I am thinking about signing up on lotusflow3r.com. Anybody who has signed up, what items can you download? Can you get all of his albums? Chocolate invasion? Slaughterhouse?? I miss the npg music club and all the stuff I downloaded and burned to discs has been lost. So i thought i would sign up on lotus and get some of that stuff again.

you can get lotusflower and mplsound and bria's cd Elixr

you can also get to see the ORB of spinning videos and pictures but somewhere around here is a list of everything you can get but right now $77 is a bit steep some might say

then again....you never know if something big is coming

It depends on if 77 dollars is a lot of money for you or not firstly.
There are 54 videos on lotus at the moment. Pretty nice, some live performances included from way back e.g. Controversy, I wanna be your lover up to present day live concert performances and tv appearances.

I personally didn't join to get old music/pics or anything, though actually I wouldn't mind if a jukebox was on there for listening. Maybe that will happen in the future.

French lotus members got a last minute invite to his private party bash in Paris. That's a big plus of course.

I joined to become part of the experience. Good or bad it's what you make of it. But if you come from a culture where excess is the norm then you might be disappointed. Good luck in making your decision.

Currently you can download the following:

ALBUMS
- Lotusflow3r album (including non-CD track "The Morning After")
- MPLSound album
- Bria Valente's Elixer album

SINGLE TRACKS
- Feel Better, Feel Good, Feel Wonderful (Acoustic, Le Grand Studio RTL 2009)
- Mountains - Shake Your Body (Acoustic, Le Grand Studio RTL 2009)
- Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? (Rehearsal 2009)

You can also 'stream' the following:

PROMO VIDEOS
- I Wanna Be Your Lover
- Uptown
- Controversy
- Little Red Corvette
- Raspberry Beret
- Kiss
- Sign O The Times
- Alphabet St.
- Cream
- Diamonds & Pearls
- 7
- Te Amo Corazon
- Somewhere Here On Earth
- The One U Wanna C
- Crimson & Clover
- Chocolate Box
- Everytime (Bria Valente)

LIVE FOOTAGE
- I Would Die 4 U (Washington 1984)
- The Undertaker (Paisley Park Jam Session 1993)
- The Sacrifice Of Victor (Aftershow, London 1993)
- D.M.S.R. (Detroit 2004)
- Creep (Coachella 2008)
- 7 - Come Together (Coachella 2008)
- Shhh (Coachella 2008)
- When I Lay My Hands On U (Montreux 2009)
- Little Red Corvette (Montreux 2009)
- I Love U But I Don't Trust U Anymore (Montreux 2009)
- Peach (Montreux 2009)

TV APPEARANCES
- Brit Awards Medley (2006)
- Lolita - Satisfied (American Idol 2006)
- Superbowl XLI Medley (2006)
- Turn Me Loose (Leno 2008)
- Guitar (Leno 2008, unaired)
- 1999 (Leno 2008, unaired)

There's also some exlusive pics, liner notes, and a 'news' and 'ticket offers' section which is very seldom updated. Plus there's the T-shirt...

You won't find any older albums, or any of the old NPGMC stuff.

Make up your own mind, I guess.
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don't do it. just don't. feel ripped off and cheated - nothing will change until a year is nearly up. recent tickets haven't been on there, one of my reasons for joining, so if he comes to the uk - i doubt i'll get any offers. also exclusive access and back catalogue hinted at. conspicuous in absentia. my t-shirt is on bin laden, find him find the t-shirts! for $77 you could order music from us and pay for the postage there and back twice I would've thought. Peace, May U Live to See the Fawn

if it's a chance to have VIP tickets it worth it.

I suspect we've been duped into thinking we can get VIP tickets when in fact there's no chance we'll get VIP anything - we don't even get emails to say the sites updated anymore!

However, I will be opening a packet of crisps later in Bolton, which you are all invited to. £31.21 a ticket...

I cannot recommend joining at this time. You can buy the three CDs for $11.99 and the Target version of Lotu$flower has "Crimson and Clover", which is better that what track Prince replaced it with on the Lotu$flower download (I've forgotten what the Lotu$flower-exclusive track is, so that ought to tell you something).

There are good videos there, but you can only watch them. Prince gives you no tools to download them with. There is some evidence in the Terms of Service that downloading them with a third-party program is allowable, but it's not crystal clear, and given Prince's previous thoughts on this, I'd be surprised if he condones it.

Videos are added sparingly, and only about every 45 - 60 days or so. The last two videos added were first premiered to the world on YouTube. They're still up, which leads me to believe Prince authorized that release. It's telling that he would release those videos through YouTube first, and then to the Lotu$flower members weeks later.

The t-shirt is worthless.

The biggest perk would be the chance to buy good seats to his shows but he has now performed all over the world, and only a few tickets to the Los Angeles release party concerts were offered to members.

I joined, and I feel like I got ripped off.

At this point it is not such a good idea to sign up, but I still believe something big is coming in the near future.
If I have to pay up for another year, I would do it again.
It's Prince
It's priceless

Don't do it. It's not worth it. Ask someone to email you the one song that is not on the Target version.

funkycomic said:

I'll sell you my account for $76!!

well if you can only download the new stuff, then I will wait and see if anything happens. bring back the npgmc!!! thank all of you for your help,I think you just saved me $77

funkycomic said:

Tell you what, give me your $77, I'll meet you at starbux, give you my t-shirt and password, and we'll call it a day.

There is nothing on that site worth 77 dollars.. The video's are a bunch of bollocks because when that membership is over, you won't be able to "legally" keep them. However, knowing all of this.. i don't think video is worthy of such a price tag anyhow..

I signed up.

I just got to send back the T-shirt coz it's a little girls size not a womans size

luv4u said:

best of luck with that

luv4u said:

you actually got the tshirt? and you sent it back?

now haven't you learned anything about prince yet?

luv4u said:

Please tell me you're being sarcastic! Sending the shirt back to get a "woman's" size shirt?
What is a medium shirt to the rest of the world, is a XXL shirt to Prince.

iam still not a member....hhmmm what iam waiting 4....?

Me either and from the sound of things eye don't think eye will!

mikeyaddict said:

funny, i must say i'm a bit disappointed, hes clearly taking his loyal fans for one what a shame, from someone whose music talks a lot bout the harsh reality's of life, suppose he has to pay for his extravagant lifestyle somehow.

what was that song on diamonds and pearls, money dont matter, yeah whatever prince.