Okay, I am there!! Getting drunk on the purple koolaid!!
I just got Crystal Ball CD (only the 4 cd set).
I am on Disc 2, haven't skipped one song yet! This is da bomb!!! Calhoun Square!! Blazing HOT!!!
Why don't anyone like this CD??? Ya'll crazy!

And as for me...
Why did I ever abandon Prince?? The 90's I think I love them better than the 80's.
And I am having a blast hearing this music for the first time. I feel like a virgin, (singing) "jamming for the very first time". Where are the celly's? I am not that far from Minnie.

And I know some of ya'll are jealous because for some of y'all, some of this music has lost that newness, awesome blow your mind freshness.



See? I told ya I was drunk on the purple koolaid!!
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Why don't anyone like this CD??? Ya'll crazy!

When did we say that then?

ENJOY IT!!!

I AM FEELING THE SAME THING FOR THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE

JUST DOWNLOADED IT

Alright....standard deprogramming operations here....

You...grab the hose
You...grab the cd player.

Just kidding sweetie! I've done that several times. For me I'll have something in my collection that I never gave much attention to. I'll pull it out and WHAM!!!

It's a good time!

prodigalfan said:

I don't think it's that no one likes the set. Speaking only for me, I went through a lot of bullshit to finally end up buying it in the store(didn't get the fifth disc), only to find that he held back some of the good stuff and included things that just shouldn't have been on there. Why a remix of Love Sign, Dark, Loose and Pussy Control? WHY?? Why Tell Me How U Wanna B Done? WHY?? He changed Good Love, Crystal Ball and Movie Star and not for the better. WHY?? What's that little snippet of An Honest Man about? Poom Poom?? Poom Poom?!?! God almighty, there was such an opportunity with this set...

It was disappointing in those regards. Great only for The Truth.
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Lots of great songs on this collection. The Truth cd kicks ass!!

SquirrelMeat said:

Why don't we like CB? I can't speak for everybody but, let's start at the beginning...

1. The ordering process

I phoned in my order 1 year before the set was released, as it was going to be an "internet only" release. Imagine the look of shock and disgust, when I walk into Media Play, and see it's been sitting there for weeks.

Then the runaround I had to go through to get my money back, from 1-800 NEW FUNK.

2. Edited songs

Most of these songs were already in our collection, and in much better shape. In other words, they were complete, unlike most of them being cut short, for official release.

3. Remixes

Love Sign (Shock G's Silky Remix), So Dark , Tell Me How U Want 2 B Done, Get Loose, Pussy Control???

They were better in their original forms.

Otherwise there are a few standouts, that we never heard before, that make it worthwile now:

Hide The Bone
Calhoun Square
What's My Name
She Gave Her Angels
Make Your Mama Happy
Goodbye

All those could've fit on 1 CD, and been released without hassle.

TheBigBang said:

Keep in mind that your points are only valid for folks who either traded or bought bootlegs. To those of us who did not, we were able to hear these tracks with fresh ears (and with good sound quality) while getting them from the artist himself. I remember feeling the same way prodigalfan feels when I first got the set.

Pre-ordering and receiving CB, was kinda like eating a pile of dog-doo just to get a promised chocolate chip cookie... only to realize they use carob chips!

It was an extremely uneven collection, with some great jems, many horrible song choices and remixes, and way too much aggrivation to make it truly enjoyable.

Good, chewy cookies:
Calhoun Square
Days of Wild
Hide the Bone
Crystal Ball
Love sign
Crucial

Carob Chips:
Interactive
Sexual Suicide
Good Love
The Ride

Doggie-doo:
The ordering process
PoomPoom
18 and Over
Tell Me How You Want To Be Done
Ripogodazippa, and much, much more!

LovesexyIsThe1 said:

SquirrelMeat said:

I have heard this over and over again. To the point that I was really not going to buy it unless I got a really good price. And just like Emancipation, I am in love with it.

prodigalfan said:

Sorry. I was speaking for myself only. Don't let my opinion keep you from enjoying it.

You're lucky you got a good price too... we had to shell out a chunk-o-change back in the day.

OdysseyMiles said:

See? You gotta be a VIRGIN to really appreciate it. The fresh and innovating sound. Your first time was tainted by getting screwed over with 1800 funk.

I feel like writing a fan letter to Prince.

I bought the set to finally get a good clean copy of "Last Heart". It was worth every penny.

I ended up liking "Sexual Suicide", which I had heard before on boot and hated. Interactive, The Ride, What's My Name and Hide The Bone are also good listens every now and then.

However, bullshiggity like "Make Your Mama Happy" and "Tell Me How You Want To Be Done", DaBang, P Control Remix, and "She Gave Him Angels" he could have left in the vault under a pile of dust.

OdysseyMiles said:

Sounds like someone's getting ready to do their superior dance...

"Hold it stop! The muthafucka didn't even have the headphones on!"
Cloreen Bacon skin


Cloreen Bacon skin... hmmm, I am getting hungry!

LovesexyIsThe1 said:

prodigalfan said:

Congrats! Crystal Ball is one of my favorite CDs. Period.

I know how ya feel since I heard it with virgin ears and
got it for a good price as well so

so drink up and enjoy! Its really a fun, "little bit of everything", sunny day CD



only sour notes for me were Make Yo Mama Happy and Movie Star

"Goodbye" is wonderful. Good stuff.

prodigalfan said:

thats the JAM right there LOL
congrats on your purchase, i must admit, i coulda done better with a double disc instead of 4...i could fit all my faves on one cd and then have the truth with it

"THIS IS WHAT ITS LIKE IN THE DREAM FACTORY OOOOOH!!!" *party all night hang up on the side say UH*

prodigalfan said:

I'm actually rediscovering Disc 2. That was some hot stuff on there. I've always loved Interactive but Good Love is the shizzznit, Plus She Gave Her Angels, CBS, Sexual Suicide and Crucial. Man, the whole disc is too good

OdysseyMiles said:

I LOVE Goodbye. That song is so beautiful. In fact, a friend of mine who doesn't like Prince really likes this song. It's one of my favorites of the whole collection.

now I really want this one

prodigalfan said:

Well ya gotta get that 5 disc if it's Karmasutra that you're missing. Good CD to spend some quality time with a very close friend, lover, or whatever

trc1 said:

Can I get Karmasutra separately? Maybe on Ebay, or Gemm star?

prodigalfan said:

I doubt it, but do always try

trc1 said:

check the trade forum

I feel the same way most of you do about Crystal Ball some good, some bad, some ugly.

prodigalfan said:

Awesome! it's always amazed me the disdain for this set. yeah yeah I went through the Pre-ordering mess too but...I guess I was lucky...I didn't think it was all that bad and even still...."let it go" it was what 7 years ago now...phew!
and as for this song or that song is shit...it's all a matter of opinion...would I have rathered a more cohesive 2-disc set? No freakin' way! I'm glad he included all those songs, even if I don't like them all.
Glad you're enjoying them as much as you are...it's refreshing.

trc1 said:

heard all 4 cd's and I give it a strong 9 (only 1 or 2 songs I got distracted on, but not enough for me to skip).

If I go to the trade board, do I have to give something up????
I just want to buy. WHY CAN'T NPGMC DO WHAT IT IS SHOULD DO AND IS IN BEST POSITION TO DO??? Be *the* place to go to for Prince music. You can't tell me there aren't any bins full of CD's that never sold at Paisley Park. Even Media play has bins full of CD's that are in the "clearance" bin.

Sorry to vent. So if I go to the trade forum I have to be willing to give up something???