skywalker said:

Agreed totally.

It sounds like some bullshit by Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dog from the early 1990s.

Or to ask where the drummer is when he's got the same shitty sounding drum machines like they have on the very track he's criticizing them on. Talk about a hypocrit.

Another example of how weak Princes 'funk' songs have become the last 15 years or so.

Plodding along, poorly composed, no exciting or surprising instrumental passages, and simply not funky at all.

The kind of material he can write on auto-pilot.

vainandy said:

You just made my point.

Dre and Snoop's early 90's sound WAS George Clinton.

Are you really dismissing Prince songs that sound like P-Funk type of stuff because it reminds you of hip hop (which was recycling George anyways)?

Listen,I know how you feel about hip hop, but I think your hatred of the genre is skewing your view on this one.

BTW that bullshit by Dr. Dre and Snoop is widely regarded as classic stuff now. Not saying that means you have to dig it, but it is what it is. A whole new generation of fans were turned onto to George because of early Dre and Snoop.



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vainandy said:

Also, the drum machine is a linn. Isn't that THE Prince drum machine? MPLSound indeed!
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Sure, but who else can or would? Average for Prince is better than most for me.

It was amazing on Leno

It's a good song but yes it's prince on auto-pilot

joelmarable said:

I agree

my first impression wasn't good, but the j leno show turned it round, its a decent choon

I like "Old Skool Company." It's funky to my forty-year old heart and ears. It touches me in the pit of my soul...no..wait...that's last night's dinner...no,no...wait...ah yeah...that's da funk...excuse me while I turn it up and get down with my bad self!!!

I like it a lot.

2freaky4church1 said:

I know, it didn't come out like "Doctor's Orders," at all.

you old stiff upper middle class motherfuckers need to get over it.

oh no it sounds hip hoppy!.

just be glad he isnt rapping on it.

vainandy said:

It sounds like that song Ja Rule and Jennifer Lopez did together. Even sounds like the same sample they used, too.

I fucking despair, I mean how the fuck can ANY Prince fan say that this is a shit trak? What the feck U all been taking?

OSC IS PRINCE TO THE CORE.

Now put that thing on repeat, go back to 1 and play until that muther fucker makes U move ya feet, if it dont U DEAD.

vainandy said:

ditto.


it just reeks of him trying too hard.

trying to hard to do what- i dont know . but it reeks of reaching

Riverpoet31 said:

Agree. The song title sure was misleading.

I don't hate it. I don't love it. I wouldn't call it mediocre by any means, it's just not... special.

squirrelgrease said:

I'd add Riverpoet31's comment about "auto-pilot" to that, and it'd sum it up for me.

Yep, have to agree with the lovers on this one. My favourite song on that album.

zaza said:

Not to me.

Although I'd rather hear this on the radio than bloody Raspberry Beret or any of the other five songs they seem to have.

most arguments here are true, but of everything from that collective it was the most infectous. i dont judge it by past masterpieces but it captured a sentiment and would have had legs on adult contemporary R&B stations-for the grown folks. We are talkin bout hits not groundbreaking awe inspiring stuff right?

peter430044 said:

Agree. IMO one of his best from the last decade along with Pfunk & 3121. Long live the great Camille!!!

Keep Ur Mind In A Vertical Motion,Always Looking Up.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I can see why people like it, but it's not for me. There's nothing new here, it sounds like something to the back end of NPS or from the NPGMC years, which was a career low IMO. The minute it starts I just want to skip it, I've heard it all before. These awful drawl tracks that just drag along and don't take ANY interesting twists or turns, it's 7+ minutes too!

ernestsewell said:

I think what he was actually trying to say was:

Just because it is not being played on the radio does not mean it isn´t funky my brother.Radio stations only play music that fits into their format and you know Prince does not really fit into any format.Don´t let radio dictate your taste. It´s people like you that make the radio stations keep playing crap because you think if it´s being played on the radio then it must be good.
Go and listen to Eric Hutchinson´s CD, radio stations don´t play his music but his music really sounds great.



I must say I agree with what JoelMarable said in so far as it doesn´t really matter whether that song was on heavy rotation or not. It is still funky in a good way, not in a retro way with tons of horns and another JB-like funk riff but more in a Camille-esque way.
If this song were an outtake on some bootleg from the late 80s, earyl 90s we´d all be raving about it. It is surely not in the same league as, say, Shockdelica or Scarlett Pussy but definitely right up there with Come On and other newer,minimalistic funk cuts by Prince.

The only thing that is getting on my nerves is the constant name dropping and the bragging in that song and the Minneapolis sound references when actually this song is a far cry from the real Minneapolis sound that Prince and Flyte Time and Jesse and Andre created.But other than that, it is, IMO, one of the better songs on that album.

What I can´t stand at all is the song No More Candy 4 U....practically unlistenable. Sure, it does remind one of Ronnnie Talk To Russia and some other early 80s/Controversy material but I couldn´t stand Ronnie Talk to Russia and Jack U Off either, so this kind of flashback does nothing for me but Old Skool Company had some potential. Another case of Prince ruining an almost good song by pointless name dropping, bragging and imitating current trends (Ja Rule with J-Lo, Fifty´s In Tha Club, Dr.Dre, etc.).
Funny that it´s an ode to the old school when actually the whole atmosphere of that song, including the lyrics and the beat, don´t imply old school at all.

Enough ranting...I like this song ( every once in a while)

iloveannie said:

Lol. I love the tune and just played it on my computer. I still have not stopped playing the MPLSound disc since I purchased it. Don't understand the hate for his recent efforts but some stuff just isn't for everyone but then again some of you just love to hate on. I'm still rockin' this one until he drops me something new. I am so sick of hearing Lady Gag and 3 from Brittney Spears right now. Are there any other songs out there that the poop stations can play over and over again???
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KoolEaze said:

No, I wouldn't be raving. I have tons of boots that I never listen to because they suck.

It's a dope track, I'm loving it. Listening to it now w/ a hog leg!
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