I'm always going to click to hear a new Prince song but when Prince opened the floodgates after Warner Bros I think Prince made a righteous decision. He wanted us to hear it all. BUT just because he could do anything and everything it's smart to just release your best...then dump all the leftovers on a pricey box set. "Silver Tongue" is taletent galore but...there's too much Prince to listen to and so little time.

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I often see this argument: there's too much music to listen to (Prince or otherwise) and not enough time to listen to it. I fully agree. Me? I don't want to hear it all. Just "the best".

The only problem is that we can't agree on what should be released or not. What is "the best"? As Prince fans, we have different tastes. Some people don't see any problem with the Estate releasing an SDE box set of "Purple Rain". Me? I'm sick and tired of that period. I want more of what Prince did in the 90s. I want a "Gold Experience" SDE. I want to hear what he did with MonoNeon & Co.

"Silver Tongue" does nothing for you. Some people love it.

And since we can't agree on what should be released, then the conclusion is that the Estate should release, maybe not everything, but more of all the periods, more often.

Q.E.D.

when he was still around then i would agree - his quality control went out the window more or less, or his editing did, or his ideas of what was 'the best', or what he was trying to go for on a particular album. then again, i dont know what else he was recording in the 00s and 10s so maybe what was released WAS the best (for AOA i think he really did collect the best songs, but for most other albums im less sure...). did i need NEWS and all the other instrumental releases or half of those NPGMC compilations? for me, no. but maybe other fans loved all those songs, idk. but yeah, i think theres something cool about someone so prolific, but it does also damage your view of an artist if its not all that great. but prince was more like james brown - he wanted to just get it all out there. stevie wonder for instance is the opposite and has contracts to make sure his vault stuff doesnt get released when he dies.

now though, i wouldnt say the estate have flooded the market. not even close lol. im not sure how to do it? huge SDEs? data dumps? (unlikely). curated compilations like originals (which i hated, and it was too scrappy for a compilation meant to be based around songs he wrote for others).

but yeah there was a period after emancipation where he was just releasing to be releasing, and to be touring, etc etc, he needed to constantly be doing something, but now, its a diff ballgame.

Lame take after lame take in this thread.

This is some overwhelmed n00b tepid take nonsense.

The entire gimmick of Prince is his excess. That's what makes him Prince. You want "quality control" stick to MJ and discuss the same 3 albums over and over and over and over and over and over like his fanbase does.

Also his diversity and "gemini" opposite-day personality of not giving a damn what the audience wanted and forcing stuff on you that you have zero interest in is another central tenet of the "Prince" experience.

I needed his NPGMC material. N.E.W.S. has always greatly enhanced my Prince journey, along with other maligned, under-appreciated gems like Elixir. Another magical, unique element of Prince, because I'm sure people here DGAF about either of those but might care significantly about what I consider cheeseball autopilot filler like 'Exodus', 'The Gold Experience', and even the "mighty" 'Lovesexy'.

He excercies more "quality control" and none of us get these little personal treasures that each individually enhanced our fandom... but we'd definitely get more 'Diamonds & Pearls' and S/T. Gee, what a legendary artist we missed out on with a 8-10 CD discog of more of that.