HITnRUN phase one
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HITnRUN phase one
Hit n Run Phase One is the thirty-eighth studio album by American recording artist Prince. It was first released exclusively on the Tidal streaming service on September 7, 2015 before being released on CD on September 15, 2015 by NPG Records. -wikipedia
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Pitchfork
casual, slightly-weirder-than-usual release with one very good R&B song (that's reportedly been kicking around in his vault for a while), stranded in the album's penultimate slot
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Rolling Stone
Prince’s new album opens with allusions to “1999” and “Let’s Go Crazy.” But it’s less a re-creation of those Eighties classics than an attempt by the more restless-minded Prince of today to reimagine the funky precision and effortless mastery of his glory days in new ways.
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Consequence of Sound
Still, he’s used to bending the shape of popular music to his will, and when it’s not erratically overflowing, HITNRUN Phase One may get you to believe in him as he evidently believes in himself in 2015.
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The Guardian
at best it has a heady, almost dreamlike atmosphere, finding him – as the genre-busting artist puts it – “in a place that does not require time”
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Nerdist
While HITnRUN Phase One isn’t going to change the world, at the end of the day it is worth more than a few plays, and several tracks are even worth a spot of your “Best of Prince” playlist, next to ‘Raspberry Beret’ and ‘Cream’. And there’s really no higher praise than that.
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AV Club
experimentation sometimes leads to disastrous results—and in the case of HITNRUN Phase One, it’s done just that
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The New York Times
a proud display of quirks and an effort to come to terms with the possibilities of electronic dance music and all its gizmos
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Pop Matters
the single worst major studio album of Prince’s legendary career
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The Young Folks
HITNRUN Phase One doesn’t sound like a carefully crafted album Prince had full mastering on, but more like one of those throwaway albums he made to get out of his old Warner Bros. Records contract in the 90s.
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Bearded Gentlemen Music
There are some interesting moments on the album.
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Funkatopia
yet another Prince album that’s worthy of checking out
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Rock NYC
better mediocre Prince than no Prince at all, any day
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QRO Magazine
this album gives solid hooks in the better tracks, and what more be expected from the always catchy Prince
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Treblezine
It has his funkiest track in years, it reintroduces a lyrical elliptical galaxy that’s singular and fascinating, and shows that allowing an outside producer can sometimes be a net positive. Parts of it are utter thrills
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Entertainment Weekly
Nothing can ever hang in the same VIP room as Purple Rain, but HITnRUN is certainly good enough to get on the list and get comped a bottle or two.
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The Boom Box
suddenly, he's back to making interesting records at breakneck speed, and for the first time in a while, at least the possibilities seem endless again
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Brents Music Reviews
there’s plenty for the dedicated Prince fan to embrace
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Now It's On
A lazy, uninspired collection of remixes, songs that have been sitting around for awhile or already released online and some of the most embarrassing material Prince has ever put out.
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The Atlantic
HITNRUN Phase One does live up to the artist’s party-starting mission
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Akron Beacon Journal
Does that mean HitNRun might more accurately have been titled HitNMiss? Indeed, it does.
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Spectrum Culture
the first time Prince has sounded like Prince, in all his myriad forms, in too long, and it’s increasingly sounding as if the artist is getting his second wind
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Kicks to the Pitch
Efforts such as his latest one are just small threads in a large purple tapestry that is his legacy.
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The Bulletin
skillful and scattershot
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The National
HitnRun's eclectic, grab-bag ethos prove that the great Purple One's peerless faculties for groove remain ever-undiminished.
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God Is In The TV
Rinse and repeat with pretty much all Prince offerings at the moment. And ever lengthening recent history. Could do better. Wildly better.
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XS Noize
Hit N Miss Phase 1 ranks up there with some of Prince’s most pleasurable and enjoyable discs to date.
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Jukebox Rhapsody
I personally appreciate that each song is of an extremely high standard and sounds great for its particular genre
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Medium
It is by no means a catastrophic release, but I think Prince has not been too concerned with the creative aspects of the album
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