I think Prince is so far having a decade that I would not have expected to be so interesting if you had asked me 10 years ago. I was expecting him to show his usual flashes of brilliance on records and keep being great live, but an album like Art Official Age didn't seem to be in the cards. Prince, finally mastering the poppy "contemporary" sound in his older age? Unthinkable -- he was going to do jazzy stuff to be more like Miles as he grew older, not still commenting on music today musically. Because that's what AOA is, it's Prince song-0-gram to people out there still interested he what he thinks of music.

To me, AOA is a work of love and spirit, he has harsh words for the music scene today but his genius comes through and the songs were clearly crafted carefully. People have qualms about chipmunk voices, lasers, fog horn effedts and compression, but this was probably all done intentionally as a "meta" thing -- Prince is often too clever by half, it's just his way.

What songs from the decade would you include on a sampler?

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Unfortunately, too much of this current decade has been Prince trying to gag the net, take down Youtube videos and write cheques with his mouth that his body can't cash (Purple Rain re releases), along with some bizarre releasing patterns until September last year.

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Had it been before Sep 2014, I would have nothing to say positive about Prince in the 2010's, I almost consider 20Ten a 2000's production sounding a lot like Lotusflow3r era out takes, although it has held up over time.

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Now I have to say that AOA was a very strong album and proved he still has at least some of his musical talent. PLE showed the more usual post 1988 Prince release with a few gems and a lot of badly conceived filler and showcasing of marginally talented females. Listening to the 20Ten album again has shown how strong it is and also some of the better in between songs.

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Good 2010 - 2014 songs

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Compassion

Future Soul Song

Walk In Sand

Lavaux

Beginning Endlessly

RnR love affair

Screwdriver

Fall in Love 2nite

Groovy Potential

Fixurlifeup

Pretzelbodylogic

Anotherlove

Whitecaps

Clouds

The Breakdown

The Gold Standard

This could be us

Time

Way Back Home

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Not bad so far, but hopefully the next 5 years will give us some more classics.

But also some very bad songs as well, amongst his very worse

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Everybody loves me

Boytrouble

Art Official Cage

Da Bourgeoisie

Purple and Gold

Cause and Effect

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They should have stayed in the vault

Adorecream said:

But also some very bad songs as well, amongst his very worse

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Everybody loves me

Boytrouble

Art Official Cage

Da Bourgeoisie

Purple and Gold

Cause and Effect

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They should have stayed in the vault

Disagree except for P&G, i think everyone agrees on that one.

You are all wrong. Below are the correct answers:

Sticky Like Glue

Future Soul Song

Walk In Sand

Lavaux

RnR love affair

Screwdriver

Fall in Love 2nite

FunkNRoll (AOA)

Wow

Fixurlifeup

Pretzelbodylogic

Anotherlove

Clouds

The Breakdown

The Gold Standard

U Know

Breakfast Can Wait

This could be us

Time

Way Back Home

I liked Extralovable Reloaded and chunks of AOA + Anotherlove, but looking back I haven't loved any official releases. Most of it was about on par with the High era, awkward and toothless.

The 2010s have been okay in Prince music I think. THere was some nice tracks that came out. However as a full length release I felt has alot of oomph was Lotus Flow3r. Art Official Age was not bad however, it was punchy and had some good tracks on it. Just needed some guitar action in that funk. Would have loved a gut wrenching guitar solo in The Gold Standard...and more moments like The Gold Standard..which was funky as all hell. The rest of AOA more so trailed on mid-tempo side.

Sticky Like Glue

Lavaux

Act of God

Breakfast Can Wait

The Gold Standard

AnotherLove

Aint Turnin Around

Way Back Home

Groovy Potential

Boyfriend

Screwdriver (which should have been on AOA or Plectrum)

Plectrum Electrum (great instrumental)

Interesting that many have Groovy Potential on their list, even though it was only released digitally. It would be on my list as well. Actually it's probably my favorite from the 2010s. And I suspect he recorded more songs in that style in the same time frame, as he seemed to be working a lot with the Hornheadz around 2011-13.

My 2010+ EP best of would be

Screwdriver

Clouds

The Gold Standard

U Know

Breakfast Can Wait

Anotherlove

So far that is all I can raelly put on a cd that I actually like. The rest would just be filler from after 2010 honestly but I would fill it up with pre 2010

Crimson and Clover

4ever

colonized mind

wall of berlin

dreamer

the one u wanna c

3121

f.u.n.k.

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trax said:

My 2010+ EP best of would be

Screwdriver

Clouds

The Gold Standard

U Know

Breakfast Can Wait

Anotherlove

So far that is all I can raelly put on a cd that I actually like. The rest would just be filler from after 2010 honestly but I would fill it up with pre 2010

Crimson and Clover

4ever

colonized mind

wall of berlin

dreamer

the one u wanna c

3121

f.u.n.k.

Lotus was released in '09.

Future Soul Song
Beginning Endlessly
Laydown
Breakfast Can Wait
AnotherLove
WOW
Time
Way Back Home
What It Feels Like
Art Official Cage
U Know
RNR Remix
Extraloveable 2011
Aint Gonna Miss U When U're Gone
Da Bourgeoisie
Same Page Different Book

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