Militant said:

To answer the question in your title.......... No.

It's been about 21 months since 20TEN came out. There was 23 months between Musicology and 3121.

Oh yeah, you're right! I must have looked over that!

Clearly I did't do my research well enough lol!

Militant said:

To answer the question in your title.......... No.

It's been about 21 months since 20TEN came out. There was 23 months between Musicology and 3121.

Damn, you are right. Didn't even think about it.

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

It is something big coming. Prince is releasing his new mega project.

New Andy Allo Featuring Prince Coming Soon!

Andy Allo. Photo: Allo/NPG Records

ANDY ALLO's 2nd CD entitled "Superconductor" will be released early this summer. The CD contains 6 self-penned tracks and 3 songs co-written with Prince.

The 3 songs written with Prince are "Superconductor", "The Calm", and "Gone".

Special guests on the CD so far include Maceo Parker, Trombone Shorty, The NPG, The Hornheadz and of course-PRINCE, who also executive produced the record.

The CD is in the final stages of post-production

You're reaching.

Jazz said:

Militant said:

To answer the question in your title.......... No.

It's been about 21 months since 20TEN came out. There was 23 months between Musicology and 3121.

I'll be honest. To me 20TEn doesn't count. He didn't release it in the U.S. I didn't jump through hoops to get it from Britian and shouldn't have to.

Yeah, paying $7-10 on ebay is quite a difficult hoop to jump through. As long as you buy from a UK, US, Irish, Scotland seller, there is a 99% chance it is the real thing. Only the Chinese sellers sell the fakes. An even bigger hoop to jump through would have been to have to click on a link and pay the $8 or so it took to buy directly from the daily mirror, and get a newspaper with some nice pictures, which now gets around $30 or more on ebay. Imagine having to go through such tough hoops to pay $8 for something that goes for $30 or more? Man, the things I do to listen to Prince.

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GIOShokadelica said:

Militant said:

To answer the question in your title.......... No.

It's been about 21 months since 20TEN came out. There was 23 months between Musicology and 3121.

True

I hope that He releases A new Album Soon. I'm Excited about it. I'm 15 And I'm his fan Since last year So I don't Know How does It feel When A new Album Comes out ^^

Welcome to Prince, GIOShokadelica. Hope you survive the experience.

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It's quality that matters. I'd rather wait five years than have another couple of 20Tens. Just saying.

sabaisabai said:

It's quality that matters. I'd rather wait five years than have another couple of 20Tens. Just saying.

Good point...

19 years and 8 months, thats the time between his birth and For You, but there was 21 months between Purple Rain and 1999 (Jun 1984 vs Sep 1982)

Musicology to 3121 was 23 months (April 2004 to March 21 2006), but he did give us Funky New Orleans/SST in September 2005, and I think one of the NPGMC albums was released after Musicology.

So far 21 months since 2010, so that may be our winner.

But also consider the 24 months between Rave and the Rainbow Children (Oct 1999 to Oct 2001), what was there, Rave IN2 the year 2000 and a few songs like Supercute and Cybersingle.

Yeah 2 years and Princey gets itchy feet, he needs to get some new shit out there.

wasnt the live cd/book released in 2005?

luvsexy4all said:

wasnt the live cd/book released in 2005?

'08

Adorecream said:

19 years and 8 months, thats the time between his birth and For You, but there was 21 months between Purple Rain and 1999 (Jun 1984 vs Sep 1982)

Musicology to 3121 was 23 months (April 2004 to March 21 2006), but he did give us Funky New Orleans/SST in September 2005, and I think one of the NPGMC albums was released after Musicology.

So far 21 months since 2010, so that may be our winner.

But also consider the 24 months between Rave and the Rainbow Children (Oct 1999 to Oct 2001), what was there, Rave IN2 the year 2000 and a few songs like Supercute and Cybersingle.

Yeah 2 years and Princey gets itchy feet, he needs to get some new shit out there.

We aren't counting one-off singles. If we were, then we'd have to count "Extraloveable 2011" as well.

And no, both Slaughterhouse and Chocolate Invasion came out in March 2004, Musicology came out in April 2004.

Like I said before, the 23 months between Musicology and 3121 remains the longest stretch at this point in time.

And there isn't a gap between Rave Un2 and Rainbow Children, because Rave In2 came out in April 2001.

Militant said:

Adorecream said:

19 years and 8 months, thats the time between his birth and For You, but there was 21 months between Purple Rain and 1999 (Jun 1984 vs Sep 1982)

Musicology to 3121 was 23 months (April 2004 to March 21 2006), but he did give us Funky New Orleans/SST in September 2005, and I think one of the NPGMC albums was released after Musicology.

So far 21 months since 2010, so that may be our winner.

But also consider the 24 months between Rave and the Rainbow Children (Oct 1999 to Oct 2001), what was there, Rave IN2 the year 2000 and a few songs like Supercute and Cybersingle.

Yeah 2 years and Princey gets itchy feet, he needs to get some new shit out there.

We aren't counting one-off singles. If we were, then we'd have to count "Extraloveable 2011" as well.

And no, both Slaughterhouse and Chocolate Invasion came out in March 2004, Musicology came out in April 2004.

Like I said before, the 23 months between Musicology and 3121 remains the longest stretch at this point in time.

And there isn't a gap between Rave Un2 and Rainbow Children, because Rave In2 came out in April 2001.

how do you manage to cram so much Prince info into your bum?

NO, as someone confirmed this isn't the longest time without a record. BUT we sure miss him don't we? In 2010-2011 we were so use to him performing, and watching interviews from him. We were just hooked on everything he had to say.

NOW...

There has not a picture released of him in 2012. We heard he took out Bobby Z for the reunion, and he will work on a New Andy Allo album. We know that much..

I can't wait for it to come. This will soon be something special!

CallMeCarrie said:

I almost wonder if he is done putting out traditional albums altogether.

He certainly has been outspoken about the record industry and the difficulty that artists have in making money off of their own music.

With his recent tours he seems to realize that the best way an artist can make money is to go on tour. He's said that he is taking a break from recording.

I don't know how long this will last, but it seems to me that this might be the end of line.

Get this man some inspiration (other than money) to make him want to do it for the love of the art! Or all we'll have left is his Greatest Hits Tours.

I agree this is the case. He realizes he can't release albums with newspapers every other year and the tour giveaway won't always work either.

The issue here is that not only Prince, but also the listeners will slowly have to let go of the concept of an "album", especially in the physical form. I'd say Prince could just post his tracks on his own website but that doesn't seem to compute with him.

But I agree this will become the longest gap no matter what...

LiveToTell86 said:

CallMeCarrie said:

I almost wonder if he is done putting out traditional albums altogether.

He certainly has been outspoken about the record industry and the difficulty that artists have in making money off of their own music.

With his recent tours he seems to realize that the best way an artist can make money is to go on tour. He's said that he is taking a break from recording.

I don't know how long this will last, but it seems to me that this might be the end of line.

Get this man some inspiration (other than money) to make him want to do it for the love of the art! Or all we'll have left is his Greatest Hits Tours.

I agree this is the case. He realizes he can't release albums with newspapers every other year and the tour giveaway won't always work either.

The issue here is that not only Prince, but also the listeners will slowly have to let go of the concept of an "album", especially in the physical form. I'd say Prince could just post his tracks on his own website but that doesn't seem to compute with him.

But I agree this will become the longest gap no matter what...

You probably are right.

Sometimes I hate change and innovation. I love listening to albums.

Prince should retire from recording and releasing his new material. In fact, I honestly think he should be given a top position at a major record label so we can have shit loads of "real music by real artists", and those artists can control their masters, and receive fat advances for their art.

Adisa said:

Prince should retire from recording and releasing his new material. In fact, I honestly think he should be given a top position at a major record label so we can have shit loads of "real music by real artists", and those artists can control their masters, and receive fat advances for their art.

Adisa said:

Prince should retire from recording and releasing his new material. In fact, I honestly think he should be given a top position at a major record label so we can have shit loads of "real music by real artists", and those artists can control their masters, and receive fat advances for their art.

That's exactly how things were done at Paisley Park, right? Which explains why all the associated artist albums on Prince's label are now out-of-print.

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Adisa said:

Prince should retire from recording and releasing his new material. In fact, I honestly think he should be given a top position at a major record label so we can have shit loads of "real music by real artists", and those artists can control their masters, and receive fat advances for their art.

I don;t care if he does chose to keep making and releassing new music because I'm not checking for it anyway. I'm just saying the time and ebergy he puts into that may be put to better use as an executive who still occassionally tours.

Adisa said:

and those artists can control their masters

They can't even control their names (Original 7ven, F-Deluxe).

He cana't retire until he comes back to Michigan 1 more time.

MickyDolenz said:

Adisa said:

and those artists can control their masters

They can't even control their names (Original 7ven, F-Deluxe).

I'm sure that when Andy Allo's album sells 40 million copies, that Allo will have complete control of her masters, and Prince will only get a few spare dollars by "helping" her a little bit. Maybe I am being a bit sarcastic here. Any album Prince produces will sell so many copies, that just trying to figure out the huge financial windfall the artists involved will have is mind-boggling.

Ok, to be true. I don't care who Prince produces. Owning your masters is simply worthless. Prince's masters have decreased in value so much, that Warner's or Prince would stand to lose money if they put them out in physical form. As each day passes, real Prince fans age, and the few people who do spend money on music are less likely to be Prince fans as time goes by. I've seen a few young people at Prince concerts, but a huge percentage of the young fans were dragged there by somebody over 35. Sad, but likely true.

stillwaiting said:

MickyDolenz said:

They can't even control their names (Original 7ven, F-Deluxe).

I'm sure that when Andy Allo's album sells 40 million copies, that Allo will have complete control of her masters, and Prince will only get a few spare dollars by "helping" her a little bit. Maybe I am being a bit sarcastic here. Any album Prince produces will sell so many copies, that just trying to figure out the huge financial windfall the artists involved will have is mind-boggling.

Ok, to be true. I don't care who Prince produces. Owning your masters is simply worthless. Prince's masters have decreased in value so much, that Warner's or Prince would stand to lose money if they put them out in physical form. As each day passes, real Prince fans age, and the few people who do spend money on music are less likely to be Prince fans as time goes by. I've seen a few young people at Prince concerts, but a huge percentage of the young fans were dragged there by somebody over 35. Sad, but likely true.

Prince's music is not particularly for the young audience. I am speaking in general of course, I myself am not even close to 35 yet, and I didn't grow up listening to his music, just became a fan couple of years ago, but I can tell the difference between the quality of music the play in radios today and Prince's music that resembles more to the good old fashioned 80's funky/rock/pop music even his recent music and I am digging that. However, I know his music hardly touches anyone below the age of 30. Even if it would people don't give him a chance. They are missing out, but this has always been like that.

[Edited 4/3/12 1:58am]

MJMia said:

Prince's music is not particularly for the young audience. I am speaking in general of course, I myself am not even close to 35 yet, and I didn't grow up listening to his music, just became a fan couple of years ago, but I can tell the difference between the quality of music the play in radios today and Prince's music that resembles more to the good old fashioned 80's funky/rock/pop music even his recent music and I am digging that. However, I know his music hardly touches anyone below the age of 30. Even if it would people don't give him a chance. They are missing out, but this has always been like that.

[Edited 4/3/12 1:58am]

The sad thing here, it is people my age who have destroyed the music industry, and not allowed anyone over 35 to get any airplay, unless it is Madonna. Even in the few cases where an aging artist gets music played, it is for a few weeks, and then it is back to the Auto Tune. I have met several young people who listen to real music, but real music is not going to be programmed to the USA anymore. Sadly, the stations that do play 80's music generally take 4 or 5 songs per artist and play them over and over and over again. Try hearing "Pop Life" on any station that plays Prince. It will not happen.

stillwaiting said:

I've seen a few young people at Prince concerts, but a huge percentage of the young fans were dragged there by somebody over 35. Sad, but likely true.

I completely disagree with this.

I think if you took a poll on this website, you would be VERY VERY surprised at the ages of the people who participate here. There's a LOT of teens and twenty-something Prince fans. I'm 24 myself and I've been on here for 8 years. Most of my good friends from this site are in their teens or twenties, like bboy, Mya, Nick, ThruTheEyesofWonder, InternationalLover92, KidaDynamite, Timmy, Samantha and a whole boatload of others.

We should actually do that poll soon.

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

It is something big coming. Prince is releasing his new mega project.

New Andy Allo Featuring Prince Coming Soon!

Andy Allo. Photo: Allo/NPG Records

ANDY ALLO's 2nd CD entitled "Superconductor" will be released early this summer. The CD contains 6 self-penned tracks and 3 songs co-written with Prince.

The 3 songs written with Prince are "Superconductor", "The Calm", and "Gone".

Special guests on the CD so far include Maceo Parker, Trombone Shorty, The NPG, The Hornheadz and of course-PRINCE, who also executive produced the record.

The CD is in the final stages of post-production

God damnit.

The gap between Musicology and 3121 was a long ass one.

And wasn't Planet Earth to Lotusflow3r semi-longish ?

I'm from the school of thought that there is no real correlation between the length of time it takes Prince to write and record an album, and the actual quality of that music.

I believe between COME and Emancipation was a little bit of time ( I know we were being saturated by new music like The Gold Experience, but it was recorded a ways back), and Emancipation in my opinion was a great album.

But between Musicology and 3121 we didn't end up with brilliance. We ended up with a solid album, but one that would never alert a new listener to just how talented Prince can be. I've always thought 3121 sounded a bit like a what b-sides would sound like if they were given birth from a combination of 1999 and Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic. Don't get me wrong, but I really like 3121--one of my favorites actually, but I like it for what it is...a pop album and not much more.

I'll scoop up the next Prince album just like anyone else, but just like 20Ten, I'll approach it with this sort of sinking feeling in my stomach.

If the guy is just not interested in releasing new material, I couldn't blame him. He can't get a top 10 hit on radio to save his life, and the shit on radio is far worse.

Militant said:

stillwaiting said:

I've seen a few young people at Prince concerts, but a huge percentage of the young fans were dragged there by somebody over 35. Sad, but likely true.

I completely disagree with this.

I think if you took a poll on this website, you would be VERY VERY surprised at the ages of the people who participate here. There's a LOT of teens and twenty-something Prince fans. I'm 24 myself and I've been on here for 8 years. Most of my good friends from this site are in their teens or twenties, like bboy, Mya, Nick, ThruTheEyesofWonder, InternationalLover92, KidaDynamite, Timmy, Samantha and a whole boatload of others.

We should actually do that poll soon.

Ok that you disagree with it. It could easily be that you have not attended any of the shows I have. I'm older, but I walk very fast, and found myself racing past a few young people, and many limping people my age or older. I didn't walk around asking people how old they were, but I'd have to say the crowd had tons of older people. I could be wrong in saying that a huge percentage of the younger crowd were dragged by older people, but I still would guess at least 50% of those under 35 were at least partly influenced by somebody older.

Even if I'm wrong there, I know Prince isn't gaining tons of young fans by the minute. His masters for example, are overvalued by both Warners and Prince. By the time they get around to doing anything with them, the value of remastering anything other than Purple Rain or some sort of Hits package are slim to slimmer...and none.