Contentious topic, this one. Prince did a whole lot of stuff from late 1996 to 2000 beyond 'New Power Soul' and 'Rave'. There's 'The Truth', 'The War', 'When Will We Be Paid' and 'Beautiful Strange' (all borderline classics IMO), most of 'The Slaughterhouse' and 'The Chocolate Invasion', the 'Rave 2000' DVD' (IMO only 'She Always in my Hair', 'Purple Rain' and 'Purple House' stand out from this muddled show tho) He also worked heavily on Chaka Khan's 'Come 2 My House' and Larry Graham's 'GCS 2000' albums.

But was he better (and more consistent) in live shows/ aftershows during this period? I suspect that if Prince released a properly compiled live album from the best shows and aftershows from, say the 'Jam o' the Year' '98 tour, it would be surprisingly impressive. On the other hand, a cleverly compiled album of the best studio cuts from the late '90s would probably make it look like his genius never dimmed. Maybe he just didn't compile and release the stuff as well as he could have.

What y'all think? Why not think outside the box - not just 'NPS sucks so it's all bad'? SOME of this stuff was actually very good. Or was it?

Who will save this thread from an unloved death?

Surely somebody would like to discuss Prince's late 90's work and whether he was more inspired live than in the studio at this time.

In the words of another thread - 'ANSWER ME MOTHERFUCKERS!!!

I actually saw Prince live in 1998 for the Jam of the Year tour and he was so amazing I cried. It was fantastic, 200000 times better than anything recorded on Emancipation-energy level wise. He was fantastic and I found it quite inspirational.

I agree with you, She's Always in My Hair-live is great, and honestly I can't believe he's hardly released any live albums because that's his strongest suit!