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Agree with some other orgers... Phase II is more solid than Phase I ! *2Y.2D. ... "Peach" vibe *Big City ... Montreux r.i.p Claude Nobs *Stare funky hot! *Black Muse ...kind of disco funk *Revelation...Masterpiece!!! The Ignorant asserts,The learned doubts,The wise thinks.
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Phase 3 is bound to happen. YES What are you outraged about today? CNN has not told you yet? | |
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Hell, I find myself almost wanting to respect it. SALUTE!
[Edited 12/12/15 18:35pm] I knew from the start that I loved you with all my heart. | |
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Does anyone else wonder why Prince wanted this album released? It's not really an album. | |
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HatrinaHaterwitz said:
Hell, I find myself almost wanting to respect it. SALUTE!
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You know when they said there was no such thing as a stupid question? They lied. | |
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I definitely wasn't expecting so many rehashes for Phase Two, but I'm thrilled to finally have Revelation. TRUE BLUE | |
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My favorite Prince album in quite awhile. The tracklist looks like a random mixtape, but it actually flows really well. Track by track:
Baltimore - sounds much better in an album context. I'm ok with this, but it's still a bit corny. 6/10 Rockn... - really solid version. The horns playing that staccato riff are waaay better than the cheesy keyboards of the original. Actually, I've liked all versions of this song except the original. 8/10 2Y2D -- a bit generic, sort of fun. Horns are good again, which is funny because I don't like too many horns in Prince's music usually. This album is an exception. "Just enuff old school" says Prince. Most of the lyrics are good except the chorus, 7/10 Look at... - really solid. I like the jazzy vibe. There's s D'Angelo riff in there that I can't quite place. Nice keyboard solo. Again, the horns are cool, not overdone. Flute is tight. "Whoever made you should be praised", that's a cool line. 9/10 Stare - sounds better than the first release in 3 parts. Funky. Funkier than I remember. Some generic lyrics, but also some clever things. "Seconds things first" is a nice turn of phrase. 9/10 Xtraloveable - why oh why did he take the life out of this song? I was hoping he'd go for something closer to the original unreleased version, but we got the midtempo funk-lite thang from a few years ago again. The congas?/bongos? are the best part. It's still solid, despite being a watered down compared to the original. 7/10 Groovy Potential - like many others, I'm glad to see this made it onto an album. Only complaint is that it drags a bit. 8/10 When She Comes - I like the bluesy jazzy vibe. This is really good. And it's just a touch nasty. 10/10 Screwdriver - are you serious?!? Why is the terrible song on here? It sounds better than I remember, which ain't saying much. 4/10 Black Muse - reminds me of "Black Gold" by Esperanza Spalding. Both have a poppy, somewhat cheesy, somewhat sophisticated feel. this has a cool vibe overall. 9/10 Revelation - stone cold classic. I love this jam. I was sitting on the couch with my wife, and yep, we just had to kiss. Such a romantic feeling in this one. 10/10 Big City - sounds too much like a Broadway tune. And it's not in a good way like Strays of the World. But it gets points for "dirty little hotel room" and just sheer energy. 7/10 Overall 8.5/10. I really like some of the grown folks music on here. It's about time, considering he's in late 50s. The one thing it's missing is a good single. Time will tell if it's an 8 or a 9 overall. Bonus: And I discovered an even better album -- start with X's Face and let it run through the last 5 songs of phase one and then all of phase two. Now that's a great album. 1000 X's & O's is basically the single that phase two lacks. X's Face gives the album a little edginess. 2015 turned out pretty good in Prince music-land. [Edited 12/12/15 19:59pm] "Love & honesty, peace & harmony" | |
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Most of ur reviews I feel u always over rate the tracks...
Revelation and Look At Me, Look At U are the best tracks on the album IMO. | |
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feeluupp said:
Most of ur reviews I feel u always over rate the tracks...
Revelation and Look At Me, Look At U are the best tracks on the album IMO. Thanks, I guess ![]() "Love & honesty, peace & harmony" | |
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I still gotta give this collection a few more listens, but I like it how he's managed to make tracks from different erasm like "Baltimore", "Extraloveable" and "Black Muse", fit together so well.
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ThirdStrike said: OperatingThetan said: Prince listens and simply releases the album to stream and/or download without fuss and most of you still complain? Revelation is worth the price of admission alone. EXACTLY!! Best post I've read all morning... I love that he dropped this basically out of nowhere. Sure, he mentioned it on Twitter, but it didn't sound very likely that it would come out anytime soon, if at all. "Love & honesty, peace & harmony" | |
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I knew from the start that I loved you with all my heart. | |
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Anybody wants to give a try at the 3 new songs "Look at me look, when she comes and Black Muse" lyrics?
LOOK AT ME, LOOK AT U
"Look at me, tell me what u c. The back and forth of an earthquake goes a strong and sturdy tree. I ask myself this question, but still a mystery... How I'm gonna keep my balance when I... Look at U."
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Damn, i be tripping. I've been surfing the Org for a couple hours now and didn't see the sticky. I found out through Facebook.
Anyway, fuking Tidal. I guess i gotta sign up. Rest in Peace Bettie Boo. See u soon. | |
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linus4000 said: Black muse, revelation and when she comes are really classic Prince... Nobody makes songs like that... Really strong songs there... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
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Enjoying it, reminds me of The Vault, a nice jazzy feel throughout, quite solid songs, if nothing groundbreaking, one classic bootleg updated (Old Friends 4 Sale on Vault, Extralovable on 2). Much prefer less toucheding up on 2 as compared to Phase 1. Hope to buy at my local walmart soon, Thanks Prince merf | |
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KingSausage said: OperatingThetan said: Prince listens and simply releases the album to stream and/or download without fuss and most of you still complain? Revelation is worth the price of admission alone. The problem is it's bundled with Phase One. Have U ever heatd of a DOUBLE album? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
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KCOOLMUZIQ said: KingSausage said: The problem is it's bundled with Phase One. Have U ever heatd of a DOUBLE album? Yeah, and this isn't one. "Drop that stereo before I blow your Goddamn nuts off, asshole!"
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djpantal said: I come on here every day and the majority not all of you are a bunch of complaining bitches.. Sorry but not to be rude but in the last 24 hours we get a 20 min concert and a brand new album. Does it matter if we had some of the tracks? So what if we did you take that away the album is solid, not many other artists are as prolific as Prince. In the last year we have had 4 new albums name another artist that dose that? You complain when nothing comes out and you complain when it does. Here's a thought quit the bitching and have more listening.. Ok rant over.. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
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You're both wrong -- it's going to be a triple. | |
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This song is amazing. The horn has so much room to sing as if in duet with him.
Its coming back to me now An army of haters one by one Can I play with you now... through hebrew greek and roman hell [Edited 12/12/15 21:06pm] [Edited 12/13/15 12:44pm] | |
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Good point. Just like THE VAULT because it basically puts a bunch of stragglers togetether. Still, props to Prince for putting a bunch of solid--even great--songs in one place. Phase One was so bad I felt like he was done, lost it...thankfully I was wrong. | |
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"the color of the pharaohs hand" ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
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its clean out the vault of current worthy material so he can move on to the nwext phase,, not mad at all.... | |
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best and most accurate review. i agree.
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