I have listened to the 3 discs once (havent listened to The Truth just yet) and I must say it was better than I expected apart from a few tracks that didnt do anything for me. However 1 mans junk is another mans gold The Tracks that stood out 4 me on first listen are as follows....


1. Acknowledge Me - What a great funky fucking tune! and I love the rap certainley up there with Face Down IMO

2. Lovesign - May I ask what is Lovesign? Is it the Symbol? anyway its a great simple track very catchy and with prince sometimes less is soooo much more

3. Movie Star - Great Tune!

4. Crucial - Lovley Vocal

5. Cloreen Baconskin - Even tho its very long it was rather funny, sounded like P was stoned or something

6. Days Of Wild - has easily become 1 of my fave tracks, again lovley rap

7. She Gave Her Angels - Beautiful

8. P Control - I actually prefer this version its sounds less cheesy and the new backing music improves the original rap for some reason it seems less cluttered

9. Goodbye - How in the hell did this song not make it on2 Emancipation? Seriously considering soem of the shite thats on that album, its such a beautiful song, definitley 1 of my faves of this album

anyway what tunes are your faves of the album?

pretty much agree with you, 'movie star', 'crucial', 'days of wild' all stunners.
some peeps actually prefer the truth cd. title track and 'don't play me' r instant fav's.
btw. check out the video 4 'lovesign' featuring nona gaye, and the lovesign is kinda xplained.

alexandernevermind1999 said:

cool i will do thanks 4 the info, ill check a few sites that may have it...hopefully

Crystal Ball
Crucial
Sexual Suicide
Movie Star

COMEBACK, ACKNOWLEDGE ME, RIPOPGODAZIPPA, LOVESING, HIDE THE BONE, 2MORROW, SO DARK, GOOD LOVE, 18&OVER, THE RIDE, P.CONTROL, GOODBYE,

Yeah same as what u said, except throw in Hide The Bone aswell

wait it took 6 years for you to finally receive this CD set, damn that npgonline.ltd

PEJ said:

No Silly ive been a fan 4 a few years, but wasnt sure wether or not i should purchase it, infact 2 be honest i was a bit worried it came in an edited version like Emancipation cuz 4 that album i brought 3 till i finally got the expilcit version...but its diffrent with crystal ball its a bit more pricey

Crystal Ball
Acknowledge Me
Rippopgodazippa
Hide The Bone
One of Your Tears
Crucial
Strays of the World
Days of Wild
Poom Poom
She Gave Her Angels

1.Crystal Ball
2.Dream Factory
3.Ripopgodazippa
4.Lovesign
5.Hide The Bone
6.Interactive
7,Calhoun Square
8.Sexual Suicide
9.Good Love
10.18 & Over

Oh, yeah. "Dream Factory" is tight and "Good Love", but I already had that on the Bright Lights, Big City soundtrack.

Rippogzadippa, The Ride, Acknowledge Me, The Ride, What´s My Name, Days of Wild, Goodbye, Sexual suicide, Hide the Bone, Interactive, 2morrow Crystal Ball. Movie Star...I love the album.

By the way guys is there a live video clip of P doing days of wild on the net? If so can some1 plz send me the link...thanks

Toofunkyinhere said:

Yeah that one is a grower, I think cuz its such a big album (like Emancipation) u cant really take it all in at once. However I do think it wouldve been better if he seperated the 80s stuff from the 90s stuff as it dosent really flow well as an album IMO...But then again judging by the printing on the CDs maybe he wanted it 2 have a bootlegg feel...not that I know what 1 sounds like

ACKNOWLEDGE ME
RIPOPGODAZIPPA
GOOD LOVE
18&OVER
THE RIDE
ONE OF YOUR TEARS
SHE GAVE HER ANGELS
P.CONTROL
CRUCIAL
DAYS OF WILD
POOM POOM

zucris said:

whats a poom poom? and what musical was Strays Of The World written for?

PEJ said:

i'm still waiting for mine
seriously

optimus said:

I like it, it´s enough to me

purpleworld said:

great list! I like all of these except Hide the bone, and Ripogodazippa

Pray for CB2!

realm said:

No actually cuz itll be edited there be no naughty words anymore which IMO kinda takes away the bite

Rebirth of the Flesh, Joy in Repetition, Housequake and Crystal Ball.

Just received it today?

Glad to see that 1-800 New Funk is still filling orders!

Maybe they finally got their act together a decade later

viewaskew said:

Just listened 2 The Truth a few times and thats a great little album! perfect companion 2 Chaos and Disorder I think love Circle Of Armour and The Animal Kingdom "Funky Funky Blue Cheese"
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HamsterHuey said:

That's not what they meant and you know it!




CB'98 is a mixed bag - For every 'Dream Factory' or 'Acknowledge Me' there's a 'Poom Poom' or superfluous remix. It does a decent job of collecting a lot of the Gold/Come era tracks that should've found an official release earlier like 'Calhoun Square', 'What's My Name' or 'Interactive' (I do prefer the shorter version with the NPG Operator break)

NouveauDance said:

optimus said:

the lovesign is taking ur index finger and middle finger held 2gether and ur thumb stretched out forming the letter L. the original version of this song is better than the remixed version on CB imo. tho the teddy riley mixes r good as well.

moviestar suffers from the edits of the original and the lame background of background music of jam of the year.

crucial is better with the sax version

and i agree with the rest of ur observations

my personal favs would include hide the bone, da bang, and 18 and over

optimus said:

strays was originaly in glam slam ulysess and on the original pressing of the come album

Hide The Bone
Cloreen Baconskin
Crucial