Make a 10 song tracklist of the BEST PRINCE R&B Slow Jamz:

1. 1000 X's & O's

2. Somebody's Somebody

3. And God Created Woman

4. Sex in the Summer

5. The One

6. Dark

7. I Love U In Me

8. Adore

9. Scandalous

10. Crazy You

Adore

Adonis & Bathsheba

Joy in Repetition

Elixir

When I Lay My Hands On U

And God Created Woman

Insatiable

Mellow

The Question of U

The Beautiful Ones

I'm sure not all of those fit snugly under the R&B label, but those are my favorites. I was tempted to include "Revelation," but I still need to hear a crisp studio version.

There goes the whole R&B slow jamz thread... Now my list looks amateurish...

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When 2 R In Love

Condition Of the Heart

Crazy You

Adore

Its Gonna Be Lonely

Do Me Baby

Insatiable

Sometimes It Snows In April

Adonis & Bathsheba

Power Fantastic

God (w/vocals)

International Lover

One Kiss At A Time

Somebody's Somebody

Do Me, Baby

Scandalous

Adore

Insatiable

How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?

The Beautiful Ones

It's Gonna Be Lonely

feeluupp said:

Make a 10 song tracklist of the BEST PRINCE R&B Slow Jamz:

1. 1000 X's & O's

2. Somebody's Somebody

3. And God Created Woman

4. Sex in the Summer

5. The One

6. Dark

7. I Love U In Me

8. Adore

9. Scandalous

10. Crazy You

I don't consider a lot of these to be slow jams, more midtempo, especially the top two. Here are 10 slow favs in no particular order ...

Joy in Repetition

Question of U

The One

Beautiful Stange

When 2 R in Love

Damn U

The Beautiful Ones

Shhh

I Love U in Me

International Lover

somebodys somebody

and god created woman

... definitely aint slow jams

I hate to make a list of 10 because it's too hard to narrow it down, but shouldn't Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother, Wife at least get a mention. I listened to it the other day for the first time in years and forgot what a great song it is. His vocals are outstanding on it.

I"m also surprized nobody has mentioned Pink Cashmere yet

He has so many fabulous slow jams it's crazy-making trying to limit it to so few in number. If I could only choose 10 slow jams to take with me on a trip to a deserted island, my playlist at the present moment might look something like this (not necessarily in this order):

1. The Dance (3121 Version)
2. Insatiable
3. Adonis and Bathsheba
4. Scandalous: The Passion
5. Power Fantastic
6. Circle of Amour
7. Sweet Baby
8. Still Waiting
9. Do Me, Baby
10. Curious Child

Call My Name
Do Me Baby
Somebody's Somebody

So Blue

Shhhh

How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore

Power Fantastic

Ballad Of Dorothy Parker

If I Was Your Girlfriend

Future Sould Song

This was weird, as I don't feel like Prince's slow jams truly fall into the slow jamz category just right, but, then some sections of his songs are the

dopest slow jam out there. ???

Damn U

The One

There is Lonely

Dreamin About U

Something in the Water

Friend Lover Sister Mother

Here on Earth

She Loves Me 4 Me

Way Back Home

The Word

swissbeats2k said:

How is "Time" from AOA not on this list yet? "June" from HitnRun is great too.

It really is

feeluupp said:

Make a 10 song tracklist of the BEST PRINCE R&B Slow Jamz:

1. 1000 X's & O's

2. Somebody's Somebody

3. And God Created Woman

4. Sex in the Summer

5. The One

6. Dark

7. I Love U In Me

8. Adore

9. Scandalous

10. Crazy You

I think you have to separate his slow songs into two categories: slow jams and baby-makin' jams. For instance, Somebody's Somebody is a "lets slowdance and look in each other's eyes", while, say, "Insatiable" is "lets just go fuck". I seriously think he's a master at creating both. I tend to gravitate more towards the former in my advanced age, whereas, in my 20's, it was all about "hey, they're playing Do Me Baby, let's go back to my room and get down".

1. Adore

2. Crucial

3. Condition Of The Heart

4. Power Fantastic

5. Sometimes It Snows In April

6. The Beautiful Ones

7. How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore?

8. Scandalous

9. The One

10.Do Me Baby

My top are:

Crazy You

When We're Dancing Close And Slow

It's Gonna Be Lonely

Do Me Baby

Beautiful Ones

Condition Of The Heart

Adore

When 2 R In Love

Scandalous

Insatiable

So Dark

Damn U

Shh

Hate U

Somebody's Somebody

Dreaming About U

Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother, Wife

The One

I Love U But I Don't Trust U Anymore

Mellow

Somewhere Here On Earth

Elixer

Time

1000 X's and O's

June

Revelation....

Don't make me "Go" into the unreleased cuts!

BlackandRising said:

feeluupp said:

Make a 10 song tracklist of the BEST PRINCE R&B Slow Jamz:

1. 1000 X's & O's

2. Somebody's Somebody

3. And God Created Woman

4. Sex in the Summer

5. The One

6. Dark

7. I Love U In Me

8. Adore

9. Scandalous

10. Crazy You

I think you have to separate his slow songs into two categories: slow jams and baby-makin' jams. For instance, Somebody's Somebody is a "lets slowdance and look in each other's eyes", while, say, "Insatiable" is "lets just go fuck". I seriously think he's a master at creating both. I tend to gravitate more towards the former in my advanced age, whereas, in my 20's, it was all about "hey, they're playing Do Me Baby, let's go back to my room and get down".

Very true. Agree with all this. I took the thread to mean "slow tempo" jams and not just "ooo, baby" bedroom ballads.

herb4 said:

BlackandRising said:

I think you have to separate his slow songs into two categories: slow jams and baby-makin' jams. For instance, Somebody's Somebody is a "lets slowdance and look in each other's eyes", while, say, "Insatiable" is "lets just go fuck". I seriously think he's a master at creating both. I tend to gravitate more towards the former in my advanced age, whereas, in my 20's, it was all about "hey, they're playing Do Me Baby, let's go back to my room and get down".

Very true. Agree with all this. I took the thread to mean "slow tempo" jams and not just "ooo, baby" bedroom ballads.

Yea that's exactly what I was thinking when I created the thread, just didn't express it too well.

Originally my list was like urban mid tempo jams, not the ballads/baby making jams... That's why I didn't include songs like Do Me Baby in my list.

feeluupp said:

herb4 said:

Very true. Agree with all this. I took the thread to mean "slow tempo" jams and not just "ooo, baby" bedroom ballads.

Yea that's exactly what I was thinking when I created the thread, just didn't express it too well.

Originally my list was like urban mid tempo jams, not the ballads/baby making jams... That's why I didn't include songs like Do Me Baby in my list.

When I create a playlist of his slow songs, it's never just ballads or 'baby making' R&B. I open it up to any slow-tempo song that I'm particularly feeling at that time, including non-standards like "4 The Tears In Your Eyes" (Accoustic), "She Loves Me 4 Me", "Free", "If I Was Your Girlfriend", "Here On Earth", "Don't Talk 2 Strangers", "Space" (accoustic)", "That Girl Thang", "Alexa De Paris", "Here", "Welcome To The Dawn", "Old Friends 4 Sale", etc.--even "The Holy River", which speeds up in the latter part of the song, but the guitar retains a kind of plaintive quality to the melody. "Somebody's Somebody" and "And God Created Woman" would totally go on my playlist of slow jams, too. For me it's really about the vibration of a song...or at least the vibe it's giving me.

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swissbeats2k said:

How is "Time" from AOA not on this list yet? "June" from HitnRun is great too.

damn...youre right about "Time"

RJOrion said:

swissbeats2k said:

How is "Time" from AOA not on this list yet? "June" from HitnRun is great too.

damn...youre right about "Time"

joyinrepetition mentioned "Time". And a very well-deserved addition to this thread, IMHO.