“What’s happening now is the position that I’ve always wanted to be in,” says Prince. The man that once wrote “slave” on his face in protest of not being in control of his own music and famously battled and then departed his label, Warner Bros., is now back with the label - under his own terms. It’s not just the music that’s taking his Royal Badness to new heights: For the first time, he is releasing his music with complete freedom. “To me it feels like heaven.” ‘Fight for justice’ “I’m completely surrounded by equal talent,” an energized Prince says. On Tuesday, he released his first album in four years, “Art Official Age,” along with music from his latest protege act, 3rdEyeGirl, “PlectrumElectrum.” Prince isn’t always pleased about what he hears from today’s crop of entertainers - “The quality of the music, everyone would agree is not the gold standard,” he muses about today’s mainstream pop universe.īut when it comes to his world, what he’s hearing ranks among the best that he’s heard in ages. Over the next few moments at Prince’s computer, he goes to YouTube to play an array of clips that get his musical heart thrumming, dipping from old James Brown clips to the relatively new U.K. “If you don’t try, how will you get another ‘Insatiable?’ ” he says, referencing his classic bedroom groove.
But it’s music like this that keeps him going - to still, after all these years, take music to the next level. The track remains a work in progress Prince has written no lyrics yet. Its inspiration has come from a little-heard Dionne Warwick song, “In Between the Heartaches,” which he also played moments earlier.
But even their collective noise takes a back seat once Prince - sitting in the dimmest bit of light - goes to his Mac, cues up a track and hits play.Ī melodious instrumental track floods the room, the lush orchestration compliments of the Minnesota Orchestra, whom Prince tapped to perform. There are few lights on in the cavernous compound, and unseen doves (of course there would be doves) are cooing up a racket before twilight fades to darkness. Nightfall is fast approaching at Paisley Park.
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