The day Prince Calm died in the studio
"Welcome to America, land of the free man, house of the slave", is one of the phrases that Prince recited in
Welcome 2 America
, a song that he recorded in 2010 and that has remained unreleased until now along with the rest of the material of an album that It bears the same title.
Now,
five years after the death of the Minneapolis singer
, the Sony label has announced the release of the album, which will be available in July and is now available for preorder.
.
Welcome 2 America
was not a completely unknown secret.
It was recorded almost in parallel to the
20Ten
album
, which was distributed with various newspapers in countries such as the United Kingdom, France, Ireland, Belgium and Germany.
His songs were played live at Prince's concerts of that time
, on a tour that already carried the title of
Welcome 2
.
However, the music on the album never made it into Prince's official work until now, when his heirs have reached an agreement with the label that publishes his music.
The release also includes an expanded vinyl version with the recording of a Prince concert at the Inglewood Forum in 2011, featuring songs by Bob Dylan, Janet Jackson and Roxy Music, among others.
Welcome 2 America
, the song that the album is going to promote before its release in the summer, is basically a
spoken word
built on soul choirs and jazz instrumentation.
Another theme in the collection,
Running Game (Son of a Slave Master)
insists on
the image of the slave
, with which Prince defined himself in the 90s. A version of Arrested Development also appears in the collection.
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