Rolling Stone Prince’s Unreleased Album ‘Welcome 2 America’ Finally Arrives This Summer
Hear title track from latest Vault release, recorded in 2010 but shelved, out July 30th
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Prince’s unreleased 2010 album
Welcome 2 America is the next offering from the singer’s Vault, with the LP finally due out this summer.
Prior to
Welcome 2 America’s July 30th arrival, the Prince Estate has shared the title track, a spoken word soliloquy that criticized social media, celebrity culture, music industry monopolies, and more:
“The world is fraught with misin4mation. George Orwell’s vision of the future is here. We need 2 remain steadfast in faith in the trying times ahead,” Prince said in 2010 in a statement shared by the Estate.
Lost Prince Album ‘Welcome 2 America’ Arrives In July
Apr 8, 2021
Prince recorded a 12-track album entitled
Welcome 2 America at his Paisley Park Studios in 2010 but never released the album. That will change on July 30 when the late musician’s estate finally unveils the LP via Legacy Recordings.
Welcome 2 America’s title track has been shared ahead of the album’s release.
The album is said to document “Prince’s concerns, hopes, and visions for a shifting society, presciently foreshadowing an era of political division, disinformation, and a renewed fight for racial justice” according to a description of
Welcome 2 America. Collaborators on the LP include bassist