prince all albums free download HITnRUN: Phase Two. Following quickly on the heels of its companion, HITnRUN: Phase Two is more a complement to than a continuation of its predecessor. Prince ditches any of the lingering modern conveniences of HITnRUN: Phase One -- there's nary a suggestion of electronics and it's also surprisingly bereft of guitar pyrotechnics -- in favor of a streamlined, even subdued, soul album. Despite its stylistic coherence, Prince throws a few curve balls, tossing in a sly wink to "Kiss" on "Stare" and opening the album with "Baltimore," a Black Lives Matter protest anthem where his outrage is palpable even beneath the slow groove. That said, even the hardest-rocking tracks here -- that would be the glammy "Screwdriver," a track that would've been an outright guitar workout if cut with 3rdEyeGirl -- is more about the rhythm than the riff. Compared to the relative restlessness of HITnRUN: Phase One, not to mention the similarly rangy Art Official Age, this single-mindedness is initially overwhelming but like any good groove record, HITnRUN: Phase Two winds up working best over the long haul, providing elegant, supple mood music whose casualness plays in its favor. Prince isn't showing off, he's settling in, and there are considerable charms in hearing a master not trying so hard. Prince all albums free download. © 2021 Rhapsody International Inc., a subsidiary of Napster Group PLC. All rights reserved. Napster and the Napster logo are registered trademarks of Rhapsody International Inc. Napster. Music Apps & Devices Blog Pricing Artist & Labels. About Us. Company Info Careers Developers. Resources. Account Customer Support Redeem Coupon Buy a Gift. Legal. Terms of Use Privacy Policy End User Agreement. © 2021 Rhapsody International Inc., a subsidiary of Napster Group PLC. All rights reserved. Napster and the Napster logo are registered trademarks of Rhapsody International Inc. Prince all albums free download. 2003 was a fascinating year for Prince releases. He spent the year releasing instrumental, experimental albums directly to the subscribers of his pioneering NPG Music Club, beginning in January with Xpectation , and continuing in May with the avant garde N.E.W.S. Remarkably, N.E.W.S. was recorded in a single day — February 6, 2003 — by Prince, the drummer John Blackwell, the keyboardist Renato Neto, the bassist Rhonda Smith, and the saxophonist Eric Leeds, a former member of Prince’s live band who was also a core member of his jazz side project, Madhouse. Exploratory and evocative, N.E.W.S. is an intriguing departure for this enigmatic and unpredictable artist.” Lucy Tauss, JazzTimes, 2003. The album contained four instrumental tracks, titled “North,” “East,” “West,” and “South,” that were each exactly 14 minutes long. The album was initially only available as a download for members of the NPG Music Club, but was commercially released two months later as a physical CD. Notably, it was the first time a Prince album charted on the new Billboard U.S. Top Internet Albums chart, breaking into the top 10 and peaking at number 8. N.E.W.S. was also nominated for a Grammy – the first nomination Prince had received since 1996, for The Gold Experience — in the category of Best Contemporary Instrumental Album. N.E.W.S. Album Credits. Prince guitar, fender rhodes, digital keyboards and percussion John Blackwell drums Renato Neto piano, synthesizers Rhonda Smith bass Eric Leeds saxophone. Join community to get news and updates. By providing us with your email address and clicking “Submit” you are agreeing to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Art Official Age. Prince returned to Warner Bros. Records in a big way in 2014, settling a 15-year feud on terms that were decidedly in his favor. He acquired the rights to his masters, agreed to a series of deluxe reissues, and released two brand-new albums, one recorded on his own and one recorded with his backing power trio 3rdEyeGirl. Art Official Age, the album credited to his lonesome, finds Prince reveling in many of the sounds of the '80s, reviving his Bob George and Camille voices, dabbling in deep electro-funk on "What It Feels Like," indulging in a full-fledged freakout on "Funknroll." Despite all these winking allusions to his past, Art Official Age feels of piece not with the Revolution but rather the New Power Generation: underneath the squalls of guitar, psychedelic soul harmonies, and impish humor, this is a full-fledged R&B album, one that often echoes Diamonds and Pearls. Like that 1991 record, Art Official Age is heavy on dance songs with rapped verses that don't feel informed by hip-hop and slow-burning soul that pulls the past into the present. Some of Prince's modernization feels a bit ham-fisted -- he turns the Internet meme "This could be us but you playing" into a slow jam -- but he leaves all his millennial flirtations at the margins of the record, grounding it in old-fashioned notions of seduction and soul. If the album doesn't offer any startling surprises along the lines of the furious "Black Sweat" -- there's not much abandon here -- there's joy in hearing Prince embrace his lyrical eccentricities as he accessorizes his smooth jams and coiled, clean funk with such oddities as laser blasts and spoken introductions from what appear to be British nurses. Such quirks may be fleeting but their presence is enough, along with such fine songs as "Breakfast Can Wait," to elevate Art Official Age above 20Ten and other pro forma latter-day Prince records. HITnRUN: Phase One. The cartoon album art of Prince's HITnRUN: Phase One echoes the cover portrait on its 2014 predecessor Art Official Age, a deliberate move suggesting this 2015 set is either a cousin or perhaps a reboot, questions the EDM revision of "This Could Be Us" (here titled "This Could B Us") doesn't put to bed. Prince consciously reconnected with his '80s work on Art Official Age, a nice wink for his return to Warner Bros., but HITnRUN covers similar territory in an edgy, impatient fashion, suggesting he wasn't thrilled by the 21st century indifference greeting both it and its companion, PlectrumElectrum, recorded with his power trio 3rdEyeGirl. He opens the proceedings by sampling himself and he's happy to throw side glances to his purple past, but he also ratchets up the electronic rhythms along with the stylized weirdness, peppering in references to Red Bull and cellphones alongside cameos from Rita Ora. What he winds up with is something neither fish nor fowl: a record that doesn't quite feel retro or fresh, yet is undeniably Prince. The question is, how is HITnRUN undeniably Prince? This used to be a fairly complicated question, but as he's gotten older it's turned into a simple equation consisting of a heavy dose of R&B, a few flourishes of fuzz guitar and pop harmonies, all divided between vamping soul workouts and slow jams. Prince has been dancing around this template since at least 2004's Musicology, perhaps even 1998's New Power Soul, but since 2007's Planet Earth he's been consistent in delivering tight little records where the elements are well crafted and perhaps even quite enjoyable, but all add up to something a little less than the sum of their parts. HITnRUN is no exception. Underneath its aggressive opening and occasional woozy electronics, it is anchored by two or three songs (the exuberant "Fallinlove2nite," the recycled "This Could B Us," maybe the Graffiti Bridge throwback "Million $ Show") that wind up revealing how the rest of the record feels like little more than nimble calisthenics.