Ok, in the thread entitled "So lets revisit the Crystal Ball Era" someone mentioned that So Dark is more accessible. I just about flipped.

I argue that the soul of the crystal ball version is stripped when the horns are removed. Terrible version that does not improve on the original as the liner notes say.

My vote is for Dark hands down.

The version on Come is so much better. The Come-version on a scale of 1-5 is almost a 5 while the Crystal Ball-version is a weak 3. Was really surprised what he did to this song on Crystal Ball.
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love the version on Come. the CB version, "So Dark" has been hammered into the Emancipation/NPS-era sound and completely kills it for me. all of the life and soul have been sucked out of the song. in fact, i hate it.

errant said:

co-sign

MajesticOne89 said:

co-sign the co-sign...

Yeah, I can't say it better than it's already been said. I like the Come version by a mile.

I really like them both...I've played them back 2 back several times.

he took a great soul song and turned it into an okay hip-hop song.

peter430044 said:

Exactly. It almost makes you think that P doesn't truly understand when he is brilliant. I don't like it when he adds to much color to dark things (ex. his live version of Nothing Compares to U).

With So Dark he removed the very essence of the song.

I love them both..

I like So Dark, but I love Dark.

hmmm the darker the berry the sweeter the juice... I have to say the come version is more to my liking although they both are nice

stanleylieber said:

+1.

Not over fond of either but the version on Come as a long way ahead of the one on Crystal Ball.

So Dark by a long shot. Dark just seems bland by comparison.

Dark from the Come album of course.

One of the better songs on that album, and a nice, sober old-school soul/R&B ballad (lovely bridge also)

The plastified version on Crystal Ball does nothing to me.

xpertluva said:

Agreed

And thank you all....

I prefer So Dark. I liked the electronic beats on So Dark compared to the live ones. It felt more "dark" then on the one from "Come".

I prefer "Dark" by a wide margin. "So Dark" sounds completely generic in comparision. I would imagine it was supposed to be the single remix (wasn't "Dark" originally slated as the next single from the "Come" album?) and when that didn't happen, he made use of the remix on the CB set.

NoVideo said:

I think Come or Loose! was next.

djThunderfunk said:

And I will see your 2 co-signs and raise you by 5

'Dark' by a million miles

My vote is on DARK. SO DARK is way overproduced.

rudedog said:

but it has a hip-hop beat!

rudedog said:

Well, yes and no. It's a fairly stripped down track, but I guess any production changes from the original could definitely be described as over production.

So Dark is my choice its far more catchy and with that remix its far more accesible. I find Dark quite dull, boring and bleak

but the horns

DARK

hands down!

so dark was so bad