If Prince released only one such catchy tune and accessible and/or hip video on every album, it could silence 90% of the hatahs. "Black Sweat" was another one that saved an album from complete obscurity. HITnRUN might have been saved by a clever "Like a Mack" video with the ladies or a different cute ZooeyD video of FILT.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/princes-15-best-post-eighties-deep-cuts-20140227/chelsea-rodgers-19691231

terrible list.

Fraankly, I think 3121 would be better without Black Sweat.

bluegangsta said:

Fraankly, I think 3121 would be better without Black Sweat.

what???

Imo Black Sweat is the only good song on the 3121 album...

funkomatic said:

It's just a beat. Not enough musically interesting elements to make it stand out. Don't like!

In case you are talking about Chelsea Rodgers I agree with you!

Crap song I never liked "CR" at all, pseudo "funk".... it sure sounds like a Prince-parody.....

At first I really liked "Chelsea Rodgers".

Spin after spin I found it more boring, anyway. So I not return to it more times.

"Black Sweat" is a nice little tune, but I never understood the hype it receives here on the org.

To me it is a good track but not a great track.

And by the way, listening to the synths on BS with headphones gives me bad headache.

BoraBora said:

Prince just copied an old disco groove. Not very creative.

bluegangsta said:

I never cared for "Black Sweat" either. It always hurt my ears with that squeal noise in it. I sound like such an old fuddy duddy LOL

I really like Planet Earth but CR is the only track I skip. I replaced it with FUNK on my play list and the album is even better for it.

thedance said:

bluegangsta said:

Fraankly, I think 3121 would be better without Black Sweat.

what???

Imo Black Sweat is the only good song on the 3121 album...

Fury, The Word... THE DANCE...

I like Black Sweat and Chelsea Rodgers.

They sound good.

Both make me start movin' around to the music and swingin' my hips.

feeluupp said:

thedance said:

what???

Imo Black Sweat is the only good song on the 3121 album...

Fury, The Word... THE DANCE...

thedance, my username -

like written many times is short for Danceelectric.

Which was my username at housequake.com, however Danceelectric here was taken already by someone else.

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Never liked the song, the lyrics, the groove, the melody, the corny message. Just one of those songs I´ve only listened to once and then never again, at least not voluntarily. Such a derivative song. And it has all the elements of the kind of Prince songs I don´t like.

Never understood why people here celebrated it so much.

Black Sweat on the other hand is quite nice, although not really great either....the shrill synths, the lyrics, the beat....really nothing there to make it a great song but still much better and more enjoyable than Chelsea Rodgers.

What happened to her anyway?

Chelsea Rodgers is catchy for a zzzzz record. Black Sweat is amazing. minimal. funk. and is easily a classic Prince record. The video is perfect too.

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KoolEaze said:

BobGeorge909 said:

KoolEaze said:

Never liked the song, the lyrics, the groove, the melody, the corny message. Just one of those songs I´ve only listened to once and then never again, at least not voluntarily. Such a derivative song. And it has all the elements of the kind of Prince songs I don´t like.

Never understood why people here celebrated it so much.

Black Sweat on the other hand is quite nice, although not really great either....the shrill synths, the lyrics, the beat....really nothing there to make it a great song but still much better and more enjoyable than Chelsea Rodgers.

What happened to her anyway?

Prince happened to her.

So cold.

I never understood the love "Chelsea Rodgers" got when the album was released. I always put it down to the fact it was one of only a handful of upbeat dance songs. As far as the song itself it's just so pedestrian.

KoolEaze said:

bluegangsta said:

Fraankly, I think 3121 would be better without Black Sweat.

Lost all common sense up in hih

ludwig said:

Prince just copied an old disco groove. Not very creative.

does sound like it..

terrig said:

Black Sweat is amazing. minimal. funk. and is easily a classic Prince record.

luvsexy4all said:

Chelsea Rodgers was and still is a terrible song...Prince knows I him but it had to be said