Yeah I agree with some previous posters. Bittersweet. I am so grateful for Questlove to share his love of Prince's music and share it with us. That is really awesome and I am so grateful. But his talking and some of his rambling shout outs and random stories get in the way of the wonderful music. I wish he would seperate the music and his talking. That's what podcasts are 4. Again thankful and irritated at the same time. Still so glad he did this. Thank U.

BartVanHemelen said:

Vannormal said:

This makes me positively depressed, knowing I won't live long enough to hear and see

all the stuff our little purple dude has gathered in 40 years.

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DO U ALL realise this ?!

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We've been saying this for DECADES. But we were called naysayers etc. and were told that "Prince knows best" etc.

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Meanwhile bootleggers were laughing all the way to the bank.

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Stop with the whining.

Oh...I just found out, what the intro 4 the fourth show was (the one with the funny 'Our house'-Madness interpretation...later on they tried even the James Bond theme in this 'song'):

It's the Band improvisation in the rehearsal for 1st Avenue Benefit Concert in aid of the Minnesota Dance Theatre 8-3-83.....

yes...the one when he recorded the originals for Purple Rain and Wendys debut

The Estate flagged the 2nd episode and not the others? I wonder why it's not longer accessible cause uhhh there is still 15+ plus hours that is still saved on the Youtube

AZStreet said:

The Estate flagged the 2nd episode and not the others? I wonder why it's not longer accessible cause uhhh there is still 15+ plus hours that is still saved on the Youtube

I think its youtube that flageed the episode not the estate. It works on algorithims so when he played Cream it was flagged

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Wolfie87 said:

After these four sets. Why am I not permitted to call Prince, pound for pound, the greastest artist, this side of 1900? He's at 27 in Rolling Stones best artist list of all time. But why won't people let me make that statement? Why am I being ridiculed for liking Prince at all? Why are people outside this box saying he is the most overrated artist of all time? And I am not only talking about how much he sold. Just based on technical facts? Artistry? As an auteur? Why?

If I had to guess, I'd say it is because you need to meet new people.

Farfunknugin said:

AZStreet said:

The Estate flagged the 2nd episode and not the others? I wonder why it's not longer accessible cause uhhh there is still 15+ plus hours that is still saved on the Youtube

I think its youtube that flageed the episode not the estate. It works on algorithims so when he played Cream it was flagged

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Zactly

Part 2 is amazing

luv4u said:

Wolfie87 said:

Why am I being ridiculed for liking Prince at all?

Uh, doubt anyone here can relate to that one. Sounds like a personal experience but a good question that has to do with the company you keep. Being a Prince fan, thinking he's one of the greatest, it's not exactly controversial. Prince has reached "everyone is a fan" status. He's in sporting events, weddings, etc.

Vannormal said:

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This makes me positively depressed, knowing I won't live long enough to hear and see

all the stuff our little purple dude has gathered in 40 years.

Maybe, but like, the released version of "Purple Music" is incredible, but whatever we'd heard, we definintely heard "Purple Music". I don't know if I need to hear the original Prince tracking vocal for every side project, but I know some of you sure will. I wish we were getting bigger dumps on the unreleased sides of the box sets instead of multiple edits, though. I hope there's that much music to outlast us.

Quest stuck to circulating material for the most part, stuff that's hit youtube specifically. It just turns out a lot of it sounds best in a marathon mix sandwiched between his classics. Sometimes with slight tempo shifts, looping a section, or editing out some parts. There's an era of Prince slow jams and jazziness I have no attention span for, but what I heard on night #5 was nonstop fire. I think "Forever in my life" (night #2) got (re)introduced to some people and blew some minds.

Pellwormer said:

eduJ said:

djThunderfunk said:

Okay, I'm trying. But I have trouble listening to this when he keeps talking over the music.

Maybe if he mixed his voice into the music the commentary would be cool. But the way he keeps stopping the music to talk, stop/start, stop/start, so annoying.


I do like some of the story telling though, so that's cool.

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This! I didn't even check it out since I knew Questlove wouldn't be able to help himself. I could deal with an intro or outro commentary or even an intermission. But yeah, no... super annoying.

I felt exactly the same way you did! It started to piss me off! He pretty much talked all through "Alexa de Paris" and his shout outs to everyone was working my last nerve too! Not to mention the occassional "SELECTER" he would randomly throw in there. I did enjoy his selection and I did appreciate the the tidbits of information, but do it before or after the song, not during it! I even commented on the chat board about him talking through all the songs, and I noticed the next day, he was a bit reserved in his commentary. I hope I had something to do with it! lol

lavendardrummachine said:

Vannormal said:

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This makes me positively depressed, knowing I won't live long enough to hear and see

all the stuff our little purple dude has gathered in 40 years.

Maybe, but like, the released version of "Purple Music" is incredible, but whatever we'd heard, we definintely heard "Purple Music". I don't know if I need to hear the original Prince tracking vocal for every side project, but I know some of you sure will. I wish we were getting bigger dumps on the unreleased sides of the box sets instead of multiple edits, though. I hope there's that much music to outlast us.

Quest stuck to circulating material for the most part, stuff that's hit youtube specifically. It just turns out a lot of it sounds best in a marathon mix sandwiched between his classics. Sometimes with slight tempo shifts, looping a section, or editing out some parts. There's an era of Prince slow jams and jazziness I have no attention span for, but what I heard on night #5 was nonstop fire. I think "Forever in my life" (night #2) got (re)introduced to some people and blew some minds.

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These marathon mixes sounded just as fresh and new in many ways (to me).

It's the mixing of course. Like highlighting a loop, a sound, (re-)arrangements, playing with it.

Like old school megamixes but in a much more intelligent, again fresh approach.

His relaxed tireless guise and positive sloppyness (at least to me) instigated and clarified much renown music in a wide open way full of novelty and new interest.

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Prince's slow jams 'and jazziness' like you say, also gained my interest again.

Questlove truely listens with his musicians ear and professional knowledge, which I think is quite refreshing, very explanatory even.

For example, he's telling a story on how Prince used a small tamborine cymbal, pitches and samples it so it becomes his new hi-hat sound.

Also the story of them (Quest and The Roots etc) recording at Paisley Park for a week (Prince out of the house) and using the famous Linn-drum machine used for the 1999 recordings, to make the end part offor Commons ''Star *69'' etc.

Other small stories, like "this must be Lisa" on this or that instrument, or "Susanah, is that you?", or the explanation of Brownmarks genius bass parts during extended live jams.. Wendy's guitar solos, some drumparts explained etc.

Very very refreshing and musically claryfying. Even for non musicians like me.

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I am kind of known to Questlove's fantastic madness for Prince.

But somehow I rediscoverd him here and now just love him even more.

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You know, they should give Questlove the proper ability to make studio remixes of Prince's music,

release it and sell it ! I would be happy.

Or let him do a live tribute show (with The Revolution and Prince' most known protegées? )) ), DJ-ing in front of a huge audience. Sort of a massive hours long live tribute gig.

Now that could be a much proper & honest triubte (to me) than the one we have now.

OK, some parts were doable, but most I found uninspiring.

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I remember going to that '4U, A Symphonic Celebration' tribute (2017 ?) here in Brussels.

It was so so so awefull. I left after 20 minutes. I hurted my ears and soul.

That horrible tribute opened with a speech by Questlove.

I never understood why he lend his voice and dedication to something loathing like that.

So Prince unworthy in my humble opinion.

I kinda lost track on him since that.

(Also never understood why Clare Fischer's son Brent was part of this..)

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Vannormal said:

His relaxed tireless guise and positive sloppyness (at least to me)

That kind of sums it up....he was sloppy, and talkative, but that made it more like him playing music for friends, and nerding out, not promisng the ultimate mix. That's why it worked. Nobody else would have pulled out some of that stuff.

I think he did make the best case yet that he should get a shot at curating the Vault material. He just demonstrated he can EQ and sequence these tracks in a way we were missing. I wasn't really on board with that idea until now.

benjaminira said:

Not to mention the occassional "SELECTER" he would randomly throw in there.

It wasn't random, he was using it to cover the trainwreck blends.

Pretty sure when he was using it most was when he was winging it and doing like you or I would do at home scrolling through and mixing unplanned.

He mixed 18+ hours over 5 days, so let's be realistic.

Wolfie87 said:

After these four sets. Why am I not permitted to call Prince, pound for pound, the greastest artist, this side of 1900? He's at 27 in Rolling Stones best artist list of all time. But why won't people let me make that statement? Why am I being ridiculed for liking Prince at all? Why are people outside this box saying he is the most overrated artist of all time? And I am not only talking about how much he sold. Just based on technical facts? Artistry? As an auteur? Why?

I'm not going to act like I don't know what you're talking about like every other poster here will.

It's because he took himself off the grid with his war against piracy, making it so people who weren't there at the exact moment in time he was relevant have no idea why he was ever relevant.

The people who express the opinions you're bemoaning know maybe 1 and a half Prince songs tops. Maybe 2, but I doubt it. They consider him overrated because the only hear of Prince, they have barely heard Prince... It's like when everyone talks up some new artist that you've never heard and sometimes that can build resentment because how can they be so great, what have they ever done? It's this way with Prince to people who have barely heard Prince. "How can you say he's comparable to MJ, MJ has hit A, B, C, D" blah blah blah. Meanwhile all they know for comparison is "Purple Rain". They just don't get it.

lavendardrummachine said:

benjaminira said:

Not to mention the occassional "SELECTER" he would randomly throw in there.

It wasn't random, he was using it to cover the trainwreck blends.

Pretty sure when he was using it most was when he was winging it and doing like you or I would do at home scrolling through and mixing unplanned.

He mixed 18+ hours over 5 days, so let's be realistic.

And here I thought it was saying "See you Later". Also thought he was using it as an audio watermark since he tended to throw in those voice samples during the unreleased songs also.

Did anyone think the extnded version he played of "Irresistable Bitch" was in fact a non-faded unreleased version or did he just loop the bridge again? I didn't hear that much of a difference except for maybe a new drum fill.

cb70 said:

lavendardrummachine said:

It wasn't random, he was using it to cover the trainwreck blends.

Pretty sure when he was using it most was when he was winging it and doing like you or I would do at home scrolling through and mixing unplanned.

He mixed 18+ hours over 5 days, so let's be realistic.

And here I thought it was saying "See you Later".

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https://www.urbandictiona...m=Selectah

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cb70 said:

And here I thought it was saying "See you Later". Also thought he was using it as an audio watermark since he tended to throw in those voice samples during the unreleased songs also.

Did anyone think the extnded version he played of "Irresistable Bitch" was in fact a non-faded unreleased version or did he just loop the bridge again? I didn't hear that much of a difference except for maybe a new drum fill.

I think you're correct there were times he used it to watermark especially the first night. I don't recall him just doing it for unreleased songs, which is what I expected. He didn't really play much you would need to watermark.

I think "Selektor" goes back to the sound clash days. One of the times he used it, he actually said something out loud like "this doesn't go so I have to do this".

The extended "Irresistable Bitch" sounded real, but it was another 15 seconds that just sounds like what it must be, a loop. He could have looped it and you'd get the same result. Yeah there's like a fill in right after the other versions fade and fun to hear, but trivial. I'm not sure that hasn't circulated, honestly. Everyone's putting the fade earlier so it doesn't scream demo.

The version of "Forever in My Life" sounded like something extended to my ears, but I think Quest edited that, just looping the intro. Any opinions?

Did anyone hear anything else previously unheard?

I swear. This is why people outside of this sheltered place think most P fans are an obnoxious, entitled bunch. "Train wreck blends"?? Seriously?? Holy FUCK some of you are beyond unappreciative and if it were me, I would have done what he threatened to do during night #2 and cut those talking shit the fuck off.

My goodness, what an utter embarassment. The man is obviously a true fan. Showing tons and tons of respect and love to Prince by taking time out of his life to host sets...FREE sets at that...for anyone who wanted to log on to enjoy. And instead of give him our thanks, we complain about an audio watermark (which ALL DJ's include in theiur sets) and what we perceive as sloppy transitions?? Fuck out of here with that shit...

ThirdStrike said:

I swear. This is why people outside of this sheltered place think most P fans are an obnoxious, entitled bunch. "Train wreck blends"?? Seriously?? Holy FUCK some of you are beyond unappreciative and if it were me, I would have done what he threatened to do during night #2 and cut those talking shit the fuck off.

My goodness, what an utter embarassment. The man is obviously a true fan. Showing tons and tons of respect and love to Prince by taking time out of his life to host sets...FREE sets at that...for anyone who wanted to log on to enjoy. And instead of give him our thanks, we complain about an audio watermark (which ALL DJ's include in theiur sets) and what we perceive as sloppy transitions?? Fuck out of here with that shit...

onlyforaminute said:

I missed 1&2. But thoroughly enjoyed 3&4.

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There are 5 sets. All available on YT except #2. And #2 is available on one of the other platforms used to stream these sets, IIRC.

ThirdStrike said:

I swear. This is why people outside of this sheltered place think most P fans are an obnoxious, entitled bunch. "Train wreck blends"?? Seriously?? Holy FUCK some of you are beyond unappreciative and if it were me, I would have done what he threatened to do during night #2 and cut those talking shit the fuck off.

My goodness, what an utter embarassment. The man is obviously a true fan. Showing tons and tons of respect and love to Prince by taking time out of his life to host sets...FREE sets at that...for anyone who wanted to log on to enjoy. And instead of give him our thanks, we complain about an audio watermark (which ALL DJ's include in theiur sets) and what we perceive as sloppy transitions?? Fuck out of here with that shit...

Thank you to Questlove. Mad respect.

ThirdStrike said:

I swear. This is why people outside of this sheltered place think most P fans are an obnoxious, entitled bunch. "Train wreck blends"?? Seriously?? Holy FUCK some of you are beyond unappreciative and if it were me, I would have done what he threatened to do during night #2 and cut those talking shit the fuck off.

My goodness, what an utter embarassment. The man is obviously a true fan. Showing tons and tons of respect and love to Prince by taking time out of his life to host sets...FREE sets at that...for anyone who wanted to log on to enjoy. And instead of give him our thanks, we complain about an audio watermark (which ALL DJ's include in theiur sets) and what we perceive as sloppy transitions?? Fuck out of here with that shit...

But they were trainwrecks...the transitions were anywhere from masterful to sloppy and back again... just being real. Quest would fully admit it. It wasn't criticism, it was just describing it accurately. My posts have been consistently appreciative and pointed out what you're saying in a more tactful, less attacking way.

I really enjoyed these sets, it's made me go back and re-listen to a lot of material, especially associated artists. I thought he did a great job and he clearly loves Prince's work as much as anyone on here. Brilliant.

BartVanHemelen said: