By Syndicated Content A previously unheard studio album that Prince recorded in 2010 called The 12-track collection finds Prince musing on a variety of issues and themes that concerned him about the state of the U.S. at the time, and that now seem prescient. In advance of Welcome 2 America s arrival, the album s title track has been released as a digital single and via streaming services. The song features Prince offering up a spoken-word critique of modern-day America focusing on the superficiality of social media, reality TV and celebrity culture, the corporate-run music business and more. Welcome 2 America , which you can
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BY MICHAEL CHAIKEN | REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
On April 21, 2016, singer Prince died tragically of an accidental fentanyl overdose. The Mark Twain House and Museum will commemorate the five-year anniversary of his death on April 21, 2021 with a virtual presentation by author Neal Karlen, who was a friend of Prince.
Prince is the subject of a new book, ‘This Thing Called Life: Prince’s Odyssey. On and Off the Record’ by the singer’s friend Neal Karlen.
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Karlen wrote a book about the pop music wunderkind, “This Thing Called Life: Prince’s Odyssey, On and Off the Record.”
“I wrote (‘This Thing Called Life’) for people who don’t necessarily know everything (about Prince),” Karlen said.
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.