Andre 3000's "The Love Below" is the best Prince album He hasn't put out since "Sign of the Times"

Er, no it isnt.

Hee hee hee, I love it when people come on and make direct comparisons between Andre and Prince...not so much because I agree, but more because it's bound to get a few folks bent outta shape (not talkin about you, JD...).

Anxiety said:

ehehehe, I wouldnt mind if U were. I just think there's better albums that sound like Prince than The Love Below. Check out Romanthony's R.Hide in Plain Site or Basement Jaxx's Rooty for example.

While I dig "The Love Below" it's not better than "Lovesexy", "The Symbol Album" "Gold" "Batman" "TRC" or even "Emancipation" if you ask me.

intha916 said:

I won't deny that there are good singles or jammin tracks on His newer albums, but nothing really rocks open to close. He hasn't had a solid album in a decade. Andre 3000 seems to use many of Prince's early techniques successfully, something Prince has forgot how to do.

purplereign said:

...Or, is not interested in re-doing.

Don't get me wrong though, I like The Love Below.

whodknee said:

I don't think TLB is great open to finish either. It's a good album but hardly great.

purplereign said:

It doesn't even deserve to sit on the same shelf as Lovesexy, Prince at his weakest is still miles ahead of Outkast at their best.

WonderU said:

as much as i enjoy The Love Below, i agree with your statement. Prince is the one and only.

if it wasn't for Andre being black, aknowledging Prince as an influence, and being flamboyant in his style y'all wouldn't think this sounds like a prince album.

And so what if Prince isn't making albums like that anymore(he never really did, IMHO), apparently andre is so why don't you just enjoy it?

One more thing: Andre is not a clone, rip-off, or "new" anything, he's andre. A guy who's unfluenced by a bunch of artists and does his own thing.
There will never be another Prince, and no one is aiming to be a new Prince, get over it already

purplereign said:

Well, it's definitely the most popular cliché to make the rounds at the Org recently.

who?

I think I hate that Andre 3000 already

and what kind of name is Andre 3000 anyway?

lovebizzare said:

I think you got that right at least, "There will never be another Prince, no one is aiming to be the new Prince" not even Prince himself. What's depressing about it all is that Prince is still here, still creating music, but seems to have lost the path.
It's refreshing that someone can still see past pop and put out something funky to the core. Prince hasn't done that since the early eighties. Frankly, the last decade has been a mess of artistic "discovery" echoing that of the "spontaneous bop" of the beat generation and it just doesn't expand any horizons. I guess the darkest hour is always before the dawn.

That Andre guy is a clown, not a musician. Stop comparing entertainers to musicians. Nothing gets me more heated. A couple of music lessons and acting like you play multiple instruments in a silly video don't compare to real musicianship. He has some clever things to say, (don't most rappers) but are you telling me he can SING?

JDINTERACTIVE said:

purplereign said:

purplereign.

PURPLEREIGN.

come on, now.

"TLB" makes for a nice, interesting listen, but it ain't in the same league with virtually any album Prince/ has put out since SOTT.

Mainly b/c Dre3K cannot sing.