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What do you all think?

This is really really....

[Edited 9/1/14 6:30am]

Wow, this song stinks.

WOW, this song is....

...not very good.

Horrible. This stinks more than incest and candles.

This project is like MPLSound but worse. It even comes with a rock album on the side (which is also worse than its spiritual predecessor, Lotusflow3r).

I'm loving it!!!!!!!!!

If all tracks sound like clouds and u know I won't buy this album. That would be the first prince album ever that I don't own.

It's gimmicky. I'd put it in the same category as "Strange But True".

Now, I can see why he's put "Breakfast Can Wait" out of all the tracks that were released last year on the record. He's really trying to do more modern stuff with this record.

I like the groove alot. I didnt care for the beginning trying to sound too hip but the groove is nice.

ludwig said:

Horrible. This stinks more than incest and candles.

Incence & Candles was also my first thought. I like Clouds but this is not good IMO

Sulls likes!

I like it.

1999 - "I don't follow trends they just follow me" (interesting, even prophetic)

2014 - "U Know"

If "Clouds" garnered mixed reaction (I personally loved it).... this might be tip of the negativity iceberg.

I can save only the "8" quote.

Please someone destroy that damn autoune.

This might be the electronic track Jon Bream wrote about when Prince played the new stuff for him a while ago. He stated that it came after "The Gold Standard" and that it might require a few listens to get into (he was under the impression that "The Gold Standard" would be the opener for the album, but that doesn't seem to be the case).

I agree, as more of an "experimental" piece of music it doesn't really go anywhere, even if it's interesting (it's IDM-ish). I can see it sequencing quite nicely into "Breakfast Can Wait" though. They should work back-to-back.

Doesn't sound like a Prince record.

Which is exactly what you want a new Prince record to sound like.

It'd be a hell of a lot better without the auto tune crap, other than that I like it.

Huh, this one's kind of interesting - would've been better with a ripping guitar solo at the end or some more urgent vocals, but that groove is pretty nice.

First impression was, "HUH?!??" Second listen was, "Hmm..." It's kind of a vibe track that you need to play repeatedly to catch the lyrics. I'm not sure if I like it or not, but it's definitely something I haven't heard from Prince before. His voice is sounding a little sleepy.

Auto tune

meejaboy said:

After repeated listens, I think I like it more than Clouds and Breakdown, if only because my taste tends toward sparer, weirder Prince. All of these songs are growing on me, though, and all benefit from multiple listens. AOA may not be the album I wanted (hard funk) but I'm open to pleasant surprise and discovery. I think the production (lazers and smurf voices included) sounds great, say what anyone will about Josh.

MendesCity said:

Huh, this one's kind of interesting - would've been better with a ripping guitar solo at the end or some more urgent vocals, but that groove is pretty nice.

yeah that.