all good and well that he's makin' funk, but is it funk like we heard in his last album, or funk like in the last song he wrote?

funkteer said:

Cause that's what Prince fans do and they do it very well. Some sad shit isn't it?

eaglebear4839 said:

you'll have to find out with the rest of us when it's in the stores. i just want it to be the kind of funk that makes me go nuts!

purplecam said:

other than Prince, there ain't no funk

bboy87 said:

But it's not all about music either but i understand where you are coming from

Well we had this interview from this producer in LA a few weeks ago who said he had spent a lot of time recording with Prine.
Then he plays new songs to Blackwell.
Then he records with Blackwell.

Basically Prince is increasing his collection of new songs we will never listen to !

Thank you P !

purplecam said:

You can't be funky and reporting on Jennifer Aniston at the same time!

kevinpnb said:

Thx, this is the link 2 that newspaper story:
http://www.thestate.com/m...18662.html

Prince's idea, now, of something that sounds like 'Controversy', I'm imagining a cross between 'Life O' The Party' and 'Push It Up'.

NouveauDance said:

A limp wristed attempt at funk awaits....

funkteer said:

Nobody is doubting the possibilty that another Planet Earth may soon be dropped, just that whatever is released is going to be at all relevant or have more than one or two tracks worth spinning beyond the initial play.

Interesting news, thanks.

But don't hold your breath: he may not release his music.
Or produce it a bit differently...
And then shelve it.

Just believe it when you see the CD in the stores.
(any of them left in the USA?)

funkteer said:

Because tomorrow he could tweeze the wrong hair from his ass and decide to shelve the project.

A lot of y'all deserve another Planet Earth or Musicology or whatever album you think sucks. I don't think most people here could handle a great Prince CD if it slapped them on their face, I really don't. I'm just sayin...

VELOCITY!!! WOOO-HOOO!
Oh, Mr. Prince Rogers Nelson make it Thrash Funk.

purplecam said:

it's easy 2 proceed of the urge of caution cause prince has a tendacy 2 get bored real quickly and then change his mind about a new project. not 2 mention, there is no website 2 obtain his music, so he will probably go through the channels of a label distributing it so that takes even more time 2 agree upon payment etc. in this day and age of the internet and other artists going directly 2 their fanbase 2 release the music, prince once the innovator is now back peddling on this. so while it's great there is new music being formed, it's time 2 release it straight 2 his fans and not 2 some executive either saying yes we'll go with it or no we're not interested.

serpan99 said:

yep, and that's P in the background

purplecam said:

y in the prince community do we constantly have fans attacking other fans when it's not a "all hail prince 4 he can do no wrong" post?

More "news" from Dr. Funkenbery?

Wait until it's in the store people. That's the only way to be sure about anything with Prince.

WHATEVER.

xenophobia2002 said:

where do u c Prince in the background?

Just for your memories from the USA Today article this summer!

USA TODAY !

.....BEVERLY HILLS — Downstairs in a dimly lighted screening room crowded with sofas, Prince leafs
"When are we going to get back to the poetry of Smokey Robinson and Bob Dylan?" he says, sitting on the edge of a round bed under a heart-shaped mirror. His stereo includes the turntable his father gave him as a toddler. He learned to play guitar spinning LPs on it.

Right now, he's cranking newly crafted funk-pop-psychedelic wonders Boom, Forever and Dreamer, an ode to Martin Luther King Jr. inspired by discussions with Dick Gregory. He declines to play The Divine, a song so "mind-blowing" he doubts he'll ever release it. "The minute the harmonies hit, I put it away," he says. On a love song, his voice takes on yearning as he pines for the feel of a lover's lips and the move of her hips
"That's what happens with years of celibacy," says Prince, survivor of two broken marriages. "It all goes into the music." He pauses. "This time, it has to be the right person."


AND



http://drfunkenberry.word...-it-loose/



Prince On The Move, Just Not Turning It Loose

No wishing for Prince’s Turn Me Loose on I-Tunes…or on any format for that matter!

Turn Me Loose was just a leak. The DJ got the cut from Prince’s studio after begging for it after just one listen! He promised not to play it on air, then couldn’t resist.

The song is not included on any cd and was recorded for posterity’s sake and placed in the vault.


Edna Gundersen, on the other hand, heard several tracks from an all-out rock and roll album that Prince just completed. It’s being mastered as we speak. No release date is being planned for the collection at this time.


Also in the works is a project with Tal Wilkenfeld & Michael B. providing the music for Shelby J’s debut cd. The first song, “North Carolina”, will feature Anthony Hamilton and Prince on backing vocals and will be released as soon as it is finished. Also planned is a NY book release party (details forthcoming) that the whole band and crew are looking forward to. Pray for an afterparty somewhere, people!-Dr.FB

To be fair, what else could the guy say?

"The new album is pretty damn bad. At least we all still have our copies of Sign 'O' the Times, though."

I mean, come on.

As far as the new album goes, if it's anything like the atrocious Turn Me Loose, it'll be awful. By contrast, if it's anything like F.U.N.K., there will be hope.

His closed minded last interview doesn't exactly fill me with high expectations. I don't wanna hear a bunch of retro funk with lyrics about God saving us from our salacious lifestyles.

dearlybeloved said:

Is that a cadillac symbol "smiling Mr. Blackwell, the baddest drummer on the planet" is wearing, along with his wedding band? IknowIamnosey 'Bout time they got together and and col/lab/o/rated. Now where is Renato? 2009 ya'll upon us.

Prince*: "Uh-oh... Too many people heard what I said to that Vanity Fair reporter... betta leak something about new material and act like I'm going to release it, just to changed the subject on the Org. ... Because, let's face it: Those Orgers are the only folks who care, at this point, what I say or do..."



(*Disclaimer: The above post is satire of a public figure and in no way presupposes to speak for the iconic musical figure known as Prince.)

ThreadBare said:

lol

I will believe it when I hear it.

purplecam said:

You're Right, Purplecam, tell it like it is and break that arse off!!!!

bboy87 said:

I hope that "Turn me loose" will not be on the new album...because this song is Shit....the weakest song from Controversy is 1000 better than this one!

L4OATheOriginal said:

i happen to agree with this