Emancipation bored the crap out of me. I can't think of one single track that i really like on tht album...

And Loose! was a bonafide club hit that year.

ernestsewell said:

Not a fan of PIANO Prince or drum machine Prince huh?

Space, Race, and Pheromone are way better than Letitgo, Papa, and Dark. And Loose! was a bonafide club hit that year.

...and for what reasons?

No, but Come is close... maybe it was just that period in my life, but it has always seemed dark to me.

ernestsewell said:

Not a fan of PIANO Prince or drum machine Prince huh?

"NEWS" Is the closest thing i can think of.

They're not all bad but they're all equally boring.

Where are your fucking ears?

Space is one of his weakest compositions ever, Totally bland verses, lacking a chorus.

Race is prince-funk on autopilot. The kind of song he could write in his sleep.

Loose is copying what European dance-music producers were doing at least 5 years before him (dated at the time of release it is). And the composition is utterly generic.

Pheromone: how much boring you can be with 2 chords?

In my defence...

Letitgo offers nothing new, but is at least well composed aka he is actually trying to write a chorus.

The minimalistic arrangement of Papa is bleak and daring, fitting the lyrics. But i can do do without that Hendrix-like coda, a forced happy end.

Dark i see as one of his best and overlooked ballads of the nineties, Just traditional R&B kept as sober as possible.
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I absolutely hated Goldnigga, so much so that I threw it away.

I regret doing so now . . . not because I want it in my collection, but because I could sell it for a shitload of money now . . .

daPrettyman said:

Fan of piano and drum machine Prince. Not so much a fan of early '00s piano and drum machine Prince.

spiritandtruth said:

It is dark.

stanleylieber said:

Aren't those the projects he just mentioned?

daPrettyman said:

I guess I missed something here. My point is that just because someone doesn't like the specific albums mentioned above it doesn't mean they don't like Prince piano or Prince drum machine stuff in general.

Space is one of his weakest compositions ever, Totally bland verses, lacking a chorus.

Race is prince-funk on autopilot. The kind of song he could write in his sleep.

Loose is copying what European dance-music producers were doing at least 5 years before him (dated at the time of release it is). And the composition is utterly generic.

Pheromone: how much boring you can be with 2 chords?


Letitgo offers nothing new, but is at least well composed aka he is actually trying to write a chorus.

The minimalistic arrangement of Papa is bleak and daring, fitting the lyrics. But i can do do without that Hendrix-like coda, a forced happy end.

Dark i see as one of his best and overlooked ballads of the nineties, Just traditional R&B kept as sober as possible.

are you serious? it's always interesting to see how opinions differ and
what songs people like and for what reasons.

me, i'm a big fan of the entire come album and the gold experience and
all the songs that were left off both records.

for example, i think "space" is one of his best post lovesexy ballads

Yes, The Rainbow Children because it is such a negative, hateful, evil creation.

Xpectation and C-Note are just plain boring.

I thought so little of New Power Soul I got rid of the cd and just made a mix tape/cd of songs I felt were worth keeping. I cant even recall what songs are on "New Power Soul" today and havent played that mix tape or mix cd in years! Yes, I do still have mixed tapes that I just havent had the time to bother getting onto a mixed cds.