After listerning to the two albums on a very long road trip, I was thinking that there both very funky albums and should get more credit, BUT! I was leaning towards 'The Slaughterhouse' as my fave album. I dont know why but I found myslef singing and bobbin my head to the songs on that album more then 'The Chocolate Invasion'.

Dose anyone else know what I mean? I dont know why that is.

I like them both quite a bit, and consider them interchangeable. I don't know the recording session history, but there's not a perceived creative chasm between the two like there seems to be with Lotusflow3r and MPLSoUND.

The Chocolate Invasion



When I Lay My Hands on U
Judas Smile
Supercute
Underneath the Cream
Sex Me, Sex Me Not
Vavoom
High
The Dance
Gamillah
U Make My Sun Shine


The Slaughterhouse



Silicon
S & M Groove
Y Should Eye Do That When Eye Can Do This
Golden Parachute
Hypnoparadise
Props n' Pounds
Northside
Peace
2045: Radical Man
The Daisy Chain

I also see them as a 2-disk album....

Trax from the NPGMC volumes 1 and 2

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I like The chocolate invasion much better. There are some cringe-worthy tracks on The Slaughterhouse (especially Props n Pounds), but I do love Hypnoparadise.

I like the funk in The Slaughterhouse. My favourites are Silicon, S&M Groove, Y Should Eye Do That When Eye Can Do This? and The Daisy Chain.

quit showing off stuff those of us who missed the npgmc era can't get

I tend to lean more towards Welcome to the Slaughterhouse.

You might be interested to check out my track by track reviews and join the discussions on each album.

TCI: http://prince.org/msg/7/313906
WTTSH: http://prince.org/msg/7/313999

Be interested to hear your thoughts.

Swa

Chocolate Invasion..

To make is simple I will asterisk the awesome tracks.

Chocolate Invasion

When I Lay My Hands on U *
Judas Smile*
Supercute*
Underneath the Cream
Sex Me, Sex Me Not*
Vavoom*
High*
The Dance (prefer 3121 version)
Gamillah
U Make My Sun Shine*


The Slaughterhouse

Silicon*
S & M Groove*
Y Should Eye Do That When Eye Can Do This (sounds like a glam slam 91 re-do)
Golden Parachute*
Hypnoparadise*
Props n' Pounds
Northside*
Peace*
2045: Radical Man*
The Daisy Chain*

So I guess Slaughterhouse wins by one tune! But theyre both awesome! Radical Man is the greatest! "Oh my god it's the green mile!!" Then you sing along to the synth "owwweegghghowwwwwzzzzz!!"
Sorry ofr all the !!!s but I'm excited!

SexyMotha said:

I listened to 'Chocolate Invasion' this morning. Definitely funk. Good stuff.
I like it better than 'Slaughterhouse.'

I prefer Chocolate Invasion

datdude said:

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NoVideo said:

It makes my ears bleed.

For me, The Chocolate Invasion is a more cohesive album. Probably because
it's basically a tweaked and retitled version of the aborted 'High' album, and
therefore most of it's songs were recorded around the same time and
were intended to appear on the same project.

The Slaughterhouse is more of a compilation of unrelated tracks recorded
over a longer period of time, with no original intention to put them together.
The first half mostly consists of older /Prince tracks. However, the
second half are mostly NPG tracks intended for the aborted "Peace" album.

For the reasons outlined above, I tend to view "The Chocolate Invasion" as
a "Prince" album, and "The Slaughterhouse" as an "NPG" album (though
of course technically, they're both 'Compilations' and are not credited to
any particular 'artist').

Here's the trackslists for both albums, including the original 'artist' credits...

The Chocolate Invasion
01. When Eye Lay My Hands On U (3:43) - Prince
02. Judas Smile (6:35) - Prince
03. Supercute (4:15) - Prince
04. Underneath The Cream (4:01) - Prince
05. Sex Me? Sex Me Not (5:44) - Prince
06. Vavoom (4:37) - Prince
07. High (5:07) - Prince
08. The Dance (4:43) - Prince
09. Gamillah (3:11) - New Power Generation
10. U Make My Sun Shine (7:05) - Prince & Angie Stone

The Slaughterhouse
01. Silicon (4:16) - Prince
02. S.M. Groove (5:09) -
03. Y Should Eye Do That, When Eye Can Do This? (4:33) - Prince
04. Golden Parachute (5:37) - Prince
05. Hypno Paradise (6:05) -
06. Props N' Pounds (4:38) - Prince
07. Northside (6:33) - New Power Generation
08. Peace (5:34) - New Power Generation
09. 2045: Radical Man (6:34) - New Power Generation
10. The Daisy Chain (6:14) - New Power Generation

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[Edited 7/25/09 2:58am]

I'm still undecided. The Chocolate Invasion was the stronger album upon first listen, without a doubt. But I find myself returning to The Slaughterhouse more these last few days. They both feel like compilations more than complete song cycles from any particular era, but that doesn't necessarily bother me. Good songs everywhere.

I'll go with 'The Chocolate Invasion' just because I like more of the tracks there better.


Really it all just seems like a very good time, not separate albums.

I loved getting new tracks every month.