If Prince did this back in 2010 when Dubstep started to be a big thing... Then it at bad as it could've sounded it would've sounded somewhat relevant... But strangely enough... Musically he has been late to the party throughout these last years.

feeluupp said:

If Prince did this back in 2010 when Dubstep started to be a big thing... Then it at bad as it could've sounded it would've sounded somewhat relevant... But strangely enough... Musically he has been late to the party throughout these last years.

But isn't that troll logic?

You're saying he should have jumped on a bandwagon? Vs a clear organic progression - because that's what happened. We know it's the influence of Josh over the past few years. Prince hasn't just jumped on a bandwagon. He's absorbed what Josh introduced him to, and we have the result of their collaboration.

Dubstep/Drum&Bass has been around for years, They're genres, not trends.

Claiming something is dated because you heard a bass-drop in 2010 is like saying, "they had 4/4 house beats in the 80s".

Noodled24 said:

feeluupp said:

If Prince did this back in 2010 when Dubstep started to be a big thing... Then it at bad as it could've sounded it would've sounded somewhat relevant... But strangely enough... Musically he has been late to the party throughout these last years.

But isn't that troll logic?

You're saying he should have jumped on a bandwagon? Vs a clear organic progression - because that's what happened. We know it's the influence of Josh over the past few years. Prince hasn't just jumped on a bandwagon. He's absorbed what Josh introduced him to, and we have the result of their collaboration.

Dubstep/Drum&Bass has been around for years, They're genres, not trends.

Claiming something is dated because you heard a bass-drop in 2010 is like saying, "they had 4/4 house beats in the 80s".

out of all the people here on the org... u have GOT 2 BE one of the most interesting responders... u take everything, everything, EVERYTHING... either personal or out of context and make it an issue... ur r GOLDEN.

feeluupp said:

Noodled24 said:

But isn't that troll logic?

You're saying he should have jumped on a bandwagon? Vs a clear organic progression - because that's what happened. We know it's the influence of Josh over the past few years. Prince hasn't just jumped on a bandwagon. He's absorbed what Josh introduced him to, and we have the result of their collaboration.

Dubstep/Drum&Bass has been around for years, They're genres, not trends.

Claiming something is dated because you heard a bass-drop in 2010 is like saying, "they had 4/4 house beats in the 80s".

out of all the people here on the org... u have GOT 2 BE one of the most interesting responders... u take everything, everything, EVERYTHING... either personal or out of context and make it an issue... ur r GOLDEN.

I just respond when I see people spouting mindless retoric.

Noodled24 said:

feeluupp said:

out of all the people here on the org... u have GOT 2 BE one of the most interesting responders... u take everything, everything, EVERYTHING... either personal or out of context and make it an issue... ur r GOLDEN.

I just respond when I see people spouting mindless retoric.

Yes since ur GOD and the judge of all judges here...

feeluupp said:

Noodled24 said:

I just respond when I see people spouting mindless retoric.

Yes since ur GOD and the judge of all judges here...

Please enjoy your experience.

Just skip the vague 'EDM' and do a bit of rock as 3EG supposedly are a 'rock' entity.

antonb said:

I carnt take night childs reviews seriously. Hes like Jester, everything Prince does is brilliant! And it aint! I'm sure they are very nice guys but seem to be a little over the top in there praise for Prince. And by the way, please lose the hat.

I'm sorry about that. I just happen to like this album quite a bit, obviously my opinion isn't going ot change anyone liking or disliking it but I wanted a few new people to give the album a try and see what they made of it. It is the only album I have reviewed by Prince and obviously some work I love more than others.

I appreciate the nice guy compliment and admit I can be a bit overenthusiastic about certain tracks. I also tend to review things that I like.

P.S. How else can I keep my shiny, shiny head from blinding the camera other than by my hat!

epronk said:

I'm enjoying the album. Maybe because of the enthousiasm of the NightChild reviews I started listening a bit more open to this sound. There is a lot of good bass playing to enjoy and there are a lot of "classic Prince" moments on it.

I'm not so familiar with EDM but I came across this statement a number of times and I'm wondering if the EDM sounds on the album are outdated. I think it is ok to use the sounds you like and not follow the latest trends. I'm also wondering how common it is in EDM to use older sounds.

Maybe the whole point is to use the latest sounds. I don't know.

Any ideas?

Thank you! I'm glad you gave it some more listens I have to admit it was for me a very different album than I had thought but I recalled how I felt when I heard most Prince albums for the first time, they were never what I expected! I tend not to judge Prince by his previous albums more by whether I enjoy the album generally, does it entertain me?, do I feel lost in it?

Rather like the Peach & Black guys I would always support Prince trying something new. I personally am grateful Prince is still working and producing albums which, whatever opinion on them, tend to stimulate debate and opinions.

I always feel that if Prince created music from now on but never released a note I would not have reason to complain, just as if he had stopped making music after 2 albums. I think, for me, overall Prince has certainly been great value as an artist to follow, it's rarely dull.

The NightChild

Just to clarify also, whilst there aren't many Prince tracks I strongly dislike there are some that I don't really feel a great deal. These change on a day to day basis but today would include perhaps Sleep Around, Da Da Da, Sweet Baby, I'm also fairly torn over the Parade album in that whilst the majority of the songs are great I don't feel it fits together all that well, Kiss and Anotherloverholenyohead seem a little incongrous.

So HNR is an EDM album?

Old enough to remember when we used to just call it "Dance Music" or even "Club Music". Is "EDM" supposed to make it sound more badass?

emesem said:

Old enough to remember when we used to just call it "Dance Music" or even "Club Music". Is "EDM" supposed to make it sound more badass?

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EDM is way too vague of a term, especially for HNR which was supposedly done by a rock band and a washed up `producer`.

udo said:

So HNR is an EDM album?

No, it's an RnB album with production values taken from various forms of EDM.

udo said:

KingSausage said:

udo said:

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EDM is way too vague of a term, especially for HNR which was supposedly done by a rock band and a washed up `producer`.

Who says HnR was done by a rock band? Isn't it credited to just Prince? And how is Josh washed up? He's too new to be washed up.

it's just because it sounds like it was done through one Yamaha Keyboard with zero error margin, but plenty of chorus.

Ask not what your keyboard manufacturer can do for you etc.

You could say Art Official Age and HitnRun are akin to John Shuttleworth's Yamaha Years, only Art Official Age is a work of extra terrestrial genius, and HitnRun is like:

https://youtu.be/vNCAcKybSfE