3121
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Add 3121 to the mounting pile of evidence: Prince is the black Beck. He's a whole lot sexier, no doubt, but there's more to both musicians than image. All-out weirdness for one. Edginess for another. And a fine-tuned sense of how to combine the two to create some of the decade's most vital music for a third. Prince--looking ageless in videos for the first two singles, the controversy-courting "Black Sweat" and the sauna-steeped "Te Amo Corazon"--proves fearless as ever here, folding fat slabs of disco-funk into rock, heaping measured doses of hip-hop atop soul-tinted jazz supports, and slamming Latin rhythms against old-school R&B riffs. Nothing sounds as slinky-stylish-smart. And nobody delivers quite so deliciously, especially when what they're delivering is ultimately a madcap sonic mash. The usual hype surrounding a Prince release attended this one; over the long-term, expect a few standouts within a way worth-it set to emerge. They include the danceable "Love"; the gospel-lite falsetto feast "Satisfied"; and the summer-breezy "Beautiful, Loved & Blessed." --Tammy La Gorce
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Album information
| Release Date (USA): | 2006-03-21 |
| Release Date (UK): | |
| Artist/s: | Prince |
| Label: | Universal |
Track Listing
| 1 | 3121 | |
| 2 | Lolita | |
| 3 | Te Amo Corazon | |
| 4 | Black Sweat | |
| 5 | Incense and Candles | |
| 6 | Love | |
| 7 | Satisfied | |
| 8 | Fury | |
| 9 | The Word | |
| 10 | Beautiful, Loved & Blessed | |
| 11 | The Dance | |
| 12 | Get On The Boat |
