tricky99 said:

Preach it Tricky!!!!

BigDaddyHQ said:

Exactly. Well said.

paisleypark4 said:

That was perfect PP4!

I am not disappointed at all.

Prince is delivering three Cds of material. It is all a gift.


I will go to Target on Sunday and then maybe join the webpage next month if i make some overtime (money is tight).

This is another new beginning, a new phase in Prince's evolution. I am curious to see what he will do with it. I very open-minded when it comes to Prince's music.

We are getting, what, 30+ songs. Less than two years after Planet Earth. And he may release more music.

How could I be disappointed with that?

In some ways it is like when I was a new Prince fan, and I had to get those two or three records that I did not have yet just to hear what the song were like and I was blown away (yes buying 4U, Prince, Dirty Mind, and Controversy all within a few weeks of each other was a mind blowing experience).

It is very similar now. This good for the newer fans. Maybe they will get the same enjoyment from the music I did back in the day.

Damn some of y'all be trippin' on some hardcore *ish

Disappointed? Hardly. I think both of these albums are the best albums he's done since The Gold Experience or Emancipation.

He's managed to put out two classic albums. I don't understand why critics have said they're uneven; they flow really well, and there aren't any weak tracks (not something I could say about Planet Earth.)

The only thing that could make it better is hearing Crimson and Clover in the place of The Morning After. Which is why I'm heading over to Target on the 29th and picking up the CD version.
[Edited 3/26/09 10:12am]

I am I just gave up on the website completely and am waiting for Target. I can say that out of all the anticipation I've had for Prince projects over the years this one has been really kinda disappointing. Still hoping for a nice tour if possible.

BigDaddyHQ said:

For real...this is the best post I've read in a LONG time!! Props man!!

I haven't heard the records yet, but I don't expect anything of value out of Prince these days.

I won't buy the record unless I hear from my credible sources that it kicks ass. If a record is amazing I own it. Simple as that. I don't listen to shitty music. Even if the shitty music if coming from someone who used to be my idol.

There is nothing more painful than trying to get into a record that is just plain awful. IE: Musicology, 3121 and Planet Earth. All hype. Glimmers of hope but mostly trash and bad writing.

I'm guessing these records are going to be frustrating as well.

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paisleypark4 said:

mschirmer said:

I'm just curious...how does one determine music to be "shitty"? I bet you if you named one song that you would describe as such, there would be others who find it of high quality. That's why art is to be treated as subjective...

Again, BigDaddy said it best...if you can't find anything of quality on this set, you should call it a day and move one!! Find something else to listen to...

Just my 2 cents!

As a 25 year Prince fan I have given up on having great new Prince albums released a long time ago. 1988 was the last great year for me as Prince was at his peak musically and creatively. It has been a bumpy road after that with spotty material, some solid songs and some good and some not so good tours. Prince live in concert is nearly always a great show, unless his set list is full of covers and poor song selections, and he fails to bring a decent guitar player or horns with him. Prince has needed an editor for some time and his mostly excellent return to form Emancipation, was in despearte need of exactly that. If you broke down those 3 cd's into one focused 12 track album you would have a truly great new Prince CD. It sounds like we may be in the same boat with this new release. Planet Earth is, along with TRC, and Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic the worst crap Prince has done on a regular album release, and the only Prince albums not to feature a song in my Ipod. 3121 is not a great Prince album, but at least there are 3 good songs on it. That is what I am hoping for with this release, 3 good songs, or 1 per album. I think that is all I can realistically hope to see from Prince anymore with his new material.

Now if he would just release a vault album every year I would probably get more than 3 good Prince songs every year! Release a live tour dvd starting from his Dirty Mind tour and going through to this current tour would be a no brainer for making fans happy, and also making some extra cash as well! Who wouldn't want a professionaly mastered version of the 1983 First Avenue show, Parade Tour, 1999 Tour, Dirty Mind Tour, Controversy Tour, Purple Rain Tour, SOTT (full concert), Lovesexy (available overseas),1987 Paisley Park New Years Eve with Miles Davis, Camden Aftershow 88, etc etc .....Why he does not release these tours on DVD is beyond me and when I worked for him I asked what the deal was? His vault had 1400 songs in it when I was there in 1995....probably a few more than that now.

Prince's music still holds a special place in my heart, but his recent material does not penetrate my being like his older material. I think a lot of fans feel the same way, and we are still holding out hope that a new album, or even just 1 song will make us feel like we did when we first heard Prince. My fingers are always crossed, and even though my expectations are low for this new release, I will still buy it hoping to hear a great Prince song.
[Edited 3/26/09 12:10pm]

BigDaddyHQ said:

Very well said BigDaddyHQ. It amazes me how people waste so much time complaining about shit that only matters 2 them. They want everyone 2 agree with their feelings on a washed up singer who lost it years ago.

I am here because the man rocks my boat musically. Love looking at him and fine him 2 be so fucking fascinating. Trust me, if Prince had lost it like some r saying, I would not waste my precious time that I could never get back by complaining all the time on a washed up has been....

Damn! $12.00 and 3 new cd’s and u can’t enjoy anything from them. That’s way 2 deep 2 try to understand. U need 2 hurry up and move on. Life is way 2 short 2 put so much hate n2 some music that u don’t have 2 listen 2.

Thor said:

People like you are holding out for that Prince fix.
Like a drug. You waiting for that first time that drug gives you that first good hit...you never gonna get that same hit again. U admitted your addiction...now you just have to STOP it. It just AINT GON' HAPPEN MAYN

Yes we all know that his older stuff is more fruitful however there aint nothing we can do but accept what is given or go.

I guess you cant please all of the people all of the time For me Lotusflow3r is nice, but MPLSsounds is amazing, so very FUNKY. I guess some people just don't like Prince music anymore and thats fine. Just stop being so dissapointed and listen to someone else.

I want a review by David Lee Roth

paisleypark4 said:

it's gotta be tiresome doing the ol' "i wish he could be like teh olden days" thing. i gave that shit up eons ago...the best one can do is simply:

1) appreciate the fact that at least the dude's still around. might not be doing like back in the day, but hey...he's still kickin' it.

2) don't like the new shit? you always got the back catalogue to fall back upon, right? a bit of a tip on that, though: don't over-listen to it. take a break from prince for about a month or 10, get hip to the rest of your music collection, get hip to some other stuff...then go back. works for me. your mileage, however, may vary.








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[Edited 3/26/09 13:29pm]

I love the new music, the new cds are fun.

It's really to earlier to say for sure but My inital repsonse to these albums is they are excellent.

BSK3478 said:

Exactly. The "same tired lines that we heard a thousand times.."

I still remember the first time i heard PE and my reaction to it quite clearly, it was one of dissapointment. It has about 3 stand out tracks, but that is another story.

Ya'll ALL know the Truth...
well..At least the people that can HEAR the sound of Substance.
[Edited 3/26/09 20:40pm]

Ahhhhh...An intelligent Voice !!!

mschirmer said:

I love MPLS !

theFUNKiest said:

Wow, talk about trying to stir shit up.

You quote a post that was made on the same day as your last post, 3 weeks ago, and bump it back to the top like it's some new revelation.

Geeezzz.

A lot of people do that, it's nothing new. I've done it to revive an old picture thread lots of times.

Accujack said:

I usually don't have time for this nonsense.."Prince asskissing..being a fan/fam"
but, today i felt like saying a thing or two because i see im not alone in my feelings towards P and his throwaway jams..
thank u..
[Edited 4/17/09 5:15am]

nope!
..the album's a beauty & as hot as a spicy sausage dipped in naga chilli..should carry a health warning..
gotta wear asbestos just 2 listen! (just for 'no more candy 4 u' alone!)

Dayclear said:

nothing quite like a revived pic thread..i can look at those images all day long & then some

underthegraffitibridge said:

IT'S OK JUST PRESS THE PLAY BUTTON ! and then the music will come out...there there....