lotusflow3r : 7/10
MPLS sound : 8,5/10

it reminds me of the old days

Been a fan since 1985.

Lotus Flower 7.5
MPLSound 7

9 and 9
On one song on each album that does not really do anything for me.

LF: 6
MPLS: 5

if i took all the songs i thought were decent and put them on one cd: 7

i'm not feeling the new stuff, but i'm not hating it either. i'm hoping it grows on me over time.

9 = lotus ..point taken away 4 having a cover version on it

9 = mplsound point taken away 4 recycling a 7 year old track that was better the way it was in the 1st place

LOTUSFLOW3R...9.4
MPLSsound.....8.9
Elixer.....7.7

MPLSound-8
Lotus--7

But if I put them together, unedited, (including Elixer) and considered them as a single project, it's more impressive & I'd give it an 8.5

Mpls Sound/Lotusflow3r
9.5

Elixer 8
[Edited 4/23/09 15:47pm]

After listening to all of them back to back recently :

MPLSound : 9
LotusFlow3r : 9.5
Elixer : 7.5

LF - 9, maybe 9.5 it gets better with each listen
MS - 7.5, maybe 8
Elixer: 5

Lotusflow3r off the charts...

MPLS -8.5 or 9.

MPLSsound - 10/10

LotusFlow3r - 8/10

mpls: 7
lotus: 9

A perfect 20!

Anxiety said:

Ditto.

I'd give MPLS sound a 10
LTSFLWR-5
I never listened to Elixer so I won't rate it.

Lotus 7
MPLS 9

Issues04 said:

Well those older disc have had decades to resonate with you and this has been out a couple of weeks and why would you want to compare the past with the present. I try not to judge something on something that came before because then you are putting guidelines on it. What if at your job they did that to you? Would that be cool if your boss came in and said that your work ethic last year was better and you need to go back to working like you used to. How would you get that back??? And if I remember correctly that when Sign came out that there was a lot of critics saying that it wasn't all that. Now it is lauded as his greatest work as if he could never make a better album. It is music and if you don't like it then just move away to some other artist that you like like Rick Ross or Kanye or Lady GaGa.

sexxydancer said:

I like it,I like it.
I think I go with 30 for all three discs and that's how I am feeling!!!

jimmyrogertodd said:

Absolutely! All 3 albums are incredible!

LF 8
MS 6

Both are perfectly enjoyable.

jimmyrogertodd said:

Dude you need to get out of my head!

mpls-7
lotus-9

TikiColadas said:

I 4got about Elixir! 30 from me also!

I'm not saying compare them to the old albums, I'm saying compare them in the same manner you compared those.

Lotus: 4
MPLS: 4

This project is too schizophrenic and not in a good way like Sign. He should have done this:

Lotus - Rock Album
MPLS - Funk Album
Scratch Elixir and the third disc is the Ballads.

Lotusflow3r: 6.5
MPLsound: 3

LF: 6
MS: 7

Lotus 10
Mpls 7
Elixer 9.5