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We should have seen it coming after the Artist publicly slagged the Internet
at last week's Yahoo! Internet Life Music Awards. The onetime potentate
warned the audience "Don't be fooled by the Internet. Use the Computer. Don't
let the computer use you. Y'all saw The Matrix." So it comes as no surprise
that the eccentric musician would revert to more traditional methods to
distribute his forthcoming album, Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic. The Artist
announced that the disc, which is rumored to sound like his Purple Rain-era
songs, will be released this fall through a major label, instead of through
his website. The trouble is nobody is quite sure exactly where the disc will
end up. Smart money says that Arista Records is the frontrunner, while Sony's
Tommy Mottola and Donnie Ienner were spotted in a confab with the artist
recently. In a parallel universe, the singer's former label, Warner Bros., is
getting ready to release The Vault...Old Friends 4 Sale, a collection of
unused material from his albums dating from 1985 to 1994. That disc hits
stores August 24 ...