more than anything else at this moment. Especially the
Japanese cuts are extremely cool.

quite un-prince-like in a way. it's different anyway..

In a way, I enjoy "Tokyo", "Osaka" and "Nagoya" more
than the trax on Xpectation, although they're different
enough to not be compared I guess.

I wish Prince would release more stuff like this, hot
off the dat. He only recorded the stuff a few months
prior to it's release.

It would be a great added bonus for another npgmc or
something similar. Like the first year, we got so many
tracks that were already released, like b-sides and
remixes. To've had cuts like these, from soundchecks
or jam-sessions at the park would have been priceless.

The C-NOTE was a very cool gift at the end of it all,
it certainly made it worthwile for me.

Isten, can you describe the difference between the songs?

Ehm, no I can't really describe the difference between the
song beyond their sound really.

If I'd try, no doubt someone would holler

"Is this guy trying to impress someone with his limited
knowledge of jazz music".

So I'll refrain from that and just say that the Japan
trax on C-Note sound darker and more brooding.

Soft & Wet, if you will. Especially the way they end
with that weird instrumentation cluttered all over it
and the birds chirping along with the monsoon sounds.

It's different, that's all I can say. Darker and more
grown up than his usual sound. There's always a real
sense of joy and optimism in most of Prince's music,
same with the Xpectation album.

"Tokyo" and "Osaka" don't have that. They sound really
beautiful but they have this undertone of a brooding
kind of angst. I like that a lot.

Nice decription, Isten.

The live version of "Empty Room" is gorgeous, and the whole "e.p." (if ya wanna call it that) is a perfect compliment to Xpectation.

It's so nice to hear some real damn music again, without the pretense and the agendas and the lame-ass guest rappers and the syrupy production values...very nice.

IstenSzek said:

I'm agree wit' u , I prefer the "Japanese instrumentals" than the album xpectation. This instrumentals r more recent than xpectation and that proves me that Prince get better and better with jazzy songs!