We all have our favorite albums and since one of the latest articles written where Prince was interviewed he spoke about not 'releasing' another album. I'm not asking about that or speculating more abour what he was talking about but, let's say Prince doesn't release another album. From your point of view, what would make a great FINAL album, a retirement album of sorts.

Out of all the body of work that he's recorded and released, what album would make a good final album ???

(Or you could be a optimistic person like me and think he'll have another album)

PurpleLove7 said:

soulpride said:

I think that he might adopt a protege how can adapt to his sound, highly train her(of course) and record with her, and install in her his sound, and when he crosses over she will remain recording his stuff from out the vault, maybe his vault is his food bank for the after life famine, don't think he will ever have a final album cause he's gonna have a son too eventually (most people don't know this yet) and he will be named Prince (after his father of course) and his lil ass is gonna have a high pitched voice, and everyone's gonna do Prince like the world did 2Pac n Michael J, "he's not dead, I saw him taking a Shit the other day", n then someone else is like naw Prince, and the first will be like i know "Prince", and the second man's like no neegre not Prince "Prince" Ha Ha LMAO!

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Musicology!

Lovesexy would have been a great finale, it worked as a dramatic climax to his good work, and it closes with a 9-minute open ending (Hold on to your soul/We've got a long way to go...)

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no such thing as final true prince album because as long as he is alive they are all true. wheter we fully love em or not they are what he feels is best 2 be released at that time.after 30 plus years in the game i dont think nobody can say what is the best cuz its something 4 everybody

rubymoon53 said:

soulpride said:

I think that he might adopt a protege how can adapt to his sound, highly train her(of course) and record with her, and install in her his sound, and when he crosses over she will remain recording his stuff from out the vault, maybe his vault is his food bank for the after life famine, don't think he will ever have a final album cause he's gonna have a son too eventually (most people don't know this yet) and he will be named Prince (after his father of course) and his lil ass is gonna have a high pitched voice, and everyone's gonna do Prince like the world did 2Pac n Michael J, "he's not dead, I saw him taking a Shit the other day", n then someone else is like naw Prince, and the first will be like i know "Prince", and the second man's like no neegre not Prince "Prince" Ha Ha LMAO!

soulpride said:

I think that he might adopt a protege how can adapt to his sound, highly train her(of course) and record with her, and install in her his sound, and when he crosses over she will remain recording his stuff from out the vault, maybe his vault is his food bank for the after life famine, don't think he will ever have a final album cause he's gonna have a son too eventually (most people don't know this yet) and he will be named Prince (after his father of course) and his lil ass is gonna have a high pitched voice, and everyone's gonna do Prince like the world did 2Pac n Michael J, "he's not dead, I saw him taking a Shit the other day", n then someone else is like naw Prince, and the first will be like i know "Prince", and the second man's like no neegre not Prince "Prince" Ha Ha LMAO!

No more proteges pleaasseee!!!! His eye for spotting talent has gone progressively downhill since he clapped eyes on Vanity. We have suffered enough with his squeaky sex kittens. Okay Bria was an older one, but she was still a squeaky sex kitten.

Adorecream said:

soulpride said:

I think that he might adopt a protege how can adapt to his sound, highly train her(of course) and record with her, and install in her his sound, and when he crosses over she will remain recording his stuff from out the vault, maybe his vault is his food bank for the after life famine, don't think he will ever have a final album cause he's gonna have a son too eventually (most people don't know this yet) and he will be named Prince (after his father of course) and his lil ass is gonna have a high pitched voice, and everyone's gonna do Prince like the world did 2Pac n Michael J, "he's not dead, I saw him taking a Shit the other day", n then someone else is like naw Prince, and the first will be like i know "Prince", and the second man's like no neegre not Prince "Prince" Ha Ha LMAO!

No more proteges pleaasseee!!!! His eye for spotting talent has gone progressively downhill since he clapped eyes on Vanity. We have suffered enough with his squeaky sex kittens. Okay Bria was an older one, but she was still a squeaky sex kitten.

Prince's problem is that he has picked most of his proteges with his dick.

SquirrelMeat said:

Prince's problem is that he has picked most of his proteges with his dick.

That's only a problem for us - not for Prince.

SquirrelMeat said:

Prince's problem is that he has picked most of his proteges with his dick.

Amen, the only ones who weren't picked with his dick, were people like Lisa and Wendy who were clearly much more talented and impacted his music for the better.

I would also add, a lot of the proteges also were immature or had a below average level of intelligence. I mean do Carmen Electra or Mayte come across as University educated and certainly not even 10th grade level. There was a reason for this, bright women would undermine his authority and challenge his chauvenistic attitudes (Look at what happened to Susannah).

soulpride said:

I think that he might adopt a protege how can adapt to his sound, highly train her(of course) and record with her, and install in her his sound, and when he crosses over she will remain recording his stuff from out the vault, maybe his vault is his food bank for the after life famine, don't think he will ever have a final album cause he's gonna have a son too eventually (most people don't know this yet) and he will be named Prince (after his father of course) and his lil ass is gonna have a high pitched voice, and everyone's gonna do Prince like the world did 2Pac n Michael J, "he's not dead, I saw him taking a Shit the other day", n then someone else is like naw Prince, and the first will be like i know "Prince", and the second man's like no neegre not Prince "Prince" Ha Ha LMAO!

I believe that people say that a certain entertainer is still alive because people can't accept the fact that the person is dead. Actually, MJ in this reference should be replaced with Elvis.

I'd go with a live album - suggestion: both De Melkweg concerts seems fine to me for Prince to make a final statement to the world

SquirrelMeat said:

Adorecream said:

No more proteges pleaasseee!!!! His eye for spotting talent has gone progressively downhill since he clapped eyes on Vanity. We have suffered enough with his squeaky sex kittens. Okay Bria was an older one, but she was still a squeaky sex kitten.

Prince's problem is that he has picked most of his proteges with his dick.

Can you imagine what the man's legacy wout like if he had dissapeared after SOTT? I'm glad he didn't, but his reputation would've been completely untarnished, and he would be regarded as much more of a legend than he is now.

Probably 3121. I really liked that album.

But The Gold Experience was his last brilliant work.

he took several years, putting aside songs for "lotusflower" (the title disc).

sessions even yielded material that didn't make it onto that album but was

so strong they ended up being tracks on other albums in the meantime, as

with "3121".

imo, "lotusflower" (the title disc) is one of the most 'prince' sounding albums

since "the gold experience". altho i'm convinced that "TRC" is better, i've got

a real soft spot for "lotusflower".

so i'm sure that if prince would just do the same thing again, and either keep

crafting a single album over a number of years (3-5 years perhaps) and just

release more off the cuff and 'standard' stuff in the meantime, separately, we

might end up with a few more truly great prince albums before he decides to

call it quits with the studio recordings alltogether.

i don't mind stuff like "mplsound" or "planet earth" and "20Ten". not at all,

but he should always have an album on the stove that he keeps going back

to, adding to and constantly crafting into something more cohesive and strong,

an actual project, with the rest of those releases just being the fluff that would

otherwise end up on the cuttingroom floor. which is fun to listen to, but doesn't

make for great prince albums all in all.

IstenSzek said:

he took several years, putting aside songs for "lotusflower" (the title disc).

sessions even yielded material that didn't make it onto that album but was

so strong they ended up being tracks on other albums in the meantime, as

with "3121".

imo, "lotusflower" (the title disc) is one of the most 'prince' sounding albums

since "the gold experience". altho i'm convinced that "TRC" is better, i've got

a real soft spot for "lotusflower".

so i'm sure that if prince would just do the same thing again, and either keep

crafting a single album over a number of years (3-5 years perhaps) and just

release more off the cuff and 'standard' stuff in the meantime, separately, we

might end up with a few more truly great prince albums before he decides to

call it quits with the studio recordings alltogether.

i don't mind stuff like "mplsound" or "planet earth" and "20Ten". not at all,

but he should always have an album on the stove that he keeps going back

to, adding to and constantly crafting into something more cohesive and strong,

an actual project, with the rest of those releases just being the fluff that would

otherwise end up on the cuttingroom floor. which is fun to listen to, but doesn't

make for great prince albums all in all.

I was listening to Planet Earth just the other day and actually enjoyed it. Its not super great, but

I didnt find it to be atrocious. It was quite listenable.

But I find it really strange that it would take Prince 3 to 5 years to create a cohesive album.

Didn't he write LoveSexy in 2 months?

imago said:

IstenSzek said:

he took several years, putting aside songs for "lotusflower" (the title disc).

sessions even yielded material that didn't make it onto that album but was

so strong they ended up being tracks on other albums in the meantime, as

with "3121".

imo, "lotusflower" (the title disc) is one of the most 'prince' sounding albums

since "the gold experience". altho i'm convinced that "TRC" is better, i've got

a real soft spot for "lotusflower".

so i'm sure that if prince would just do the same thing again, and either keep

crafting a single album over a number of years (3-5 years perhaps) and just

release more off the cuff and 'standard' stuff in the meantime, separately, we

might end up with a few more truly great prince albums before he decides to

call it quits with the studio recordings alltogether.

i don't mind stuff like "mplsound" or "planet earth" and "20Ten". not at all,

but he should always have an album on the stove that he keeps going back

to, adding to and constantly crafting into something more cohesive and strong,

an actual project, with the rest of those releases just being the fluff that would

otherwise end up on the cuttingroom floor. which is fun to listen to, but doesn't

make for great prince albums all in all.

I was listening to Planet Earth just the other day and actually enjoyed it. Its not super great, but

I didnt find it to be atrocious. It was quite listenable.

But I find it really strange that it would take Prince 3 to 5 years to create a cohesive album.

Didn't he write LoveSexy in 2 months?

it takes a 55 yr old man a little bit longer to shoot than it does a 26 yr old man.

that's all the metaphor i'm gonna throw at this

IstenSzek said:

imago said:

I was listening to Planet Earth just the other day and actually enjoyed it. Its not super great, but

I didnt find it to be atrocious. It was quite listenable.

But I find it really strange that it would take Prince 3 to 5 years to create a cohesive album.

Didn't he write LoveSexy in 2 months?

it takes a 55 yr old man a little bit longer to shoot than it does a 26 yr old man.

that's all the metaphor i'm gonna throw at this

He takes longer to ejaculate too. (this is NOT metaphor by the way).

But between ejaculations, I would figure he has more free time to write music.

IstenSzek said:

he took several years, putting aside songs for "lotusflower" (the title disc).

sessions even yielded material that didn't make it onto that album but was

so strong they ended up being tracks on other albums in the meantime, as

with "3121".

imo, "lotusflower" (the title disc) is one of the most 'prince' sounding albums

since "the gold experience". altho i'm convinced that "TRC" is better, i've got

a real soft spot for "lotusflower".

so i'm sure that if prince would just do the same thing again, and either keep

crafting a single album over a number of years (3-5 years perhaps) and just

release more off the cuff and 'standard' stuff in the meantime, separately, we

might end up with a few more truly great prince albums before he decides to

call it quits with the studio recordings alltogether.

i don't mind stuff like "mplsound" or "planet earth" and "20Ten". not at all,

but he should always have an album on the stove that he keeps going back

to, adding to and constantly crafting into something more cohesive and strong,

an actual project, with the rest of those releases just being the fluff that would

otherwise end up on the cuttingroom floor. which is fun to listen to, but doesn't

make for great prince albums all in all.

I agree with everything you say except for what you say about Planet Earth. The title Track, "Guitar", "Somewhere Here On Earth" and "Future Baby Mama" are up with his best work of the last 10 years.

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