The artist formerly known as "the artist formerly known as Prince" is now known as Prince, again. Bet you're relieved to hear that. And he rocked the house in his hometown of Minneapolis last night, which surely takes some doing in the Xcel Energy Center. It was a "roaring, superfunky, career-defining and -refining musiclicious success," according to the Star-Tribune.

Prince proffered "superbad funk workouts" (always gets me goin'), some "Carlos Santana-like guitar," acoustic versions of his 80s hits, a cover of LedZep's "Whole Lotta Love," and "an untitled blues number about telemarketers." Even did some Ray Charles.

Sounds good. But for my money, Prince's scarcely-known Black Album is his penultimate statement - a funk-drenched, smart-mouthed, macho guitar masterpiece recorded in '87, but bottled up for several years afterward.

As Giacomo Holdini of Portland, Oregon, notes at amazon.com:

(the) Black Album is Prince's ode to funk...Here, the Purple One conjures an unrelenting world of joyously insane, black-strap, butt-bumping, booty-grinding funk... On every track..Prince keeps up the pace, refusing to let listeners catch their breath...he is much too hardcore here for casual fans, which could explain why this disc still gets mixed reviews.

Posted by Matt Rosenberg at June 17, 2004 09:46 AM

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