Ppenguin said:

When's he going to do "Charlie bit my finger" or "sneezing panda"?

Oh lawwwd, funniest thing I've read all day

edit: song sounds fine to me, hard to get any more enthusiastic over a teaser clip though.

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This song is more proof that Josh is not doing his job. I referenced El Debarge's name earlier because he had co-writers abd co-producers on his last album. Josh types. And when you listen to the tracks they are classic El, but with contemporary beats and production values. Most of that record is as good or better than anything he has ever done in his career. I never blame Prince too much when his songs are whacky. Prince gives what he gives. I always look at who else was participating in the writing process, because it's their job to contribute what Prince doesn't have already or do what Prince can't do or doesn't know that he needs. All these females swooning over his voice, Prince did his job. Now what the hell is wrong with the rest of his team? "This Could Be Us" has the same lyrical and vocal problems that "Thunder" and "Scarlet Pussy" have. Similar failings are on the "" album. "There Will Never Be Another Like Me", that Sheila E song on the Krush Groove soundtrack, that JB sounding song he ended up leaving off of 20TEN, but released in full on the web. Prince can do cringe-worthy by himself! What good is a co-writer or co-prodcer that can't help him when he isn't at his best?

"This Could Be Us"... wow I actually like this.............!

Great piano. Reminds me somehow of "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore"...


Much, much better than the crappy 3EG songs/ singles 2012-2014.

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strat3000 said:

I like it.

funksterr said:

This song is more proof that Josh is not doing his job. I referenced El Debarge's name earlier because he had co-writers abd co-producers on his last album. Josh types. And when you listen to the tracks they are classic El, but with contemporary beats and production values. Most of that record is as good or better than anything he has ever done in his career. I never blame Prince too much when his songs are whacky. Prince gives what he gives. I always look at who else was participating in the writing process, because it's their job to contribute what Prince doesn't have already or do what Prince can't do or doesn't know that he needs. All these females swooning over his voice, Prince did his job. Now what the hell is wrong with the rest of his team? "This Could Be Us" has the same lyrical and vocal problems that "Thunder" and "Scarlet Pussy" have. Similar failings are on the "" album. "There Will Never Be Another Like Me", that Sheila E song on the Krush Groove soundtrack, that JB sounding song he ended up leaving off of 20TEN, but released in full on the web. Prince can do cringe-worthy by himself! What good is a co-writer or co-prodcer that can't help him when he isn't at his best?

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Is this track co-produced with Josh? I highly doubt he's been involved in everything. at the end of the day though Prince will do what he wants regardless of what anyone he is working with says. Probabaly why Josh is around, him being young (22 i think) he wont want to dirty the water telling Prince he is wrong of his ideas aint great too often. We all know how easily he can and will cut people off.

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Plus dont forget, this isnt the full track, It sounds like an Outro.

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thedance said:

Prince is the best at making u want some song that will go NO wear! At this time He should b pushing 30 years of purple rain! Doing a tour with the old band !AND KICKING ASS! Not playing around with MP3 in the middle of the NITE!

ravewithdawn said:

I feel like I've heard it before...

I listened to "Future Baby Mama" afterward, and I get the same feel.

SquirrelMeat said:

Shame he has stepped back from the progression with 3EG. This sounds ok, but more like an Emancipation outtake than 2014.

lol....

When Prince does R&B he's not progressing....Interesting....lol

chocolate1 said:

I feel like I've heard it before...

I listened to "Future Baby Mama" afterward, and I get the same feel.

That's an old tune. Title : GO

ohYeeeeeah said:

chocolate1 said:

I feel like I've heard it before...

I listened to "Future Baby Mama" afterward, and I get the same feel.

That's an old tune. Title : GO

Please explain.

[Edited 6/27/14 6:58am]

wildgoldenhoney said:

thisisreece said:

You can download a sample of the song from 3rdEyeGirl's twitter.

RealPlayer didn't want to play the clip.

Then use one of the million good free media players out there. Like VLC for example.

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Eye wonder how Wb let him get away with releasing a snippet of this classic, vocal layered, funk!?

chocolate1 said:

I feel like I've heard it before...

I listened to "Future Baby Mama" afterward, and I get the same feel.

Yes! THE GRAMMY AWARD WINNING FUTURE BABY MAMA, dont forget!

Cant wait to hear more music!

WisdomNLove said:

have you seen the response this song has gotten in the socialsphere? i think you pessimists are all out numbered on this one.

way too old to read print that small

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Eye wonder how Wb let him get away with releasing a snippet of this classic, vocal layered, funk!?

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Id have thought that the new album he would own the master from the off with it licenced to NPG, and it just be released through WB exclusively maybe?

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WisdomNLove said:

chocolate1 said:

I feel like I've heard it before...

I listened to "Future Baby Mama" afterward, and I get the same feel.

Yes! THE GRAMMY AWARD WINNING FUTURE BABY MAMA, dont forget!

Cant wait to hear more music!

They always seem to leave his 7V3Nth Grammy win out, when criticizing one of the best cuts from "Planet Earth' rnb classic that got a lot of radio "FutureBabyMama"..

Too short 4 me 2 have a true opinion about it, but I'm sure teased enough

fnksoul said:

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The negativity of Prince fans never ceases to amaze, people wanted new music, they got new music, they dont like the new music! Prince has put out alot of records that are far less rememorable than this.

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A 35 second snippet with the last 7 seconds being cut and paste sound effects, hardly qualifies as new music.

I don't care for it.

SquirrelMeat said:

Shame he has stepped back from the progression with 3EG. This sounds ok, but more like an Emancipation outtake than 2014.

Yeah, it has that sound to it.
Sort of like it's inspired by the Stylistics or something.

Reminds me slightly of Satisfied and Call My Name--two of my least favourite Prince songs.

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KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Eye wonder how Wb let him get away with releasing a snippet of this classic, vocal layered, funk!?

Hell no, quit playing! That is not FUNK by any stretch of the imagination and you know it.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Eye wonder how Wb let him get away with releasing a snippet of this classic, vocal layered, funk!?

Hell no, quit playing! That is not FUNK by any stretch of the imagination and you know it.

Maybe he means funk, sort of like the way one would use the word to descripe their bits 'n' pieces after a long jog on a hot summer's day while wearing nylon.

KlyphIsBackAgain said:

Thanks to the person that provided me a link! With that said..... Would you like some wine with that cheese? Every time a new Prince tune is released I still hold out a little bit of hope that I will like it. But I'm starting to understand why I won't. I think it's because in the end I don't like Prince so much as Prince AND whoever he's surrounding himself with/listening to at the moment. So yeah, when Prince was inspired by post punk, and Gary Numan, and Santana and the Beatles, when he had Wendy and Lisa and Susannah and Sheila, I loved it because I love those artists. The stuff he's been doing for the last 20 years? Not really my thing. It sounds forced and "current", but not in a good way. Prince should NEVER sound current. He should sound Nostalgically Futuristic. But to each their own. If you like it cool.

There is a disease I call "Bart Van Halen" disease. It causes you to either hate or not really embrace any Prince song after 1990 or so NO MATTER WHAT. If you suffer from this disease, Prince could release the strongest album in ages, but people with this disease simply CANNOT GET INTO NEW MUSIC. You have the U2 fans like this, you have the Bon Jovi fans, the Rush fans, just pick a popular artist. There are tons of fans complaining that their favorite no longer has it.

So many suffer from "So and so is not as good as they used to be."

Well the truth? Some of this is true. Most older artists can't possibly recapture their past glory

But most good to great artists continue to make quality material, but a lot of older fans lose their ability to like new music by older artists and get "Bart Van Halen" disease.

Paul McCartney is a good example. He just made a very nice solo album with 4 really strong tracks, and another 5 or 6 that are very decent, and a few filler snoozers. But there are some older Beatle fans who hate every single track due to this disease.

Take the radio stations that even play music by older artists...they usually pick 3 or 4 hits by the artists on their playlists and play them over and over and over again, conditioning people over the age of 35 that their artists from their youth only had 4 songs. And they might play a new single for a week or two , but tactics like this empower the thought that older artists are incapable of making good music.

If you can't listen to the Lotus Flow3r disc and love at least 3 songs, then you have this disease. You will hate new Prince songs no matter what, and I feel really sorry for you.

BobGeorge909 said:

ravewithdawn said:

Prince is the best at making u want some song that will go NO wear! At this time He should b pushing 30 years of purple rain! Doing a tour with the old band !AND KICKING ASS! Not playing around with MP3 in the middle of the NITE!

A revolution reunion...haha. I sooooo don't wanna see that. Just cuz he can use pancake and appear to not have aged much...he has....EVERYONE else has AS WELL. A revolution reunion would be the tiredest thing ever. They're all close to collecting special j security and there would be a painfully obvious lack of energy on stage. America and anotherloverholenyohead, etc, would be so lifeless... BTW...its actually a WAV. [Edited 6/27/14 6:09am]

a one-three nighter would be cool but most definitely not a tour.