Hola New Power New York!



Just came back from the Prince's and I mean "Prince's" Press conference and
I am happy to be the first one to announce to you that our boy Prince is
back!!! I was fortunate enough to be able to invite a whole bunch of NPNYers
to this afternoon Prince conference where we were given very special VIP
seating up front. Big shout out to Sam for the hook up man!



Here the low down on the...



As of the recently expiration of the publishing contract with Warner/Chapel
He [Prince] will return to his Birth name for from now into the future. He
still technically cannot release his albums "without conflict" on another
label, but this is definitely a step in the right direct for the former
artist formerly know as Prince



On the future of Rave... As of Clive Davis's announcement of his recent
release from Arista Records, All "agreements" with Arista are "null and
void". Apparently the "agreements" were made with Clive Davis and not Arista
Record and since Clive in no longer at the helm of Arista Prince owes Arista
nothing. Prince also mentioned that he has talked to LA Reid Arista's new
CEO and there is always chance that he and Arista may work together in the
future, but right now their is no immediate plans.



Prince has plans to repackage the previously released "Rave Un2 The Joy
Fantastic" under the new name "Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic". That is of
course not a miss print, "IN2" has been replaced "UN2"in the title. He is
not sure exactly how this is going to be distributed yet. It will either be
coming out on a CD or via Internet. He was not sure on that.



On Mayte... Him and Mayte are still "Friends". All he could say is that "I'm
doing my thing and she is doing hers" when asked more about that he didn't
really seem to want to go into details and looked obviously bothered by the
whole situations...



On the Concert on the 13th... he says there will be A lot of Special guest
stars, He also described the event as a Jam session with music write by
Prince.



New NPG so Far...



Najee - Woodwinds
John Blackwell - Drums
Kirk - Computer programming
No Rosie Gaines - He mentioned that Rosie didn't seem interested



Couple of miscellaneous things... Prince mentioned that he would be going to
be doing a brief "Spiritual Studies" from August to July and when he returns
he probably be putting together an end of the summer tour. When asked about
the "Studies" he said it was "personal".



When asked who would win a fist fight between him and Michael Jackson,
Prince was very nice about it and asked everyone to be cool with Michael and
wasn't try to say a bad thing about him.



A love song compilation titled "When 2 R In Love: The Ballads of Prince" was
configured but denied for release by Warner Bros.



A new Internet only single will be released soon called "CyberSingle", the
lyrics are as follows...
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Chorus:
am the cybersingle, that is me
come and get my download
2 b free or not 2 be free,
that is the question, c
all the beautiful ones r with me
C, its lovely

As the media tightens its grip on U
and the beast continues 2 split in 2
Superman steps in the phone booth one more time
2 drop another cybersingle, life-saving line (it's lovely)

Lookin' 4 some that will make U organized
Dead Prez. R Rage conspire 2 open up Ur eyes
What good is a mind of a man if its runs by another
Take back Ur conscious, my sisters and brothers!

Chorus

can't leave the keys in my brand-new car
cuz U don't know it's wrong 2 steal
The devil got U thinkin' he's invisible
but how he makes U act is real

Television got Ur mind but U got 2 get free
Open Ur Eyes
Purple Haze
Jesus saves

Sister and brothers! Love 4 One Another!
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A press kit was giving to everyone which included a copies of a few recently
published articles, a picture with attached slide, various flyers and a
press releases about the upcoming celebration and the name change from Susan
Blond, Inc.



More interesting in the press kit was the inclusion of lyrics for new tracks
and remixes which we will probably see included in the new release "Rave In2
The Joy Fantastic". The songs are as follows: Peace, 2045: Radical Man,
Undisputed (The Moneyapolis Mix), Chuck D.'s Ryhme, In The Socket, Hot wit U
(Nasty Girl Remix), ManOWar (remix), Beautiful strange, The Calling (by
Carlos Santana) and People (by Graham Central Stations. The later 2 tracks
being included because apparently Larry Graham wrote People, but Carlos
Santana has yet to credit Larry publicly. Of course took the liberty of
being the first during the press conference.



I really hope I am not leaving anything out. My mind is on sensory overload
right now. Very rarely to fans/enthusiasts get invited to such a event. So I
think that was extremely cool on Prince's part for allowing such a thing. I
would like to thank Prince, Paisley Park, and his Press Agency Susan Blonde
for extended the invitation to NPNY. Special Thanks again to Sam for the
hook up.



Live 4 Love Always,



Derek

New Power New York

http://www.npny.org