Musicology is shit. Just Listen to his older stuff.

Musicology is shit. Just listen to his older stuff.
OK. I will admit it. I have ALL of princes songs and albums. Even the online only stuff he released. Now I put myself as a loyal average Prince fan. BUT FOR FUCKS SAKE DID HE TEST MY LOYALTY. Not only did he test it, I think it would've been easier to be married to Paris Hilton during a gang bang. I know it is sad to own all of his music, but what can I say? I am a consumer whore and I have issues.

Musicology ain't' that shit. It just isn’t as shit as his previous stuff. And when you compare it to the Rainbow children It is bloody brilliant. However 'Musicology' is a kind of flawed redemption, neither inspired enough to be a true classic, nor insipid enough to make it unworthy of your attention. It's like Prince was told by the record company 'Do anything you want but what was in Rainbow children'. And if that wasn't't enough, Prince more than delivered and boy did he deliver: not only is the product musically conservative, chocked full of soul ballads and tame funk workouts, there's nary a trace of the devilish sense of risk that has permeated even his worst material. In the end it is all just well, boring.

So Musicology is a robotic, over-generic album but I will give it some credit. The song Cinnamon Girl is about a Muslim/Arabic woman in America post 9-11- the lyrics are brilliant. OK so the dude is married which probably means that songs like 'Jack you off' are not due for a comeback. So although there is no Prima-Donna quirks, no veils, no "Slave" on the cheek, no Jehovah's Witness stories or vault releases, (which has been the only redeeming quality of all that aural garbage he created) you can sense a trace of that Prince that we all know and love. "Life O the Party" is almost redeemed by a chorus that harkens back to the good ol' days. But that's part of the problem: whether it's the reappearance of the squiggly synth, or the all-too-literal clips of Prince's greatest hits at the end of "Musicology", the record's moments become stale almost just as instantaneously.

So in the end I wouldn’t go out and find this album. let it find you. If you are one of those lucky loaded buggers that can buy anything he wants then by all means grab it. If you are among the saner of the population who remember Price for 'Crème' and 'Raspberry beret' then run away.

Although you could download like it all the rest of his donkey crap that's out there.

Holy shit I just wrote a whole lot of shit for no apparent reason. I must be tired.