• Kendrick Lamar Performed With Prince At His Release Party For New Albums 'Art Official Age' And 'PLECTRUMELECTRUM' [WATCH]

    Prince celebrated the release of wo new albums -- his solo album Art Official Age and PLECTRUMELECTRUM with his band 3RDEYEGIRL -- yesterday with a livestream special on Yahoo!. The 90-minute special focused on the history of his 65,000 square-foot Paisley Park estate as well as the collaborators who worked on his most recent records. Toward the end of the broadcast, Prince performed three songs and brought out Kendrick Lamar for one of them. Lamar dropped a new verse for "What's My Name," a rare track from Prince's 1998 box set Crystal Ball.

  • 30 Years After Single 'Purple Rain' by Prince: Music Times Looks at Colored Rains from Roy Orbison, Peter Gabriel, Soundgarden and More

    As our own Joseph Degroot pointed out earlier this year, 2014 marks the 30th anniversary of Price's class album Purple Rain. The title song wasn't officially released until September 26 however, so upon its own birthday we decided to check out what other colors of rain were floating around in the songosphere. Naturally none of them live up to Prince's epic closing track but we decided to list what we found for you. Here they are, listed in the traditional color spectrum order.

  • 10 Albums With Anti-Cover Artwork: Kanye West, The Beatles, And More

    Today, U2 shared the official cover to their latest album Songs of Innocence, and though the official cover is definitely more professional and artistic, I actually prefer the minimalist anti-cover that was used for its initial release. Here are 10 more albums with similar anti-covers.

  • Yes, There Is A Reggae Tribute Album To Prince Called 'Purple Reggae'

    In 1984, Prince released one of the highlights of his illustrious career in the form of Purple Rain. It's taken three decades, but thankfully Radio Riddler and a few special guests decided to rework those classic tracks into reggae tunes on the perfectly titled Purple Reggae.

  • Prince Releases New Single "FUNKNROLL" From Upcoming Album 'ART OFFICIAL AGE'

    Prince's two new albums ART OFFICIAL AGE and PLECTRUMELECTRUM (caps lock intentional) are both set for release on Sept. 30, but today, Consequence of Sound reports that the legendary artist has shared yet another single from one of these albums. "FUNKNROLL" is the third single to be released from ART OFFICIAL AGE, following "BREAKFAST CAN WAIT" and "BREAKDOWN," and though it's not available for streaming, it is available for purchase over at Amazon right now.

  • Prince Shares Single 'Clouds' From One Of His Upcoming Albums

    After announcing that he will be releasing not just one but two new albums this year (Art Official Age and Plectrum Electrum), Prince has shared one of his new songs. "Clouds" will be included on Art Official Age, and though that album, like many of Prince's classics, is a largely solo effort, this new song features British soul singer Lianna La Havas on vocals. The song isn't available to be shared, but you can listen to it right now over at Okay Player.

  • Lil Wayne Talks 'Tha Carter V,' Nicki Minaj, Drake, Prince, And More In XXL Cover Story

    Lil Wayne is preparing for a co-headlining tour with Drake next month and readying his 12th studio album Tha Carter V for release this year. Now he graces the black-and-white cover of XXL's August/September issue, shirtless and showing off his tattoos while sporting a Trukfit ski cap and diamond grill. The sell line reads, "Nothing Left to Prove."

  • 8 Multi-Platinum Albums That Were Relative Flops: The Eagles, Prince, And More

    The news of Robin Thicke's latest album selling a dismal 54 copies in Australia must be very embarrassing for him, but there are some artists who are so massively famous that even going multi-platinum can be considered a huge disappointment. Here are eight multi-platinum albums that sold less than half of their predecessors.
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