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i've listened to this one about 3 times in the last month or so. there are a few clunkers here, especially Dead On It. and I find Bob George to be irritating and a waste of time all these years later. it was funny a few times, but.... When 2 R In Love doesn't fit. and i'll refrain from taking back my idea for what should replace it. Cindy C. gives me a headache, but I love it anyway. Le Grind and Rockhard are my favorites, and 2 Nigs is something else altogether. it's a mixed bag, really. it doesn't come off as the hodgepodge that it was scraped together as, but I think you just have to be in the mood for it, really. | |
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EmeraldSkies said: blackguitaristz said:  I can dig it. I got my copy on cassette too early in the game (I also still have it) and it had STILL been dubbed over like a muthafucker! BUT to me, that gave it that certain quality, that appeal to it that u KNEW u were listening to some truly unreleased shit! This album is in my top 5 fave P albums, that's for damn sure. I liked it being a boot but I always wished it was officially released in 87/88. Although it was sooooo heavily circulated, it might as well have been an official release. It had so much myth behind it..at that time, it was very potent. The stories behind WHY P recorded it in the first place...Ranging from it was just some jams for him to play at Sheila's birthday party to it was actually a "gift" or an "offering" of some sort...Weird shit. Then the reasons WHY Prince didn't want it released...because if he died, he didn't want that to be the last thing released by him. To that it was evil and he didn't want to give into "Spooky Electric" and the whole 9. It was so strong that P talked about it in the Lovesexy tour book to placing hidden messages in the Alphabet St video. He was feeding the rumors by putting in the video "I'm sorry...don't buy the Black Album". All of that, I thought was cool. To me, this album is his true follow up to his 1999 album. Bob George is one of the most HARDEST tracks ever. This whole album, except for When 2 R In Love, which I can't stand, and oddly, he put that on Lovesexy (?) this album is true Prince. Raw, street, crazy, funky..Like I said, to me, it's 1999 Pt 2. now I want it even more than I already did.Please, don't let me be an "influence" on you.  SynthiaRose said "I'm in love with blackguitaristz. Especially when he talks about Hendrix."
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1980 Dirty Mind
1987 The Black Album 1994 Come So in every 7 years the Evil Prince had come... ...and then in 2001 we got The Rainbow Children.  This is my voice, my weapon of choice!  | |
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FlamingRaindrop said: Haystack said: Oh by the way, the album is fucking awesome! Would just love to hear it remastered.
The Foefur remaster of the black album is what you're after. Finally worthy of listening to. I just wanted to thank you so very much, cause thanks to you and google I just found some of the best reworked shit I've ever come across. The chaotic masterpiece that is the Black Album sounds better than one would hope on your tip.  The Most Important Thing In Life Is Sincerity....Once You Can Fake That, You Can Fake Anything. |
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I think its an Okay-album, but not really the masterpiece some make it out to be.
I remember being very exciting about the album, when i taped an integral broadcast from the album from the Dutch radio in 1987. The bad sound-quality and the mysteriousness surrounding (the pull back of) the album, probably made it sound 'better' then it actually was. In retrospect its a quite uneven album i think: Le Grind, Cindy C and Superfunkycalifragisexy are top-notch funk/dance tracks, and Bob George is as original as it can come with Prince. But, Dead on it is plain silly and sounds very dated nowadays. When 2R in love just doesn't fit in with the other songs, Rockhardinafunkyplace is okay, but overrated and 2 Nigs united for west compton shows some nice studio-jamming, nothing more. 6.5/10 | |
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Cheek said: 1980 Dirty Mind
1987 The Black Album 1994 Come So in every 7 years the Evil Prince had come... ...and then in 2001 we got The Rainbow Children. But Rainbow Children has the deep, Spooky Electric voice on it. Prince still portrayed darkness & evil init. 
 [Edited 10/4/08 13:35pm]  wish U were here baby, on me--
Stuck like glue!  | |
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After reading the replies in this thread I think I understand why this album is "overrated". Lots of you got the super sexy sweet goodness of underground bootleggery. It was like being inducted into a special club. A lot of you seem very nostalgic about this album.
I was not one of you. I didn't even know about it at the time. I'm positive that I would have snapped up a boot if I would have known about it. Instead, I'm nostalgic for the Batman soundtrack. I can't even listen to Batman objectively... I have too many positive emotions surrounding it... kinda like watching Star Wars. Go figure. See, I just got the Black Album... maybe 6 months ago. I'd never heard it before. To me, it sounded very dated. It didn't exactly live up to the hype. I also think it's really over-produced. I'm sure I'd be much happier with the sound quality of a boot. And I pretty much have to agree with this (sans lapse of time) errant said: and I find Bob George to be irritating and a waste of time all these years later. it was funny a few times, but....
On the rare occasions I listen to The Black Album, I always skip Bob George and I've deleted it from my iPod. | |
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Cheek said: 1980 Dirty Mind
1987 The Black Album 1994 Come So in every 7 years the Evil Prince had come... ...and then in 2001 we got The Rainbow Children.  | |
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My first bootleg was The Black Album on cassette.
Still ranks as one of my favs. | |
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Would love to have seen the reaction from fans if he followed through in '87 and released this incognito. No name, no picture.
2NU4WC is pure musical caffeine. I don't think anyone can sit still with headphones on. This is just a great album. | |
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setyrmindphree said: 2NU4WC is pure musical caffeine. I don't think anyone can sit still with headphones on.
A former bud of mine suffered from epileptic seizures and he once said that 2NU4WC is what his body and mind goes through when he was was having a seizure. . |
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My first bootleg was also The Black Album.
But I didn't "buy" it -- I traded for it. 
We made a deal to use only the highest quality cassettes out there, but even then I could tell it had been dubbed a few times before. | |
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HamsterHuey said: setyrmindphree said: 2NU4WC is pure musical caffeine. I don't think anyone can sit still with headphones on.
A former bud of mine suffered from epileptic seizures and he once said that 2NU4WC is what his body and mind goes through when he was was having a seizure. . 
Wow you guys are good!, those are right on! I Love this song and those two descriptions fit exactly what my body and mind goes through when i listen to it!! | |
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HamsterHuey said: setyrmindphree said: 2NU4WC is pure musical caffeine. I don't think anyone can sit still with headphones on.
A former bud of mine suffered from epileptic seizures and he once said that 2NU4WC is what his body and mind goes through when he was was having a seizure. . So, that's what is happening to me when I listen to that song!! Thanks, you save me a trip to the neurologist. | |
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LizaWoman08 said: raveun2thejoyfantastic said: 
What kind of fuck album cover was that?
Maybe he likes Metallica??? 
 They both have the same suing capabilities. Proud member of the .Org Conservative Union
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veronikka said: I just got a hold of this album, had never heard it before
So what did you think? | |
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dannyd5050 said: veronikka said: I just got a hold of this album, had never heard it before
So what did you think? I like it! Especially Le Grind  Rhythm floods my heart♥The melody it feeds my soul | |
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veronikka said: dannyd5050 said: So what did you think? I like it! Especially Le Grind Oh, yeah. That one's good. Hell, I like the whole thing except "Dead On It". | |
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dannyd5050 said: veronikka said: I like it! Especially Le Grind Oh, yeah. That one's good. Hell, I like the whole thing except "Dead On It". I think I am the only one who likes Dead on It. Yeah, the lyrics are pretty silly...but I think that was the point. "shall we go back? Let's go..." |
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Poplife88 said: dannyd5050 said: Oh, yeah. That one's good. Hell, I like the whole thing except "Dead On It". I think I am the only one who likes Dead on It. Yeah, the lyrics are pretty silly...but I think that was the point. "shall we go back? Let's go..." The only part of that song that I "sorta" like is toward the end when he say's "My bed's a coffin, Dracula ain't got shit on me!" and that funky guitar kicks in. Up til then though, blah. | |
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The lead vocal on "Bob George" doesn't sound like Prince - it sounds like Gregory Allen Brooks. | |
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this album would ruin my financially!!! if it wasn't a bootleg or if i had never known what a bootleg was, i would have more money in my pocket and perhaps wouldn't b a prince fan til this day ..  damn black album!!!
 man, he has such an amazing body of music that it's sad to see him constrict it down to the basics. he's too talented for the lineup he's doing. estelle 81 | |
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UptownCitizen said: The lead vocal on "Bob George" doesn't sound like Prince - it sounds like Gregory Allen Brooks.
U do know Prince's voice is slowed down right? SynthiaRose said "I'm in love with blackguitaristz. Especially when he talks about Hendrix."
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blackguitaristz said: UptownCitizen said: The lead vocal on "Bob George" doesn't sound like Prince - it sounds like Gregory Allen Brooks.
U do know Prince's voice is slowed down right? Yeah, play the vinyl at 45 speed and you can tell it's him... | |
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blackguitaristz said: UptownCitizen said: The lead vocal on "Bob George" doesn't sound like Prince - it sounds like Gregory Allen Brooks.
U do know Prince's voice is slowed down right? Guess he's not using his voice in that song! Rhythm floods my heart♥The melody it feeds my soul | |
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Poplife88 said: dannyd5050 said: Oh, yeah. That one's good. Hell, I like the whole thing except "Dead On It". I think I am the only one who likes Dead on It. Yeah, the lyrics are pretty silly...but I think that was the point. "shall we go back? Let's go..." I really do think that the lyrics to 'Dead on it' are among the most brilliant Prince ever wrote. The Black Album is one of my costant listens of this week, along with '1999' (album) and 'One Nite Alone... Live!'. | |
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veronikka said: blackguitaristz said: U do know Prince's voice is slowed down right? Guess he's not using his voice in that song! Huh?... Prince IS using his OWN voice. He recorded his own voice and then slowed down the speed so the pitch would be lower.. Look at the post right before yours where Danny agreed with me by saying play it at 45, which would speed up the record , therefore speeding up Prince's voice, revealing that it is nobody else voice BUT Prince's. SynthiaRose said "I'm in love with blackguitaristz. Especially when he talks about Hendrix."
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[Edited 10/4/08 13:35pm] I don't know what P was thinking about but I do know that P looks scary as a motherfucker in this painting. And the other shot of where his head is obviously made to resemble the head of a goat .SynthiaRose said "I'm in love with blackguitaristz. Especially when he talks about Hendrix."
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blackguitaristz said:
[Edited 10/4/08 13:35pm] I don't know what P was thinking about but I do know that P looks scary as a motherfucker in this painting. And the other shot of where his head is obviously made to resemble the head of a goat . you gon' scare them black.. they not ready to hear this.. .. same goat head image also on the Controversy album.. they not ready to hear it.. | |
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