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Is "Exodus" worth buying? I heard this years ago and saw it on sale at the NPG store, but I never bought the NPG releases (save NewPowerSoul.)
I was just checking out online sellers and such.
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it's worth it for the title track alone, a funkadelicparliarment type affair. and hallucination rain also has a bit of the maggot brain feel, especially the unreleased 10 minute version. it's just the segues that get annoying after a few listens | |
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Enjoy some songs on it, but as said, after the first listen the talky segues can get annoying.
From wikipedia:
"Exodus is a 1995 album by the The New Power Generation. While their previous album, Goldnigga was more hip-hop oriented, Exodus is more of a pure funk offering, strongly influenced by the sound of Parliament and P-Funk. Although the tracklist boasts 21 tracks, many of them are narrative segues, leaving only nine actual songs. Of those, one is an instrumental. The album spawned three singles, however only one was released in the U.S. This album still downplays Prince's involvement in the band, with "Tora Tora" handling most of the lead vocals. Prince adopts the persona of "Tora Tora", whose face is covered with a red veil. Prince also is clearly present on many of the spoken segues, although sometimes using a disguised accent." Track listing
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Most definitely.
Prince....er...i mean Tora Tora is great on it.
"How you gonna see with that mask on?"
"Same way i saw yo momma last night".
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I think most people would agree that Exodus is the best of the 3 NPG albums. As mentioned before, it does suffer from segue overload, but aside from this it's great. The actual songs contained on the album are...
Get Wild New Power Soul Count The Days The Good Life Cherry, Cherry Return Of The Bump Squad Big Fun Hallucination Rain The Exodus Has Begun
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"Count the days" and "The exodus has begun" are top-notch, the rest I could do without.
Goldnigga is the best of the 3 NPG albums IMO! | |
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It's a winner. Get it. If prince.org were to be made idiot proof, someone would just invent a better idiot. | |
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Yeah it's worth buying But i do get tired of Sony T's vocals
I wish i had a phisical cd... But im good with my lossless copy | |
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Excellent album, IMO in the top 3 of his 90s output (with TGE and )
Agree with the sentiment that the segues get annoying, but I liked them as part of the experience of a full LP listen-through when I first heard it. "Knowledge is preferable to ignorance. Better by far to embrace the hard truth than a reassuring faith. If we crave some cosmic purpose, then let us find ourselves a worthy goal" - Carl Sagan | |
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Yes, yes and yes!
I love Exodus. Personally, I still like the segues too.
'Hit him so hard, change fell out his pockets'
Return of the bumpsquad is seriously funky. | |
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Yes, it's seriously funky.
This is the best NPG album for me and some of these songs live are the bomb.
Play that motherfuckin bass!
Prince is a musician not a lifestyle. | |
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Love it, love the outtakes even more. The segues are a pain in the tits though, unless that's your thing.
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I never understand these "worth buying" threads. Cd's are the most inexpensive art you can buy. Hold off on one deathly McDonalds dinner or a crappy WalMart aisle item and you're in there. Consumers and their choices. | |
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NO | |
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Absolutely.
Lost mine years ago, i think it ended up on the rubbish dump inside my old stereo i threw out.
i still have the jewel case!
I miss 'Return of The Bumpsquad' and 'Big Fun'. They're some jams alright. | |
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A resounding yes.
This pretty much applies to anything P-related pre-1996, so get it all! | |
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Definitely worth it. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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In a word? Y.E.S. | |
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Hell yes, it's one of his best, IMO! "You can be the President, I'd rather be the Pope" | |
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by far the best of the NPG records. a must have for sure. http://www.facebook.com/p...111?ref=ts
y'all gone keep messin' around wit me and turn me back to the old me...... | |
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Definitely worth picking up. Get Wild, Count the Days and Big Fun are all terrific. * * *
Prince's Classic Finally Expanded The Deluxe 'Purple Rain' Reissue http://www.popmatters.com...n-reissue/ | |
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"I was checkin for ya on the floor Had my boys watchin ya since June of 94 Oh yeah, it's like that I'm goin for mine, you should go for yours What the fuck you waitin on baby Get your shit, let's hit the door We could have big fun! "You can be the President, I'd rather be the Pope" | |
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Posters and their predispositions. 3121 #1 THIS YEAR | |
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Maybe it's more a case of "there's so much to buy, and I want it all... should I get this now, or go after some other stuff I really, really want". ? | |
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yep. getit. it's funky and fun The Compromise Theory:
Based on my analysis, I believe the government faked the plane crash and demolished the WTC North Tower with explosives. The South Tower, in a simultaneous but unrelated plot was brought down by actual terrorists. Is it a deal? | |
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Is Exodus worth buying?
If you like funk? YES!!
Don't hate your neighbors. Hate the media that tells you to hate your neighbors. | |
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Pills and thrills and daffodils will kill... If you don't believe me or don't get it, I don't have time to try to convince you, sorry. | |
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IS AIR WORTH BREATHING?????????
Fuck, the title track alone will stick to the roof of your mouf for WEEKS after. The segues are funny, but sometimes distracting. Rip the CD without them. It's Prince at his most balls-to-the-wall. It's a perfect companion to The Gold Experience. | |
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Please DO play it LOUD! Pills and thrills and daffodils will kill... If you don't believe me or don't get it, I don't have time to try to convince you, sorry. | |
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I'm in the mood to do just that, right now. | |
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