SantanaMaitreya said:

Fuck Amazon. Stop paying for Jeff Bezos' space trips. [Edited 7/30/21 9:26am]

While they keep delivering whatever the hell I want the next day, or the same day if I order early enough, I'll keep using them. I don't care if one billionaire or another billionaire, or even a mere millionaire, gets my money.

TheEnglishGent said:

SantanaMaitreya said:

Fuck Amazon.
Stop paying for Jeff Bezos' space trips.

Wait now.

Show a little empathy.
The man is obviously trying to deal with serious personal issues here.

A dude who conceals his baldness with a cow-boy hat (one swollen glans metaphor at a time urged the networks) while stating looking at earth from up above makes you inevitably think,
and then ends somersaulting like an imbecile for five minutes before the whole wide world,
is clearly a man in need of help.

Please.
Do your part.

TheEnglishGent said:

bonatoc said:

RODSERLING said:

TheEnglishGent said:

Amazon France say it's out today.

https://www.amazon.fr/Wel...amp;sr=8-2

No, it will be available next week.

Digital is availabe right now, page says 30th July.

2 Stars, since I feel generous today.

It is very easy to understand why he didn't release this--though to be fair it's on the same level as Chocolate Invasion or maybe Slaughterhouse. Except Prince's voice is drowned entirely out on some songs. It is very disappointing because of all the insane glowing reviews. What the hell are they listening to?

2 stars. Interesting to hear, but for me Prince was right to shelve it.

1 star (barely)

Yikes - even worse then I thought it be

Shelby seems like a very nice person but man her singing is so grating and she is all over this album

There is a reason he kept this buried in the vault...mediocre at best

Also very intersting to note that this was all recorded under the most devisive president ever Obama

Which says what!?

Initial impression after one listen: 2 stars on your scale.

SantanaMaitreya said:

TheEnglishGent said:

While they keep delivering whatever the hell I want the next day, or the same day if I order early enough, I'll keep using them. I don't care if one billionaire or another billionaire, or even a mere millionaire, gets my money.

Maybe you should care about the people who work for low wages. Because the way you become a billionaire is by being cheap. That's capitalism for ya. I never spent a cent at Amazon and I can also always buy whatever I want. But I admit we're getting a little off topic here & it's my fault...

Yes, Amazon took products that had previously been super expensive and luxury items and made them affordable and accessible to the masses... in doing so, reducing the difference in standards of living between the rich and poor... benefiting consumers in the lower income brackets... Total evil.

After 27 opinions the album is rated at 2.7 stars

(oh and 3.8 is 3.5 lol)

SantanaMaitreya said:

lurker316 said:

SantanaMaitreya said:

TheEnglishGent said: Maybe you should care about the people who work for low wages. Because the way you become a billionaire is by being cheap. That's capitalism for ya. I never spent a cent at Amazon and I can also always buy whatever I want. But I admit we're getting a little off topic here & it's my fault...

Yes, Amazon took products that had previously been super expensive and luxury items and made them affordable and accessible to the masses...

in doing so, reducing the difference in standards of living between the rich and poor... benefiting consumers in the lower income brackets... Total evil.

Damn right.
I don't know bout you, but I can't hear shit in my neighbourhood now everyone has their Lambo!
Damn U, 1-Click®!

And What A Wonderful World it is when consumers in the lower income brackets can burn all their lower income bracketed to the 24/7 delivery monster.

Get it kids?
The masses!
That's where the jucy margin is, Babies!

They may not have much, but there are whole herds of 'em to milk.
Sell'em assembled plastic by the ton boys!

Because it is a constitutional right to receive my Bluetooth™ toaster no later than tomorrow!
I want to be able to toast my bread with a swipe while I'm taking my morning dump!
Such efficiency is an unrevokable human right!



Oh, absolutely.
I almost forgot about the "standards of living".
Say, who gets to define them?




Jesus has nothing on Jeff.

Guide us to Mighty Black Friday, Your Holiness!
To infinity, and beyond!

[Edited 7/30/21 16:04pm]

TruthBomb said:

1 star (barely)

Yikes - even worse then I thought it be

Shelby seems like a very nice person but man her singing is so grating and she is all over this album

There is a reason he kept this buried in the vault...mediocre at best

Also very intersting to note that this was all recorded under the most devisive president ever Obama

Which says what!?

A solid three and a half stars for me. Definitely more 'my kind' of Prince album than 20Ten. Maybe feels a little 'unfinished' in parts, but it's a very satisfying back-to-back listen with the HITnRUN albums, IMO.

bonatoc said:

lurker316 said:

Yes, Amazon took products that had previously been super expensive and luxury items and made them affordable and accessible to the masses...

in doing so, reducing the difference in standards of living between the rich and poor... benefiting consumers in the lower income brackets... Total evil.

Damn right.
I don't know bout you, but I can't hear shit in my neighbourhood now everyone has their Lambo!
Damn U, 1-Click®!

And What A Wonderful World it is when consumers in the lower income brackets can burn all their lower income bracketed to the 24/7 delivery monster.

Get it kids?
The masses!
That's where the jucy margin is, Babies!
They may not have much, but there are herds to milk. Sell'em assembled plastic by the ton boys!
This is a constitutional right!
A human right!



Oh, you're right.
I almost forgot about the "standards of living".




Jesus has nothing on Jeff.
Guide us to Might Black Friday, Your Holiness!
To infinity, and beyond!

Just think though, for those 10 minutes Bezos was zooming round the earth Amazon warehouse workers got to have a much needed extra toilet break.

2 stars. There are 12 tracks and only three of them are fast tracks. That's assbackwards of how it used to be when Prince albums were mostly fast tracks with two or three slow tracks at the most. Back in the day, if I liked a particular song from a particular artist but I knew the majority of that album was going to be slow stuff, I looked for the 45 of the song I wanted.

2 stars

Too early to give a numerical grade.

But, interestingly enough, the stand-out song for me is the Soul Asylum cover.

bonatoc said:

lurker316 said:

Yes, Amazon took products that had previously been super expensive and luxury items and made them affordable and accessible to the masses...

in doing so, reducing the difference in standards of living between the rich and poor... benefiting consumers in the lower income brackets... Total evil.

Damn right.
I don't know bout you, but I can't hear shit in my neighbourhood now everyone has their Lambo!
Damn U, 1-Click®!

And What A Wonderful World it is when consumers in the lower income brackets can burn all their lower income bracketed to the 24/7 delivery monster.

Get it kids?
The masses!
That's where the jucy margin is, Babies!

They may not have much, but there are whole herds of 'em to milk.
Sell'em assembled plastic by the ton boys!

Because it is a constitutional right to receive my Bluetooth™ toaster no later than tomorrow!
I want to be able to toast my bread with a swipe while I'm taking my morning dump!
Such efficiency is an unrevokable human right!



Oh, absolutely.
I almost forgot about the "standards of living".
Say, who gets to define them?




Jesus has nothing on Jeff.

Guide us to Mighty Black Friday, Your Holiness!
To infinity, and beyond!

[Edited 7/30/21 16:04pm]

So when poor people have less stuff than rich people it's a terrible injustice...

But when poor people start to aquire some of those same possessions it's terrible consumerism/materialism...

In other words, when poor people lack stuff it's bad, but when they get stuff it's also bad. Makes perfect sense.

OperatingThetan said:

A definite four stars. It's a very strong cohesive album; almost a horn-less cousin to HitNRun Phase 2, which I also consider a stellar album.

I see what you're saying. The sound is somewhat similar to HNR Phase 2. But I don't think it's anywhere near as good as HNR 2, which I consider a great album.

The only song I strongly like on W2A is 1,000 Light years. With that said, the only song I find objectionable is Hot Summer. I'm not embarasssed by any other songs, but at the same times I don't find them inspiring either. They're kind of generic. This album makes decent background music, but it's not something I would find myself seeking out and listening to intently.

TruthBomb said:

1 star (barely)

Yikes - even worse then I thought it be

Shelby seems like a very nice person but man her singing is so grating and she is all over this album

There is a reason he kept this buried in the vault...mediocre at best

Also very intersting to note that this was all recorded under the most devisive president ever Obama

Which says what!?

I don't really think that Obama was the most devisive president ever, that would be #45....

kingricefan said:

TruthBomb said: