KingSausage said:

Probably the same as HIStory: Book 1 Past, Present and Future.

Bugger all.

mynameisnotsusan said:

KingSausage said:

Phase 2: Never play any of these songs live, except for one or two 10-second snippets during the sampler set.

Phase 3: Complain about Tidal's marketing.

Phase 4: Find another company to sucker into a one-time deal.

Most accurate answer


Start a bunch of bs speculation and deliver absolutely. nothing.

udo said:

EmmaMcG said:

He's had a number of tours called hit and run, right? Maybe he's doing something similar with his albums. Like, in a year or two he might release a brand new album called hit and run phase 2 or something? Like, all his albums will be called hit and run phase (number) from now on?

Yes, this is definitely it. All his albums will be called Hit & Run from now on. Not only that, after releasing Hit & Run Phase 5, Prince will finally come with out with the much-awaited remasters, but they will all be retitled Hit and Run Prologue Phase. Like AOA Will Be Hit and Run Prologue Phase 1, While For You Will Be Prologue Phase 45 or whatever.

bluegangsta said:

same as HIStory: Book 1 Past, Present and Future.

I have wondered about that title as well.

We never got the Michael Jackson HIStory: Book 2.

Phase 1: "Hit". Prince 'hits us with a new album.

Phase 2: "Run". Prince 'runs' away from album and disappears again.

herb4 said:

Phase 1: "Hit". Prince 'hits us with a new album.

Phase 2: "Run". Prince 'runs' away from album and disappears again.

This is the answer!

Phase 1 is the cash-in phase.

The rest is irrelevant.

It probably means he has an idea for phase 2 that we'll never actually see.

Phase One: HITnRUN

Phase Two: ???

Phase Three: Profit!!!

Can't know what it means. If I had to speculate w/optimism for "Hit and Run", given the samples on "Stare", I'd hope for creative use of his own samples throughout the new album.

Industry folks - does sampling his own work in a new song get him paid 1.5 - 2x in streaming royalties?

But yeah, it - sounds - like he ran out of (time for) ideas for titles. He's named his tour(s) the same thing for years.

RE: Phase 1? - this is probably that same hype gimmick of 'more to come' from back in the day, where artists name their albums "Pt. 1" then never release "Pt. 2". Or years later, fuel fandom with talk of "Pt. 2" may be seeing light of day! (e.g. Lauryn Hill?)

In other words... more of the same *CoNtRoVeRsY*

S3V3N said:

more of the same *CoNtRoVeRsY*

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cover story

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(back in the days...)