In the 90s Prince got very self indulgent with his musical talents, the tendency for him to wibble may have started with "extended jams" on 1999 and Sign O the Times but Graffiti Bridge I think was the first real indulgent album.

Which 3 albums do you think were the most self indulgent. Imean songs with Bizarre instrumental jams, weird singing like Solo and self indulgent limited release stuff like Gold Nigga and The Plan.

But my votes are
1. Emancipation
2. Kamasutra
3. Symbol

Symbol
Rave

But it's one of my favorites anyway.

If the 0+> album is self indulgent, then please let his short ass induldge some more of that greatness.

WillyWonka said:

was a GREAT cd in my opinion. I don't know how you can say that. Maybe I don't know what you mean by indulgent. What ever you want to call it, I just hope Prince keeps them coming until I'm 70.

Emancipation.

Would have made a great single album.
The cover versions GRRRRR I still don't understand WHY he felt he had to have 4 somgs from other artists.

Cliffy74 said:

He should of just named the album Mayte.

The album is definitely self-indulgent, as brilliant as it is.
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Emancipation

Has anyone actually listened to the 3 CDs straight through more than once??

*THE VALUT*

twister6 said:

yep that VALUT is one indulgent CD. Even more than the VAULT!

Militant said:

rainbowchild said:

Emancipation does seem to be the most blatant example.

I just listened to the whole thing over the last two days, forcing myself not to skip any tracks and keeping an open mind. Final analysis: The favorite songs are still favorites and the horrible ones still bother me. Except I did find I kinda like Dreamin' About U more than I remembered.

Emancipation and Symbol, definitely. Lovesexy is way self-indulgent too, but its message/concept balances it out, so it doesn't bother me much.

The Black Album, because he was trying to sound black, not realizing that he was always black. Bad attitudes from brainless music fans do not count for much.

Graycap23 said:

Relax. My opinion that the Symbol album is rather self-indulgent is NOT a slam. In fact, I think the Symbol album is pretty great and it's definitely one of my most played Prince albums.

Kamasutra and NEWS are the epitome of self-indulgence but there are other examples of that.

Graycap23 said:

No shit that cd was cool except for the lame TOny M crap, but lots of good songs on there.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

I just bought a used copy for $4.99, how could I pass it up. I'll give it to someone. its got some good stuff, about 75% I like. Way too long though.

Emancipation aka The Mayte Experience

because he just overdid it!

I'm surprisd noone said TRC. I like it overall, but it's totally elf absorbed. It's his vision, his world and he makes no apolgies about it.

xpertluva said:

I was just about to! It's easily his most self indulgent album. It's also one of my favourites too.

rainbowchild said:

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rainbowchild said:

Sorry, doublepost.
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