BlackandRising said:

Anyone know if this will be issued on vinyl by chance?

Hope so but doubt it. The smart thing to do is make Hitn Run Phase 1 and 2 on a gatefold vinyl...

But Prince tweeted HitnRun Phase 2 will be released on cd soon...

Papaj said:

https://itunes.apple.com/...1068030454

Sweet, bought it.

Have to say while enduring a torrent and managing to avoid a tidal wave this sounds really good. Last time I docked at a bay to purchase a Prince album from somalian merchant seamen I wasn't nearly as impressed.

BlackandRising said:

KingSausage said:

tatocorcu said:

feeluupp said:

Currently at #70 Top Albums iTunes chart.

Shame, it deserves to do better.

No shame about it....Think of it this way...Prince's fanbase is not the Tidal type...They are by most accounts traditionalists...

We've seen Prince do strong first week album sales numbers when he's attached to a major label AND decides to work an album....

Well, Prince doesn't work albums like he's done in the past. He doesn't use his concerts to promote his albums like we saw with Musicology, 3121, ect...Basically, he releases albums to get it out of his system....To unleash to the hardcore fans...

So what u r seeing is INDEPENDENT, RAINBOW CHILDREN era Prince. Except it's even more lowkey than that project (he toured off of that album albeit smaller venues)...

Basically what I'm saying is fans on the Org should be use to P's ways by now. When dude is out there REALLY promoting his music, trust....it's going to do way more than nudge up to 70 on the charts...

But we also talking about an artist that still hasn't gotten around to releasing those remasters that everyone wants in their collection....

Welcome to the confounding, weird, Prince show.....

xmas came early.... don't hate so much boys&girls; that's very unhealthy... just enjoy what you like and ignore the negative urges to say ugly things

Some folks find a beautiful girl or boy and yet still obsess about all the ugly people in the world; enjoy the good stuff

love yourself; free urself from the hate

At least it seems like Prince listens to fans more than some give him credit for (re Josh, Tidal, etc):

"eschewing producer Joshua Welton’s impotent and amateurish digital wreckage for a funky, horn-heavy sound that’s altogether more real."

EmmaMcG said:

murph said:

----------------- Pop Matters digs it.... http://www.popmatters.com...phase-two/ ---- They basically shitted on HitnRun Phase 1. So they r not on some dick riding shit... I agree with most of the points in the review....Especially calling out some of the silly fans bitching that they have already heard some of these songs....Anyway, peep it... -------------------------------------------------------------------- Prince HITNRUN Phase Two BY CHRIS GERARD 14 December 2015 It’s been a mere three months since Prince dropped HITNRUN Phase One first on Jay-Z’s Tidal streaming service, and then a few weeks later via more traditional outlets. Arguably the single worst album of his legendary career, the sterile and soullessPhase One quickly sank like a stone, notable more for being the first product under Prince’s highly publicized deal with Tidal than for its music. At the time there was speculation as to whether a Phase Twowould materialize—that speculation can now be put to rest. On Saturday, 12 December, without any warning whatsoever, Prince fans awakened to the news that HITNRUN Phase Two is available via Tidal to either purchase and download or to stream via the subscription service. Read more here: http://www.popmatters.com...phase-two/ ---------------------------- (N.B. Please provide brief quotations from reviews rather than posting complete articles - unless you have approvalo to do so - and supply a link to the original article where possible langebleu - moderator)

By far the most accurate review I've seen. Though I don't think Phase One should be completely forgotten. After all, it had June and 1000 Hugs & Kisses. As for Phase 2 having too many songs from the past, that doesn't bother me one bit. The first ever album I bought was Thriller and before I got it I had already heard most of it through singles that had been released. So I look at the likes of Xtralovable and Groovy Potential as being singles released before the album.

This is fine, but Screwdriver needs a Horz version where they just tear it up!

dodger said:

XxAxX said:

no physical copy? my old computer died last week, i lost a lot of downloads because i failed to back them up... i like my discs

[Edited 12/15/15 2:46am]

He answered this question on Twitter and said yes there will be a physical release.

thank you! good to know

appleseed said:

This is fine, but Screwdriver needs a Horz version where they just tear it up!

Horz!!??

Oh Lord--I can just imagine it.

appleseed said:

At least it seems like Prince listens to fans more than some give him credit for (re Josh, Tidal, etc):

"eschewing producer Joshua Welton’s impotent and amateurish digital wreckage for a funky, horn-heavy sound that’s altogether more real."

EmmaMcG said:

murph said: By far the most accurate review I've seen. Though I don't think Phase One should be completely forgotten. After all, it had June and 1000 Hugs & Kisses. As for Phase 2 having too many songs from the past, that doesn't bother me one bit. The first ever album I bought was Thriller and before I got it I had already heard most of it through singles that had been released. So I look at the likes of Xtralovable and Groovy Potential as being singles released before the album.

Impotent.

Genesia said:

appleseed said:

Up to #30 on iTUNES

Dear Prince,

I have never asked you for anything. But please, consider putting this on vinyl.

RaspBerryGirlFriend said:

After listening a few times to the new album:

- I like the instrumentation, the sound and the production a lot. Thanks Prince for keeping it analogue. Would be great to have this album on vinyl.

- The musicianship is ace.

- The album doesn't sound 'lazy', but sounds like a lot of effort went into it.

- There are a lot of enjoyable little 'moments' hidden in each song.

- All 'n' all a more than decent new album IMO, the music reminds me of The Vault and TRC. My only personal 'objection' is that most of the songs are somewhat safe/ MOR sounding to my ears. On the other hand, I by far prefer this to the electronic mess that Phase One brought us. The only tracks on that album I think are worthy of the 'Prince' brand were 1000 Hugs & Kisses and HardRockLover.

[Edited 12/16/15 11:13am]

Wow... this is a great time to be a Prince fan!

I love Phase One... still... it's so fresh, fun and lighthearted - it's the most relaxed and fun I've heard Prince be in years.... and now Phase Two - after a couple of listens I'm starting to forget the various places I've heard these tracks over the last couple of years... they do all work very well together... Scrwedriver sounds like shit in terms of mastering, can't understand why he alllows that, but still...

This is a solid, high quality album, that's revealing more to me with each listen... lots of detail. And I love that these two companion albums are so contrasted to each other... Phase One sounds like deliberately throw-away (in a good way) party record... and this is more considered, but still fresh and funky...

It feels like he needed the collaboration with Josh to refocus himself... he was wandering a bit aimlessly before, but he now seems refocused and his funk jams are inventive, fun, sexy and playful again...

My preference would be for him to hold onto these tracks and not scatter them out randomly before hand... but hey, he didn't really know what he was doing with them...

Art Official Age was also a very strong record... the anomaly is Plectrum Electrum, a very weak record with only a couple of decent tunes to its name... the 3rdEyeGirl also now looks like an exercise that was necessary to reenergise our man.... and though the record was poor, it did just that...

For me, the last year has been the best in terms of Prince releases since the days of Rainbow Children, NEWS, etc....

These new records for me are FAR more interesting, creative and adventurous than 3121, Planet Earth, MPLS and 20Ten... with only Lotusflow3r coming close....

Loving both these new records! Very happy.

Rimshottbob said:

Wow... this is a great time to be a Prince fan!

I love Phase One... still... it's so fresh, fun and lighthearted - it's the most relaxed and fun I've heard Prince be in years.... and now Phase Two - after a couple of listens I'm starting to forget the various places I've heard these tracks over the last couple of years... they do all work very well together... Scrwedriver sounds like shit in terms of mastering, can't understand why he alllows that, but still...

This is a solid, high quality album, that's revealing more to me with each listen... lots of detail. And I love that these two companion albums are so contrasted to each other... Phase One sounds like deliberately throw-away (in a good way) party record... and this is more considered, but still fresh and funky...

It feels like he needed the collaboration with Josh to refocus himself... he was wandering a bit aimlessly before, but he now seems refocused and his funk jams are inventive, fun, sexy and playful again...

My preference would be for him to hold onto these tracks and not scatter them out randomly before hand... but hey, he didn't really know what he was doing with them...

Art Official Age was also a very strong record... the anomaly is Plectrum Electrum, a very weak record with only a couple of decent tunes to its name... the 3rdEyeGirl also now looks like an exercise that was necessary to reenergise our man.... and though the record was poor, it did just that...

For me, the last year has been the best in terms of Prince releases since the days of Rainbow Children, NEWS, etc....

These new records for me are FAR more interesting, creative and adventurous than 3121, Planet Earth, MPLS and 20Ten... with only Lotusflow3r coming close....

Loving both these new records! Very happy.

i agree , Prince needed to be benovolent to re focus..

I only saw it once it hit iTunes Tuesday (even though I follow @Prince3EG on twitter and should have seen the Saturday announcement), but I downloaded it to my phone and computer w/in seconds of navigating to iTunes from the tweet.

Not into streaming. Tried it; to cumbersome.

@JOSHUAWORLD had a good little run w/ Prince — and better than nearly anyone else on earth. He should savor it and suck it up; Prince isn't even know for fidelity to his fans. Josh's Screwdriver Remix 6:44 was the bomb; if only he could maintain that quality.

controversy99 said:

lwr001 said:

and another tweet saying the Weltons were locked out the studio during the making as well

Hilarious! Not an actual tweet of course, but probably kind of accurate.

Even though half the album is new versions of songs I've heard before, I STILL think it blows Phase One out of the water. The new tracks are fantastic, and if he'd only released them as an EP it would still be 1000 times better than the mess that was Phase One

#20 itunes US

Does anyone else think that Revelation sounds like Scandalous part 2?

Rimshottbob said:

Wow... this is a great time to be a Prince fan!

I love Phase One... still... it's so fresh, fun and lighthearted - it's the most relaxed and fun I've heard Prince be in years.... and now Phase Two - after a couple of listens I'm starting to forget the various places I've heard these tracks over the last couple of years... they do all work very well together... Scrwedriver sounds like shit in terms of mastering, can't understand why he alllows that, but still...

This is a solid, high quality album, that's revealing more to me with each listen... lots of detail. And I love that these two companion albums are so contrasted to each other... Phase One sounds like deliberately throw-away (in a good way) party record... and this is more considered, but still fresh and funky...

It feels like he needed the collaboration with Josh to refocus himself... he was wandering a bit aimlessly before, but he now seems refocused and his funk jams are inventive, fun, sexy and playful again...

My preference would be for him to hold onto these tracks and not scatter them out randomly before hand... but hey, he didn't really know what he was doing with them...

Art Official Age was also a very strong record... the anomaly is Plectrum Electrum, a very weak record with only a couple of decent tunes to its name... the 3rdEyeGirl also now looks like an exercise that was necessary to reenergise our man.... and though the record was poor, it did just that...

For me, the last year has been the best in terms of Prince releases since the days of Rainbow Children, NEWS, etc....

These new records for me are FAR more interesting, creative and adventurous than 3121, Planet Earth, MPLS and 20Ten... with only Lotusflow3r coming close....

Loving both these new records! Very happy.

This largely match my own views. I too think HnR1 was deliberately throw away in a good way and that collaborating with Josh helped him refocus.

delirious26 said:

On the advice of counsel I'll be staying on topic for the remainder of this thread.

I'm enjoying Phase II more and more.

Regards,

dadeepop

delirious26 said:

MIRvmn said:

delirious26 said:

Does anyone else think that Revelation sounds like Scandalous part 2?

yes it reminds me of Scandalous which is good since I love that ballad

(I cherish my Scandalous Sex Suite cd maxi-single. I still remember the day I bought it then immediately listened to it in the mall parking garage. I was like, "Yaaaaas...")

"2 Y. 2 D." has many lovely sounds, but that flute makes it.