Word: funke
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...1960s and '70s, the soul sounds of Detroit and Philadelphia were the glory of American pop. From the funk styles of James Brown to the fervid testifying of Aretha Franklin and Marvin Gaye, soul music was something you could not only hear but also feel: rhythm without blues, emotion without sentimentality. Then in the '80s a few big record companies discovered they could rack up sales by substituting hyperactive beats and overdressed arrangements for soul's honest impact. Subtle vocal stylists gave way to crooners; soul gave way to dance music, marketed mainly to black listeners. Even powerful singers like...
MUSIC The Prince of funk has a raunchy, catchy new album...
...BOTTOM LINE: The pharaoh of funk gets personal on a raunchy, catchy new album, his best in years...
...succeeds -- at nothing less than reasserting his rightful place in the pop pantheon. Effortlessly inventive and seething with melodic and rhythmic vitality, this collection of raunchy rap riffs, detonating dance rhythms and silky soul ballads is Prince's best album in years, proving that his pioneering amalgam of funk, rock and pop is as fresh and potent as ever...
...voices and concerns of ordinary people; in standout cuts like 7, The Morning Papers and The Sacrifice of Victor, the music teems with monologues, dialogues and soaring gospel exhortations, all conjoining in a communion of anger, hope and harmony. The irony is sweet enough for even the pharaoh of funk to savor. After years of penitential posing, Prince has looked into his jaded soul and found creative deliverance...