A New decade appears, and we look 2 the man we know that can save radio only the way he can with funk, soul, rock, and pop all combined in one, and then.....we get this album.
I reeeeeaally hate 2 diss Prince's work because i really like his work and appreciate the different types of music he has given us, but this was not one of my high points of an album and definitely wasnt his.
The funny thing is when it first came out, I was walking through Wherehouse Records store shopping as usual and the playlist had the album on. As I was walking through i listened to the 2 or 3 songs that popped on and i really liked them (Theives in the temple was one i remember and i do still like that jam!)
Upon buying it later....yeah it was cool but nothing like his old stuff. To me it was another extension of the "Batman" album with the mechanical sounds and samples, and to me it was too programmed and uneven, and not 2 mention...too much!( Prince would even top that later with such albums as "Crystal Ball", and "Emancipation")
I totally did not like this period of Prince, letting the hair grow long and growing the beard out, with him and his "newly formed group again" waering leather clothes, and dancers!!!! WTF?
That was totally wack..those three guys i still totally do not understand where they fit in his stage show, and they wind up hanging in the group almost 3-4 years. And rapping???
This was horrendous! Not 2 mention going 2 the movies 2 see this thing and thinking "Oh Snap!"
Prince is back again with a new album and an accompanying movie written and directed again by him including The Time? This is gonna be large! But once again, we find a so-called "Purple Rain part 2" type sequel finding Prince trying 2 hold on of whats left of his nightclub that was left 2 him from Billy (the previous owner in Purple Rain), from Morris Day who is trying to takeover all the rest of the clubs in this small community that looks totally staged. After looking at the movie, the only thing that does save the movie is the actual music, and that isn' t even that great.
It's a total musical, reminiscent of Grease, and Hair. and you could tell it was just basically a vehicle 2 show that Prince can get big names together 2 appear in a movie (George Clinton, Mavis Staples) along with fresh new youg talent he is supposed to put on the map with Tevin Campbell, and Ingrid Chavez. It's like a long ass music video.
We find that Prince is totally trying 2 keep up with the times and stay current but finds himself copying something that never was. He was a creator, and innovator at one point but now he's succomb to following and trying 2 be something he's not and it's even evident in the sales at that point. He found time 2 even tour with this album dubbing it "The Nude Tour" (I still dont understand why) But Prince followers are still eating up concert tickets. No matter how the records sound or the sales appear, he still knows how 2 rock a concert. And from the various clips I've seen of this tour here and there, it looked great!
Standouts here are....."Theives in the temple", "We can Funk", and "Joy in Repitition"
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