@funkbabyandthebabysitters gave me persmission to steal his/her idea.

This is just 2000-2009, not the two-thousand-teens.

• Rainbow Children
• Everywhere
• Mellow
• 1+1+1+3
• Family Name
• The Everlasting Now
• Pearls B4 the Swine
• Musicology
• Illusion, Coma, Pimp & Circumstance
• Reflection
• When I Lay My Hands On U
• Empty Room
• Glasscutter [NPG Music Club download]
• 3121
• Te Amo Corazon
• Love (Acoustic Version)
• Fury
• The Word
• Beautiful, Loved and Blessed
• Get on the Boat
• Around the World in a Day (2006 Versace version)
• Guitar
• Chelsea Rogers
• F.U.N.K. (aka PFunk)
• Crimson and Clover
• Colonized Mind
• Feel Good, Feel Better, Feel Wonderful
• Love Like Jazz
• Dreamer
• Dance 4 Me
• Ol' Skool Company
• In a Large Room with No Light (2009 Montreux Festival version)

[Edited 11/14/20 7:30am]

RODSERLING said:

Way too much for the casual listener. Who would care about Pearls b4the Swine or Live Like Jazz seriously . I would go with ten songs, which is already too much for someone who doesn't care to retain his attention. . Rainbow Children Digital Garden She doesn't Love Me 4 Me Last December Avalanche Musicology Dear Mr Man 3121 The Word Dreamer

Yes, my list is probably way too long. And yes, Pearls B4 the Swine is an obvious one to be cut. But I love Love Like Jazz. It's so different from anything else he'd ever done. I realize it sounds a bit like '70s lounge music, but I have positive associations with '70s lounge music, so it always brings a smile to my face.

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

I dont recall lotus flower, news or expectation or c note well at all except I remember thinking News was quite bad I dont remember anything from chocolate invasion or slaughterhouse [Edited 11/13/20 16:59pm] [Edited 11/13/20 17:07pm]

Most of those albums you don't recall are understandable. News, Expection and C-Note were all instrumentals (expect Empty Room on C-Note). The Chocolate invasion and Slaughterhouse were, at best, forgettable -- a lot of generic songs Prince could have whipped out in his sleep.

But Lotusflow3r is remarkable album. Even if it's not your cup of tea, it's something that should surely stand out in your head. Dreamer is a super catchy classic. And Colonized Mind is brilliant. You should definitely take another listen.

[Edited 11/13/20 18:29pm]

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Lotusflow3r, too.

On that note, will add Boom and $ to the great songs already listed.

Also Laydown. Purple Yoda
U're Gonna C Me
Deliverance EP
S.S.T.
Compassion
S&M Groove
Beginning Endlessly
Same Page Different Book

[Edited 11/13/20 19:42pm]

rednblue said:

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Lotusflow3r, too.

On that note, will add Boom and $ to the great songs already listed.

Also Laydown. Purple Yoda
U're Gonna C Me
Deliverance EP
S.S.T.
Compassion
S&M Groove
Beginning Endlessly
Same Page Different Book

[Edited 11/13/20 19:42pm]

Boom and Laydown just missed making my list.

I hate Compassion and Beginning Endlessly. Those two songs are two of my Least Favorite Songs of All Time.

lurker316 said:

rednblue said:

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Lotusflow3r, too.

On that note, will add Boom and $ to the great songs already listed.

Also Laydown. Purple Yoda
U're Gonna C Me
Deliverance EP
S.S.T.
Compassion
S&M Groove
Beginning Endlessly
Same Page Different Book

[Edited 11/13/20 19:42pm]

Boom and Laydown just missed making my list.

I hate Compassion and Beginning Endlessly. Those two songs are two of my Least Favorite Songs of All Time.

Guess my votes managed to make your superlative lists...one way or another.

BTW, I agree with you about loving Love Like Jazz. On top of all everything else, I can't resist a song where Prince is comparing music and love making. I'd have to look around for the interview, but a band member said Prince advised that being a good live performer is like being a good lover. With this song, love all the lyrics about loving, music, improvisation, spontaneity, etc., etc,

lurker316 said:

Boom

Colonized Mind

Dreamer

3121

The Word

Reflection

Cinnamon Girl

Avalanche

The Rainbow Children

Digital Garden

She Loves Me 4 Me

1+1+1 is 3

Family Name

Last December

[Edited 11/14/20 3:00am]

RODSERLING said:

lurker316 said:

Boom and Laydown just missed making my list.

I hate Compassion and Beginning Endlessly. Those two songs are two of my Least Favorite Songs of All Time.

I thought your list ended in 2009? Because 2010 was released in... Wait for it..... 2010.

You're right. My list did end in 2009. Redandblue suggested songs from 2010 and I responded to those suggestions without thinking. My attention was on the quality of the songs he/she proposed and it didn't occur to me that they're out of the time frame.

RODSERLING said:

lurker316 said:

Boom and Laydown just missed making my list.

I hate Compassion and Beginning Endlessly. Those two songs are two of my Least Favorite Songs of All Time.

I thought your list ended in 2009? Because 2010 was released in... Wait for it..... 2010.

Apologies for my error! I lost track of the idea that these lists are based on release dates vs. basic tracking. Do get the importance of defining what is meant by a date for a song. There are multiple issues to include that basic trackings of songs obviously happen (sometimes years) before release dates. So when playing a "make your playlist" game, folks need to be on the same page re: the rules.

Also, for this question and the question over on the 90's thread, I've just been adding any IMO cool songs to what was already listed...so not putting any songs on my list that someone else has already mentioned.

All told, I haven't been answering the question. I'll say to myself what we say to our kids: read AND follow directions.

Again, apologies, and disregard my replies. Especially due to the larger error of just adding possible songs I'd consider to any songs people had already mentioned. That's not making the requested "playlist to showcase" the (range and/or quality) of what Prince released during given years.

[Edited 11/14/20 9:38am]

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

IMO, Paradigm would be a good collaboration to feature. I do realize that George Clinton started work on this track many years before release.

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

RJOrion said:

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

2010 to 2019? You do know what happened in 2016 right? Lol You cant include posthumous releases esp as they were all archive releases

the decade ended in 2019..i know when he died

so what new material came out from 2016-19? genuine question.

Mad and Funky Design

Wanted to include these with suggestion for Exodus and Exodus-related songs on 90's thread, but wasn't sure about the timing, and did already mess up by putting 20ten album songs here on this thread.

If going by official release, I believe these belong here, in spite of being heard quite a lot during the 90's.

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

i forgot to include deliverance to my list.