appleseed said:

reallly would have worked with a little calienté español thrown in for shiggles and grits.

terrig said:

that curly fries track would be huge in latin america, i hear that kind of stuff around here non-stop...this album isnt just for the usa....i can see where it works globally.

i know rt? i was waiting for it! lololol

I am not sure if other people are thinknig this, but I have just had another few play backs on my headphones and the early tracks are sounding better.

HITNRUN is a little better than AOA and only Mr Nelson I will be skipping

This is definately growing more and more into an album you would listen to from start to finish

appleseed said:

All corporatist media reviewers are paid off. They get flown out on someone else's dime to hob knob with the entertainers, clothes get paid for as an expense to go out to parties and dinners, they drink for free, usually get "free" copies of the albums and copies for all their friends. JayZ has had to pay out a lot to get the media to hype his little project; HITNRUN wont save it from eventual bankruptcy.

Aerogram said:

I'm sure Prince paid The Guardian and USAToday to say something nice, that's the only explanation since we at the Org are so objective when it comes to Prince and not at all creepily overpersonal.

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LOL... I love it when someone follows my sarcasm with even wilder irony.

They at most get a free CD or tickets to the live show. Prince actually doesn't even do that, he makes them buy the cd or the tickets. I think he asked for cash very recently.

lazycrockett said:

dodger said:

dadeepop said:

If you're not a Rita bot, you're a blood clot

So I guess I'm a blood clot.

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I was wondering what that was - I'd have to also be a blood clot in this case.

Blood clots in the house say YEAAAHHHH!

totheteeth said:

Prince's plan - make us appreciate 3rdeyegirl and PlectrumElectrum more. We all went crazy for AOA, but weren't feeling PlectrumElectrum. Listen to PE now. That shit is AMAZING compared to HITNRUN.

"I'm going to release some stupid solo shit to test your patience. After HITNRUN, these fools will absolutely LOVE the organic 3rdeyegirl album that I'm about to surprise them with. Watch me."

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This kind of makes sense. I actually liked 'PlectrumElectrum' more than 'Art Official Age'.

egansmind said:

I am not sure if other people are thinknig this, but I have just had another few play backs on my headphones and the early tracks are sounding better.

HITNRUN is a little better than AOA and only Mr Nelson I will be skipping

This is definately growing more and more into an album you would listen to from start to finish

It is not bad at all at first and second listen. Heard it 3 times now and it is better than not bad at all... After the fourth time it will be more than OK and after five times it will be above average... But it won't stick like the classics... It will end up on my USB stick in the car, that's for sure

Well, I'm in the minority, but I'm enjoying it. It doesn't sound like what he has done before and I'm all for that.

He's clearly having a musical version of a mid life crisis, but hey, Kevin Spacey was a lot more fun when he bought the pontiac firebird, cracked open a beer and tried to bed a 16 year old (although to be fair, Prince has been attempting the latter part most of his career).

Let Prince be a plastic bag in the wind and get Josh out of his system, and go with the ride while he does. Its fun.


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SquirrelMeat said:

Well, I'm in the minority, but I'm enjoying it. It doesn't sound like what he has done before and I'm all for that.

He's clearly having a musical version of a mid life crisis, but hey, Kevin Spacey was a lot more fun when he bought the pontiac firebird, cracked open a beer and tried to bed a 16 year old (although to be fair, Prince has been attempting the latter part most of his career).

Let Prince be a plastic baf in the aier and get Josh out of his system, and go with the ride while he does. Its fun.

How many mid-life crisis's has he had up until this point?

Gah...the transition between HARDROCKLOVER and MR. NELSON. I haven't felt a jolt like that since I was rear-ended in a grocery store parking lot last year.

I dunno, I kinda like it so far - it's like a whole album influenced by Get Off. No chance in hell of it connecting on radio, but it's got a nice energy (especially in his singing and bass playing), and some of Josh's sound manipulations are surprisingly charming.

Lyrics, on the other hand, are some of his worst.

1. Million $ Show - This actually sounds potentially fantastic. There are some great ideas in here, but I feel it could be improved upon with a better mix. I think I still like it better than most in this thread.

2. Shut This Down - Musically, it's something from Diamonds & Pearls. Lyrically, it's essentially My Name Is Prince. It's not terrible, in fact there is some good funk it there, but it's not going on my iPod.

3. Ain't About 2 Stop - Not my thing. It's just noisey. I could see this working live though, even replacing the latter half of Let's Go Crazy.

4. Like A Mack - This would have flowed better after the first track. Kinda forgettable altogether though.

5. This Could B Us - This remix definitely fits much better in the context of this album. I think this could possibly grow on me.

6. Fallinlove2nite - Well, bugger me, I quite like this version. I think this could be better if it was recorded in the same vein as Groovy Potential or any of the 2013 NPG tracks.

7. X's Face - Didn't like it on the first listen, not sure if I really like it now. The vocal melody is the most facinating part of the song.

8. Hardrocklover - Darling Nikki 2.0. Yep, I said it and I'm standing by it. It's a pretty great song, certainly one of my favourites since Lotusflow3r. I could definitly sear this on the radio, if someone other than Prince did it. I prefer the single version though, as it doesn't fade into the next track.

9. Mr Nelson - Uh... I don't get it? I get the feeling this is one of those tracks that Prince just laid down the guitar for.

10. 1000 X's & O's - Lyrically, it's the strongest on the album. I will certainly welcome this new addition to my already Prince-dominated music library. Really nice, mellow tune.

I have never listened to the original version before. So after comparing, I must say, I really like both versions. They're not too different from each other, which is nice.

11. June - From the first two line, my immediate though was - lazy songwritting. And That followed me through the entire track. It music itself, is a nice closer to the rather heavy album. It certainly would have been nice for Prince to have recorded a guitar solo to make it a bit more interesting...

HitNRun: Phase 1 - Overall, I don't mind it as an album. But most of the songs themselves as standalone tracks? Nope.

I'm not sure where I would rank this in Prince's discography. It certainly wouldn't be his worst. I look forward to Phase 2.

IstenSzek said:

MILLION DOLLAR SHOW

ok track, but i just don’t like someone else to sing lead on prince album tracks.

if this had prince on vocals it would be a cool track to open the album but as it

is now i’ll probably skip it 9/10 times. the intro is pretty pointless. except if you

take the song as a literal introduction, like say, at a carnival, a lady singing the

praises of the million dollar show, to entice you inside, with samples playing in

the BG of that fabled show (for you, 1999 etc). i just don’t want to have to think

that hard and just enjoy a banging opening track. with prince on vocals. meh.

SHUT THIS DOWN

see, now we’re getting started contrary to many people on here (at least it

seems like a whole lot) who don’t like this new “outdated” electronic sound,

i just love it. no, it’s not Burial or whatever post-dubsteb wunderkind you are

all listening to or not, it’s prince’s take on a genre, and it’s a bit cheesy and a

bit unique and a bit fucking fabulous. we’ll get 20 more albums from prince

and i’m glad we finally got one with some hard hitting beats. vocals are cool,

they’re so in your face and unrelenting also love how the verses are so hard

and the hook/‘chorus’ gets softer and sung in falsetto. nice tough. the combo

of the electronics with the bass near the end is making me a bit moist. awww.

AIN’T ABOUT TO STOP (notice it's "TO" and not "2" ?)

i always get a bit mushy whenever prince incorporates arabian sounding bits

and bobs in songs and so i love this don’t mind rita on here, it’s nice when

a guest vocalist is just that, a guest, not too up front i love how all that josh

has in his laptop is just triggered all through the song. it’s just so much that it

overpowers everything, but this song can take it. and THEN comes the guitar

and a classic prince scream. and more sound effects i absolutely love

it. although i feel slightly weary about that since i have a feeling that some of

those lyrics are super bad oh well. i’ll have 3 more scoops please.

LIKE A MACK

ehm, well i just don’t know what to think about this yet. there are some

elements in there that i adore and there are some that i abhor, let’s just leave

it there for now.

THIS COULD B US

still don’t like it. i thought the original, on AOA was a nice song, but this

should have just been an internet only cast off. in hindsight it would have

been nicer if we’d gotten this through Live Nation along with “What If”,

instead of “X’s Face”, which would then have been a new track for us now.

the best part of things having been that way? well, this tracks wouldn’t be

on this album occupying a slot that could be filled with another, new cut.

FALLINLOVE2NITE

see “this could b us (version 2.0)”

X’S FACE

loved it when we first got it about 6 months ago and still love it now. the

track is good enough and fits in with the other beat heavy songs so well

that i don’t mind it being on the album now. would have loved for it to be

a bit longer on the album though, it seems very short.

HARDROCKLOVER

one of the best songs here. for me it’s one of his best songs in ages and the

only thing that could have made it better would be if it were a bit longer,

as in: i wish the guitarsolo went on for another minute. alas it doesn’t and

it’s just the ‘single version’ we already had.

MR NELSON

girl, miss Nelson, please

1000 HUGS & KISSES

deceptively simple sublime princely deliciousness i LOVE those

“love thy will be done” type of synth fills behind the chorus. and when i

heard that last minute, my eyes went wide, wider, widest, ooooh snap!

you dirty old dog

JUNE

i can see why some would not like this, but i love this type of thing because

it’s so different for prince. this falls somewhere between Time / Reflection

and Way Back Home. still think he’s had something with Andy that is now

over or still somehow generating an afterglow when i heard lyrics like this.

anyway:

our bodies got used to eachother

now they're used to the sound

of Richy Havens' voice on the vinyl

spinning round & round

sometimes i feel like i was born way too late

should have been born on the woodstock stage

that’s a cool lyric. echoing Haven’s performance of Freedom at Woodstock

with that “sometimes i feel like.....”. i guess he means born too late as in got

into music too late, would have liked to come into his own during that whole

Woodstock era?

what’s up with that pasta lyric though? is that something from a children’s

song or show or something from american culture that we don’t know over

here in europe because that seems sort of random for such a ‘deep’ song.

______________

so, all in all, i like the new songs that have prince on lead vocals a lot. as an

album i’m disappointed because the opening track doesn’t have prince on

vocals, and thus the album has a bumpy start for me. then there’s the remix

of TCBU which is pointless for me, FALLINLOVE is the same, although at

least that is not a remix and just a non album track. although it feels very

lightweight amongst the other songs. the Clouds remix is just silly and very

lame.

i’m interested to hear what the physical release sounds like because my

main gripe with the entire project is the way these tracks ‘flow’. as in:

they have no flow, they all seem to cut short, end abruptly, or are mixed

and edited pretty horrible. like the last seconds of the previous track

bleed into the next one etc. like with June. nobody wants a track like that

to start off with 1 second of the previous one, then a bit of silence and

then for the track to actually start. that’s just sloppy. i hope that’s just a

thing on the tidal player and an issue that won’t be so glaring on the cd

release.

We're on the same purple page here. And as far as the physical release goes, if Prince has any sen$e he'll include a bonus track or two.

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I still love X's Face - he should shoot a real video for this one.

The more I listen the more I'm really liking this album. I especially like the SHUT THIS DOWN - AIN'T ABOUT TO STOP - LIKE A MACK run, I get a "Return of the Bump Squad" vibe from all of it.

I'm really digging SHUT THIS DOWN, probably more than I should.

dadeepop said:

Gah...the transition between HARDROCKLOVER and MR. NELSON. I haven't felt a jolt like that since I was rear-ended in a grocery store parking lot last year.

Ha, yeah, that's terrible - they should've fixed that.

Mr. Nelson is the first song that I was tempted to skip. It's like the backing track of a really bad Eurovision song.

I'm gonna get you where you never get got

My new pick-up line. Wish me luck.

MendesCity said:

I still love X's Face - he should shoot a real video for this one.

i agree - i need an extended 15 minute b-side too. this one keeps leaving me hangig and wanting more....

dadeepop said:

We're on the same purple page here. And as far as the physical release goes, if Prince has any sen$e he'll include a bonus track or two.

that would be very cool, but judging from the tracklists on the retail sites we've seen so far

it's just the same album.

Ok, after a full listen, I'm totally shocked by how much I enjoyed it. It's so nice to hear him having fun again. If there were a little less corny dubstep, Mr Nelson were dropped and it had a juicy piano ballad added, it would be the best Prince album in ages IMO.

As is, I'm leaning B+ - pretty sure I'll play it more than AOA.

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

dadeepop said:

terrig said:

i'm kind of amazed -- i'm 52. i like it.

whats hes done is what's current. thats not a bad thing!

it's good business!

as an album the title hitnrun gives a reason for 'scattershot' as the NYT says so Prince definitely knows what hes doing, and joshs average edm production doesnt overshadow princes songs at all.


what a bunch of crunchy old farts in here lololol - you can have hitnrun AND lovesexy in the same universe and its a good thing.

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MAKING

SENSE

SquirrelMeat said:

Well, I'm in the minority, but I'm enjoying it. It doesn't sound like what he has done before and I'm all for that.

He's clearly having a musical version of a mid life crisis, but hey, Kevin Spacey was a lot more fun when he bought the pontiac firebird, cracked open a beer and tried to bed a 16 year old (although to be fair, Prince has been attempting the latter part most of his career).

Let Prince be a plastic bag in the wind and get Josh out of his system, and go with the ride while he does. Its fun.


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I agree!!!

I wasn't expecting much, so I wasn't disappointed.