It sho is funky. I love

Throw N Down The Funk,

Raise Up

Now Do You Want To Dance.

I will buy the whole album when I get a chance but last night I HAD TO HAVE them cuts, bought them quick off of itunes.

Just got my copy from Amazon. Jumped straight to the Prince tracks of course...

I really liked Raise Up, loved Shoulda Coulda Woulda, kinda "meh" on Movin'.

I'll check the rest out later.

Noticed 3 re-recorded tracks have the subtitle "The New Master".

[Edited 10/2/12 9:40am]

This album kicks serious ass! Funky as hell....

SONNYT said:

This album kicks serious ass! Funky as hell....

Ehhh...

Not so much. After a few listens, I still agree with my former statements on the 3 Prince tracks. As for the rest? Not liking any of the "new masters" re-recordings. Originals. any. day.

Throw-n-down the Funk is alright. Sounds like Prince is on it to me even though he's not credited.

The rest of the album? errrrr, not feeling it, really.

Got my money's worth with Raise Up and especially with Shoulda Coulda Woulda. The rest is mostly just filler....

in my not-so-humble opinion...

SONNYT said:

This album kicks serious ass! Funky as hell....

Agreed.

A great, solid funk album. Consistent and thoughtfully executed. The closest Larry has come to his classic GCS sound for decades.

The three new versions of older songs, are vibrant updates that are faithful to the originals.

OperatingThetan said:

SONNYT said:

This album kicks serious ass! Funky as hell....

Agreed.

A great, solid funk album. Consistent and thoughtfully executed. The closest Larry has come to his classic GCS sound for decades.

The three new versions of older songs, are vibrant updates that are faithful to the originals.

No. Just... no!

Please don't encourage this type of thing. The originals blow the "New Masters" away.

Another album the world doesn't need...

funkomatic said:

Another album the world doesn't need...

and you like most of Prince's recent efforts??!

Zannaloaf said:

funkomatic said:

Another album the world doesn't need...

and you like most of Prince's recent efforts??!

Why?

2 legends on a record. As if they could help each other. And neither of them has something musically interesting to say anymore. Kind of funny!

It's a far funkier album than Prince has managed in the last few years.

SONNYT said:

It's a far funkier album than Prince has managed in the last few years.

Problem: this funk is so much old news that there's no need to release it at all. I'd recommend to listen to the good old records instead.

Graycap23 said:

This cd is below average.

Graham should NEVER be allowed 2 sing lead vocals again.

this is exactly what I thought when I heard it.