.

OK, finally listened to it.......

....

To be honest it's the first time that I listen to a new Prince album and nothing remains in my mind.

Nothing.

...

It doesn't sounds like an album, but like a mixtape of demoes, sketches of songs and poor remixes.

....

Tomorrow I will give it another chance, but only because I simply have to sadly accept that this is an "album" from the same man that gave me "Lovesexy".

....

IstenSzek said:

dadeepop said:

Um, who are you and why am I here?

well, i feel i should explain, i was listening to "1000 Hugs & Kisses"

again and that last minute made me think of this:

[img:$uid]http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f331/larslimburg/anigif_enhanced-buzz-833-1385498382-16_zpshmc1moxh.gif[/img:$uid]

i guess i was thinking about that because i'm a 64 yr old woman,
trapped in a 37 year old man's body

it's cool though, i know what the honeys at the club like.

Lol...(she's wearing purple) I totally understand, though. And I'm digging the electronic bass line in that last minute. oh lawd

Alexandernvrmind said:

KingSausage said:

HITNRUN is especially embarrassing in the wake of amazing albums like D'Angelo's Black Messiah, Van Hunt's The Fun Rises The Fun Sets, and Bilal's In Another Life. All albums that have clear Prince influences, but make Prince's new material look like a cruel joke.

personally I think D'Angelos recent record is very overrated... I listen to samples and didn't end up buying it because it didn't move me at all

D'angelo's album isn't groundbreaking or innovative. He doesn't take chances with new sounds & directions like does. That is the BIG difference between the two. The album is VERY groove heavy with mumbled vocals that are not understood. But he does shine more live. Although with heavily borrowed,closely studied moves.

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Alexandernvrmind said:

KingSausage said: personally I think D'Angelos recent record is very overrated... I listen to samples and didn't end up buying it because it didn't move me at all

D'angelo's album isn't groundbreaking or innovative. He doesn't take chances with new sounds & directions like does. That is the BIG difference between the two. The album is VERY groove heavy with mumbled vocals that are not understood. But he does shine more live. Although with heavily borrowed,closely studied moves.

dang, why everbody has to compare D'Angelo with Prince all the time? it's called prince.org ! And what do you have against him, KCool?

Personally, I haven't really heard any of his music; but I bet any of his music is better than this HitNRun-nonsense

[Edited 9/7/15 16:56pm]

Josh can't be blamed for these lyrics, tho.

(Except for maybe not talking him out of using them, that is.)

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

D'angelo's album isn't groundbreaking or innovative. He doesn't take chances with new sounds & directions like does. That is the BIG difference between the two.

Perhaps,but let's not pretend that Prince's new music is so "innovative",either.There's nothing groundbreaking on Prince's new album.He's just simply allowing a "young" producer to throw in some 'modern' sounds and gimmicks on top of Prince's own sound.

PurpleSkipper58 said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

D'angelo's album isn't groundbreaking or innovative. He doesn't take chances with new sounds & directions like does. That is the BIG difference between the two. The album is VERY groove heavy with mumbled vocals that are not understood. But he does shine more live. Although with heavily borrowed,closely studied moves.

dang, why everbody has to compare D'Angelo with Prince all the time? it's called prince.org ! And what do you have against him, KCool?

Personally, I haven't really heard any of his music; but I bet any of his music is better than this HitNRun-nonsense

[Edited 9/7/15 16:56pm]

D'angelo is actually my 2nd favorite artist. He blew me away live a few months ago. Eye have NOTHING against him at all. His innerview with Tavis Smiley was cool also...

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

PurpleSkipper58 said:

dang, why everbody has to compare D'Angelo with Prince all the time? it's called prince.org ! And what do you have against him, KCool?

Personally, I haven't really heard any of his music; but I bet any of his music is better than this HitNRun-nonsense

[Edited 9/7/15 16:56pm]

D'angelo is actually my 2nd favorite artist. He blew me away live a few months ago. Eye have NOTHING against him at all. His innerview with Tavis Smiley was cool also...

oh ok, cool

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

Alexandernvrmind said:

KingSausage said: personally I think D'Angelos recent record is very overrated... I listen to samples and didn't end up buying it because it didn't move me at all

D'angelo's album isn't groundbreaking or innovative. He doesn't take chances with new sounds & directions like does. That is the BIG difference between the two. The album is VERY groove heavy with mumbled vocals that are not understood. But he does shine more live. Although with heavily borrowed,closely studied moves.

I'll to that!

PurpleSkipper58 said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

D'angelo is actually my 2nd favorite artist. He blew me away live a few months ago. Eye have NOTHING against him at all. His innerview with Tavis Smiley was cool also...

oh ok, cool

I think D is extremely gifted. But he doesn't take musical chances like . It takes a lot of guts to do what does as an artist. is not afraid to change his ever evolving sound.

D said he spoke to on the phone. He told him "to STOP thinking & just DO IT"!

IstenSzek said:

iZsaZsa said:

IstenSzek said:

well, i feel i should explain, i was listening to "1000 Hugs & Kisses"

again and that last minute made me think of this:

[img:$uid]http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f331/larslimburg/anigif_enhanced-buzz-833-1385498382-16_zpshmc1moxh.gif[/img:$uid]

i guess i was thinking about that because i'm a 64 yr old woman,
trapped in a 37 year old man's body

it's cool though, i know what the honeys at the club like.

Lol. This is me... [img:$uid]http://25.media.tumblr.com/57ce67015362d7f6fa4989cc4e7edd54/tumblr_mpywal5n9m1r9ctf8o1_250.gif[/img:$uid]

Damn I love that song!

Alexandernvrmind said:

I listened to the first 2 tracks twice & honestly don't think I'll listen to them again.

Same ol' 'We make so much money & party with famous people' bullshit he's been saying for years.

Which is the recurring theme with this album it seems.

I did like 'Ain't About To Stop' even tho it's more bragging. The lyrics are less clumsy & forced & slightly less cringworthy.

I like 'Like A Mack' but I think it's telling that Josh's production works better with Curly Fries than with Prince.

Honestly I kept thinking Prince's voice sounds really out of place on some of these tracks. It's too out front or something, but it just doesn't work for me on a lot of tracks.

'This Could Be Us' should've been left alone.

'FallInLove2Nite' sounds just as corny, out of date & by the numbers as it did before. Nothing new here. 'The moon threatened to dance her out of her shoes' is, for me, one of the worst lines in the history of terrible Prince lines.

I like 'The Xs Face.' It still seems incomplete here, tho.

'HardRockLover' is the best track here, to me anyway. Still bragging, tho & the Babyface & Sade reference is annoying. (What is it? 1998 or some shit?)

'Mr. Nelson' Ugh. Josh playing with all his software. No need for this.

'1000 X's & O's' well, somehow a not-that-great song ends up sounding like an even less great demo version of said song.

It definitely would have benefitted from a fuller production.

'June', okay. I like a lot of it, but really some of these lyrics are pretty bad, too. The part about being born too late & should've been born on the Woodstock stage..Uh...he was actually born almost 10 years before Woodstock, so that doesn't make any sense as far as being born too late. I like the sound of it, tho & some of the lyrics seem heartfelt.

Overall it seems Prince has nothing to say. Like he's just talking shit about being the baddest, but not showing anything that backs that up.

Prince needs a lyrical collaborator it seems. This may be why the songs with Andy Allo & Judith Hill are better songs than the songs here.

I mean look at what he did with 'AnotherLove.' He definitely benefitted from having something already written.

I can't imagine that this is going to win any new fans for Prince. He definitely can't blame it on lack of promotion this time, tho.

KingSausage said:

Alexandernvrmind said:

Wow. Listening to 'Stare' again.

It might be better than anything on 'HitNRun.'

VelvetKittyKat said:

If nothing else, Prince is bringing back steel drums with "Mr. Nelson."

Irie and big up, mon!

iZsaZsa said:

IstenSzek said:

well, i feel i should explain, i was listening to "1000 Hugs & Kisses"

again and that last minute made me think of this:

[img:$uid]http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f331/larslimburg/anigif_enhanced-buzz-833-1385498382-16_zpshmc1moxh.gif[/img:$uid]

i guess i was thinking about that because i'm a 64 yr old woman,
trapped in a 37 year old man's body

it's cool though, i know what the honeys at the club like.

Lol. This is me... [img:$uid]http://25.media.tumblr.com/57ce67015362d7f6fa4989cc4e7edd54/tumblr_mpywal5n9m1r9ctf8o1_250.gif[/img:$uid]

lol, now i'm thinking about the end of The Gold Standard, "let me get in here....good god"

good god indeed, i'm gay. but whatevs

new prince music always makes me a bit

Does anybody else think "Fallinlovetonight" sounds like "Single" by Ne-Yo and NKOTB? That's all I hear when I listen to it.

Here's the video for it-

https://www.youtube.com/w...S5fXXiWjSk

VelvetKittyKat said:

Wow. Listening to 'Stare' again.

It might be better than anything on 'HitNRun.'

I know and you can't even buy Stare on itunes, that one I will pay for!

DMSR said:

KingSausage said:

Guys, have you noticed how much HITNRUN fucking blows?

I'm pretty sure everything except for a few guitar parts is MIDI controller. No blowing occurs on this album.

It shouldn't be this hard to like a Prince album. I'm TRYING though, I am!

V10LETBLUES said:

DMSR said:

Does anybody else think "Fallinlovetonight" sounds like "Single" by Ne-Yo and NKOTB? That's all I hear when I listen to it.

Here's the video for it-

https://www.youtube.com/w...S5fXXiWjSk

Interesting. I'm not sure. But if any straight man is ever caught listening to it, he can guarantee to remain single for the rest of his life.

haha, speed up the NKOTB song, and I think the chords must be the same.

Heads-up: Listening to "June" in headphones causes severe vertigo.