New Power Soul

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New Power Generation: Prince (vocals); Mike Scott (guitar); Mr. Hayes (keyboards); Rhonda Smith (bass); Kaj (drums); Marva King. Additional personnel: Chaka Khan, Larry Graham (vocals); Doug E. Fresh (rap vocals); Kate Dyson (bottleneck acoustic guitar); Pierre Baptiste, Clark Gayton, Wayne du Main (horns); DJ Brother Jules (scratches). Following up the 4-CD opus that was CRYSTAL BALL is NEW POWER SOUL, yet another collaboration between the Artist Formerly Known As Prince and his recording unit, The New Power Generation. Continuing down the path of musical independence has allowed the Artist to mix and match musical cues. Hence, within the measures of "Mad Sex," we find minor key brass arrangements tangoing with hip-hop scratching and call-and-response chanting. His horn charts are also used to great effect on songs such as the percolating "(Eye Like) Funky Music" and the chugging funk of "When U Love Somebody," a track that finds our hero's falsetto in fine form. As is the case with much of the Artist's career, his broad creative strokes make it easy to envision his compositions fitting perfectly into other artists' repertoires. "Shoo-Bed-Ooh" could be a long-lost TLC track while Salt 'N Pepa could have a ball kicking it on "Push It Up!" One of the most interesting compositions is "Come On," a sexual paean to an older woman that finds the Glyph collaborating with a barely audible Chaka Khan over a bed of swirling synths, bottleneck acoustic guitar and a stripped-down trip-hop beat.