LoveGalore said: funkbabyandthebabysitters said:
AOA is disposable but it does have 4 of his best (arguably THE best) songs of his final decade - breakdown, way back home, time and affirmation.
those songs are basically as good as late period prince gets. almost perfect. [Edited 8/19/22 9:46am] Perfect? Hardly. They're b-sides swimming in a sea of shit. You're being too mild, those tracks metioned can't hold a candle to any of his b-sides (and there were some duds, not many, but some) The word among some is that the tracks were much better before they were remixed by the 3rdEyeGirl drummer's husband and released on AOA and HnR1. [Edited 8/20/22 7:44am] | |
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TrivialPursuit said:
I am not sure what makes NPS anymore an NPG album than Emancipation. They have the same amount of contributions from band members. | |
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LoveGalore said: TrivialPursuit said:
I am not sure what makes NPS anymore an NPG album than Emancipation. They have the same amount of contributions from band members. Me neither. I think I read somewhere that Prince was going after R.Kelly with Emancipation. NPS sounds like a compilation of throwaway songs, but at least ot has Wasted Kisses maybe he thought the songs weren't good enough to release under name, but his face and symbol is used prominently on the cover. With Rave he was going after that Santana Supernatural money (never understood why) with Clive Davis and failed. TRC was such a fresh new sound after all those duds I kind of forgive the stupid lyrics and JW nonsense. | |
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rave has tangerine and the title track (which while not exactly a classic, sounds more energetic than anything else on the album) so its not totally worthless.
the whole 'going for that santana money' thing could have worked had he actually followed the supernatural format better/closer, and actually worked with clive davis a little more smoothly. | |
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"Prettyman" definitely should have been the lead single from Rave | |
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i forgot, rave also has ILUBIDTUA which is an all time classic prince song.
incredible track.
prettyman should have been given to morris day, no question. [Edited 8/20/22 12:28pm] | |
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JorisE73 said: LoveGalore said: I am not sure what makes NPS anymore an NPG album than Emancipation. They have the same amount of contributions from band members. Me neither. I think I read somewhere that Prince was going after R.Kelly with Emancipation. NPS sounds like a compilation of throwaway songs, but at least ot has Wasted Kisses maybe he thought the songs weren't good enough to release under name, but his face and symbol is used prominently on the cover. With Rave he was going after that Santana Supernatural money (never understood why) with Clive Davis and failed. TRC was such a fresh new sound after all those duds I kind of forgive the stupid lyrics and JW nonsense. Absolutely - I'd been ignoring prince's religion babble for ages by then. TRc wasn't that shocking to me. It's like if the end of Temptation was rewritten as a jazz musical. | |
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Silly.
[and he did stick with the new textures for a bit, they were just instrumental albums so somehow they didn't count? again: silly] [Edited 8/20/22 19:59pm] | |
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. Agreed. I always think when people say when Prince became religious - when was that? . Was it with Lovesexy with Anna Stesia? No it was before that. . Was it with SOTT with The Cross? No it was before that. . Was it Purple Rain with Let's Go Crazy? No it was before that. . Was it 1999 with a number of references plus God? No it was before that. . Controversy includes the Lord's Prayer, the number one Christian Prayer - You don't get much more preachy than this. . I was not a fan of the JW theocratic order in RC, but there was so much preaching before this. | |
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prince really leeeeeeaned right into the preacher aspect of his persona as he got older, post 1999 or thereabouts. all that thinking of becoming an elder statesman in music, it seemed to make him think he had accrued wisdom in all areas of life. then again, days of wild seemed to be when that forcefully preachy prince seemed to really begin. and yes i know he was preaching a bit before, but it was never as hard a sell as what came after. | |
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Emancipation - 3 discs with only about 1 good song across them all | |
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NPS >>>>>> emancipation, rave, gold, 3121, rainbow and all of NPGMC .. throwaway trax my ass | |
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TrevorAyer said: NPS >>>>>> emancipation, rave, gold, 3121, rainbow and all of NPGMC .. throwaway trax my ass You're saying NPS is better than all those?? Oh boy... | |
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I have erased a few. My wonder is. Is there anyone out there who hasn't erased ANY Prince album from their life? | |
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. Yes. . Obviously there are albums I play more than others but there is no album I don't play and none that have been erased from my life. . The best way to find the gold in the chaff is to come back and listen again. Having them as files also enables me to not include the segues etc. | |
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There are so many. I would probably choose Exodus. In my opinion, there is better funk on The Black Album, I like my funk a little colder. Sonny T's vocals are appalling, and I don't find the skit things funny either. I'm not really a fan of the '95 Gold period Exodus thing, in fact I think the majority of both albums are dreadful.
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the only one I would gladly go without from this day forward is Kamasutra. May U Live 2 See The Release of Parade SDE | |
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May U Live 2 See The Release of Parade SDE | |
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LoveGalore said: Art Official Age What the world???? | |
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LoveGalore said: funkbabyandthebabysitters said:
AOA is disposable but it does have 4 of his best (arguably THE best) songs of his final decade - breakdown, way back home, time and affirmation.
those songs are basically as good as late period prince gets. almost perfect. [Edited 8/19/22 9:46am] Perfect? Hardly. They're b-sides swimming in a sea of shit. Yo problem is that you’re comparing these songs to peak Prince (1979–1987) Let them stand on their own and they’re great tracks And if Prince recorded these tracks in the 80s with the sound like it was recorded back at Sunset or wherever, then i’m sure you’d change your mind. These are great songs. | |
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I STILL listen to ‘Clouds’ from Art Official Age. Great track. | |
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I don’t think i ever listened to Kamasutra the whole way through and i never want to That album can go. | |
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