I do not like the original Rave, Rave Remixes are okay though, especially hot with u is much better. Make a 2 cd set out of emancipation and I think it is brilliant. I really dig d2. NPS is the worst though in my humble opinion.

peace

With different production, live drums and more guitar to
the fro, Emancipation would have been a classic.

The way it is now, it just sounds the same in too many
places. There are nice moments but you have to sit through
strings of mediocre and silly songs to get to them.

PurpleElectricityVioletB said:

Co-sign - I think I must be in your weird gang...

I like the "Rave Un2" album. I especially like The Greatest Romance Ever Sold, The Sun, the Moon and Stars and Hot Wit U.

I see Rave as just a collection of songs. Some of them are exceptional (I love u but I dont trust u), and some are purely dire (Hot Wit U...did he really write those god awful lyrics???). It lacks the fluidity of a "proper" album, and his cover of Everyday is a winding Rd damn near merited a prison sentence.

It was almost a case of quantity over quality, which has sadly been the case of many of his albums from 1995-2000.

Tangerine
The Greatest Romance (Ever Sold)
Prettyman
Hot With U

and the best piece of Rave: Strange But True save the whole album!

korovyov said:

??? Have u listened to 5 women? or Old Friends? Man, those were real songs.

And although I agree tha NPS was right down there with the worst - it did contain two good songs - whereas Rave contains none.

God, u people are so picky. I hate this and that sucks. Damn just cause u don't like a song doesn't mean it sucks. No 2 people on the org can agree on anything. Anybody who can just dismiss something like emancipation out of hand really is not a prince fan or has an extremely limited musical vocabulary. The CD is all over the map and contains something for everybody. There really isn't that great a strech between the best of prince and the worst. All he does has bits of brillance inherit in it. Leave your expectations at the door. Each is a document of a Artist at a particular moment in his career. Like any great creator there will be things u connect with and things u do not. A lot of that has to do with the perspective of the listener as oppsed to what the music contains.

Seems few people "connected" with Emancipation. I just brought my copy back yesterday to a tiny little Our Price in my town, and they have eight copies left (from 1996 on imagines) priced at £26.99. This shop really is tiny so I always think it's quite funny when I go to buy a CD there to see so many behind the shop till...
Mark

my vote for Rave: 7/10

Emancipation is his worst album by far. I can't stand to listen to it, it has the crappiest production of all Prince albums.

Didn't like Rave too much either, although it does contain some good songs (TGRES, ILUBIDTUA, Strange But True, Pretty Man and Man'O'War). But most of the song are plain silly to me, it's not a coherent album and lacks flow .

But after being hugely disappointed at first, I have to say that NPS (at least some of the songs, or better said: grooves) grew on me. The production may not be excellent, but some tunes are really nice to bop the head to...

it took me like 3 days to finally look at this thread and see "what" about this ablum could inspire this fool. Iw as so relieved when I saw the rest of the post!!!

Emancipation: i have made in2 one cd which i love,the other stufon the 3cd's r good,depends what mood im in as 2 which songs i listen 2.

Rave: my 2nd Prince album i bought,so it has a special place 4 me,i remember the day i bought it,hott summer of Jan2000 .. .. Hot Wit U is great i love it,Undisputed is great! BabyKnows gets me WILDER THAN VAN! .. .GreatestRomance,LoveUbutDontTrustUAnymore, Prettyman,SO Far...hell all but 2-3 songs on here are brilliant actually 2 me!!

NPS: great album 2 chill 2,bop the head,with the highlights 4 me being Come One,Shoo Bed Ooh & the classic 'The One' . .. . one of his sexiest ballads.

Crystal Ball: a 3rd r songs i LOVE,DOW,Acknowledge Moi`,The Ride,Crucial,Calhoun Sq,etc etc...
a 3rd r songs i like but dont play much
the other 3rd i just dont like much.

thats my opinions on those albums
[This message was edited Mon Jan 13 7:35:57 PST 2003 by Joshy84au]

Jam of the Year, Somebody's Somebody, Get Yo Groove On, White Mansion, I Can't Make U Love Me,
Sex In The Summer, Joint 2 Joint, The Holy River, Friend Lover Sister Mother Wife, Face Down, Style, My Computer,
One Of Us, The Love We Make, Emancipation.

FIFTEEN count em' FIFTEEN BRILLIANT TRACKS FROM EMANCIPATION.

U can't say that each disc doesn't have at least one all time classic on it - Somebody's Somebody, The Holy River
and The Love We Make.

As for the other two, Rave is by no means his best but still he manages to pull off classic tunes like -

Undisputed, Greatest Romance, I Love U but I don't Trust u Anymore and most of all ... ... Prettyman!!!

NPS is a great record to chill and bob your head to, get's me going everytime with some proper phat beats!!!


P.S. "Don't hate me cuz I'm beautiful"

All right!

The 2 other people in the world besides me who like "Undisputed"...

tricky99 said:

Oh U R so right!!!

Rave was just a pop album aimed toward comercial appeal. I mean as a whole album it just doesn't add up, but as single it isn't that bad. I mean there is some good shit there. Well at least better than some of the other R&B crap.
It's kinda like the "high" album wouldn't hold as a full album.
I still think P could have done better!

I rediscovered "Emancipation" . Played Joint 2 Joint on my show last night.

That's why Rave In2 is a good album

I don't dislike 'Rave' as much as some of you people do,but it clearly isn't one of his most inspired albums.There are too many "you did me wrong" ballads on it,and not enough funk.But there are a few gems..."The Sun,The Moon,And Stars" is undeniably charming,and "Silly Game" is Prince at his soulful best.In addition,"Wherever U Go,Whatever U Do" and "So Far,So Pleased" could have been Top 10 hits,if they had been released and properly promoted.

marksinclair said:

LMAO!!!

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What does this mean?

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Laughing my ass off.

PurpleElectricityVioletB said:

As can I.

UNDISPUTED;
GREATEST ROMANCE;
SUN,MOON & STARS
SAD BUT TRUE

one of his worst albums 'batman & graffity bridge'
but thare are some oke tracks on it

Joshy84au said:

It is for me a reminder of Grafitti Bridge... Good individual songs but thz whole thing lacks a kick ass tune... Still it is more coherent and the Rave Unto version makes me look at the album diffferently in a more positive way...