something) get major play now. After the original (7ven) run when I got the record I had my favorites and Faithful, Roleplay, Sick, Aydkmn where not them. But damn, this shit is sick!!
ALBUM of the YEAR!! PRINCE: Always and Forever
MICHAEL JACKSON: Always and Forever ----- Live Your Life How U Wanna Live It | |
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Now, THIS album truly brings back a lot of elements of the Minneapolis Sound and updates them. I mean, the keys on so many of these songs are...the "shit is SICK"! I'm more excited and happy about this release than anything of Prince's in the past decade. The only thing that I listened to half as much as this one was 3121.
Prince said virtually every track on MPLSound could be played on the radio. Yeah, maybe for the "Pump It or Dump It?" segment where we KNOW it's going to be dumped, but there are a lot of decent tracks on here that could also get by on the radio too. It's not all just poppy ass nonsense. Granted, there are a couple of elements on a couple of tracks that lean a little too far into the present, with its hip-hop and current elements and whatnot. But as a whole, this is extremely well done.
I think live, this band could STILL kick Prince's ass on that stage. Imagine their classic catalog along with some of these tracks peppered in there and accentuated being performed....KILLER!! And they're still fun! They haven't let getting older stand in the way of having some fuckin' fun, yet still have some maturity to them. People (usually the ass kissers) say that Prince wouldn't sound right as a 53-year old man cursing. Yeah. Right.
Prince, take note for your next album. Take the stick out yo' ass and have some fun in the studio and get some talented people around you to bounce ideas off of, like you did up until about 1987. You'll be able to hear it in the music.
I'm sure I'll catch some hell for this post, but I don't give a fuck! Long live The muthafuckin' Original 7ven!!!!!!!!! | |
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Lol! Dude, I swear I was writing my long post when you posted this!! Just goes to show how great minds think alike!! | |
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