30 Years of Hip Hop in 60 Minutes

Not Prince related, but this should appeal to most music fans, the BBC has put together an astonishing megamix of 538 songs covering 30 years of Hip Hop.

Its an amazing mix, i suggest you download it.

Prince Opus

Want a Prince-themed ipod?

Want to pay $2000+ for it?

Head on over to Prince's Opus page and check it out...

Prince Target Commercial

Prince's 'Lotusflow3r' Off To Strong Sales Start

April 01, 2009 05:52 PM ET

Keith Caulfield, L.A.

Prince's new album, "LotusFlow3r" (NPG), issued exclusively in the U.S. through Target stores on Sunday, March 29, leads Nielsen SoundScan's Building Chart, which was released today, April 1.

Yet, the album may not finish the week at No. 1.

Why? The Building Chart reflected unweighted sales through the close of business on Tuesday, March 31. Which means that new releases -- which almost always bow on Tuesday -- usually only have one day's worth of sales included on the Building Chart that is released on Wednesday of each week. However, Prince's album dropped on Sunday, so the Building Chart actually reflects the set's first three days worth of sales.

We'll have a better gauge on how next week's official Billboard 200 chart will shake out on Friday, April 3, when SoundScan releases its next Building Chart. As it stands now, Prince's album is ahead of the No. 2 set, Keith Urban's new "Defying Gravity" (Capitol Nashville), by a very wide margin.

Billboard estimates the seven merchants who report to Nielsen SoundScan's Building chart -- Trans World Entertainment, Best Buy, iTunes, Starbucks, Borders, Target and Anderson Merchandisers -- comprise about 60% of all U.S. album sales.

Other albums looking good for a top 10 debut on next week's Billboard 200 chart include UGK's "UGK For Life" (UGK/Jive/JLG), Diana Krall's "Quiet Nights" (Verve) and Flo Rida's "R.O.O.T.S." (Poe Boy/Atlantic).

Nielsen SoundScan's sales tracking week, as reflected in the official Billboard 200 chart, runs from Monday through Sunday of each week. The newest Billboard 200 chart, released today (April 1) -- where the "Now 30" compilation debuted at No. 1 with 146,000 -- reflected the week that ended on Sunday, March 29.

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/prince-s-lotusflow3r-off-to-strong-sales-1003958005.story

Prince performs three L.A. shows in one night

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Funk rocker Prince blasted a concert promotion giant for its poor sound equipment as he struggled to perform three concerts in one night at separate venues in Los Angeles.
The man who once sang about traveling "Around the World in a Day," shuttled among three venues on Saturday at a new downtown entertainment complex operated by AEG Live.

But his ambitious promotion for an upcoming album hit a snag soon after he hit the stage at the 7,100-capacity Nokia Theater. He had problems with the monitors, and constant pleas to the venue's crew to fix them never had much impact.

"This is my celebration. I don't care what goes wrong," he said midway through the 90-minute set, before scrunching up his nose in disgust.

The second show, at the 1,100-capacity Conga Room, began with a five-minute soundcheck and lasted about an hour. Each of the shows was promoted as being "full-length."

The third show, scheduled to begin at midnight, kicked off an hour late as Prince and his crew grappled with sound issues, forcing fans to wait in a long line outside the 2,300-capacity Club Nokia. He began the show before many entered the venue.

Toward the end of the show, he mentioned a few AEG executives by name, and told fans to complain to them about the buzzing speakers.

"I came to see Alicia Keys here, and it was the worst sound I've ever heard," Prince said, noting that the AEG had spent plenty of money on seating and lighting.

"If you fix the sound, I'll be here every night, and I'll do it for free."

Prince played most of his hits, like "1999," "Kiss" and "Let's Go Crazy," at the first show, which was attended by celebrities like basketball legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood. The set lists and the bands were different for each show.

Prince's new album, the three-disc set "Lotusflow3r," will be released on Sunday exclusively at big-box retailer Target Corp and on his Web site.

Officials at AEG did not reply to a late-night email seeking reaction to Prince's criticisms. The firm is owned by Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz.

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE52S0QZ20090329

Chocolate box extended mix

AUSTRALIA: Get yo Prince on April 7th

Thanks to a tipster in the shoutbox, i can confirm that the lotusflow3r delux 3disc set will be available from April 7th domestically. You can pre-order here.

Melbournites, "Music Machine" in Chapel Street is said to be receiving copies of the CDs within the week!

RRP is $59.95 for Australians.

Thanks for the tips guys!

And so it begins...

So lotusflow3r is open...ive been browsing it now for a while, ive found the MLPSound album but cant find the lotusflow3r download yet. Im not interested in Elixer, I'll grab it later...much later on.

None of the videos in the "orb" seem to run properly, and i have a pretty fancy computer and great connection, so it seems the site is already frought with tech issues that i just paid AUD$110 to witness...

Another Prince website, another debacle...sigh...

Reminder: Prince on The Tonight Show THIS THURSDAY NIGHT!

Aussies with Foxtel can tune in from Thursday to witness Prince as the musical guest. It begins at 10.30pm on "The Comedy Channel".

https://www.foxtel.com.au/EPG/EPG.aspx

Official countdown is up and running

With still no word on an Aussie release date/distributor, the lotusflow3r website ticker clicks along for the Americans...