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Topic	Let's Go Crazy: A topic in which I rank the Prince albums
CherryCokes 04/25/17 1:14:13 AM #7:	http://cdn3.pitchfork.com/albums/22289/977e7a45.jpg HITnRUN Phase One Track List Million $ Show (3:10) Shut This Down (3:03) Ain't About To Stop (3:38) Like A Mack (4:04) This Could B Us (4:11) Fallinlove2nite (3:12) X's Face (2:38) Hardrocklover (3:42) Mr. Nelson (2:27) 1000 X's & O's (4:27) June (3:21) Streamable: Tidal (available for purchase on Google Play, iTunes, Amazon) ----- This album is a little more of the hodgepodge I expected when I started The Chocolate Invasion. It's a sort of mix of R&B and drill music, which makes it jarring at times to listen to. Sometimes the two are brought together in an effective way - "Ain't About to Stop", and parts of "Shut This Down" - but mostly it's an uneven affair. Prince has never really had a knack with hip-hop - anyone who has listened to enough Prince has heard "Jughead" or "My Name is Prince" (about both of which more later) - even if he is able to identify what makes the hip-hop of the particular moment compelling. The tonal whiplash here extends beyond the mix of smooth R&B and Chicago hip-hop, though. "Hardrocklover" is about what you would expect from a track with that title: screeching guitars, traditional (if somewhat uninspired by Prince standards) rock structure. The remixed version of "This Could Be Us" gloms on layer after layer over what is otherwise a fantastic song. Mr. Nelson is just weird, and not in the usual fun way. The real gems in this album are at either end: a modernized version of song deep from the vault, "1000 X's & Os'" (previously known as "A Thousand Hugs and Kisses"; I'm not sure which of those titles is more Princely) and the simmering "June", which is sort of ethereal and surreal in a way Prince rarely was late in his career, end the album, and "Million $ Show", with its snippets of "Let's Go Crazy" and "1999" and big, warm brass section, and "Ain't About to Stop" are 2/3 of the opening salvo. ----- Song Ranking 1000 X's & O's June Million $ Show Ain't About to Stop Fallinlove2nite Hardrocklover Shut This Down Like a Mack X's Face Mr. Nelson This Could Be Us (Remix) Overall Score: 5/10 --- "Mighty boobs." - Vlado <cite>CherryCokes posted [p:877848179] in Let's Go C... [t:75269002]...</cite> <quote>http://cdn3.pitchfork.com/albums/22289/977e7a45.jpg HITnRUN Phase One Track List Million $ Show (3:10) Shut This Down (3:03) Ain't About To Stop (3:38) Like A Mack (4:04) This Could B Us (4:11) Fallinlove2nite (3:12) X's Face (2:38) Hardrocklover (3:42) Mr. Nelson (2:27) 1000 X's & O's (4:27) June (3:21) Streamable: Tidal (available for purchase on Google Play, iTunes, Amazon) ----- This album is a little more of the hodgepodge I expected when I started The Chocolate Invasion. It's a sort of mix of R&B and drill music, which makes it jarring at times to listen to. Sometimes the two are brought together in an effective way - "Ain't About to Stop", and parts of "Shut This Down" - but mostly it's an uneven affair. Prince has never really had a knack with hip-hop - anyone who has listened to enough Prince has heard "Jughead" or "My Name is Prince" (about both of which more later) - even if he is able to identify what makes the hip-hop of the particular moment compelling. The tonal whiplash here extends beyond the mix of smooth R&B and Chicago hip-hop, though. "Hardrocklover" is about what you would expect from a track with that title: screeching guitars, traditional (if somewhat uninspired by Prince standards) rock structure. The remixed version of "This Could Be Us" gloms on layer after layer over what is otherwise a fantastic song. Mr. Nelson is just weird, and not in the usual fun way. The real gems in this album are at either end: a modernized version of song deep from the vault, "1000 X's & Os'" (previously known as "A Thousand Hugs and Kisses"; I'm not sure which of those titles is more Princely) and the simmering "June", which is sort of ethereal and surreal in a way Prince rarely was late in his career, end the album, and "Million $ Show", with its snippets of "Let's Go Crazy" and "1999" and big, warm brass section, and "Ain't About to Stop" are 2/3 of the opening salvo. ----- Song Ranking 1000 X's & O's June Million $ Show Ain't About to Stop Fallinlove2nite Hardrocklover Shut This Down Like a Mack X's Face Mr. Nelson This Could Be Us (Remix) Overall Score: 5/10 --- "Mighty boobs." - Vlado</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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