So, the new Prince album is now confirmed...
it's called NEWS

and contains only 4 tracks, each lasting
exactly 14 minutes. Tracklisting as follows:

1. North (14:00)
2. East (14:00)
3. West (14:00)
4. South (14:00)

No release date as yet, and I assume it'll only
be available through NPGMC retail....soon.
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edit; addition of cover image (thanks to June19)
[This message was edited Tue May 27 0:43:51 PDT 2003 by BorisFishpaw]
[This message was edited Tue May 27 0:45:17 PDT 2003 by BorisFishpaw]

And the artwork consists of a panoramic snapshot?

ooh baby I'm loving this. absolutely. I already thought he
would do that with the 3rd vault. put it up and immediately
put a new album amongst them to drop the info on us that
there was another something coming.

Fuck, the sample from "East" is making me drule all over
the floor here. This is Xperimental with a big ass "X"



[This message was edited Mon May 26 13:05:10 PDT 2003 by IstenSzek]

Yeah, the cover looks like a photo
of part of the earth from orbit.
I can't quite work out which
continent is is beneath the clouds.

Probably the northern region of Africa and the southern region of Europe.

Of course this info comes from The Vault III part of NPGMC.

VelvetSplash said:

yup (I dunno how long it's been open)
but P's hangin' out in there at the
moment.

It also explains the mysterious writing
on the floor of the main hall over the
first couple of weeks.
[This message was edited Mon May 26 13:06:48 PDT 2003 by BorisFishpaw]

The sample provided 'East' sounds like symphonic rock, and is apparantly a one man jam


Please note that my latter two replies were made before checking the NPGMC

Now see...he does read the forums...I.E.

http://www.prince.org/msg...&tid=49960


The eyes of Paisley Park are always
watching

more instrumental goodies... sounds great

yup...it certainly sounds like the
new album will be instrumental like
Xpectation, only more experimental.

This is no BS right? New album? 4sho? Man iam sooo xcited. Shit. He b r purple funkmeister. Love him.

\/oo/\/\s!

June19 said:

welp, they betta quit watchin and get their asses back 2 work.

Yup, straight up no BS!
it's for real.
In black and white over
at NPGMC.

Sounds different 4sho. Cannot wait. He still got it. Love him. Hell anyone in the prince camp. Get fonky i say and enjoy.

Lovin' what I'm hearing so far... ...I'm not sure if it's more experimental than Xpectation, but it's definitely harder edged...

LOVE the direction he's going in lately.

wellbeyond said:

agentmonday said:

Is it anything like c-note?

here ya go



boys and girls...









who says I'm not a loyal fam?

now


i love life

XLBubba said:

In the sample, there's:

No horns

No violin

Shitloads of guitar

wellbeyond said:

Im still boycotting NPGMC

any drums?
any more of that damn ONA synth?
More?
Is it the full songs?
can you download them?

XLBubba said:

Your choice (of course...lol)

yep, altho it dunt sound like Blackwell drumming...more drum machine sounding (even if it isn't...)

???...Um, not sure...lol...

Nope, it's about a 30-45 second sound bite...
Of course not...you'da heard them by now if so...

"Prince: I don't read about me...does it really make sense metaphysically???"

Can somebody explain this to me? I am to lazy to understand it.

Amen

wellbeyond said:

It is drum machines?
You know that ONA patch Renato always plays. That Synth.
30-45 seconds of each song.

BorisFishpaw said:

Perhaps we're seeing Madagascar and the southeastern tip of Africa?

XLBubba said:

I think so...but I'm lousy at tellin'...but it doesn't sound warm and organic like the drumming on TRC does...
In the sound bite, there's little synth to be heard, and what I do here is muted and in the background...it's mostly drum(machine) and guitar...with a few touches of "scratching/backwards Lp" sound effects shit thrown into the mix...
Only of "East"...so far...