Prince - Emancipation (1996) - The Facts You DIDN'T Know

[@TheVioletReality]

What's your favorite song from _Emancipation_ ? Let us know in the comments! Thanks for watching! 💜

[@gavlaarrc1561]

Face down

[@2dkoda]

EMANCIPATION

[@anaj.chinacruz5542]

There’s too many Great songs to choose from. Their all my favorite.💜

[@Lauryne1999]

My favorite song is Emancipation ! 😃

[@karenettmcfrazieraskew9805]

Somebody's Somebody my favorite from Prince Emancipation album.

[@janetgeller7272]

“Let’s Have a Baby” is my favorite - the only song I remembered because I always loved it. I wish their relationship and parenthood had worked out as they long wanted.

[@SirJoCocchi]

"Friend, lover,..." That song is one the best vocal performances/arrangements ever recorded in the history of music.

[@jnorten]

He's right about "A Million Days". I was an Engineer in Los Angeles on the Musicology album and we received that Master Tape of "A Million Days" from Paisley Park to finish it with Prince and the date on the tape was from the 90s.

[@mstephens44]

I think this would be a great album to receive the Super Deluxe treatment

[@kaylynkorir1108]

My favorite song of prince emancipation album is face down and somebody somebody and betcha gotta be wow prince will always be remember 💜💜💜💜💜🌹

[@kanesgirl623]

My favorite track from Emancipation is Sleep Around. Another great video! Much purple love!!

[@kaybee7696]

"One Kiss at a Time" - Oooh! I LOVE that song!! Thanx for the vid!

[@paulyb-englishmaninhangzho3609]

This song is a mood-setter for sure, gets to me every time!

[@MarcusL1995]

Mines was”Sleep Around”

[@MakeArtNotWar2023]

Regarding the numbers, 60 minutes × 3 =180 = 1+8 = 9. 12 songs x 3 = 36 songs = 3 + 6 = 9. "Nine is the the triad of triads, the first odd square number... Nine is the celestial number of order, and many ancient traditions speak of nine worlds, spheres, or levels of reality." The frequency at which the earth vibrates, now known as the Schumann Resonance is 7.83 Hz at its peak. 7 + 8 + 3 = 18 = 9. All numbers reduce down to one number, except for master numbers such as 11, 22 and 33. In the case of the Emancipation album, the number nine is significant. Nine is a sacred number in Egypt. Mayte was pregnant that year before the release of the album. Nine is the number of months of the gestation period before we enter this world. It is the number of the one who accomplishes the divine will and the number of harmony.

[@kgard76]

Such an underrated album! Sooo many slept on gems. People get lost in the bulk, but if you are truly a Prince fan (like you say you are) it's like heaven having so many choices, moods and events that this album provides. I, personally put 'Emancipation' in my top 5 of Prince albums. I have so many favorites here... But I will say, when it's all said and done 'THE LOVE WE MAKE' just hits different now. It just radiates considering his passing. When it came out originally, it was ok. 20 years later this song hands down tears me apart!! Can't listen without crying... Those lyrics are comparable to 'The Cross'. 'Sometimesitsnowsinapril' does the same to me. The only love there is... is the love we make. So powerful 💜💜💜

[@antonioscolotti8558]

Being a huge Prince fan, I would on new years eve play Prince music to bring in the new year. Something I did every year. That was just my thing. Have a drink, have a smoke, It was so much fun. This CD set got played a lot that year. I could feel the freedom in the songs. After he passed I just couldn't bring myself to do that again. But I think this year is gonna be different.

[@charitydienges284]

It's simple. I just 💜 love anything he sings. Just to hear him sing is EVERYTHING💜

[@sosoclutch1346]

I love prince, it’s all my dad would ever play growing up. Even until this day he managed to get everyone in the household become a fan

[@gahlenfuller8008]

Everybody's here! This is the Jam of the Year!! When this came out I bought the CD Set and Cassette tapes. I loved this era. If he would have broke this project down to one CD with the best songs on it, Lawd! Could have been on the level of Sign O the Times. My opinion.

[@TheWonderfuldre]

The Love we Make, Saviour, In this Bed I Scream, Right Back Here in my Arms, Jam of the Year.... My first born came this year. Great memories.

[@luciasrighteouscarnival1305]

Emancipation is a phenomenal album. There are too many gems to choose from. Informative video...thanks for this.

[@samichedly8456]

thank u for this amazing series

[@TheVioletReality]

You're very welcome Sami!

[@luissantiago1116]

"The Human body"..best dance track..im more into the dance tracks

[@fattonyrap]

this album has some real gems on it, my favorite are “let’s have a baby” (love the drumless feel of this song and the vocal is perfect) and “my computer” with kate bush on background vocals. would love to know more about their collaboration.

[@system9625]

The title track Emancipation was the jam!

[@mrv1111]

It's a lot of great songs from the Emancipation LP, "Right back here in my arm", "Mr. Happy" & "In this bed I scream are some of my favorites. I love the keyboard(synth) solo of the chorus in the song "In this bed I scream". The other songs "Joint 2 Joint", "the human body", "my computer" & "Da, Da , Da" are slammin' joints that I had enjoyed a lot when I first got my own copy of the 3 cd set in early 1998

[@daraseevers]

The Love We Make & Holy River & Somebody's Somebody are my top 3 on Emancipation. These albums always bring back memories of winter here in Mpls. I loved how happy he seemed during this time.

[@MsRoss-xv3nx]

The Emancipation 3 cd was amazing 💜 So many interesting styles to listen to from 1 artist

[@PRATERVXEX]

Big fan of Damned If I Do, Soul Sanctuary, Face Down, Emancipation and The first 5 tracks in a row. Great project!

[@alanbarker4446]

My favorite song is Let's have a Baby. At that time I, like Prince was also expecting a baby at the same time. Sad to say that we shared similar results. I also play multiple instruments and dedicated many songs to the unborn child... "REST IN PURPLE POWER" 👊🏾💜💜💜💜💜

[@ThatGuy-mn2gg]

The Holy River, Somebody's Somebody, One of Us, I can't make you love me, Jam of the Year Right Back here in my arms and White Mansion. Seriously underrated album. Fun album to pair down to 10 songs. Definitely one of the best Tours of all time

[@haroldwhite945]

The 3rd disc is my favorite. That's the one that's most Prince like...as in it was much more progressive than the other 2

[@pritpala]

This is my personal favourite album of his.

[@vincentjordan5881]

This right here is one of my favorite albums, if iam correct this album correlated with the birth and death sadly of his son, EMI yeah they folded grand opening, grand closing, Great review, Casey keep up the good work.

[@BriangjohnsonTv]

Such a great album. Nice work on this video, you did your homework! BAM>

[@michelangelo3121]

My faves r.. Right Back Here In My Arms, Joint 2 Joint, Jam Of The Year, Soul Sanctuary, Friend, Mother, Sister Wife and many more!

[@paulyb-englishmaninhangzho3609]

I recently had a lot of fun putting together an ever-changing single disc playlist of Emancipation, just to see what might have been! Great job on this one, certainly learned a few things I didn't know, and sure hope some day we see a deluxe package with all those xtra trax!

[@bladebrown4191]

I didn't finally come around to the set until 1999, when I was able to pick it up for $6.99 at FYE. Even if it's not my go-to album in his catalog, I never saw the need to pair down the tracklist. For me, it flows as-is. When I listen to it, I go the distance, depending on the disc I choose.

[@4mykoby]

The 12th song on each album is the Bomb!

[@ThinkingOutLoud2012]

This one came out my senior year of high school and rode with me all the way through basic training/tech school in the Air Force. Just a solid album to me. Joint 2 Joint always gets me hype. Great series

[@NayaAlena]

Right back here in my arms doesn’t get enough hype

[@brittdavid8591]

That triple feature was Fly as well you know👊🏾

[@debbiechain1402]

I understand that Prince dedicated this album to mayte

[@domarq]

I think it's SO CRAZY when I heard "Emale" I was a fan of Meshell's work. I ALWAYS thought that track would fit her, via duet. My goodness, my intuition is on point. I never knew she WAS on the original version (before their relationship soured) . I purchased the 3 cassette tape-package, upon the release of "Emancipation". MAN....the fall and winter of 1996/1997. My junior year in college. I miss that era.😫 THEN, I saw the Emancipation concert, in Baltimore (July, 1997). I'm trifling🤣.....my friend and I stole closer seats from two lovers; while they were in the bathroom. We only got to dance to "Sleep Around" before the couple returned and ejected us, from their seats🤣. But, before we were sent packing (well.....not really. We finessed ourselves to the aisle of another good seating section).....I was like DAMN!! Prince is MAD SHORT.....WITH HEELS!! Like....WITH heels, he's shorter than your average dresser drawer. So, no wonder he always wore heels. Those heels led to his spine, hip and knee problems.....and eventual painkiller addiction. Women only try them on special occasions. I can't imagine dancing....doing splits.....wearing them 24 hours a day.....for nearly 30 years. Poor guy.

[@glamslamcam]

Emancipation is a great album that I still enjoy. Learning that the album was originally gonna be 52-songs long and then reading the track list, I actually wish THAT had come out instead of what became of the album. Songs like “Stone”, Journey 2 the Center...” “Funky Design” & “Goodbye” should’ve been heard by the masses in this form (not Crystal Ball for “Goodbye”). And it truly sucks that much more knowing that EMI folded when it did and that single handedly killed the promotion. Doesn’t kill that this was a great set of songs that worked for the time & still works to this day.

[@SirJoCocchi]

Amazing masterpiece. 💜

[@jgutie1552]

By far his best work of the 90's

[@darkbluebossa]

Would love to listen to the collaboration between Prince and Meshell!

[@barbdavis6838]

Awesome video Casey! This is one of my Favorite Albums. My Favorite song is.....Face Down. I Love all of the songs on this one. Much Purple Fam Love to you and Kim and everyone here. 🕊💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜🕊

[@therealpaperheart]

To me it will always be 'Face Down'

[@salvador1179]

The human body... perfection

[@shirlthegirl631]

Wow! You’re so right. The original song “Sanctuary” by Sandra St Victor is so much funkier.

[@robertbenton1367]

The 'Dead Like Elvis' sample comes from a song P did with a spoken word poet by the name of Ninety-9 called 'Stained Glass (aka Give God a Try)' around '93, and the title of 'Face Down' comes from a comment Morris Hayes apparently made about a particularly bad review they'd received about 'The Gold Experience', with Morris saying 'You know what, they can kiss my ass, matter'fact when we die they can bury us facedown and they can kiss our ass on the way out'. This is also the song that made P question his profanity in performances, as Larry Graham would always go backstage to avoid hearing it. Thanks for the videos! ☮

[@danielgutierrez4584]

This is Daniel from California hello it’s been a while I finally have something to say about eight years ago I had a chance to buy this whole album on cassette believe it or not where I found it was was one place I would never expect to find one day I was at the 99 Cents store in California and there was a whole album on cassette and at the time I thought it was cool but I didn’t buy them and now I wish I would’ve bought them

[@kylechristian7232]

Somebody's Someboy That's a Stonr Cold Jam

[@thejoojooman6538]

🔝 5 Prince album. Sandra St. Victor is the truth!

[@wesleystewart2709]

Another great video!! My favorite songs from this album are Slave, Mr. Happy, Soul Sanctuary, Emale, Somebody's Somebody, and Emancipation.

[@JuJuOfTheBees]

Wow, so much info.

[@glamslamcam]

Favorite songs Disc 1 - Right Back Here In My Arms, Somebody’s Somebody, Courtin Time, Betcha By Golly Wow Disc 2 - Sex In The Summer, One Kiss At A Time, Soul Sanctuary, Joint 2 Joint, Savior Disc 3 (my favorite disc) - New World, The Human Body, Style, Face Down, Sleep Around, The Love We Make & Emancipation

[@garytitone853]

It’s my Desert Island R&B album

[@drstrange629]

My favorite song is probably New World. Ultimate Future Funk.

[@michaelrose7013]

Right back here in my arms 🎉🎉🎉✌️✌️👏👏👏

[@sontinapowell]

Soul Sanctuary

[@the16thGemini]

Another great video filled for facts and unknown back stories !!!! Damned If I Do, We Gets Up, Somebody’s Somebody, New World and The Human Body are my most repeated tracks. I wasn’t aware that Journey To The Center of Your Heart had roots in this era. I did enjoy Chaka Khan’s version on Come 2 My House. This videos are greatly appreciated in these times.

[@mikeallred371]

Somebody's Somebody And In This Bed I Scream

[@christophertracy7136]

Songs that were cut from Emancipation were better than ones that he released like Angels and Goodbye.

[@jamesatkinsonja]

I think the 36 song, 3 hour length put the general pubic off this album, unfairly as it has so many great moments in it. My highlights Disc 1: 'Somebody's Somebody', 'Mr Happy' 'In this bed I scream' Disc 2: 'Soul Sanctuary', 'Dreaming about you', 'Joint 2 Joint', 'Holly River', Friend etc Disc 3: 'Slave' 'Human Body', 'Facedown'

[@jonnuanez2843]

I have wonderful memories of listening to the 2nd disc while walking around Waikiki, which was my first Hawaiian vacation. Saviour is my fave song from Disc 2.

[@alessandrotinchini1310]

Great insight and information. Awesome job as always, Casey. My favorite song from this album is One Kiss At A Time.

[@martinmedina9015]

My favorite song from.this album is THE LOVE WE MAKE. Very strong lyrics and one of the best songs in this album. Would you by any chance know if his estate will release any of the singles on vinyl???

[@thechronicnoizeco.6675]

New World would have been a really smart single to release.

[@soulvids]

My fave P release!

[@DrPantsMusic]

Hard to know what to say about this album. When I first heard it I was disappointed. I felt like it marked a conscious turn away from the more hard edged sound he had employed on Gold Experience and Chaos and Disorder, and I was hoping for more of that. That being said, Emancipation continues to reveal itself to me in unexpected ways after all these years. I still don't feel as though I really know it from start to finish. Face Down, Joint 2 Joint, The Love We Make. Hard to pick just one favorite from a 36 song album.

[@ericcampbell6370]

It's amazing to think that Prince had actually considered using a producer other than himself and I'm glad that he didn't. I personally think that Emancipation would have been more consistent as a double rather than triple album, possibly holding a few of the songs for New Power Soul where they would have fit perfectly. My favorite tracks here are The Holy River, Curious Child, Let's Have a Baby, New World, The Human Body, Slave and Face Down.

[@toekevin]

Surprised you didn’t mention Kate Bush. Also, I was at that Roseland Ballroom show in NYC. Met Kirk in the crowd while we were waiting for the show to start. Also saw Montel Williams hanging out. Also, that Chris Rock interview shows footage from that Roseland show. And maybe it was conducted there? Not sure about that though.

[@marktenhoopen6010]

Good job as always!🙂For me though,there are enough songs that I ignore that I see it as a double album.(Most of the skipped songs are on disc 3.)That may have led to more sales but who knows?🤷‍♂️However,w/ the bootleg of The Dawn out there for some,maybe more of those songs could have been switched w/ the ones I'm not crazy about?Something like Mad as opposed to Da,da,da?

[@jerviejervie2204]

I was drifting away from Prince around this time, and the fact that it was 3 hrs long with 36 songs meant that my short attention span didn't allow me to spend a lot of time with it. I don't think I've heard the entire album more than three times. I recall it did sound kinda unvaried which was not the norm for a Prince album. I'll have to stream it again.

[@randyhorne1067]

Own it on vinyl , be prepared for an awesome experience

[@theFRIS]

if it was cut down to 2 cds, it would be in his top 10; a single disc & its probably top 3

[@superE1113z]

This is indirectly related to the album. I create music as well, and I have a very special relationship with numbers, letters and other characters. I have a form of synesthesia called Personification Synesthesia. For example, I don’t just see numbers when I see them, I also see what I can only call “personas” in them. To me, Each single digit (0-9) has a gender, a personality and relationships to the other digits (0 is nonbinary, 1-5 are somehow guys, 6-9 are somehow girls, 5 is a self-righteous jockey, 6 is a feminist who wants to teach 5 a lesson, and 7 is her sidekick and a bookworm with the cutest glasses, I kid you not!) And when you combine digits to make larger numbers, they start to really react with each other, creating situations or images (326 invokes Kovu from The Lion King 2, multiple 4’s are like a deeply militaristic army, 5 plus a 9 equals a tragic death for some odd reason!) Anyway, I see it as a gift and a curse, but either way, I try to channel that knowledge into my music anywhere numbers are involved. The number of tracks is never unintentional for me. Also, I try to make the runtimes of my songs (and by extension, my albums) synesthetically match the vibe of the instrumental and/or lyrics. I have to edit and sequence each of my songs and albums in order to create them exactly how I see fit according to my relationship with numbers. My strongest musical collaborator has once said that I make albums “backwards” and I just work in reverse from there, and I kinda see what he means! @jordanC I didn’t know anyone else did anything like this with their music until I discovered the existence of Prince’s Emancipation, with its triple-disc set of 60-minute albums. This is yet another of many things the artist and I bond over and have in common. 😄❤️❤️❤️ I’m actually afraid to listen to the album because I’ve never heard anyone do that in their work besides me! Anyways, I researched this all again tonight, and I have never shared this particular connection with anyone. Hope somebody gets something out of it! 😆😄😅😊❤️

[@stacymerrison4908]

Now you make me want to know what you're not telling! Tease

[@Staggercfc]

One Of Us.

[@Ricky2374]

Took me years to truly appreciate this album. At the time it felt like too much to take in and my interests were also elsewhere. It’s literally only in the last 3 months I put the cd in my car and the 3 discs have been in constant rotation. Love it now.

[@skytraxx67]

Love in this bed I scream 💜🎶🎵💜

[@seand67]

Was the recent reissue of ‘Emancipation’ a remastered version? From what I see, they simply reissued the original 3 CD set in a digipak

[@thepromiseman7745]

This is one of the best prince albums ever in the 90,s era it has some good songs on here i got too many favorite songs on this one here's my list My computer Somebody Somebody's White mansion Emailed Right back here in my arms Savior Sex in the summer The love we make ( especially when he sings it live ) I can't make you love me Get yo groove on Soul sanctuary

[@Penguindude1]

This album is a personal favorite of mine. My favorites by disc are: 1: Jam of the Year, Right Back Here in my Arms, Somebody's Somebody, I Can't Make U Love Me, and In This Bed I Scream. 2: Sex In The Summer, One Kiss At A Time, Emale, and Dreamin' About U. 3: Slave, The Human Body, Style, Sleep Around, The Love We Make, and Emancipation.

[@michaelmoraga2926]

The unreleased tracks are great! (You can find them on KZbin). I absolutely love these songs. "Emancipation" deserves a dynamite deluxe release. Slave 2 The System 💜 ('Hell if I do!') Eye Am The DJ 💜 Feel Good Funky Design Journey 2 The Center of Your Heart A Thousand Hugs & Kisses (with Nona Gaye) Van Gogh 2020

[@44y4l4]

i stole this album in junior high from the record shop at the mall

[@blueseanomad7435]

A tie between 'White Mansion' and 'Joint 2 Joint' for best song. For myself, this was the era I became a hardcore Prince fan and have the most nostalgia for. It's interesting that some of the tracks from Prince's 90s releases tell a love story of sorts: -The Morning Papers (The courtship) -TMBGITW (in love) -Disc 2 of Emancipation (the wedding) -The One/Man of War/Silly Game/Eye Love U But... (breakup)

[@Lovejazz01]

Holy River was my favorite , tho the whole album was a masterpiece , don’t think I listened to any thing else for 3 months once I bought the cd(3 cds! ) home! I knew Face Down was meant to be a single because he made a video for it.It was a treat to see Oprah feature him for a whole show back then to promote Emancipation , but I never knew he appeared on Rosie.

[@michaelmoraga2926]

Over the years, the songs I have returned to most are: The Love We Make 💜 Somebody's Somebody Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother/Wife Jam of the Year Sex in The Summer Face Down White Mansion ('...gonna be happy don't cha know...')

[@sirstudle]

There is 2 things about this album I heard was Prince was playing, one of us, about 6 months before Jean Osborne release and 1 of the collaborators sued prince for 1 of the song, I can't remember which, because they received no royalty even she is named on the album. Another reason he stopped selling and promoting the album. Not sure how true these are, but if anyone can shed some light it would be most appreciated

[@jeremyfredenburgh6084]

another track that was recorded was called maurice's song.

[@trksanhoes]

🙏🏿 RIP 👍🏿👍🏿

[@heturnal]

To me he is the goat bar none, but he was hit an miss with alot of his stuff after the later 80s early 90s, but that being said he is still the best even if he stopped at parade I still would consider him the best...R.I.P Purple Prince Rogers Nelson

[@billclark6688]

1:14 whoa! that thing... in the box to the right? looks like the egg or something? But it also looks like...the 1 in 1999?

[@Makoto03]

I'll need to give this album another try. I didn't enjoy it much outside of the third disk with tracks like Human Body, Slave, Face Down, and New World. But these were interesting facts about the album.

[@bethferguson705]

Somebody’s Somebody 💜💜

[@thekcsugethe_kc_suge7930]

Wasn’t I Can’t Make You Love Me a Bonnie Raitt song first? I’m pretty sure Prince worked with Raitt at one time. Have to check if Prince wrote it

[@lunchboxladyvlogsakakr1sty117]

My tape is still sealed too!!

[@princesskristan]

One Kiss At A Time always makes me blush and I would have some very interesting dreams if I listened to it before I fell asleep. But I also love Sex in the Summer, My Computer and Face Down

[@sailorkeyblader]

Nice

[@wolfhaley6900]

i really like face down and my computer :)

[@PirateJoseRodriguez]

My Favorite songs from emancipation are Somebody Somebody's Face Down The Holy River I can't make You Love Me