ElCapitan said:

I agree. What's "good" 2 U may not be "good" 2 me. Prince is hardly sitting in the studio saying "this sounds like crap let's make it the title track for the next album!". Take what you like from the releases and be happy with it and if there's nothing you like then shelve it and consider it a collectors item.

renfield said:

Live albums don't count, neither do compilations. But fine, I'll give you ONA (which was barely available).

renfield said:

Whoop-de-doo, two singles. Still not an ALBUM, which is what he said.

renfield said:

Whoop-de-doo, one single. Still not an ALBUM, which is what he said.

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Mindflux said:

Let's see: some fam claims Prince releases an album every year, I point out some years he didn't, and then someone else points that Prince released a SINGLE in some of those years and it's supposed to disprove me?

Mindflux said:

Oh please, there are plenty of artists who've released way more.

HonestMan13 said:

So why then is he NOT PLAYING SONGS from the records he's released in ooooh... the past 15 years? How many of them has he toured? How many of the songs on those albums have been played REGULARLY?

Hell, most of the stuff he's released in the past 10 years or so has barely been played more than handful of times. I wonder why... because PRINCE KNOWS IT SUCKS?

Now compare to SOTT, which Prince started touring BEFORE it was released with a show that was 80% ALL NEW SONGS. Go figure that: Prince touring an album and ACTUALLY PLAYING SONGS from said album. Two things he hasn't done in a loooong time.

And before anyone mentions TRC: how "brave" was it that he was playing SMALL rooms, and even then the amount of TRC tracks quickly decreased, and by the time the tour reached Europe it was again mainly hits.

BartVanHemelen said:

If fans keep posting that they dislike everything he's done since 1994 then why would he play these songs? If someone told you they hate spaghetti would you continue to make it for dinner every night just ot hear it over and over again that they hate it. As a collective the fans have generally bashed most of his recent work and lamented about the good old days. So he give you the good old days and not the recent work. I think Prince likes his new material but gets the drift that the fans don't and he plays to the audience.
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SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

You rang?

Why ruin their fun? It's how I approach being a Prince fan; go with the flow, enjoy the music as it comes and don't worry about trying to control someone I can't. It's his life and I'm just here to watch & enjoy it, not get all pissed off about what he does.

BartVanHemelen said:

I'll admit fault that yeah, he hasn't released an album like every year, but for a pop musician his age, he sure keeps busy. I do also wish he would make a real project out of the albums he does promote.... but also Prince was with a major label back then- thought it could be argued that with the internet these days, he could simple release it on his own, or at least hire someone to help micromanage for him

I'm confused as to how he's wasting time

In the time it takes most musicians to scrounge together enough material for a single CD, Prince gave us 3 (albeit, 2 were great--the 3rd was filler).


Sure the website for the 3 CDs sucks, but he seems to be working at a steady clip to me.

damn said:

..... ..........

you must B kidding

Zannaloaf said:

Just play your 80´s albums and don´t listen to his new work anymore. Problem solved

Serena said:

I'm all for letting people have their fun but this crap has become a legion of people who endorse all of Prince's abusive behaviors towards his fans in the name of the fact they're to afraid to depose him from his dictatorship! Consider me a freedomfighter

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At this point in his life he probably doesn't feel the need to go on tour. He's getting older and a tour would take a lot out of him. Now he is just making music for the fun of it and he's not driven by becoming rich and famous anymore. He is already rich and famous!
I think that from now on we will only see him here and there in concert. He will always pop up somewhere to keep the cash flow coming that supports his not so average life style.

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renfield said:

Who decided live albums don't count? That's arbitrary and not related to the argument. Even if you discount singles, then he did in fact release ALBUMS in 4 of the 5 years you said he didn't. That's a fact.

To dispute that is ridiculous.

damn said:

just ignore her shes not to fond of this younger generation of prince fans or just this generation period to be honest prince should be happy that people are still carrying the torch from then to now even after all the bullshit
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Maybe Prince is more concerned with his lagacy and the vault these days. Perhaps his best material for the past 10 years has gone straight into the vault and we have been getting the scraps that are not worthy of inclusion into the time capsule. That would explain some of the substandard tosh that has come our way over the last few years.

TRC was his last attempt at anything conceptual. Everything else has been a real mix of compiled castaways it seems to me. Even a couple of live albums thrown in there as filler to where an album would usually be. This from the man who cried because WB wouldnt release his stuff more quickly.

Anyway, whatever his plans are for his legacy, it wouldnt surprise me if he is holding back his best work for the vault. Afterall, in these days of pirated music, record companies losing their mojo, fans constantly moaning... Why release the best? Why not release the cast offs, make some money and save the best for his legacy?

A dumb idea I admit...

I am going to say the oppisite, Prince Please take your time, and don't rush, because that can be stressful, I know cause I always feel rushed

rwn said:

The problem is I listen to lots of OTHER contemporary music. I am disappointed that Prince got left behind sonically. I was of the mind that as I grew older I would always have Prince blazing the music trail so I was assured of good music into my future SO I do on occasion break out the older material...but I know that far to well. I'm up for something new that has the same impact as what he used to do. Is that wrong?

Prince, will come out with something HOT! in the near future that will leave everyboby speechless!!!!!

the new decade will bring forth some new direction

Some people are never going to be happy, I thought Lotusflow3r and MPLSound had some brilliant tracks on, and all the recent live activity?!

Expecting Prince to be someone he was years ago, is really a pointless exercise. Another thing to ask is, exactly who is the bar when measuring Prince's output - which artist is as diverse, creative or prolific?

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mzkqueen03 said:

ernestsewell said:

2 all the haters on the internet...no more candy 4 you

udo said:

zaza said:

rgsince81 said:

True that,things change people change...

DesireeNevermind said:

Yes,leave our baby alone...

mzkqueen03 said:

I agree mzkqueen...Its a time 4 everything and now its his time.

a 5 second listen to some of the 80s stuff and you know he won't have any balls to risk any of his '2000 era musician' persona and apply it again to now. the problem is the internet came 20 years to late for prince fans. hard to discuss someone who's suns is setting (fairly), especially when you saw the glory under midday.

he has got his booty (what he really craved),

look'e here prince, carry on with the cruise control, prince.... we're all duped. reading forums like this. but my ears don't lie.

are you a popstar or musician 1st?