1987 - Prince - The Legendary Black Album [mp3@320] Grad58 torrent

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Prince - The Legendary Black Album
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AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Originally scheduled for release in November of 1987 -- following the double-
album Sign o' the Times by a matter of months -- Prince pulled The Black Album
weeks before its release, guaranteeing it near-mythic status. Urban legends
spread like wildfire: Prince believed it was too bleak to release; Warner Bros.
balked at its explicit lyrics; no CDs were ever pressed, and all the LPs were
destroyed. That final rumor was certainly untrue, since bootlegs immediately
appeared, and when it finally received official release in the fall of 1994,
nearly every die-hard fan already had the record. That limited-edition release
of The Black Album turned out to be a bit anti-climatic, since the album itself
isn't a lost masterwork -- it's fun, but not much more. If anything, it's a little
labored, as Prince works hard to win back the black audience he willfully
abandoned after Purple Rain. So, he serves up "When 2 R in Love," an urban
ballad every bit as nondescript as the genre, and offers "Dead on It," trying
to one-up rappers with a mocking attack that winds up as one of the lamest
things he ever waxed. The rest of the eight-song album is brilliant, pure funk,
ranging from the unrelenting "Le Grind," a deliriously lustful plea to supermodel
Cindy Crawford; the hyper-tense James Brown workout "2 Nigs United 4 West
Compton"; to "Bob George," a perverse tale of a macho lunkhead (Prince,
electronically affecting a deep, idiotic drawl) who discovers his lady just slept
with Prince -- or "that skinny motherf*cker with a high voice," as Bob calls him.
All this may not add up to a lost classic, but it is a terrific little record that still
delights, even after its mystique has faded.

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Artist...............: Prince
Album................: The Legendary Black Album
Genre................: Funk / Soul
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 1987
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: LAME 3.82
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Information..........: http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-black-album-mw0000194312
Ripped by............: Grad58 on 9/11/2016
Posted by............: Grad58 on 9/11/2016
Included.............: NFO
Covers...............: Front

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Tracklisting
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1. Prince - 2 Nigs United 4 West Compton [07:01]
2. Prince - Bob George [05:36]
3. Prince - Cindy C. [06:15]
4. Prince - Dead On It [04:37]
5. Prince - Le Grind [06:44]
6. Prince - Rockhard In A Funky Place [04:31]
7. Prince - Superfunkycalifragisexy [05:55]
8. Prince - When 2 R In Love [03:59]

Playing Time.........: 44:40
Total Size...........: 102.48 MB

NFO generated on.....: 9/11/2016 6:08:09 AM
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