New Power Generation - the grandaddy of "New Jack" Prince song..."YEAH BOY, PUMPING THE BIG NOIZE FOR THE 90's"

Latest Fashion - a true mess of a song. Amazing how much better My Summertime Thing is.

Get Off - Yes, one "t". Inexplicable how this ended up being released, even as a b-side. Its only saving grace is that it led to Gett Off with was a surprise hit for Prince.

Jughead - nuff said

My Name is Prince - more for the awful video and the first appearance of the ill-conceived gun mic but also not a great song on its own.

The Flow - Another WTF moment from this era

Loose! - ONETWOTHREEFOUR!

Big Fun - Get Freaky let yo head bob

Mr. Happy - Prince still doing late 80s new jack in 1996

Da Da Da - Seriously couldnt find another track from the cutting room floor to replace this?

I Like it There - The first "rock" song on this list but a distorted guitar doesnt automatically make a song rock. If Prince woke up one day and forgot how to write a song, this is what it would sound like.

Right The Wrong - First and last appearance of Prince's western drawl. Thank god.

Shoo-Deb-Ooh - Forgot this even existed. Not sure what he was going for here

Push it Up - As painfully bad as I remembered it

The Greatest Romance - Vocals layered upon layer upon layer upon layer. Make it stop please!

Silly Game - Prince's first attempt at 70s easy listening is a misfire. He gets better at it if you like this sort of thing.

Life O the Party - If I had to pick one sogn for this list, this one would be one of the 3 contenders

Cinnamon Girl - Reminds me of I Like It There. Prince doing a pop/rock song very badly.

Incense & Candles - Prince finally gets to late 90s R&B and autotune.......in 2006

Mr Goodnight - the perfect companion for Mr. Happy.

Lion of Judah - THIS is what the long await reunion with W&L led to? Really?

Therell never b another like me - Prince, you're like 50 years old. Stop braggin'

Valentina - Kinda creepy when you hear what this was about.

Sea Of Everything - another bad easy listening mistake. cf with Walk in Sand which is actually quite good.

Art Official Cage - a mess

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Nope.

Half of these songs are utter brilliance.

Bye!

emesem said:

New Power Generation - the grandaddy of "New Jack" Prince song..."YEAH BOY, PUMPING THE BIG NOIZE FOR THE 90's"

Latest Fashion - a true mess of a song. Amazing how much better My Summertime Thing is.

Get Off - Yes, one "t". Inexplicable how this ended up being released, even as a b-side. Its only saving grace is that it led to Gett Off with was a surprise hit for Prince.

Jughead - nuff said

My Name is Prince - more for the awful video and the first appearance of the ill-conceived gun mic but also not a great song on its own.

The Flow - Another WTF moment from this era

Loose! - ONETWOTHREEFOUR!

Big Fun - Get Freaky let yo head bob

Mr. Happy - Prince still doing late 80s new jack in 1996

Da Da Da - Seriously couldnt find another track from the cutting room floor to replace this?

I Like it There - The first "rock" song on this list but a distorted guitar doesnt automatically make a song rock. If Prince woke up one day and forgot how to write a song, this is what it would sound like.

Right The Wrong - First and last appearance of Prince's western drawl. Thank god.

Shoo-Deb-Ooh - Forgot this even existed. Not sure what he was going for here

Push it Up - As painfully bad as I remembered it

The Greatest Romance - Vocals layered upon layer upon layer upon layer. Make it stop please!

Silly Game - Prince's first attempt at 70s easy listening is a misfire. He gets better at it if you like this sort of thing.

Life O the Party - If I had to pick one sogn for this list, this one would be one of the 3 contenders

Cinnamon Girl - Reminds me of I Like It There. Prince doing a pop/rock song very badly.

Incense & Candles - Prince finally gets to late 90s R&B and autotune.......in 2006

Mr Goodnight - the perfect companion for Mr. Happy.

Lion of Judah - THIS is what the long await reunion with W&L led to? Really?

Therell never b another like me - Prince, you're like 50 years old. Stop braggin'

Valentina - Kinda creepy when you hear what this was about.

Sea Of Everything - another bad easy listening mistake. cf with Walk in Sand which is actually quite good.

Art Office Cage - a mess

[Edited 10/9/14 11:09am]

Great list. Add the 2 new albums as well. Even the song 'Clouds' is ruined by La Havas:

Mr. Nelson, Mr. Nelson, can you hear my voice?
Sir, we know you're a little bit groggy
And you're probably going to find it hard to speak
But don't try to talk or process too much now
We just want to let you know that the medication you were given
Has put you in a suspended animation for quite some time
Well, in fact, about 45 years
But where you are now
Is a place that does not require time
That being said, you are completely safe
And we are here to help you

Animal Kingdom is the only song of his that I cannot listen to under any circumstances.

Cringe to infinity and beyond.

This list looks like a "Best Of..."

emesem said:

EroticDreamer said:

emesem said:

emesem said:

New Power Generation - the grandaddy of "New Jack" Prince song..."YEAH BOY, PUMPING THE BIG NOIZE FOR THE 90's"

Latest Fashion - a true mess of a song. Amazing how much better My Summertime Thing is.

I agree with these choices.

"New Power Generation" is a very weak R&B song.I always felt that Prince needed a stronger,more powerful song to be the first performance scene in GB.

"The Latest Fashion" is a joke of a song.The lyrics make no sense.That little rap that Prince does near the end ("it's jacked....I'm back....and I'm harder than a heart attack") is embarrassing,lol.

Yeah,I don't like this song either.I feel the same way about "Style".These songs sound lazy and mediocre.

emesem said:

Da Da Da - Seriously couldnt find another track from the cutting room floor to replace this?

My name is Prince? The Flow? Right the Wrong? I like it There? Insence & Candles? Art Official Cage? Oh dear.... These songs are awsome! Also, dissing anything on the Symbol album automatically sends you to the back of the class.

The others on your list, whilst I agree are not very good, I wouldnt call them cringeworthy. The only cringeworthy song I can think of that really is shameful and piss-poor is Purple & Gold. I cant believe Prince spent time in the studio and came up with that. Oh, and also Joy in Repetition. Just too painful.



















Just kidding about Joy in Repetition.

Not that many, as he sets the bar high. But occasionally a stinker gets through. In No order.

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1. Graffiti Bridge - Yuk, yuk, too cheesy by half. (Although Mavis Staples and most of the Time songs are pretty bad).

2. Jughead - What the honest fuck

3. Arrogance/ The Flow - wack ass Jams, with nxxxxr this and nxxxxr that thru them.

4. Solo - Aaarrrrgghhhh!!!! How did this self indulgent experiment get made

5. The Pope - Another wack ass rap

6. Props and Pounds - Just don't like it.

7. I Rock therefore I am - Parts are ok, but the Scrappy doo rap and the ragga shit with the condoms and bacardi lets party nonsense.

8. Face Down/ Da Da - Scrap D should have never come near Prince, makes Tony M look like Ice cube.

9. All of Newpower soul except Come On, The One and Wasted kisses - all shitty filler

10. All of the Darth Vader voices on The Rainbow children and the morose rap on Muse to the Pharoah. The rest of the album ain't that bad given the musicality and the superior ballads.

11. So Far so Pleased, sounds like very weak Roxette, I kind of like Gwen Stefani, but not this.

12. The Arms of Orion - Just pointless

13. Lemon Crush - Why is this song even on an album - yuk.

14. Purple and Gold - Shittiest shit he has ever shat out.

15. NEWS - Dull Album but not that bad, just a snore fest.

There are a lot of average/bad songs, but these ones are the cream of the cream of bad songs. But fortunately for every Face Down theres at least 20 Adore quality songs as well. I know I will get criticised for getting negative. But I really love the fact Prince has at least 500 great songs I listen to regularly and none in the last decade make the list.

EroticDreamer said:

Animal Kingdom is the only song of his that I cannot listen to under any circumstances.

Cringe to infinity and beyond.

Good call.

air said:

#1 Purple & Gold

Even worse than 'Animal Kingdom', actually.

I played 'Jughead' for a class presentation just to mindfuck my teacher way back when.
It worked out rather well. Ah, to be young and frivolous again. So 'Jughead' gets a pass from me.

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Courtin Time

The Rest Of My Life

Purple and Gold

Everybody Loves Me

I can't disagree with anyone's list in this thread. Every one of those songs are bad. Though I can't say anything good or bad about AOA because it's so cringe inducing, I can't even listen to it. But "Pussy Control" is the worst of all. I can't consider TGE a great album because this is the opening track.

Disc 2

1. "Sex in the Summer" – 5:57
2. "One Kiss at a Time" – 4:41
3. "Soul Sanctuary" – 4:41 (Lyrics: Prince, Sandra St. Victor, T. Hammer)
4. "Emale" – 3:38
5. "Dreamin' About U" – 3:52
6. "Joint 2 Joint" – 7:52
7. "The Holy River" – 6:55
8. "Let's Have a Baby" – 4:07
9. "Saviour" – 5:48
10. "The Plan" – 1:47
11. "Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother/Wife" – 7:37

One good track...on the second disc of Emancipation. The rest is pure mistreatment of ears and mind. Prince surely lost his way in that period.

mordang said:

you folks are cray cray

controversy99 said:

mordang said:

Disc 2

1. "Sex in the Summer" – 5:57
2. "One Kiss at a Time" – 4:41
3. "Soul Sanctuary" – 4:41 (Lyrics: Prince, Sandra St. Victor, T. Hammer)
4. "Emale" – 3:38
5. "Dreamin' About U" – 3:52
6. "Joint 2 Joint" – 7:52
7. "The Holy River" – 6:55
8. "Let's Have a Baby" – 4:07
9. "Saviour" – 5:48
10. "The Plan" – 1:47
11. "Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother/Wife" – 7:37

One good track...on the second disc of Emancipation. The rest is pure mistreatment of ears and mind. Prince surely lost his way in that period.

Wait, what?! The second disk is the best disk on that set by far, hands down, not even close.

I almost say i'd rather have my teeth pulled, whitout anasthetic, than listen to that junk ever again...but I'm not that brave. But fuck me, that whole album was a disappointment...and the tracks on disc 2 are the worst: cheezy, gutcringing, utterly dimunitive to once manhood. If I'd want to punnish myself...that's the disc I'd choose.

mordang said:

controversy99 said:

mordang said: Wait, what?! The second disk is the best disk on that set by far, hands down, not even close.

I almost say i'd rather have my teeth pulled, whitout anasthetic, than listen to that junk ever again...but I'm not that brave. But fuck me, that whole album was a disappointment...and the tracks on disc 2 are the worst: cheezy, gutcringing, utterly dimunitive to once manhood. If I'd want to punnish myself...that's the disc I'd choose.

Wow, I'm surprised for the dislike of the 2'nd disc of Emancipation. If you remove Sex in the Summer, Email & Let's Have a Baby I think it would be a stellar disc of ballads.

As far as the rest of the songs that have been mentioned, I can't really disagree. I would also add to that list Undisputed, Wherever U go Whatever U do, Everyday is a Winding Road, Wedding Feast, SST, United States of Division, 1999 The New Master and its 6 painful remixes, Gangster Glam, Clockin' the Jizz ... I could go on ... there are so many

controversy99 said:

Chronologically... 1. Dead On It

Dead On It will one day be reckon as a masterpiece.

'Dead on it' is a hilarious critique of a genre. Great song.

bonatoc said: