Rhondab said:

Me too! I think it's my favorite. That song is the damn jam!

a few thoughts...

3121-Love it

Lolitta - I really like the sound of this song for some reason. I know it's already pretty hated but I do like it

Black Sweat - Still think this is a fun track

Incense & Candles - I think he deliberately wrote this for the "urban" crowd. Could be big in that market. Not my favorite song here but I like it enough.

Love - The title says it all. LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE this track

Satisfied - Never heard it until now but I really dig it big time. I know people have said "on the couch part 2 but I dug the hell out of On the couch

Fury - Face it yall, we were straight out spoiled by the SNL performance. This track really had the potential to be an ass kicker, like Endorphinmachine but really just falls short. Someone touted his lyrical performance on this song and it sounds completely boring and uninspired to me. I cannot for the life of me imagine how a song that has such life in a live setting fails to even come close to translating. The live version is just so tight and the CD version isn't even that. I will be replacing this with the SNL performance

The Word - I really really like this song. Doesn't sound scary preachy to me. Just pretty heartfelt.

The Dance - I never heard this until now but I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS SONG!

Get on the Boat - Another Jam. This is a great song and if you're ever gonna do any kind of tribute to any musical legends, this is the way to do it

What a fantastic album. Light years above and beyond Musuckology. I'm so happy with it. Can't wait to find out if I get one of them purple tickets on the 21st
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I just heard the entire album and I think that I like it. I say that because I didn't know what to really what 2 expect. I did read all the reveiws that were posted, But being a life long Prince fan at times we all want the album that "we want". The next song that should come out should be Incense And Candles, after Black Sweat ends this track comes on and it begins a good run of about 3 to 4 songs. Incense And Candles, with a hot producer like who ever's hot in hip hop videos. I tell you this could be a really good year again for Prince.It's a good album I'm going to listen to it a few more times... but I think i really really like it!!!

If I were pushed?

Love

Fuck it, don't bother, just go straight on tour.

Insence and Candles, I can see how Lolita would be cool for radio also but I think I and C has an even stronger radio presence.

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[Edited 3/7/06 19:46pm]

Love would be a smash hit. He should have given Lolita to Justin Timberlake.

I just got 3121 and I just can't understand why Prince doesn't record the songs in more of a live setting. 'Fury' & 'Satisfied' sound 100 times better live or maybe it's better if we hear the songs on the Album b4 we get spoiled on them live.Was it just me or did the female voice on 'Incense And Candles' & 'Love' sound a lot like Janet Jackson???

3NineteeN04 said:

It sounded like Wendy to me.

this really isn't a singles album... Love may be a little suble to be a single. I don't know about Fury.. Endorphine Machine really wouldn't have worked as a single, and i think Fury is similar. Lolita.. no.

I would actually go with 3121 next. I would love to hear an extended spacy 8 minute long remix. It's just different enough to maybe make a dent and stir up some interest.

i think Love should have been the debut single. it should definitely be the next single. it is THE groove! i would like to say he should release The Word as a single (this may be my favorite song on the record) but i'm afraid the "go get saved" bit would be a turn off. u2 got away with a hit song about faith with their Vertigo but it is a religious song in disguise so they were able to pull it off.

I feel like I'm the only one without candy.

I've only heard (Not counting Fury live) Te Amo Corazon (Couldn't get in a cab/car this weekend without hearing it), Black Sweat, and Beautiful, Loved & Blessed

I don't really do the church thing but my prediction is that BL&B becomes the church jam of the year. That's just a nice track all around. Could be a hot dance track too.

I guess I got a bit of candy afterall.

hokie1 said:

The midget has three choices....

"Fury" to rock/top 40

"Incense & Candles" to Pop/R&B

"Love" to top 40....


By the way folks, for some of you who are saying 3121 has no singles on this album, that has more to do with the way the youth obsessed radio conglomerates and MTV treat older, established acts....But if you are really paying attention to the charts today, you would know that "Incense & Candles" (for example) is what's happening in top 40...While rock music has been making a surge, R&B/hip-hop is still the new "pop"....It's just that a lot of you are not digging contempoary R&B, which is cool...We all like what we like....
[Edited 3/7/06 22:11pm]

I still think the Tamar song would be the biggest hit.

Co-sign 100%.....I'm lovin this track....I've got it on repeat...I will be jammmin 2 3121 2morrow

NorthernLad said:

Erm... I'd say Lolita, or The Word...

The Dance or Lolita (my favs), but Love should be cuz it will be more a chart hit
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The very 80s and out of date sounding lolita sounds like soft and wet, kelly's eyes and a little bit of dirty mind all mixed together. I think love could be a hit.

murph said:

No I think it is just that there isn't a strong single on the album. If the songs are strong they will speak for theselves.

I don't think there is just some great secret we aren't in on.

Love, Dance or IAC would all be great choices for urban stations.
Lotita gets honorable mention for top 40 stations...

Romera said:

i like it too

Just try and enjoy it without worrying where everything charts.
The charts are so corrupt it's not even funny.
Check out Tavis Smiley's show on 3/31/06. I think it mainly focuses on BET's programming, but I think it'll touch on the whole scam of radio programming and playlists.
Bottom line, Prince has been far too outspoken about radio and he's probably not gonna have another top-40 hit in his lifetime, at least not in this country. The CD will probably land near or at the top of the charts, but unless he does a remake of Laffy Taffy, which was part of a sting operation, I wouldn't hold my breath for a hit single.

Just heard The Word [From herein referred to as the Psyche! song]
It's so wrong to complain about stuff you're not even supposed to have heard especially when you haven't even paid for it yet but I feel justified with this song 'cause it doesn't play fair either.

Psyche! song is a really hot track. Very danceable. That's the problem...especially for a heathen like me. Gives you enough time to get out on the dance floor and do your thing before it hits you with "Don't you wanna go get saved"

So you're thinking "fine time to spring this on me". And it's too late to play it off cause you already did the booty shake.

Too bad the line wasn't "Don't you wanna dance with me" instead. As a spiritual metaphor, of course.

Maybe I should wait for the heathen remix.

andykeen said:

agree

dawntreader said:

no way. This is a bad rendetion of Soft and Wet that sounds like TC Ellis rapping after picking up his bad habits again.

Funnily enough I dont think any of the Tracks would be "Hits" here.

NOT because they are crap, I love the Album !! I really do, in fact this is the first album in some years that I have liked each and every track !! Yay to Prince.

Sadly though, unless Prince spewed up regurgitated (Hope I spelt that right) crap he would stand little or no chance of a Chart hit.