Ok, I'm listenin to 3121 - and it sounds ALOT like SM Groove (not so much days of wild). Then I hear "Satisfied" and it sounds like Slow Love, then I hear Lolita - and it sounds like somethin off Diamond and Pearls; including the Strollin and Willin and Able riffs

So my question/thought: Is Prince simply taking soungs out his vault and putting them on new albums once they "marinate," or is Prince writing new music that just sounds like old eras to us loser prince fans because he is only one man, or - is he doin both. I think its the latter - but i'm not sure how i feel about that.

Jatrig said:

I think Prince is still the same guy who wrote all of the above mentioned songs.Is it really that hard to believe that all those sounds/styles are still within him? I mean, you can still comb your hair like you did in 1991, right? Why should Prince be any different. To answer your question-I think all this is new stuff. I don't think Prince's abilities are stuck to any particular year-contrary to what others may say.
[Edited 3/7/06 12:42pm]

Jatrig said:

I don't get it...you all pander him to "sound like the old" and then when he drops something that harkens to his earlier days, people start questioning it.