HITnRUN phase two
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HITnRUN phase two
Hit n Run Phase Two is the thirty-ninth studio album by American recording artist Prince and the last to be released in his lifetime. It was initially released exclusively on the Tidal streaming service on December 12, 2015 for streaming and purchase as a continuation of his previous album, Hit n Run Phase One. -wikipedia
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Pitchfork
another underwhelming entry in his catalog
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Rolling Stone
Phase Two, with its brassy, buoyant arrangements and cheeky lyrics, embodies the artist in his natural state as a soul-funk master
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Funkatopia
Again, Prince has layered a great funky album and it is well worth your time to check it out.
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Consequence of Sound
there exists no graceful innovation on HITNRUN Phase Two
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Independent
This is like the blind date from heaven
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All Music
HITnRUN: Phase Two winds up working best over the long haul, providing elegant, supple mood music whose casualness plays in its favor.
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NME
The Purple One's second album of the year is loved-up, socially conscious and always entertaining
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Pop Matters
Phase Two outshines Phase One by a mile -- it’s not even close. Phase Two boasts enough classic Prince moments to sufficiently wash the worst memories of its vapid predecessor out of fans’ memory banks permanently.
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Paste
it seems like a return to the days of the Purple One’s midcareer classics
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The Young Folks
If anything, HITnRUN represents the kind of artist Prince was: play the music now and make it to the next gig. That was Prince, always looking forward no matter what the times told him.
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Rob's Wall of Music
I am beyond impressed with this album. While yes, it plays like a collection, especially when I have singles of about half of the album, it also works beautifully as an album.
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Socialist Review
a return to what Prince does best — sexy, funky soul
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USA Today
The feel is hearty and muscular, mischievous at times but also disarmingly tender.
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SC Times
It's a dance-able album, a fusion of musical styles, with some fun and thought-provoking lyrics and music done by fine musicians showing off their talents.
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The National
Even as the years march on, the musical environment Prince creates remains a lush and mostly fertile world.
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Albumism
a pleasant return-to-basics, hemming 40 years of R&B, rock, funk, and disco
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Rock NYC
Phase Two isn’t a great album but it suggests he was still moving, still searching, still redefining his funk after his experiments with modern pop fell flat. At 57 years of age, Prince was far from done.
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the tracks work together to form a coherent and compelling statement, a straight-up rock/funk/soul cocktail with lots of horns and guitar in place of the previous disc's synths
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The Beat
It's funky, groovy and anything what I've expected from the Purple One.
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Goldie's Reviews
a hotchpotch but one which will flower even further over time when the listener is able to consider all its tracks a body of work than a herding up of the old and the new
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Clem's Music Reviews
Some material is stronger than others, and overall, it’s a very safe record.
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Mail & Guardian
Once again, with HITnRUN Phase Two Prince has curated a fascinating collection of songs that give us another peek behind his magic purple curtain.
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