ToraToraDreams said:

As you should, if only so that you can form your own opinion. And I would certainly say it's an album worth having in your collection. IMHO: It's a very good, very solid album.

PDogz said:

Well, by P NOT being a rapper, the images he conjured up in Bob George, the subject matter, the whole 9, showed that P is very street. Also, Eazy E went on the record as saying that he, and the rest of NWA dug Prince earlier shit. So there is no doubt that they were peepin' the Black Album.

the only bad thing about it is the fact that he disrespected rap and shouted some insecurity by doing it.

then prince had to eat his words a few years later.

well some of the rap was really crap but same with rock'n roll and u dont make songs talking shit about it.

the music is great th0'

electrorock said:

I totally agree. Good point. It wasn't cool that P ran his mouth on knocking rap, the art form on Dead On It but it was even less cooler that he actually ended up trying to do rap because he felt he was slippin' with his style of music. He looked as silly doing that as say Michael would have looked. P wasn't fooling ANYBODY with that shit. It made him look naive as hell. It was stone obvious he truly didn't like rap. To be honest, Bono and U2 would have been more convincing cuz they would have done it in a way that would have still sounded like U2. P coming out with wearing dated ass mid 80's gold around his neck came across like he was making fun of rappers. Which maybe he was. Why even bother to fuck with something that u don't even like?

blackguitaristz said:

When was this?!?!?!

KidaDynamite said:

During the 90's when he went though his rapping phase. He used to wear this weird ass looking blue and yellow outfit with some crazy looking gold shit around his neck. He was with Mayte then. May have been during his Come album. That was my reaction to him rapping with Tony M from D&P period.

Hey, "In My Lifetime" and "Reasonable Doubt" were "DAMN" good albums, buddy! Well, In My Lifetime had some flaws, here and there. But, that's only because of P. Diddy's horrid production over the lot of it. Oh, and "The City Is Mine" sucked, too. I never thought Teddy Riley could stank up a place with his production, but man-o-man was I wrong! Oh, and the 80's looked better than the 70's to me. Most people just say the 70's because of "The Funk". But, really. That was like the only good thing to come out of the 70's because, man-o-man; did those "Blaxploitation Films" suck ass. Well, except for the ones with Pam Grier. But, that's for another time. *Clears Throat*

the drum solo in 2 nigs united 4 west compton...lawd!

FuNkeNsteiN said:

KidaDynamite said:

I need another one I don't know what happened to the one I had and that they didn't have at the rock hall

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electrorock said:

It has to do with answering the question in the thread title "The Black Album is....".

That was the absolute best part of the album. That part was like orgasm to my ears. Too bad Prince wasn't strong enough to stick to his guns and continue shitting on it.

I agree that Prince looked rediculous trying to rap. He lost a huge chunk of his black fan base when he changed his style in 1985, as well as a lot of white fans also. I've read that Prince tried to regain a lot of his black fans in the 1990s by doing rap. However, a lot of his older black fans absolutely hate and despise rap so that wasn't going to bring them back. If he had not changed his style, he wouldn't have to try to regain them as fans. By the time shit hop took over, a lot of R&B fans of all colors just stopped listening to current radio and pulled out their old records.

The Black Album was originally recorded sometime between the years 1986 and 1987. It is rumored that Prince tried the drug extacy and had a bad trip. He claims he saw God in a dream and that this "Black Album" was coming from the devil inside him. He claims God told him to destroy the first 1000 or so existing copies before they got shipped. He began work on Lovesexy instead, a bright positive and sexual/religious record. It was the most God praising record he had made up until that point. The master tapes of The Black Album were shelved and released by WB as a contractual obligation in 1994 as a limited edition pressing. I heard most of those songs were recorded as a gift he wanted to give Cat Glover for her birthday. I LOVE The Black Album even if Prince is somewhat ashamed of it now that he's a little more pure and religious. It's such an excitingly fun and naughty little record, it's irresistable! You will be dancing or should I say "doin' the grind" in no time!
The Black Album is fantastic! Prince was never quite as playful on an album afterwards IMO. There are so many sounds on it, it's hard to describe but I'll try...The Black Album is: scary,funky,fun,naughty,taboo,energetic,sexy,sexual,playful,sloppy,messy,joyus,
gleeful,explicit,ambitious,rousing,exuberant,spicy,disturbing, dark,ominous,creepy,menacing,spooky,brassy,jazzy,freakish,deformed,and warped are some of the words that come to my mind when listening to it.
Anyway it's great. If you love anything Prince did from '86 to '88, then The Black Album is an essential addition to your Prince collection! Unfortunately, it has been out of print for a while now hence the "limited edition" sticker on the '94 covers. Good luck trying to find it! It is hard to find a new copy and can be pricy. Happy listening!
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FuNkeNsteiN said:

I haven't listened to the Black Album yet. But I'm going to make a guess upon your statement and say it's basically like the Parade tour funk with horn sections and stuff opposed to his earlier funk work where he used synths?

Yeah, it's full of horns. I wouldn't exactly compare it to "Parade" though because it doesn't have those orchestras. But, no, there's none of the synths or elements of Prince's earlier music that defined the Minneapolis Sound.