LotusFlow3r

Some very catchable and dancy tracks here. Colonised Mind, Dreamer and Ol Skool Company are worth the purchase price alone. Prince has managed to sound like 2009 and yet also dredge up some of his 80s sound that made him so remarkable. Its the usual rump shakers and slow undress seduction ballads with a decent rocker or two thrown in. Lotusflow3r has a contemporary jazzy sound not unlike his other better 2000's albums, Musicology, 3121 and Planet Earth. MPLsOUND the better of the albums mixes up 3 frenetic dance numbers (There will never be another like me, Dance 4 Me and Chocolate box) some sexy ballads, a hardcore sex rap - Valentina and Ol Skool Company and excellent 80s style rap and then a assured number - No more candy 4 U. This is all fine except for the Bria Album, full of forgettable dance pop and steamy ballads. Its unexceptional sex kitten squeaking, but the Prince albums more than make up for this. If you get only one recent Prince album - get this, plus he's having fun with his music again.

This is an absolutely magnificent album. I have listened to it over and over. Love Lotus flower, crimson and clover, and colonized mind are awesome. MPLS sound is also great. I have not listened to Elixir yet because truthfully I'm not that interested in Bria Valente but will eventually get around to it. Would rather spend my time listening to Prince. Just love his music.,

Excellent item. Great packaging.

This is a really nice ablum...you have to own it, especially as a Prince fan. This is very worth the price and you can't go wrong with this ablum, as you can get it in a 3 cd set! The main ablum, Lotusflower, is the best, but MPLSound is awesome too. Elixer has its moments, Kept Woman, being the highlight. As a single or perhaps even double disk...this would have shined even brighter. It's a great rock ablum, and the cover of Crimson and Clover is better than the original!

This set includes two other albums: MPLSoUND and Elixir (by Bria Valiente).LotusFlow3r is still distinctly 00's Prince, the sounds that Prince has been playing with since 2001's The Rainbow Children (great album by the way, highly recommend it). However, this particular album takes on a much more rock-orientated sound, especially tracks such as "Crimson & Clover" and "Colonized Mind". Key tracks that should be listened to are "Dreamer" and "Colonized Mind". Personal favorites include "77 Beverly Park". MPLSoUND is much more pop-orientated, and somewhat reminiscent of 2006's 3121. The album lacks coherency and also is in no way designed to be listened as a complementary album to LotusFlow3r--it should be made clear that they are separate and distinct. One of the few popular tracks from this album is the danceable "Dance 4 Me", which Prince had remixed by several different DJs. However the key tracks in this album are really ultimately subjective, as there lacks a uniform consensus on this album as to what is key. Personal favorites include: "Valentina" a sexy song devoted to Salma Hayek and "No More Candy 4 U" which I find to be one of Prince's best songs in the 00's decade simply for its whimsical and strange sound and lyrics.Elixir is utterly throwaway, listen to it if you enjoy listening to Prince's proteges' work, but if not this album has no highlights whatsoever.

I can't imagine where all of the positive reviews for this album come from. Most of the "music" on it lacks anything desirable.I gave it one star because I couldn't give it anything less. Frankly, if you are a diehard Prince fan, you MIGHT be happy to have something new by Prince. However, if you're a Prince fan but not so desperate that you will accept junk just because it is PRINCE, then you are going to get really unhappy for buying this. Pretty much everything on this album is uninspiring. The best way I can put it is that if Prince were relying on this P.O.S to try to make his name in the music business, he would be living out of his car. NO music label would sign him (if he were unknown) if he handed them this P.O.S. as his demo tape. There is absolutely NOTHING about this album that is inspiring. I truly believe the high rankings this album has gotten are from : A) People hired by him to promote it B) Desperate fans that just want another album from Prince C) People on some sort of a drug induced frenzy.The first album "Elixir".... some chick Prince was promoting sings all this junk. I'll give it to the Gal tho, she is a good vocalist; just a shame she couldn't come up with one single good song to put on the CD to go with her vocals! Whatever the case is, this will probably be her one and only album because no one will look at her seriously after listening to this junk.(It's been 4 years now, and nope, no more albums from her.... HINT HINT HINT). The second album is just BORING, other than Crimson and Clover: and it's really not all that inspiring of a remake. The third album seriously sounds like some 13 year old kid sat in his room with his computer and some cheap music-making software and made up some songs, wrote some crummy lyrics to go with it, and then somehow blackmailed Prince into singing it. It's awful. And it just amazes me that the ONLY song on a 3-disc album by Prince that I actually somewhat like is a song he just re-made. How sad is that???Looking at all the junk albums Prince has put out over the last several years (Musicology, Rainbow Children, NEWS, Planet Earth. 3121, Lotusflow3r, just to name a few), the guy has either totally LOST his artistic creativity, or he has made too much money and simply doesn't have the drive to put out good albums like he used to. I dno't think the guy really knows what good music is anymore. Anyway, whatever the cause is, it all comes down to one simple fact: He hasn't had a song on the Radio in YEARS! Name ANY song he has had that has been on the air since 2000!!!! And it isn't because he is using his own label. If his music was good, it would be on the radio. So my best suggestion to all of you, whether you are a diehard fan, a past fan, or someone just now getting into the whole Prince experience, stay the heck away from any more of his albums until he actually produces something that's good enough to make it on the radio again. Until then, all these great ratings are truly just BS!I own pretty much every album Prince has done, and sadly, just when I thought he couldn't sink any lower, he had to go off and make Lotusflow3r just to prove me wrong.If I had to sum it up, this Lotusflow3r wreaks as though a dog walked up and took a big poo on it.....I had banned myself from buying anymore Prince music just because of the fact that all he ever releases anymore is just flat out garbage.... This album was released in 2009... and finally 4 years later I was stupid enough and curious enough (because of all the BS good ratings) to buy it. I am banning myself again, but this time I promise not to buy anything further from Prince unless it makes it on the radio as a hit (and not as something for people to puke over and laugh about). I am done. His "music" just sucks now.

Love this man and his music. Bria sounded great, I don't know why she got so much flack back in the day. I am never sorry when I purchase something to do with Prince.

This is the best album Prince has done since Gold Experience. Only bought this in 2013 (some how overlooked). Completely ignored CD1 (not Prince), went straight for CD2. Great tracks on here, Crimson and Clover, 4ever, Wall of Berlin, and the best track, the Jimi-esque Dreamer. CD3 a little different. Still some great tunes on here, Dance 4 Me, No More Candy for You and Ol' Skool Company, and the best track, Chocolate Box. If you are a Prince Fan, buy this album now!

Out of the three, the album Lotus Flower is brilliant:Crimson and Flower, Colonized Mind and 77 Beverley Park (an instrumental...) all have five stars on my playlist. Colonized Mind is an overall favourite, even if that's one where Prince 'tells us something' which can be a tad eyebrow rising on occasion. However, the other Prince album is a waste of space and the third is for one of his cute protegee and is as bland as it gets. Just imagine you are getting a single cd and you will be happy.

As with a lot of recent Prince releases a certain degree of patience is needed to fully appreciate the content. All the Prince nuts like me love anything he does and his live shows are still the best you will ever see. I do understand that none fans will think it a bit self indulgent but stick with it to understand the musicianship beneath.

its prince!!

Love everything about this album, music, artwork. Was really pleased as arrived sooner than advised

some excellent guitar work on here. As usual a mixed set in the way most expect but as a zappa-fan and a bit of a softee Prince always impresses me, A mix of genres well executed,