serious question..

Longest thread title ever....lol.

3rdeyedude said:

That's a good question. Maybe "Invincible" but I think MJ's care and attention to detail over the songs and music was more considered than HITNRUN. Not a big enough fan of the other guys to answer that question. Maybe to fans of EDM might think it's one of the best in the genre but it's not even great electronic dance music. I made my peace with HNR.

The real question is has any of those artists ever stretched themselves this late in their career to the point that Prince did with this album? I would say a resounding no. I had ZERO expectations for this album and cannot stop listening to it. Get rid of TCBU and Mr. Nelson. Other than that, not a bad song and it's pretty amazing to hear this music coming from a 57 year old. Can't believe how impressed I am.

Bowie's "Never Let Me Down" possibly.

nf0603 said:

Bowie's "Never Let Me Down" possibly.

Day In-Day Out alone elevates it above this rubbish.

Earth Wind & Fire does... "Electric Universe"

and it sucked for the same reason HITNRUN is subpar..

too much contrived electronics, that seem(ed) to be chasing trends after prior lps did not chart well

Bowie has a ton of bad albums.. His last few though have been amongst his best. I dont listen to the others to have a point of view on their music.

khelm9 said:

The real question is has any of those artists ever stretched themselves this late in their career to the point that Prince did with this album? I would say a resounding no. I had ZERO expectations for this album and cannot stop listening to it. Get rid of TCBU and Mr. Nelson. Other than that, not a bad song and it's pretty amazing to hear this music coming from a 57 year old. Can't believe how impressed I am.

Not sure if I like HitNRun has much but no, none tried to stretch that much but also it's really a protégé project on which Prince slapped his name, nis voice, his guitar and his bass. So far it sounds like it's misguided for a legend to try to teach and nurture 20 years olds now we'll have to see what happens with the 3eG record. If it's strong, then the "teaching" may be working.... slowly

Well MJ is a dead pedophile with less than a fifth of the output of Prince so lets not even go there, regardless of the quality of HitNRun.

That Stevie song So What the Fuss has pretty crappy lyrics (I still have it on my Ipod for obvious reasons ) and he did some other whack ones in the 80s and such, but I really don't know . Fuck is that, I rather like Hitnrun, for now .

NouveauDance said:

Well MJ is a dead pedophile with less than a fifth of the output of Prince so lets not even go there, regardless of the quality of HitNRun.

exactly... and MJ was produced by other folks his entire career....never understood the comparison between the two...Prince could do what MJ did...MJ couldnt do what Prince does/did...

NouveauDance said:

Well MJ is a dead pedophile with less than a fifth of the output of Prince so lets not even go there, regardless of the quality of HitNRun.

None of the great ones have embarassed themselves more than Prince on HitNrun..

because they were smart enough not to. He should have learned from the great ones that he loves to name drop so often and release less than a fifth of what he has.

and leave pedophilia out of this discussion we're talking MUSIC.

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khelm9 said:

khelm9 said:

The real question is has any of those artists ever stretched themselves this late in their career to the point that Prince did with this album? I would say a resounding no. I had ZERO expectations for this album and cannot stop listening to it. Get rid of TCBU and Mr. Nelson. Other than that, not a bad song and it's pretty amazing to hear this music coming from a 57 year old. Can't believe how impressed I am.

They were smart enough not to.. They knew their limits better as artist to avoid disaster.

and I'm not gona give him more points for taking worse career decisions

[Edited 9/8/15 16:32pm]

I think you need to compare Madonnas Rebel Heart since its the only other 50-something attempting to make commercially viable pop ..... right now.

I like HNR more than RH --- there were twice the ongs on RH that were unlistenable because they werent even songs. I liked living for love and ghost town but the rest was a hot mess.

[Edited 9/8/15 16:32pm]

khelm9 said:

The real question is has any of those artists ever stretched themselves this late in their career to the point that Prince did with this album? I would say a resounding no. I had ZERO expectations for this album and cannot stop listening to it. Get rid of TCBU and Mr. Nelson. Other than that, not a bad song and it's pretty amazing to hear this music coming from a 57 year old. Can't believe how impressed I am.

Bingo.

The album is getting good reviews.

NouveauDance said:

Well MJ is a dead pedophile with less than a fifth of the output of Prince so lets not even go there, regardless of the quality of HitNRun.

Can't let that slide. If MJ is a pedo, which is at least, highly questionable, but still... what does that make the other 90% of Rock stars and Hip Hop acts that go after underage girls?? It's a slippery slope when you start realizing how many legends are confirmed to have groomed underage girls for sex.

i definitely always commend Prince for his endurance and longevity in a business that spits out the artists ususally the moment they are no longer profitable, or "hot"...almost 40 years in the game and he's still very productive...that said, HITNRUN is the first time that ive ever questioned his output...ive always found something to love on every Prince album...not this one...and its not even close...

2freaky4church1 said:

The album is getting good reviews.

yes, and thats because it is a great album...

this thread is a fail...

the new HitnRun album is amazing...

2freaky4church1 said:

The album is getting good reviews.

Who? USA Today? Don't they openly solicit good reviews like advertising depending on how much you want to spend?

khelm9 said:

The real question is has any of those artists ever stretched themselves this late in their career to the point that Prince did with this album? I would say a resounding no. I had ZERO expectations for this album and cannot stop listening to it. Get rid of TCBU and Mr. Nelson. Other than that, not a bad song and it's pretty amazing to hear this music coming from a 57 year old. Can't believe how impressed I am.

"George Clinton Presents Our Gang Funky" is very weak.

https://en.wikipedia.org/...Gang_Funky

khelm9 said:

The real question is has any of those artists ever stretched themselves this late in their career to the point that Prince did with this album? I would say a resounding no. I had ZERO expectations for this album and cannot stop listening to it. Get rid of TCBU and Mr. Nelson. Other than that, not a bad song and it's pretty amazing to hear this music coming from a 57 year old. Can't believe how impressed I am.

Johnny Cash dropped great records at 70.
Paul McCartney just dropped a great record at 72
plenty of older musicians relese well reviewd albums, they just wont show up on the radio, and if you arent a fan you wont likely know it.
Just because Prince dropped an EDM record doent make it amazing. His lack of melody and cringeworthy lyrics hold it back IMO. He has two remixes which I am betting he didn't do and features a whole lot of people on vocals other than himself. I like a few tracks and there is some experimentation, but (and I loathe saying this) tons of other acts are more experimantal and actually opening up new sounds instead of following edgy contemporary music.
I like 'Indifference' better than most of this record even though I do think the record is solid sonically and well produced for what it apsires to be,

NouveauDance said:

epronk said:

"George Clinton Presents Our Gang Funky" is very weak.

https://en.wikipedia.org/...Gang_Funky

Funkadleic's First ya gotta Shake the Gate on the other hand has a ton of great stuff (along with a few snoozers) The title track features a didgeridoo and is still funky!