Aw shit! Prince...this is somebody else's song you're using. Damn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mila J...son of a b----

I was so impressed at first. What is P doing? Has he lost it?

P could have just had her producer make him another beat!

FunkyD said:

as we all know Prince likes to do things he's never done before. Sampling another artist's instrumental is a first for him unless i'm mistaken. He was probably tempted to do it once after 30 years of creating original music

[Edited 9/1/14 8:43am]

He used samples from Tower of Power for "Release it". And there are more samples in other songs like "Gett Off" or "7".

I love the part where the music gets played backwards !

I like this. Not what I expect from Prince, but getting the unexpected can be nice....sometimes. It's not classic Prince, but it's something I wouldn't skip on an album........

williamb610 said:

Aw shit! Prince...this is somebody else's song you're using. Damn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mila J...son of a b----

I was so impressed at first. What is P doing? Has he lost it?

P could have just had her producer make him another beat!

I don't have any issues with the sample... as long as it shows up in the album credits!!!

TheEnglishGent said:

Just what I needed to hold me over til the 30th. I'm actually getting more amped for Plectrum with this track. I dig the other songs I've heard from Art better, but I like the beat even though I guess it's someone else's. I knew with the title that the hook was gonna go something like this. U know how much I care. Lazy arse. Not too awful, I guess. Still gonna cop it.

BobGeorge909 said:

Anyone reverse the reversed part to see what was said?

reversed it's almost as incomprehensible as it is on the original song
something about "truth...truth or dare". that's what i hear anyway.

IstenSzek said:

NewYorkCity said:

The more that the fans hate this song, the bigger this will be a hit with general audience lol.

Yes, Prince has had dozens of big hits since 2009...no, since 2006...uh since 2004...uh since 1999...nope, uh ummmm since 1997? Try ONE top 40 hit in 1995, and don't forget that "1999" re-entered the Top 40 in 1998/99 at #40. So in the last NINETEEN EFFIN years, we are talking One Top 40 hit.

He's done with the charts....get over it. Now if someone would tell Prince to stop chasing hits, and NOT use Auto Tune, we'd all be better off.

SometimesIwonder said:

Bloody LOVE this track on first listen!! Think this album is gonna be right up my street! Really looking forward to it.

.

I am with you on this

I think this is better than Clouds but both are on repeat for me right now

cbarnes3121 said:

im sure josh had alot 2 do with this track this sounds like the drake and the shit u hear on radio now this is not classic prince im not impressed coming from a 50 year old legend yet i love prince so much anything he do makes me happy i guess this gotta grow on me. thanks joshua 4 updating prince i guess?

HE's actually closer to 60 than 50...but he still looks pretty good for his age...even tho that fro could be a fake

dustoff 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.

He used a lot of high pitch voices on SOTT when being Camille

I like is Camille stuff but back then he used to be more raunchy

Obviously as the years have gone on he has toned it down

opinions welcome. and if u dont want to buy it- shut the F up and move on.

williamb610 said:

Aw shit! Prince...this is somebody else's song you're using. Damn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mila J...son of a b----

I was so impressed at first. What is P doing? Has he lost it?

P could have just had her producer make him another beat!

Prince Legacy is so HUGE over the head of boys & girls of RNB Scene.....that 4 me....this song is just a nice return 2 the sound of the Father......James Brown had The Funky Drummer in his soul and Prince has The Funky LInn Drum....!

[Edited 9/1/14 13:24pm]

dazedawhile said:

opinions welcome. and if u dont want to buy it- shut the F up and move on.

Opinions must not really be welcome then. I want to buy it, but if I didn't want to buy it, I would feel free to share my opinion. This site is again too full of people who are either too positive or too negative, and can't seem to live with knowing that there is room for debate and differing opinions than yours. Sad.

TheEnglishGent said:

This is shaping up 2 b ANOTHER platinum hit 4 !!!!!!!!

All these years.....

He should've never done the Batman project. He hung on with his "style" with Batdance, but it was muddled with hollywood voice samples of Bruce Wayne, Joker, etc. Pure 100% outside obvious influence. Then, Graffiti Bridge was a muddle of all over the place, introducing the New Jack Swing stuff that was not-Prince. Prince tries to rap....not Prince.

Then Diamonds and Pearls, ruined by rapping, Prince talking/trying to rap more. Hip hop

On and on and on....only seen him with outside influences that are blatantly revealed in the music.

All the way to this latest U KNOW.

Please Prince, stop talking. Stop rapping.

Actually, don't do interviews (that's talking).

I really just want to hear your singing.

I really just want to hear your good sense of song structure and rhyming in good cadence, not bad rhyming like George Michael's rhyming also has been bad since Listen Without Prejudice.

Why does Prince go on line after line on a duldrum groove.

It's funky aftershow club material YES!!

But not for an album track.

Lovesexy was the last real Prince thing.

Prince was really in control at that time.

Just thoughts!!

Of course I love Prince.

I think all this boring music is building for something to come much later than now.

I'm excited still!

jseven said:

WisdomNLove said:

I LOVE IT

with U. Wonder the age of the people who hate it n the people who like it. Twitter ("youngins") like it. Facebook (older) don't. As someone said earlier "the more it is hated here, the more the general public is going to like it.

Played it for my 19 and 26 year olds. Both don't like it. And my daughter likes eveything I don't like.

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Like I said, if it's a hit for him, more power to him. My old ass will sit back and wait for the PR remaster that will hopefully have bonus tracks.

dodger said:

TheEnglishGent said:

Hoping it grows on me but I'll wait for the whole album to listen again. At the moment I have Jughead on repeat in an attempt to purge U Know. In about 40 minutes I'll be ready to move up to Horny Pony.

You'll be onto Incense & Candles in no time. Have you cracked and listened to Clouds yet?

I did listen to Clouds, this thread has grown pretty quickly so my passing mention was easy to miss. I mentioned back in reply #145 that after listening to this track I had to listen to Clouds. That one really didn't grab me but neither did it repulse me. I have 0 hype for this album as I don't like Breakfast Can Wait either .

I usually find that I love at least half of most Prince albums, even the recent stuff, and can usually take or leave the rest of the tracks. The last album track that I hated and can't listen to was Sea Of Eveyrthing. I'm hoping the rest of AOA bring some nice surprises on the 29th but considering the success rate so far it's not looking good for me with this disc.

I might give them another go later when everyone else is asleep. But then again my crying might wake everybody up!

TheEnglishGent said:

[snip - no need to antagonize people who like the song - M]

Is there a direct link to the Soundcloud preview? That is ok to ask for, right?