shoulda coulda woulda- its HIS album-not yours! people hav been making mixes for years! thats wats wrong with people now days! mix the sequence for the new albums however you want! noone is going to agree with u! so stop bragging! get over it! make your mix however u want and STFU!

dazedawhile said:

shoulda coulda woulda- its HIS album-not yours! people hav been making mixes for years! thats wats wrong with people now days! mix the sequence for the new albums however you want! noone is going to agree with u! so stop bragging! get over it! make your mix however u want and STFU!

Exclamation mark! people have been having opinions for years! thats wats wrong with people now days! exclamation mark no capitals! have your opinion however you want! dont care if anyone agrees with u! get over it! no other punctuation! exclamation mark! have your little say and get it off youre chest! exclamation marks for fun!!!!!!

TheEnglishGent said:

I'm going to pass on buying this CD this time. I really was planning to buy it but I'm saving my money for November for a special convention we have coming up. Not to mention, I have a really hard time breaking my $100 bills, with my OCD and all. If I break the bill, it's like I might as well spend the whole darned thing. Can't help it. It's not like I don't have the money though. I know, stupid. But it's a compulsion.

[Edited 9/28/14 3:25am]

whats happened to the ALBUM DISCUSSION thread? is it now the silly season?

eelco said:

TrevorAyer said:

nosajd said:

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If Prince has to start pumping out crap like that for hits, then I don't want it. I can maybe understand Beyonce, but she has something Prince doesn't, she's a hot female. But Miley & Kanye, are you f'n serious? They may appeal to the masses, but imo that doesn't make them good.

Yeezus was the best prince record prince never wrote .. yeah kanye is cheesy sometimes but he always had talent and Yeezus (save one crap song) is top notch .. u cant stop by miley is also top notch classic tune .. her other stuff is ok but u can see she has that dolly parton blood and has a knack .. beyonce i dont even like very much but i can hear why that drunk in love song is a hit .. i also love that rhianna song 'stay' .. all of these songs sound like what prince should be putting out to me .. its his minimalist sound and style .. echo dark dance robot pop .. but prince is too busy hyping his bravado and sex skills and it is super boring and shallow and making lyrics out of new age pamphlet texts and just stuff like that .. he can do better

As much as I disagree with your 2 out of 5, I agree that he could learn a few things from Kanye. I'm suprised he gets as much hate for his music on here as he does when he clearly has what Prince has been missing for quite some time. He has the balls and creativity to put together a whole album that sounds good for every album since his debut. They have concepts, a beginning, an end, a story, and hits. However I think this album of Prince is atleast worht a 3,5 out of 5 from what I've heard. Not a classic, but a well put together album that sounds both modern and minneapolis sound at the same time.

Replica said:

Alexandernvrmind said:

Replica said:

As much as I disagree with your 2 out of 5, I agree that he could learn a few things from Kanye. I'm suprised he gets as much hate for his music on here as he does when he clearly has what Prince has been missing for quite some time. He has the balls and creativity to put together a whole album that sounds good for every album since his debut. They have concepts, a beginning, an end, a story, and hits. However I think this album of Prince is atleast worht a 3,5 out of 5 from what I've heard. Not a classic, but a well put together album that sounds both modern and minneapolis sound at the same time.

Kanye? Really. Cmon man. Kayne is straight demonic. Now Prince needs to take lessons from Kayne? Wow people on this site are absolutely nuts

I can't take the opinions of anybody praising Kanye seriously. As soon as I see that I don't care what they think of Prince or his album because their opinion is no longer relevant. Kanye?!? Gimme a break...

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TrevorAyer said:

Yeezus was the best prince record prince never wrote .. yeah kanye is cheesy sometimes but he always had talent and Yeezus (save one crap song) is top notch .. u cant stop by miley is also top notch classic tune .. her other stuff is ok but u can see she has that dolly parton blood and has a knack .. beyonce i dont even like very much but i can hear why that drunk in love song is a hit .. i also love that rhianna song 'stay' .. all of these songs sound like what prince should be putting out to me .. its his minimalist sound and style .. echo dark dance robot pop .. but prince is too busy hyping his bravado and sex skills and it is super boring and shallow and making lyrics out of new age pamphlet texts and just stuff like that .. he can do better

One day Prince is trying too hard to sound like others, the next he's not listening to the people he's not supposed to be trying to sound like, then the following day Kanye made the kind of record you want Prince to make. I'm amazed you left out a diatribe about his failure to marry a Kardashian girl like that morbidly pompous Kanye.

Alexandernvrmind said:

Replica said:

As much as I disagree with your 2 out of 5, I agree that he could learn a few things from Kanye. I'm suprised he gets as much hate for his music on here as he does when he clearly has what Prince has been missing for quite some time. He has the balls and creativity to put together a whole album that sounds good for every album since his debut. They have concepts, a beginning, an end, a story, and hits. However I think this album of Prince is atleast worht a 3,5 out of 5 from what I've heard. Not a classic, but a well put together album that sounds both modern and minneapolis sound at the same time.

Kanye? Really. Cmon man. Kayne is straight demonic. Now Prince needs to take lessons from Kayne? Wow people on this site are absolutely nuts

I'm not talking about his personality or narssistic lyrics. I'm talking about music history, entertainment value, breaking ground... Kanye West has changed music and helped paving the way for artists such as Drake, Frank Ocean, James Blake, The Weeknd, OFWGKTA, Rihanna, and from a musical standpoint influenced Jay Z more than the other way around through the last years. Kanye is a moron, and idiot, you can also call him a demon if you want. However it wont change the facts that he has been one of the most important acts for the last 10 years atleast. Learn some modern music history before you totally dismiss him.

Personally I will no matter what I've said probably listen to AOA more than Yeezus. Not because it's much better. But because it's more up my alley. It speaks to me and the music I prefer to make. I'll listen to Yeezus, Run The Jewls, Killer Mike etc if I want some dark urban electro hip hop stuff.

Replica said:

Kanye West has changed music and helped paving the way for artists such as Drake, Frank Ocean, James Blake, The Weeknd, OFWGKTA, Rihanna, and from a musical standpoint influenced Jay Z more than the other way around through the last years. Kanye is a moron, and idiot, you can also call him a demon if you want. However it wont change the facts that he has been one of the most important acts for the last 10 years atleast. Learn some modern music history before you totally dismiss him.

Even knowing some modern music history I dismiss Kanye as well as the artists you site him influencing. I haven't heard anything by any of them that I want to hear again. That includes Jay Z.

Being "one of the most important acts of the last 10 years" does not make him good.

Oh, yeah... Get off my lawn!!

TheEnglishGent said:

Okay, I'm back after BEING BANNED (). Still enjoying the album immensely. My favourite tracks are changing by the day which is always a good sign.

Aerogram said:

One day Prince is trying too hard to sound like others, the next he's not listening to the people he's not supposed to be trying to sound like, then the following day Kanye made the kind of record you want Prince to make. I'm amazed you left out a diatribe about his failure to marry a Kardashian girl like that morbidly pompous Kanye.

Remember that it's a huge difference between learning from others and copying them. Prince learned from Hendrix, Parliament, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Joni Mitchell, Gary Numan, David Bowie... and the list goes on. It doesn't make him less original. In fact it makes it easier for him to create new ideas. Anyways I respect Prince for all that he is trying to do, and I think the last album is good, so I have noting negative to say. I just think it's lame to think that it's wrong to get inspired. He's probably already learned a few tricks from some of the new cats. That's why he is cooperating with them. It still amazes me today that Prince fans are so addicted to the drama involving starts and their private lives. It doesn't make them any better or worse musicians.

Re: Art Official Cage, I love how Prince kicks off some his albums off with a anthemic banger. (1999, Let's Go Crazy, New Power Generation) AOC is really growing on me. And why can't Prince have some fun along with his moody, introspective gems on AOA? He should most definitely begin his shows with AOC if he tours for AOA. That would be epic with the right stage/light show.

TrevorAyer said:

djThunderfunk said:

BobGeorge909 said:

TrevorAyer said:

welcome home class .. this is the review u have been waiting for .. mr. nelson? .. mr. nelson? i know u are in suspended animation but that is no excuse .. 4to5 years late this is what u hand me .. well judgement day has come .. stand before all that u stand 4 .. 4 if u do not stand for something u fall for anything ... shall we begin?

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ART OFFICIAL CAGE .. what a great concept the cage is .. love the intro .. eye no its typical dance music lics but eye like it there .. nice poppy bass .. nice clean guitar .. fun horns .. singing not so good .. but not so bad .. the funk beat is so fun i don't mind prince singing .. uh oh .. now its chipmunk prince philophising .. ow shit it really is Tony M .. and did he name check NEFER ASSET TITI damn this guy does read the ORG .. alright if i pay no attention to the lyrics this is a super fun track .. even tho i really like the concept of the track lyrically the lyrics them selves are nothing great ..

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CLOUDS .. starts with something sample sounding .. the beat sounds like something BIG would rap over to try to get the girls to buy his records .. but yeah .. this is easily the worst song on the record ... i have a song called "give me one more chance to make ur underpants get up and dance" that is almost as stupid as the lyrics to this song .. but yeah this song is just like incense and candles to me .. a lot of lyrics that are just awful .. after such a funky intro with Art Official Cage, Clouds kinda ruins the beginning of the record .. hopefully something from PE will make a good replacement song on my mixtape

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THE BREAKDOWN .. I still think this song is the best song Prince has written in a couple decades .. the lyrics are outstanding .. I keep thinking that maybe this song used to be called "wally" .. could it be .. did he finally dust it off? .. the lasers are fine .. the mastering is pretty really bad .. I can hear this song jammed out on guitar for 10 minutes live .. I really like that prince is saying he is sorry in this song and another one later on the record .. It seems like he is thinking about some of his superficial priorities .. this is a really great song in so many ways lyrically, musically .. it is a shame the mastering is so bad and the song is so short .. a lot of potential here ..

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THE GOLD STANDARD .. Tony M returns in his role as Bob George this time .. ha maybe prince really is giving the org the middle finger .. he must know we hates that Tony M .. anyway so Tony M is singing the lyrics to baby knows as a dance chant .. a common flaw on this record is that prince reuses a lot of old lyrics and changes them so little it makes me wonder how dry that well really is .. but go round party like its 1999 .. probably a few more in there .. the music sounds a little old school .. lyrics still lacking but the harmonies are really nice .. I can't say that I find lyrics like "crazy amazing" to be an impressive ode to "power fantastic" .. power fantastic conjured all these images of what that meant in my mind .. crazy amazing sounds like something snooki texted on twitter .. but I digress ... prince is now singing about how good music used to be .. why does prince keep writing songs about how good music used to be? .. it makes for a bad song that noone will relate to .. its like hearing your grandparents tell u they used to walk 10 miles to school barefoot IN A SONG .. cmon prince ... live a little .. write about that! .. okback to the song .. ah "if what u play take ur troubles away and make somebody smile" sung in prince trademark "marbles in mouth" style .. or maybe he had Tony M's balls in his mouth .. not sure why prince still writes lyrics that dont fit the measure .. he does this on "guitar" as well with the "like a chain around your waist etc marbles" line .. it is one of my pet peves with prince that i find makes me not want to listen to the song ever again ... "turn it up let your body move" pretty sure he has sung that lyric in like everyfuckingsonghewrotesincewbsplit .. and bob george is rapping again .. ok this is not a good track at all .. now prince has tacked on the lolita "shake it like a pecker wood" ending .. sorry but this song is shit .. a bunch of rehash prince .. here come the horns .. pretty boring horn riffs .. y does prince have such boring horns when he could have horns like he did on y should eye do dat when i could do dis? .. ok now cloreen bacon skin rip .. its like that robert plant song where he sampled a bunch of old led zep riffs .. prince just threw the kitchen sink at this song and it still sucks

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U KNOW ... this song sounds like someone else wrote the music .. i've heard this kind of piano uh huh loop before but i still really like it .. nice and minimal .. its the style prince influenced coming round and now prince be singing on the modern version .. dont need the rewind backwords mess .. it reminds me too much of the trauma that was npgmusic club when he butchered all those live tunes with the rewind censor button .. still this is a great song .. reminds me of how much better prince sounded on the remix of RNRLA without all the music and only a beat .. I could hear prince doing this one live but probably it will be with a band and turn into some lite jazz blues number instead of the electronic mood that it is .. love it .. great tune

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BREAKFAST CAN WAIT .. hated this song on first listen .. it does not offend me as much as it once did .. pretty lazy lyrics but they are cute when he is not singing the "finally my eyes are open" part .. when he is singing that part tho .. it reminds me a lot of how much i hate "incense and candles" it just does not work and its just prefab rnb template music .. the song works much butter when prince is just talking normal with his simple lyrics delivered slowly .. ok prince is dating alvin the chipmunk and let the little guy sit in on the end of this song .. i may remix this song and take out the offensive parts .. otherwise this one is sure to hit the garbage can soon enough

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THIS COULD BE US ... "sex with me aint enough .. that's why we gotta do it metaphysically" "in the middle of a cold cold night .. i think u will" .. one lyric is cute and everyone can relate to it .. one lyric is why prince music fails on the regular .. can u figure out which is which .. i bet u can if u think real hard .. this is a song that had great potentially lyrically conceptually nice chords but some real bad lyrics thrown in there make it real hard to like this one .. and his major key conclusive way of ending the phrase "this could be us" is a bit sesame street .. it's that graffitti bridge (the song) style of writing that does nothing for me .. eye am a minor key kinda guy .. this one hits the garbage can too

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THIS IS WHAT IT FEELS LIKE ... reminds me of the emancipation 'sound' .. maybe that da da da song with the bass .. "your names not david and it sure aint saul" same lyrical problem we had with prince singing about "steve" on "feel better feel good" .. then we get the "silly rabbit playing trix" condescending 'wo is me' prince "all my girlfriends are hookers" song .. lyrically this one is allready in the sewer .. the chorus is ok and not too grating but the lyrics are all pretty bad .. another song with potential that prince ruined .. recycle bin then delete

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A FIRM ASS SON 1+2 ... ok i like the chick talking ... good stuff

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WAY BACK HOME ... this is a good song .. lyrically and the music is interesting .. and the singing delivery is sincere .. it sounds really great to hear prince sing with a bit of passion .. the way his voice curls around the chorus and cracks a little emotion .. ug .. well some lyrics are not "great" but a lot of good lyrics in there ..

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FUNK N ROLL .. again we have some lyrics on repeat for prince "get it turned up" "lets party like u aint gonna party again" is 1999 all over again .. except "party like it's 1999" conjurs a much more colorful image than the funknroll lyric .. get yer party on .. who ya gonna call? .. ghost busters? the ghost of prince old lyrics in full effect here .. I do think "get into the rythm its good for the soul" is a great lyric tho .. nice twist prince hasn't used before .. has that playful feel of daddy pop .. so mostly the lyrics are all shit but the music is certainly very interesting .. when he hits that classic "ow w w w " that leads into the keyboards and guitar it actually sounds like old prince for a second .. this is a fun funk jam if you ignore the stupid lyrics

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TIME ... ok this is probably the best thing on the record .. the chorus is classic .. the lyrics are super great .. seems like prince is apologizing again .. the girl gets all the good lyrics tho .. so maybe prince did not write them .. ok i take that back .. prince does have some bad lyrics and delivery .. he should have just let the girl write all the lyrics .. still the chorus is so strong it would be hard to delete this song ..

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AFRO NATION 3 .. still like these things but it sounds like she is talking over little red corvette, which is cheating .. p gotta come up with some new stuff already .. does make a nice outro tho

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so I kinda like 6 tunes on here .. that is not too bad but half of those are plagued with really bad lyrics .. I am gonna give this record

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2 OUT OF 5 STARS

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That is because The Breakdown is a classic that will hopefully live on like The One did in some form .. and he has got some other good ideas .. but not enough to make this a classic or great record .. it is more like a 'not quite as offensive to my ears as he has been' record .. a couple good ideas but not much more than he had on lotus .. prince needs a lyricist real bad .. he really could have a great record if he chopped out ALL his rap and rnb efforts and just did songs only prince can do .. prince sucks at rap and he sucks at rnb .. he had great rnb tunes but they were more than rnb .. scandelous .. do me baby .. it had more bite .. his rnb now is bland stock arrangements that any boring musician on the radio could be singing ..

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I have not heard PE yet but I really can imagine a couple good tunes from that record with prince singing would have helped this record. There are at least 4 crap tunes on here like CLOUDS that should never have seen daylight. It's too bad prince still won't let wb guide him to a great record and return. As much as I like some tunes on here, none of them are "hits". None of them have what a beyonce or miley or kanye tune have that will get them over with the masses .. maybe a big debut on the charts but this guy doesn't hear a single.

[Edited 9/26/14 7:58am]

[Edited 9/26/14 8:04am]

No set of words has had me as ecstatic as these do in relation to how I listen to music and what i get out of it. This is top notch stuff dude. I don't know how u pulled it off. My attempts at satire usually end up being fairly transparent... But this! Wow. U maintained ALL the way through and never lost character. This is GOOD stuff dude....really. I enjoy satire and occasionally make attempts of my own, but work like this let's me know I can put it on the back burner for a bit till I can find something to push me more. To match work like this imma need it. Again...thanks...have a good Sunday. I appreciate your work. [Edited 9/28/14 7:17am]

Haha,,it is Tony M ,,,they trollign us...its a great track

BobGeorge909 said:

absolutely emptiness

totally forgettable

this NOTHING cannot even dream of touching Musicology, 3121, Lotus or 20Ten

even MPLSound is better than this

is this the best he can come up with in 4 years...then, wow

overall the album sounds like a bunch of 2006-2010 outtakes, The Gold Standard might be the best song here, and that's only because it's a ripoff of Partyman

right now I say this is one of the top5 worst P albums, right there with NEWS, Chocolate Invasion, Slaughterhouse and Kamasutra

[Edited 9/28/14 10:01am]

JoeTyler said:

absolutely emptiness

totally forgettable

this NOTHING cannot even dream of touching Musicology, 3121, Lotus or 20Ten

even MPLSound is better than this

is this the best he can come up with in 4 years...then, wow

overall the album sounds like a bunch of 2006-2010 outtakes, The Gold Standard might be the best song here, and that's only because it's a ripoff of Partyman

right now I say this is one of the top5 worst P albums, right there with NEWS, Chocolate Invasion, Slaughterhouse and Kamasutra

[Edited 9/28/14 10:01am]

I have to concur Ive listened to it for the last 4 days and it's nothing special at all. Just continuing the decline.

JoeTyler said:

absolutely emptiness

totally forgettable

this NOTHING cannot even dream of touching Musicology, 3121, Lotus or 20Ten

even MPLSound is better than this

is this the best he can come up with in 4 years...then, wow

overall the album sounds like a bunch of 2006-2010 outtakes, The Gold Standard might be the best song here, and that's only because it's a ripoff of Partyman

right now I say this is one of the top5 worst P albums, right there with NEWS, Chocolate Invasion, Slaughterhouse and Kamasutra

[Edited 9/28/14 10:01am]

...we must be listening to two different albums....20Ten?...lol

lazycrockett said:

The cat's pajamas:

"Clouds"

"U Know"

"This Could Be Us"

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"U Know" should be the single!

The future is bright!

Prost!

[Edited 9/28/14 11:18am]

murph said:

JoeTyler said:

absolutely emptiness

totally forgettable

this NOTHING cannot even dream of touching Musicology, 3121, Lotus or 20Ten

even MPLSound is better than this

is this the best he can come up with in 4 years...then, wow

overall the album sounds like a bunch of 2006-2010 outtakes, The Gold Standard might be the best song here, and that's only because it's a ripoff of Partyman

right now I say this is one of the top5 worst P albums, right there with NEWS, Chocolate Invasion, Slaughterhouse and Kamasutra

[Edited 9/28/14 10:01am]

...we must be listening to two different albums....20Ten?...lol

YES

20Ten is a strong album

AOA SUCKS

face it, accept it, deal with it

nayroo2002 said:

The cat's pajamas:

"Clouds"

"U Know"

"This Could Be Us"

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"U Know" should be the single!

The future is bright!

Prost!

[Edited 9/28/14 11:18am]

Whoops!

I forgot to mention the actual Prince track, "The Gold Standard"

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I didn't read the thread, so my shitty opinion probably dosen't coincide with yours...