Sounds totally like a has-been to me. It's always the same old James Brown hook (Black Sweat/Cold Sweat...com'on), the kind of stuff my grand mother was listening. The girl in the video even dance that way.
Kids will prefer 50cent or Justin and you know what, i think they're right .

rainbowchild said:

The last shot of the video...he looks like he's sweatin to me

I gotta watch that again...

does anyone know when the video is going to start being aired on mtv and vh1? online is one thing but it needs to be seen by EVERYONE.

Love it!!!!!

purplecam said:

The Universal press release said "mid-february".

ChimChimBadass said:

wtf?!

ok my son, who is 17 now, just don't like P..maybe it's because it's all he has heared thru his childhood, maybe it's just him being a teenager, who knows
BUT...he likes this song
and maybe, just maybe...because of me poisening him with P music (he doesn't like it but knows all the lyrics from every song ), he developed a very good taste of his musical preference


oh and I love it

love it edit
[Edited 2/6/06 9:46am]

Look, the kids will love this song. The radio stations need to play it first and then announce to the audience that it's Prince. Imagine the shock and surprise from the audience!

ok...I've watched it a couple more times and I really like it! She's cute..I love how you can tell she has dimples when she's singing "black sweat" in his hear. what is that she's wearing in the begining? seems like a very high waisted skirt...and a bra! pleather! nice!


oh and I'm surprised I'm the first one to say...hey I sat on that funky chair!

oh yeah..and that dj chick is hot! she reminds me of jill jones

hot dj edit
[Edited 2/6/06 13:01pm]

Hi i'm new! I watched this video just yesterday for the first time and OMG I love it! Can't wait 2 buy Prince's new album.

ChimChimBadass said:

Youre kidding right?

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

That girl is sexy as H-E-Double-Hockey-Sticks.

Same goes for the DJ. Both them women fine!

The song is funky, and the video is tight. Reminds me of what he was doing 20 years ago.

Funky dancin' lady. Yow.

The song is bound to be want P needs to remind the world he still exists.

ok, I love the song, but i keep gettin a "Willin', Willin' 2 do da work" Vibe goin on. "I'm Willin', Willin' 2 work up a Black Sweat, say I'm Willin', 2 do what I gotta do"

raveun2thejoyfantastic said:

Welcome raveun2thejoyfantastic. Glad you love it!

Personally I loved the artistic black and white theme of the video.He took away from the serious vibe by being playful and comfortable with the woman in the video. He finally found his thing again. Every ten years or so I feel that we all get lost sometimes it lasts ten days, sometimes ten years. And I know he totally found his comfort zone again you can tell in the video.

Sorry, I'm just now seeing the video for the first time, cuz my computer couldn't do okay player. But now that I have seen it and am listening to it:

It does seem like a song that was recorded for the NPGMC days, and possibly
recorded at the same time/same vein as Silicon. Here's how it be:

itbe-fonkay-likewenoit.

The video is a trip for me to see, and it seems like the point is that Prince
can hardly contain his desire to "work up a black sweat" but is holding on
as hard as he can to let the fonkay li'l chick do the work.

I think the song works better without the video, but in these days, it seems
a necessary evil.

alexnevermind319 said:

at least nobody's doing that stoopid "windmill" dance again...

But U are cute when U windmill Dansa.

damn, damn, damn!!!!!

WOOOW, this is the shit. Now I really can't wait for 3121. This is Prince, yall.

It is now available at NPGMC for download. It also is the new opening to the site.

Brotha looks good. Real good. I've had this video on constant replay for 3 days now. It's all about his pretty face.

Did anyone else find the audio quality of the NPGMC download to be really poor, especially when compared to "Beautiful Loved and Blessed"? It sounds very downsampled in comparison and has a lot of hiss in the background (the kind of stuff you used to hear on cassette tapes).

Doozer said:

Yes, there are some pops when he says "1,2,3" too. I'm waiting for the iTunes version and ultimately the cd so that I can pump it!

MarcelJ said:

Those pops were actually fixed and you can re-download the song now. The rest of the quality is still shiiiite tho'.

Doozer said:

Thanks, I will. Hey, what can we expect for 77 cents. I still think iTunes does it best.

MarcelJ said:

Most definitely -- listen to the AAC file of Te Amo Corazon if you bought it off iTunes, and compare it to Black Sweat from the club. Black Sweat sounds like a bootleg in comparison.

We'd have to wait for the album to be sure, but it might be the sound of BS is intentionally "raw" (especially the hihats).