ThaStrike said:

not giving a specific time, so maybe some kind of glitch or something? i notice that there has been a moderator present on the boards at npgmc all day, pretty much without interruption

txladykat said:

Why do you think that is? What are they prepping for??

Also, wasn't it strange that the songs were initially available (through internal search function) on iTunes this morning, but pulled shortly thereafter. Are they waiting on something specefic to release them??

prince had a bad acid trip...AGAIN...And god spoken 2 him and said 3121 is the black album II...

MikeMatronik said:

As a fan of the Black Album, one can only hope.



M

I was at the download store and in the "View all media option" it had entries 4 B,L&B, Black Sweat and 4 the video of BS.

So it's near 2 released!

Update:

the entries have been removed!

MikeMatronik said:

LMAO, itunes did the same thing this morning, people clicked on "buy" then got a screen that said it was "not available for purchase" then poof, totally disappeared!

Do you think that the buzz created by the SNL performance has led Uni to consider shelving Black Sweat and pushing Fury now??

DarkKnight1 said:

If there was ever a performance that would cause it, it was the snl performance, but that would really be odd, considering Black Sweat already went out to radio..

SOMETHING is up... Real Networks also removed Black Sweat, which it had up earlier today for .99 cents.

I've not seen anything like this on a "release" day in a long time, well since,,, The Black Album..

Napster still has it up..

http://sms.napster.com/du...&c=Napster
[Edited 2/7/06 17:14pm]

'workin up a re-call sweat'

jthad1129 said:

But, would fans be FUR-I-OUS?

Wait, hold the phone. Not sure if this has been up already, but the Black Sweat video is now up on Universal's website

http://www.umrg.com/artist.aspx?aid=545

the npg site has been updated with the songs

So, what, no releasing on iTunes, but you can get it on NPGMC? How stupid.

Spinlight said:

I hope that's not what they're doing but if so, it wouldn't be a surprise. Prince does some truly boneheaded things. It better hit iTunes real soon.

Frankly, I find it extremely odd that Prince would have control over the songs availability on iTunes at this point. Universal would obviously want to see some $$$$ from the sale on iTunes that they won't see from sales on his site alone.

Unless somebody here has insider info -- which I very seriously doubt -- it's unfair to blame Prince for what's going on with "BS" and "BL&B" today. It has become quite obvious the past few weeks that Universal is calling the shots for ALL the marketing of this project. If you're upset about the songs not being available on iTunes or the other download sites, your beef is with the label, not Prince.

Peace, David

It is available in France . I just bought it from the virGin french site. having it in great quality makes the tune even better. It is just too short. I'm really looking forward to hearing the full version.
[Edited 2/8/06 1:52am]

kalel5204 said:

Thanks for the info - and can I say it's about freaking time??



Hey PeePee: the only information that y'all deigned to release to us lowly public was that Black Sweat at least would be "digitally available 2/7." If you were truly planning on waiting until fairly late Tuesday night, Minneapolis time, you might want to say that. Because in the real world when something is "digitally available" online, it doesn't mean that someone will get around to uploading it at some point before the date changes to 2/8 in Prince's hometown. It means that 24 hours ago now, I should have been able to at least determine WHERE/WHAT was being made "digitally available."

Amateurs.

Media Base 24/7 Airplay Report: 2/8/06
(spin totals reflect activity in the past 7 days)

http://www.mmr247.com/mmr...0&cutoff=1

BLACK SWEAT- Prince

Top 40/ Mainstream : #205 (20 spins)
Leaders:
KSMY Santa Rosa , CA ( 6 spins)


Top 40/ Rhythmic : No Activity


Urban / Mainstream : #294 (22 spins)
Leaders:
KMJJ Shreveport (9 spins)
WDKX Rochester (6)


BEAUTIFUL LOVED & BLESSED - Tamar/Prince

Urban AC : 87 spins
Leaders:
WHRP Huntsville (27 spins)
WDLT Mobile (18)
WRRX Pensacola (11)
WTMP Tampa (10)

-----


Well , after day 1 to radio , noone seems to be knocking down the door to play Black Sweat . But its way early.

Beautiful Loved & Blessed off to fairly fast start at Urban AC

theblueangel said:

is the video played bij mtv ?

newpower99 said:

The Latest (02/03/06)


CHR/Rhythmic Going For Adds™

Artist Title (Label)

B.G. f/Mannie Fresh Move Around (Choppa City/Koch)
LL Cool J f/Jennifer Lopez Control Myself (Def Jam/IDJMG)
Natalise Enough (Stars823)
Prince Black Sweat (Universal)
Pussycat Dolls f/WILL.I.AM Beep (A&M/Interscope)
Three 6 Mafia Poppin' My Collar (Sony Urban/Columbia)
Voltio f/Calle 13 & Three 6 Mafia Chulin Culin Chunfly (White Lion/Sony Urban/Epic)

i will be disapointed if Black Sweat isn't released on Itunes cuz this is Prince's first real shot at a top 20 song in years

JulesJulian said:

Itunes is gonna do that?
[Edited 2/8/06 14:22pm]

Can anybody think of a reason that the singles are still not up on iTunes, etc? What could possibly be the hold up? The issue must be on Universal's end, right?

Peace, David

Universaluv said:

yes Itunes has a major inpact on the billboard charts now since they changed the chart method last year

livewire said:

This is pure speculation, but when Te Amo was released everywhere before it was released on NPGMC there was all kind of hell over there about "why wasn't it released first here!!!!!"

Maybe with this single NPGMC got a brief window of offering it before it gets to itunes.