SoulAlive said:

You're almost to "Full On The Street"

LittleBLUECorvette said:

I'm there now

SoulAlive said:

LOL, I just noticed I put "Full" instead of "Fool." My "Fool" s is "Full" of it.

I've never seen all of Glow, but Dave Chappelle did his homework,"I'm Rick James!"

LittleBLUECorvette said:

That's what made the Chappelle skits so funny, Rick really said and did shit like that back then.

SoulAlive said:

LOL He gave her a Love Gun, too funny!!

I got mine today!!!!! Before the 31st!!

There was ONE Rick James DVD at the airport's entertainment store and I snatched it up

Ok,I watched the whole thing and I love it! If you're a Rick James fan,this DVD is essential.'Garden Of Love' was never one of my favorite Rick James album but after watching the performances on this DVD,I'm gonna pull that record out and give it another listen."Summer Love","Mary Go Round" and "Big Time" sounded really good to me on this DVD


Love the never-before-seen video for "Hard To Get" and the part when Rick won an award and gave his acceptance speech from his studio.I also liked the early clips of Rick performing on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert show.

Abdul said:

Yeah,that part made me smile

One minor complaint: where is the "Bustin Out" video? It would have been nice to have seen a few more songs from 'Bustin Out Of L7' (my second favorite Rick James album).

I knew you were going to love it. Now....what did you think of his old rival's new album that came out yesterday?

That's the music video I was looking for too. Oh well.....they need to make another DVD in the future and put it on there with some more TV appearances.

vainandy said:

I getting his rival's album tomorrow. I'm thinking a 2 disc set from the
purple one he has got to have some good cuts on it. I know technically it's
a 3 disc set but i'm not even thinking about Bria just yet. Once i absorb
prince's new material then i'll check her out. I still have not bought this
dvd yet. I'm giving the purple one first dibs then i'll check rick's dvd
later.

I haven't got the new Prince CD yet I'm gonna listen to my friend's copy first,to see if it's something that appeals to me.

SoulAlive said:

My Rick James DVD order should be here by the end of the week!! As far as the 3-dsc set by Prince, man, definitely listen to it first. Ain't too much popppin' on that thang, man! He's permanently lost his mojo!

alexnvrmnd777 said:

What about the second disc 'MPLSound'? Is it as good as people say? Doesn't Prince mention Rick James on one of the songs?!

SoulAlive said:

Yeah, he mentions something about Rick James in "There'll Never Be Another Like Me", or whatever the hell it's officially called! It's very quick though.

And no, the MPLSound album is NOT as people on here are saying. It pretty much has the same Linn dum beat throughout the entire album. It was like he thought that since people love that sound so much, he'd just put it in every damn song, regardless of if it fit or not. Plus, he didn't "experiment" with the Linn like he used to. It was basically "by-the-numbers". There might be a couple of okay songs (just okay), but trust me, NOTHING like these crazy "fams" are talking about on here! It's nothing that will get played by me 5 years from now...or even 1-2 years.

alexnvrmnd777 said:

So,it's no masterpiece,huh? I'll give it a listen and check it out.

I was wondering what vainandy thought about MPLSound,but I just read his review of it on one of the threads in the Music:Prince and More forum He's not too impressed.

SoulAlive said:

I figured he and I would have about the same reaction to it. Yeah, give it a listen and check it out; you might like something on there. Though, I know our styles are somewhat similar, so I doubt it. LOL! You'll probably be thinking along the same lines Andy and I are.

alexnvrmnd777 said:

Vainandy hates anything with even a little bit of "shit hop" in it I like the idea of Prince going "retro" but based on what Vainandy says,it doesn't seem like he went far enough into his past.

SoulAlive said:

Oh, trust me, I LOVE the old Minneapolis Sound, but this really isn't it. The Minneapolis Sound is about those synthesizers, bass, Linn drums, and MELODY!! This album's only got about 1 of the 4. Maybe Lewis & Jam can remind him. On that front, I'm SO looking forward to some new Time music to see if they fared any better on bringing some of that true sound back (that's IF they can get that shit out for the public; release it, dammit!!).

alexnvrmnd777 said:

I just listened to the first three tracks.I don't like the first song "There'll Never Be Another Like Me"."Dance 4 Me" is okay.I forgot the name of the third song I heard,but it didn't leave much of an impression.

SoulAlive said:

You must be talking about "Chocolate Box", which is actually worse than Dance 4 Me. That was one of the ones I felt was "okay", but still nothing I would consider the real Minneapolis Sound. The other one is "No More Candy 4 U", which does somewhat sound like some of his old "rockabilly" tunes like "Jack U Off" or "Horny Toad". "Hey Valentina" is meh, and those are about it that I'd even bother listening to. But hey, don't let lil ol' me spoil your fun. You might like it. LOL!

alexnvrmnd777 said:

No No No! It has to be better than Planet Earth. It has to be.

phunkdaddy said:

Oh, it is better than Planet Earth, but that's not sayin' too much, is it?

alexnvrmnd777 said:

That is an excellent description of it and you've definately got that right when you said "fams" over there praising it. I could feel the vomit coming up to the top of my throat when I heard loads of them referring to "Ol' Skool Company" as "funky" or "Classic Prince". That damn song is pure shit hop from the midtempo, from the way in which he's rapping on it, and from the silly childish words he uses such as "shawty". And what trips me out is he has some good messages in it such as "Now that the White House is black, we need to take the radio back", "Radio back in the day was local and not run by The Man", and "Where's the drummer", "Where's the real drums". But look what type of song he placed those messages on top of....the same type of music he's preaching against. What the hell? Has he absolutely lost his sanity?

No, the problem is, he went back too far. Shawties, ganstas, haters, baby mamas, scopin', coppin'. Hell, he didn't go back to the Minneapolis old school, he went back to Compton grade school. What's his next album going to be about....Barney bustin' a cap in Sponge Bob's ass?