musicology and planet earth have all but been retired(cept fbm and what do you?)

but DANG! 3121 still sounds fresh as hell!

the title track is bone crunching funk

lolitta is a pop track that works-te amo is artistic p all over

BLACK SWEAT!!! ah hell yes!

THE WORD!! ah hell yes

LOVE aww heel yes!!!

Absolutely! Keepin' the party packed baby...wall2wall.

plenty of rotation?

nope... collecting plenty of dust.

I like it better than Planet Earth...

jonylawson said:

Still getting spins at my house too. I play this more than any of them. Definitely best of the 3 imo.

Best of the three and a good album period.
I like every track. every track.

thedance said:

are you new to P'S music

just curious-so you dont like any of the jams

black sweat?

the word?

3121?

love?

seems odd as even your moniker is named after a 3121 jam!

Wonderwall said:

3121 is always going to be the bomb! Can you believe it was 2 years ago this month when we were all excited about the CD and then it dropped on the 21st that year? Time sure does fly! I still LOVE 3121!

purplecam said:

I've been listening to 3121 a lot lately and had the 3121 title song on repeat many times -- too funky!

the 3121 era will always be dear to my heart. the last leg of the npgmc was still up, the purple ticket promo, and I will never ever forget 3121 Vegas and the aftershows.
[Edited 3/2/08 17:00pm]

I think 3121 is terrific...which is part of the reason I was less than thrilled with Planet Earth.

Yup, 3121 is a special album! I went 2 c Prince per4m in Las Vegas for 2 consecutive nights at Club 3121 and great 2 hear the tracks of the album LIVE!! I wish there's a Live DVD!

I thought y'all didn't like it?!?! Great album.

every track is pure sex

jonylawson said:

1) I'm not new, I have been fan since 1983 and counting, I like the tracks you mention, but still 1978>1995, the Warner years are my fave Prince period, imo. 3121 is a average album, 6/10 imo....

2) yeah it's a little funny/ strange my moniker is The Dance, I registered/ took this name after Prince released this song as download (you know the 1st version - in 2004),

I don't like the song/ the version on 3121, maybe I should change my moniker to something else,

but never mind it fits well my avatar of Prince dancing in the Cream video
[Edited 3/3/08 8:14am]

3121 is a LOT more contemporary than Planet Earth (with the exception of Future Baby Mama which is fresh to death).

Not to say I don't love P.E. I do, there's some great songs on there. With that said, it's closer to being what you would expect from artists who have been around for 30 years. The songwriting is excellent, but it isn't cutting edge. You aren't going to hear those songs bumping in the club or get massive pop radio support.

3121 is so contemporary and cutting edge that it's astounding it didn't sell a few million more.

But with the industry in this state I'm not surprised. Hell, Will.i.Am's 'Songs About Girls' was funky, progressive with amazing songwriting and production and it struggled. Nine Inch Nails 'Year Zero' was by far the best rock record of 2007 and one of the best things Trent has ever done, yet it didn't sell much either.

Just the way it goes sometimes.

3121 needed more backing IMO. I don't know what happened, but it seems like Prince may have refused to comply with Universal on certain promotional activities. Maybe that's tied in with Tamar's album not coming out. Could be the case that Universal didn't like Tamar's album and wanted certain things changed and Prince told them where to go.

'Love' absolutely should have been a single and had a video. They should have released a double single with 'Love' and 'Lolita' and shot videos for both - ESPECIALLY after millions of people had heard 'Lolita' on American Idol.

Militant said:

Dude you are so on point with that. Why Love wasn't a single, and the first single at that, I will NEVER know.

It's still cool in my book.

Love it! Shows Prince still has it in 'im. Not sure what happened with Planet Earth though. But I'm not too worried. yet

purplecam said:

My favorite track on the album. I'd've loved ( ) a video for that.
[Edited 3/4/08 8:40am]

Yep, I like it a whole lot more than Planet Earth or the arid desert of Musicology.

Militant said:

I still remember your great report when you came back from the 3121 listening party....your report got me all excited about that upcoming album.

Looking back, I think that 3121 is a really solid, good album, and much stronger than most other artist´s albums who have been in the biz for three decades but, that being said, it could have been much, much stronger if he had put a stronger version of Fury on it( then again, even SOTT and TGE had their flaws and could have been much stronger and rawer and rougher if he´d put on some live versions of I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man or Now, respectively) and if some of the lyrics had been a bit stronger ( I mean, despite the hate around here for Incense And Candles, I really LOVE that song but the lyrics...oh man, it´s like he´s beating about the bush all the time, the passion is somehow hindered by his self-censorship....like, I really want to bone her, but I don´t, but I could, but I can´t , but I really want to etc.etc.).
I also can´t understand why Lolita´s getting so much love, I hate that song and can´t really listen to it. I skip it every time.
But,all in all , it stands as a really strong album to this day, just flawed by some of its lyrics ( selfcensorship) and a bit of self-repeating ( like those unconvincing, formulaic screams in The Dance, a great songs that unfortunately tries too hard to sound like The Beautiful Ones revisited towards the end.

It´s one of those great, almost classic albums that make you go " Well, coul

Still?
Dang.....

I like 3121 it still gets spinned in my house.....but then again so do all my other Prince albums, it depends on what mood im in, but yeah defnitley is a great funky album and every track is a belter in my opinion
[Edited 3/4/08 8:35am]

I really stick to 3121 as well. I wish Future baby Mama was on there instead of Incense

paisleypark4 said:

that would have been fantastic!!!

jonylawson said:

I hear you!!!

however M & PE cds are not retired for me 'cause I still dig many songs on them as well.
[Edited 3/8/08 13:36pm]

lottielooloo1968 said:

You should date more!

I listen to 3121 alot it's a wonderful collection of songs. I just love Beautiful, Loved and Blessed and The Dance.