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One kiss at a time What do you think of this song? At first I was like "It's ok. Kinda your standard R & B track" but after listing to it for a while I noticed how beautiful a song it is and I love how he sings it. To this day I don't know why fans put Emanicpaiton down so much...everytime I put that album on I find a new burried treasure!  | |
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I absolutely love this track. I'm happy to see I'm not the only one!
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I really like this one.
There's a lot of great stuff on Emancipation, some of it could be classic stuff if it wasn't for that awful production - it's so soul-less and empty. No warmth whatsoever. Don't worry, I can't get pregnant - my ovaries are diseased...... | |
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MetroArea said: I really like this one.
There's a lot of great stuff on Emancipation, some of it could be classic stuff if it wasn't for that awful production - it's so soul-less and empty. No warmth whatsoever. I think there are some treasures in the album also, but what do you mean "awful production?" Come here, babe.. yeah... | |
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altavista said: MetroArea said: I really like this one.
There's a lot of great stuff on Emancipation, some of it could be classic stuff if it wasn't for that awful production - it's so soul-less and empty. No warmth whatsoever. I think there are some treasures in the album also, but what do you mean "awful production?" Come on, listen to it. The sound of the album is so clear. it's pristine like a Christina, Britney, 50 Cent or Eminem album, it's all so 'clean'.  Don't worry, I can't get pregnant - my ovaries are diseased...... | |
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endorphin74 said: I absolutely love this track. I'm happy to see I'm not the only one!
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MetroArea said: altavista said: I think there are some treasures in the album also, but what do you mean "awful production?" Come on, listen to it. The sound of the album is so clear. it's pristine like a Christina, Britney, 50 Cent or Eminem album, it's all so 'clean'. I have no idea what you're talking about.  Come here, babe.. yeah... | |
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altavista said: MetroArea said: Come on, listen to it. The sound of the album is so clear. it's pristine like a Christina, Britney, 50 Cent or Eminem album, it's all so 'clean'. I have no idea what you're talking about. I do. He's right. It may be funky, but it does sound dance pop funky some of the time. Like "mr happy" "right back here in my arms" "emale" even "new world". I love the production though, being a pop fan. The difference between this and "chaos" is amazing. "one kiss at a time" kicks "adore" right out of err the door. Prince did a good middle 8 to that song too. | |
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It's a very underrated slow jam that could have/should have been one of the 18 singles off of Emancipation in my opinion. | |
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Time would stop .. .. .. .. .. And the sky would fall  and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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Very pleasant, sexy tune... The world is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.
"You still wanna take me to prison...just because I won't trade humanity for patriotism." | |
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What makes it even better is that it's followed up by Soul Sanctuary, now how he sings that song is just sensational ! Futuristic Fantasy | |
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Fhunkin said: What makes it even better is that it's followed up by Soul Sanctuary, now how he sings that song is just sensational !
 But didn't he borrow some of the ideas for that song from this female singer? I can't even remember her name. | |
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Fhunkin said: What makes it even better is that it's followed up by Soul Sanctuary, now how he sings that song is just sensational !
hell yes, "soul sanctuary" is one of his best ballads, period. "all of me, I'd give to kneel down at your feet the reassurance in your rhythm speeks to me"  and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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One of his worst songs up to the point of its release. Of course the successive years would see far worse to surface. 
You know, before the mid-90s Prince just wasn't a guy who would release "One Kiss A Time" type of R&B fluff, his ballads were always very different and strange in myriad ways. We're probably used to this type of straightforward material now, but then hearing "Emancipation" made a lot of fans jump the ship. And it was exactly because of songs such as these. A lot of folks on the net absolutely loathed that stuff, if I remember correct. It just wasn't Prince anymore. | |
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Novabreaker said: One of his worst songs up to the point of its release. Of course the successive years would see far worse to surface.
You know, before the mid-90s Prince just wasn't a guy who would release "One Kiss A Time" type of R&B fluff, his ballads were always very different and strange in myriad ways. We're probably used to this type of straightforward material now, but then hearing "Emancipation" made a lot of fans jump the ship. And it was exactly because of songs such as these. A lot of folks on the net absolutely loathed that stuff, if I remember correct. It just wasn't Prince anymore. In fact, I thought it was a little bit refreshing to have these "normal" type of ballads from Prince for once. The kind of songs you could put on mix tapes and cdrs together with other artist's slowjams and not have them jump out too much and disrupt the flow. These are just easy simple songs. And that doesn't have to be a bad thing per se. I like the fact that they don't pretend to be anything but simply a slow, beautiful jam, expressing love and romance. I can't believe I'm writing something in defence of Emancipation. Better go n check my temperature now lol. I remember when it was released it was the biggest let down EVER for me since I had expected a whopping 3 disc set with material like Come/Gold/Exodus and the likes of which had been released in the years leading up to Emancipation. Especially since Prince himself kept saying that he had kept the BEST songs from that era for Emancipation. 
But after years and years of not listening to it, I have come to accept it for what it is, a midlife crisis fluffy Prince-is-in-love-Now and drives a car with Symbol Hubcaps Walking-Maytés-little-Doggy-in the yard of Paisley kind of album. And even as such, it does contain a handfull of brilliant songs and a lot of very good ideas scattered through out the rest of the material. and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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Although he totally rearranged the whole song, i love his rendition from the celebration 2002. Love...thy will b done | |
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MetroArea said: altavista said: I think there are some treasures in the album also, but what do you mean "awful production?" Come on, listen to it. The sound of the album is so clear. it's pristine like a Christina, Britney, 50 Cent or Eminem album, it's all so 'clean'. ----- WTF. Who cares about all this crying about the production. What about the soul. One of the things that Emancipation has is soul. P never sounded so soulful before. We will never know what when bad with is marriage but, I think he really expresses a lot of love and soul on that CD. Christina, Britney, 50 Cent and Emienem would not know soul if it fell out of the damm sky. I'll take soul over poor production any day. I can't understand why some of you don't understand that the average record buyer does not give a rip about production values. Listen to those awful rap records. | |
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IstenSzek said: Novabreaker said: One of his worst songs up to the point of its release. Of course the successive years would see far worse to surface.
You know, before the mid-90s Prince just wasn't a guy who would release "One Kiss A Time" type of R&B fluff, his ballads were always very different and strange in myriad ways. We're probably used to this type of straightforward material now, but then hearing "Emancipation" made a lot of fans jump the ship. And it was exactly because of songs such as these. A lot of folks on the net absolutely loathed that stuff, if I remember correct. It just wasn't Prince anymore. In fact, I thought it was a little bit refreshing to have these "normal" type of ballads from Prince for once. The kind of songs you could put on mix tapes and cdrs together with other artist's slowjams and not have them jump out too much and disrupt the flow. These are just easy simple songs. And that doesn't have to be a bad thing per se. I like the fact that they don't pretend to be anything but simply a slow, beautiful jam, expressing love and romance. I can't believe I'm writing something in defence of Emancipation. Better go n check my temperature now lol. I remember when it was released it was the biggest let down EVER for me since I had expected a whopping 3 disc set with material like Come/Gold/Exodus and the likes of which had been released in the years leading up to Emancipation. Especially since Prince himself kept saying that he had kept the BEST songs from that era for Emancipation.
But after years and years of not listening to it, I have come to accept it for what it is, a midlife crisis fluffy Prince-is-in-love-Now and drives a car with Symbol Hubcaps Walking-Maytés-little-Doggy-in the yard of Paisley kind of album. And even as such, it does contain a handfull of brilliant songs and a lot of very good ideas scattered through out the rest of the material. ----- Co-Sign. I have played some of the ballads from this CD for people who not even fans and they love it. I think it showed whole new side and after years of being crude and crass it was a good change. | |
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An ex friend of mine used to think that the lyric
"I got to be up on it" really said "I got to be a bonehead" I mean, he really thought this and still loved the song! he was a loser. Later [Edited 7/12/05 8:58am] Cause tomorrow is taking too long
and yesterday's too far away and the reality that you believe in begins to bind. | |
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IstenSzek said: Fhunkin said: What makes it even better is that it's followed up by Soul Sanctuary, now how he sings that song is just sensational !
hell yes, "soul sanctuary" is one of his best ballads, period. "all of me, I'd give to kneel down at your feet the reassurance in your rhythm speeks to me" Now, there's a song!! His flasetto is at it's best on Soul Sanctuary. He was given the basic track by Sandra St. Victor and as George Clinton would say, "he peed on it" and made it his own. I truly believe that this is one of the greatest love songs ever song. A true gem "Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth" | |
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IstenSzek said: Novabreaker said: One of his worst songs up to the point of its release. Of course the successive years would see far worse to surface.
You know, before the mid-90s Prince just wasn't a guy who would release "One Kiss A Time" type of R&B fluff, his ballads were always very different and strange in myriad ways. We're probably used to this type of straightforward material now, but then hearing "Emancipation" made a lot of fans jump the ship. And it was exactly because of songs such as these. A lot of folks on the net absolutely loathed that stuff, if I remember correct. It just wasn't Prince anymore. In fact, I thought it was a little bit refreshing to have these "normal" type of ballads from Prince for once. The kind of songs you could put on mix tapes and cdrs together with other artist's slowjams and not have them jump out too much and disrupt the flow. These are just easy simple songs. And that doesn't have to be a bad thing per se. I like the fact that they don't pretend to be anything but simply a slow, beautiful jam, expressing love and romance. I can't believe I'm writing something in defence of Emancipation. Better go n check my temperature now lol. I remember when it was released it was the biggest let down EVER for me since I had expected a whopping 3 disc set with material like Come/Gold/Exodus and the likes of which had been released in the years leading up to Emancipation. Especially since Prince himself kept saying that he had kept the BEST songs from that era for Emancipation.
But after years and years of not listening to it, I have come to accept it for what it is, a midlife crisis fluffy Prince-is-in-love-Now and drives a car with Symbol Hubcaps Walking-Maytés-little-Doggy-in the yard of Paisley kind of album. And even as such, it does contain a handfull of brilliant songs and a lot of very good ideas scattered through out the rest of the material. Both of you guys have VERY interesting points. I love when I stimulate this kind of discussion! Thanks to both of you for sharing your thoughts! | |
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Krystal666 said: IstenSzek said: In fact, I thought it was a little bit refreshing to have these "normal" type of ballads from Prince for once. The kind of songs you could put on mix tapes and cdrs together with other artist's slowjams and not have them jump out too much and disrupt the flow. These are just easy simple songs. And that doesn't have to be a bad thing per se. I like the fact that they don't pretend to be anything but simply a slow, beautiful jam, expressing love and romance. I can't believe I'm writing something in defence of Emancipation. Better go n check my temperature now lol. I remember when it was released it was the biggest let down EVER for me since I had expected a whopping 3 disc set with material like Come/Gold/Exodus and the likes of which had been released in the years leading up to Emancipation. Especially since Prince himself kept saying that he had kept the BEST songs from that era for Emancipation.
But after years and years of not listening to it, I have come to accept it for what it is, a midlife crisis fluffy Prince-is-in-love-Now and drives a car with Symbol Hubcaps Walking-Maytés-little-Doggy-in the yard of Paisley kind of album. And even as such, it does contain a handfull of brilliant songs and a lot of very good ideas scattered through out the rest of the material. Both of you guys have VERY interesting points. I love when I stimulate this kind of discussion! Thanks to both of you for sharing your thoughts! PLUS, you made me listen to Emancipation again last night and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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crap song, from a mostly crap album.
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I am disgusted when Prince copies D'angelo or Jodeci's rim-shot sample(he has been doing this since 1995).
The keyboards sound like those floor-model synth's at Guitar Center(at least bother proramming your synth sounds,stop using the factory presets!!!). The lyrics are sacchrine. Prince copied R.Kelly's backing vocal arrangement on this track also(terrible). All in all=this song really blows!This is the most derivative I have ever heard Prince. This was when I lost track of him,when he lost track of himself.... | |
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wallysafford said: I am disgusted when Prince copies D'angelo or Jodeci's rim-shot sample(he has been doing this since 1995).
The keyboards sound like those floor-model synth's at Guitar Center(at least bother proramming your synth sounds,stop using the factory presets!!!). The lyrics are sacchrine. Prince copied R.Kelly's backing vocal arrangement on this track also(terrible). All in all=this song really blows!This is the most derivative I have ever heard Prince. This was when I lost track of him,when he lost track of himself.... This song in no way sounds like something D' angelo, Jodeci, or R.Kelly would write. While it is not one of his best, it is by far not his worst. This is the kind of song that one would play in the background. Those tracks by Jodeci and K. Kelly, are the types of songs that you play, when there is no romance involved, when u just wanna get some booty. "One kiss at a time" is just that. It is a song that is smooth and slow. It takes into account the art of romance. All the songs by these other artist is just about the drawers!!. [Edited 7/13/05 13:57pm] "Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth" | |
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Actually,I was refering to the production of the song.
Sounds an awful lot like most other r&b songs from 1996. | |
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After reading this thread I played disc 2 from Emancipation
& the song I really found impressive after all these years is Lets Have A Baby. I've avoided listening to it for years because of the whole Prince/baby connection so its like finding a lost gem of a song. I think I listened to it 5 times last night. | |
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thedoorkeeper said: After reading this thread I played disc 2 from Emancipation
& the song I really found impressive after all these years is Lets Have A Baby. I've avoided listening to it for years because of the whole Prince/baby connection so its like finding a lost gem of a song. I think I listened to it 5 times last night. Brilliant piano ! Futuristic Fantasy | |
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IstenSzek said: Krystal666 said: Both of you guys have VERY interesting points. I love when I stimulate this kind of discussion! Thanks to both of you for sharing your thoughts! PLUS, you made me listen to Emancipation again last night Hey thats a good thing too!  | |
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