Stymie said: If this is what Prince wants. to appeal to the younger crowd, then I wish him the best of luck. I do have to say that it puts that "real music by real musicans" thread in a new light. Right?! My thread was fucking awesome before. Now it's awesome and prophetic. "Drop that stereo before I blow your Goddamn nuts off, asshole!"
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Yeah he may have to retire that statement now | |
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That's because it sounds exactly like Jhene Aiko's sister Milan J's song: https://www.youtube.com/w...oy01Iy3B0k tab32792 said: meejaboy said: Doesn't sound like a Prince record.
Which is exactly what you want a new Prince record to sound like.
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not for nothing but it's "30 second byte" | |
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It.
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bloody.....
awful..........
God, somebody shoot that album and put it out of its misery. มีเพียงความว่างเปล่า 只有空虚 Dim ond gwacter 만 공허함이있다 唯一の虚しさがあります There is only the void. | |
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that's their claim.... but for what it's worth, truth or not, the music had a different vibe to it that was absent before and after.
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Stop the Prince Apologists ™ | |
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Blixical said: It.
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bloody.....
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God, somebody shoot that album and put it out of its misery. I don't shoot, but it'd be worth learning just to take this thing to the range, load it up like a clay pigeon, and yell, "Pull!" We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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I used to purchase Prince albums so I could avoid songs like this. Sorry. . I get that he doesn't want to relive the past and wants to try new things. But what happened to having some level of discernment regarding what's an experiment and what's album material? . I also agree with the previous posts regarding tempo of the album. So far it's a slow- to mid-tempo fest. A lot of mid-tempo beats with rushed lyrics to fill every hole. What used to be a craft of songwriting is now muddied by spoken interludes, samples and....autotune?!? This is a proven musician who stops mid-concert to preach about real music by real musicians, and a song like this makes the cut for his first album in four years? . Even worse to me is the PR behind this album, pushing it as "classic Prince." There is nothing "classic Prince" about this song. In fact, songs like this don't appeal to most people who know what "classic Prince" sounds like. This is for a different audience altogether. This is Prince working with a co-producer to sound contemporary and relevant, not to carve out a sound that's his. . I'm sure there are plenty of devoted fans out there who will eat this up. For me, it's a skip. This song is enough for me to say that the pendulum has swung to being more excited for Plectrum Electrum.
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this IS a strange choice of song to showcase a forthcomign release... this has to be Joshua's doing, he must be ultra proud of this egg. | |
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So? You mentioned Adonis & Bathsheeba, a song frome the time period we're talking about but with absolutely no input by W&L. The wooh is on the one! | |
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True fact.
I think different is good.
Sounding different by trying different things.
ATWIAD sounded v. different in comparion to PR, Parade to ATWIAD, SOTT to Parade, etc. etc. etc.
Keeping mixing things up makes stuff new and new is interesting.
I'm not a huge fan of the recent RnB Prince sound - but I've had this track on repeat for the last 30 minutes and will likely keep it so...
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The music sounds artificial for sure, (did he do that on purpose - WARNER BROS!!!!). I tried to listen to the words, but he was rappin, so I automatically tuned out. Decided to give it a second listen could only make out something about breasts and feeding him U know I could hook a brother up on that tip!!!
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what's your point? That song is genius too... I was speaking in terms of collaborators. | |
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Oh my god!!!!! | |
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I also got a Janelle feel - and that's a good thing: http://m.spin.com/article...pintwitter "We've never been able to pull off a funk number"
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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
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I gotta say, that after listening to 'The Breakdown', 'Clouds', and 'U Know', one after the other, they do go together very well. I'm not particularly fond of 'Breakfast Can Wait', but this album could end up being a surprising package, depending on the remainder of cuts... "He's a musician's musician..." | |
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wasitgood4u said: I also got a Janelle feel - and that's a good thing: http://m.spin.com/article...pintwitter This song isn't fit to wipe Janelle's boots. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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wow, "U Know"... sexxy fantastic.... Prince 4Ever. | |
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What does "classic Prince" sound like exactly?
In that run of albums from Dirty Mind to Lovesexy that most people might consider "classic Prince", not one sounded anything like the others - which is what made it "classic Prince".
This doesn't sound that much like anything he's done before, which, by definition is "classic Prince".
You might not like it - as many who liked PR didnt like ATWIAD - but that's just a question of taste, not of the artifical construct you have created of what you think Prince should sound like.
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Wow...straight rip. Walking alone in the dark, I see nothing u see
I can be in a park, or flying in the…in the deep sea I wish u’d hold my hand; then everything could b There’s nothing strange, we’re not deranged We only want everyday 2 b a Cosmic Day | |
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You know when you feel odd about typing something, like it's not right? I felt like that typing the quote. THanks for the correction. Walking alone in the dark, I see nothing u see
I can be in a park, or flying in the…in the deep sea I wish u’d hold my hand; then everything could b There’s nothing strange, we’re not deranged We only want everyday 2 b a Cosmic Day | |
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Genesia said: Blixical said: It.
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bloody.....
awful.....
God, somebody shoot that album and put it out of its misery. I don't shoot, but it'd be worth learning just to take this thing to the range, load it up like a clay pigeon, and yell, "Pull!" Hahaha. Nice. "Drop that stereo before I blow your Goddamn nuts off, asshole!"
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I just watched Mila's inverview on the Breakfast Club. She said she was in Prince's Diamonds and Pearls video and that growing up Prince's songs were always played in her home. Seems to be a reason behind the sampling. | |
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I actually really like this 1...it's fun & smooth & I personally like the use of the sample. It's not like he hasn't used sample before (7 for example). The more I hear from this project the more excited I get. I'm sure the Prince purist will hate it, but it sounds like fun 2 me. | |
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I think it is satire. 99.9% of everything I say is strictly for my own entertainment | |
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OMG! My new Prince song does not sound like Raspberry Beret. I am saddened. | |
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