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Thread started 05/17/04 3:37pm

BELL6983

THE CRYSTAL BALL VS EMANCIPATION

The Crystal Ball was a good album but the Emancipation album was a whole lot better. What do yall think?
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Reply #1 posted 05/17/04 3:55pm

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Emancipation---They both certainly have their share of filler, but for me, Emancipation has the greater number of good tunes...
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Reply #2 posted 05/17/04 4:05pm

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Emancipation.

Based mainly on the fact the alternate versions of songs on Crystal Ball make it really cheap.

Except perhaps for Crucial CB has none of my all time favs, but Emanci' has got "The Holy River", "Somebody's Somebody" and "The Love We Make".
"...because no-one gets there alone." - "...I like the floor. It's the only thing that seems real."
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Reply #3 posted 05/17/04 4:13pm

danielboon

love both !!
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Reply #4 posted 05/17/04 4:21pm

3bogs

Crystal Ball.

May be some duff tracks on there, but it's got some tunes which kill anything on Emancipation.
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Reply #5 posted 05/17/04 4:23pm

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emancipation woot!
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Reply #6 posted 05/17/04 7:47pm

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Definately Emancipation!!
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Reply #7 posted 05/17/04 7:53pm

Starmist7

Crystal Ball was/is 'ON THE BALLl'!!!...Emancipation is full of LOVE...heart...hmmm, I think CB, although I love Emancipation's classic beauty Love songs...
[This message was edited Mon May 17 19:55:52 2004 by Starmist7]
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Reply #8 posted 05/17/04 7:55pm

psykosoul

Burger King's burgers taste a lot better than McDonald's. Maybe it's because they are "flame-broiled" shrug
[This message was edited Mon May 17 19:57:33 2004 by psykosoul]
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Reply #9 posted 05/17/04 9:23pm

diamond99

Crystal Ball. It has at least 3 songs that are better than anything from Emancipation.
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Reply #10 posted 05/18/04 3:10am

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psykosoul said:

Burger King's burgers taste a lot better than McDonald's. Maybe it's because they are "flame-broiled" shrug
[This message was edited Mon May 17 19:57:33 2004 by psykosoul]

But they do sucky fries.
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Reply #11 posted 05/18/04 5:20am

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I can't hang with emancipation, a lot of orgers really seem to love this, so I gave it a few extra listens and still can't get into it. Crystal Ball, although very dissorganized, i think has some really great moments. "Days of Wild" of course, "lovesign" "circle of amour"(which came with my CB) "18 and Over" "CB"...a lot that i'm forgeting. CB is way better, they are both sub par, but CB is way better
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Reply #12 posted 05/18/04 9:47am

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LAProducer said:

I can't hang with emancipation, a lot of orgers really seem to love this, so I gave it a few extra listens and still can't get into it. Crystal Ball, although very dissorganized, i think has some really great moments. "Days of Wild" of course, "lovesign" "circle of amour"(which came with my CB) "18 and Over" "CB"...a lot that i'm forgeting. CB is way better, they are both sub par, but CB is way better


I agree, CB is much better, with some 80s classic outtakes like Good Love and Last Heart, some of the coolest shit P has done in the 90s, like Days Of Wild, Calhoun Square (this is my favorite!), What's My Name, Acknowledge Me, and Loose!

CB even has some fine Emancipation era outtakes, like Goodbye, She Gave Her Angels, and Strays Of The World.

And let's not forget the title track CB, it's funky fhiat! And Hide The Bone, and Crucial, the Truth album, etc, etc
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