So you don't like it? Cool.

larksanders said:

So you don't like it? Cool.

exactly, he dont like it and trying to align folks with his thoughts. HE should just speak for himself..

donnyenglish said:

"Honey don't pre-order the 2 new Prince CD's the neighbors don't like them!"

thedoorkeeper said:

donnyenglish said:

My wife was completely turned off from the entire project after listening to those three songs. Most non-hardcore fans will have the same reaction.

Well if your wife is turned off thats good enough for me. I'm going to cancel my pre-order right now!!

really, so you know most of the non hardcore people who dislike it..GImme some fucking names

lwr001 said:

thedoorkeeper said:

lwr001 said:

really, so you know most of the non hardcore people who dislike it..GImme some fucking names

Bruce from two houses down. His brother in law Roger. Both their wifes. Skye. Pete. LaFonda. Cirocco and his two dogs. Viviq. Bernny and Bernard. Oh shit I just realized you were addressing that question at donnyenglish. Nevermind.

lol..too funny..its friday and i am trolling ...dont mean no harm or disrespect to anyone

P is going to come to Donny's house with the full band, play her favorite hits live in the living room , sign the new albums and have his wife reconsider. It might knock out the neighborhood power but I doubt the neighbors would care, or the cops.

Gotta keep the missus happy.

dalsh327 said:

P is going to come to Donny's house with the full band, play her favorite hits live in the living room , sign the new albums and have his wife reconsider. It might knock out the neighborhood power but I doubt the neighbors would care, or the cops.

Gotta keep the missus happy.

who was it the rapper Joe Budden recently got into with his gf (big blowout) ;; tweeted afterward that he knew it was a bad idea to contionue the relationship when he found out his gf didn;t like Prince ..lolo

It doesnt really matter at this point either way, the albums will sell a week and then fade into oblivion I really dont know what you people think the 56 year old PRINCE is going to do chart wise and radio wise in this day and age. Ya'll still having Purple Dreams, its over get used to it, hes not 25 anymore

lastdecember said:

donnyenglish said:

Poplife88 said:

donnyenglish said:

Except for Breakdown, the pre-releases have gone over with fans like a lead balloon. Some movies do better if people don't get to review them before they come out. Whitecaps, U Know and FunkNRoll remix all gave an opportunity for hardcore and casual fans to be highly critical of the new albums. Probably not smart to market the album with a songs with lead vocals from Hannah, samples/autotune and a 90's sounding Timbaland remix. Perhaps it will be a good thing for him to go in a different direction, but I think that using those three songs to market the albums this close to the release was a big mistake. My wife was completely turned off from the entire project after listening to those three songs. Most non-hardcore fans will have the same reaction.

<--- This Prince fan loves the new songs and they have energized my excitement for the albums. Something that hasn't happened in awhile for me when it comes to new Prince music. The people around me love FunknRoll. Why? It's a very fun and funky song that gets their booty movin. Don't like the new stuff? Ok... That's cool...but just because u don't like it certainly doesn't mean it's a sure-failure.

Don't forget about his wife. She was completely turned off!

HonestMan13 said:

Poplife88 said:

donnyenglish said: <--- This Prince fan loves the new songs and they have energized my excitement for the albums. Something that hasn't happened in awhile for me when it comes to new Prince music. The people around me love FunknRoll. Why? It's a very fun and funky song that gets their booty movin. Don't like the new stuff? Ok... That's cool...but just because u don't like it certainly doesn't mean it's a sure-failure.

Don't forget about his wife. She was completely turned off!

Tell him my spouse keeps getting closer and closer on the couch when I play the tracks, and I don't mean closer to the edge of the balcony.

I don't think it makes any difference. I haven't heard half of them myself, so if you want to get a preview you can, and if you'd rather wait you can do that too - Win/win?

just a way to get a few more bucks by buying songs and then buying the whole

It was a great idea preleasing songs before the album is released because now I know not to buy it. If I had actually spent my money on this sellout mess, I would have been pissed.

I think donnyenglish is right, that pre-releasing is a bad idea. People can judge a whole album/cd just by the few songs they've listened to. That's the problem with today's music and stuff by internet. Nothing is a surprise anymore, and "leaks" are the norm. It spoils things. No need for any of you to be rude to the guy for posting his opinion, just because you don't like it.......geez!

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luvsexy4all said:

just a way to get a few more bucks by buying songs and then buying the whole

Maybe if you're carefully buying one song at a time. If you pre-ordered the whole thing, you don't pay more each time a song is released.

1contessa said:

KingSausage said:

The release of these songs actually turned my anticipation way up. Once I liked one dong, it got me to reassess others I had written off. Now I can't wait for these albums to come out (mostly AOA). I wasn't excited at all by the initial announcement. I'm excited to have the songs I already know together on one album, along with others that will be new to me. Breakfast can wait, but I can't!

I'm not quite sure what your liking dongs has to do with the pre-releases, but hey, nothing wrong with being open to new things.

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I've actually decided to wait. Not necessarily until the release (if the whole albums leak, I'll probably listen early), but at least until I can hear them as complete collections. I did listen to Whitecaps and U Know, but just once. Just a little over a week to go.

EddieC said:

KingSausage said:

Hahaha. Dammit. Not used to typing on this iPhone 6 yet. Fuck.

If the 'device'doesn't help, you bear the consequences.

As for the pre-releasing of so many songs: it gives away too much.

The songs should be a secret taht is unveiled at the day of release.

Like in the old days.

So what strategy is behind this new approach?

udo said:

The response to the new tracks, particularly FUNKNROLL, outside of prince.org has been exceptionally good and the new music is charting on iTunes all across Europe, so I'd say the WB strategy of pre-releases has gone well.

This is probably the best general public response to new Prince music since 1995. Just look at Twitter...

KingSausage said:

udo said:

If the 'device'doesn't help, you bear the consequences.

As for the pre-releasing of so many songs: it gives away too much.

The songs should be a secret taht is unveiled at the day of release.

Like in the old days.

So what strategy is behind this new approach?

Like the old days, my ass. You are familiar with singles, right? Or the many times artists would air an entire album or side ok the radio to give people a preview?

Exactly. I can remember when radio treated a new release by a major artist as an event and would have the majority of the tracks in rotation until the albums release. In fact I can remember hearing most of the tracks from SOTT on Houston's Majic 102 FM (including Housequake with a reverse effect over the word "bullshit") before the album came out. Same thing with Michael's "Bad". Now it's like pulling teeth to get radio to play a single song, so this is the internet equivalent of that.

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