xlr8r said:

Hell, Chocolate Box is light years ahead of Emancipation - just for that squirrley little guitar at the end.

jeffreymiller said:

agreed..the whole production is leagues above Emancipation

Margaret

Wappler said:

I like that quote

paid 4 by prince should be at the end
prob some guy that prine gave 3121 candy bars 2

Alamine said:

xlr8r said:

I disagree heavily. Given that I have heard both of those songs in their entirety, I will throw these two from Emancipation that completely obliterate them..

"Dreamin' About You" and ... "The Love We Make"

Both CLEARLY superior to either of those songs. Granted, I like Colonized Mind, but ... Seriously...

reading between the lines..there r still alot of prince haters in the world...bottom line prince is still a legend and has proved that 100 times over so u haters suck my purple nutz

xlr8r said:

Stop bashing Emancipation....i agree there is some crap on Emancipation but the highlights (disc 2) are close to the best he has ever put out! So let's hope these 3 disc come close to Emancipation instead...

101 said:

Everyone is entitled to their opinion

Well then can we say better'n anythingon Planet Earth?

ShadeoViolet said:

yep I have yet to hear a P song as good as Soul Sanctuary for a number of years now, Emancipation as a whole wasnt good, but there are some individual masterpeices on that album.

I think on the whole people shouldnt get their hopes up, there is no point trying to think that this is Prince's best effort in a long time, etc because every time a new record comes out we all think its the best one, over time we will know.

This is a well written review that focuses on the music properly not like those other amateur ones we have seen

This review plus the USA Today one... and even the not so positive ones prior... all together what seems to be emerging:

Agreement that LotusFlow3r is the better of the three discs
Agreement that Elixer is the worse of the three discs and
Divided over what to make of MPLSound--somewhere in the middle

Some will probably like MPLSound enthusiastically; others will pan it.

But it seems the there will be general agreement about LotusFlow3r ( ) and Elixer ( )

luv4u said:

That's all fine...u got mine...

blacktrump said:

it's funny how ppl re called Prince haters if they don't like a particular song or cd. I sold so many albums and cds in my time (through pointing it out to ppl) that I actually take offense at that stereotype. I am a fan of Princes ability and much of his music. But it is also my right to believe that he has lost focus and direction. Not that it matters to him or ppl who like his current offerings (the last 10 years or so). I am not nostalgic for the old music either. Frankly I had barely played any of his older stuff for 8 years or so. I got back into it just recently and THAT is what has solidified my outlook on his current offerings. That plus noticing how little time his later work has spent in replay while other stuff does. Just my non hating perspective.

chewymusic said:

I like that quote also and I'm waiting for "us" to write a review of this album. I'm starting to get excited.

discuss this review here:

http://prince.org/msg/7/301816