Which 1 is the best 3-disc set?
choose !
And U?
[Edited 4/13/09 0:36am]

first?

Crystal Ball.

And technically, Lotusflow3r is a 2-CD set - Bria's CD doesn't count.

all I know is.... Emancipation is the worst of these...

but over the years after many listenings I have got used to even Emancipation,

so..... wait I'll give 8/10 to all of these...

Man Emancipation takes a lot of beating on this site. I'd still have to pick Crystal Ball though. Like Squirrel said....Elixer doesn't count.

'Crystal Ball' easily!

Dammit! You realise of course I'll have to listen to it now. There's 3 hours.....

Crystal Ball is the best of the three.

Right now Lotus Flow3r

Now if you had asked 10 years ago I'd have gone for Crystal Ball

And 2 years before, Emancipation

what's so bad about Emancipation? I loved it a lot more than his last 6 cd's

daingermouz2020 said:

The thread is not meant to proclaim that Emancipation sucks. So far it just hasn't been folks favorite of the three sets we get to pick from.

Crystal Ball has some classic, killer cuts:

Disc: 1
1. Crystal Ball
2. Dream Factory
3. Acknowledge me
4. Ripopgodazippa
5. Love Sign (Shock G's Silky remix)
6. Hide the Bone
7. 2morrow
8. So Dark
9. Movie Star
10. Tell Me How U Want 2 B Done

Disc: 2
1. Interactive
2. Da Bang
3. Calhoun Square
4. What's My Name
5. Crucial
6. An Honest Man
7. Sexual Suicide
8. Cloreen Bacon Skin
9. Good Love
10. Strays of the World

Disc: 3
1. Days of Wild
2. Last Heart
3. PoomPoom
4. She Gave Her Angels
5. 18 & Over
6. The Ride
7. Get Loose
8. Make Your Mama Happy
9. Goodbye

For me Emancipation is easily the best with Crystal Ball second and Lotusflow3r a distant third. I think that Bria's album drags Lotusflow3r well below the level of the other two. However, I would say that if you are judging by individual discs that the Lotusflow3r album is one of the top four discs along with discs one and three of Emancipation and disc two of Crystal Ball.

Emancipation, you are having me on.

Lotusflow3r is 2 dics ( The Elixir project is, a project)

Crystal ball wins, hands down

Emancipation
Crystal Ball










Lotusflow3r

Ha, I'd say...

Lotusflow3r- minus Elixer

Emancipation- pretty sweet album, there's a handful of fillers but overall, nice album as a whole.

Crystal Ball- Love the set but to me there's only a handful of 'great' songs the rest just sound like failed song project filler.

Emancipation, I'm still for the classics.

I guess, "Emancipation," There's just so much sweet love on this 3-disc.

I'm going crazy in between these 3...they are all in my cd changer in my vehicle... what a cow-in-ka-dink! LOL!

Angelic1302 said:

Emancipation 4 me.

just 2 offense u, just by provoc

1- LotusFlow3r-MPLSound

2 -Emancipation

3 -Crystal Ball

& y not?

I absolutely love Crystal Ball, so it gets my top vote!

LotusFlow3r comes in second, followed by Emancipation (which never really grew on me).

Crystal Ball, mainly for the '86/'87 material which is great, then stuff like 'Da Bang', Calhoun sq' and 'Hide the bone'.

lousyflow$r and Econstipation, some way down, though there are some great tracks on both, just not enough. too much filler.

Out of 9 discs, i reckon i could compile one great 3CD set, which isn't bad at all.

easily

CB is a two CD set with filler and empty space.

Lotus is a train wreck.

No question; Crystal Ball

Crystal Ball hands down.

Must be why i have 4 copies in the round case, two of which have never even been opened.

Crystal Ball

ernestsewell said:

Yup. Emancipation is the only set that contains a disc that I can listen to straight though - disc two.

Rogue588 said:

I'm a fan of disk one a bit more. Disk 2 could shave a couple of songs out and I'd be okay with it. Disk 3 is the hodge podge one to me, but doable.

Crystal Ball for the Truth.

Emancipation for Disc 2

LotusFlower for a handful of tracks.