Hit n Run Phase Two

Hit n Run Phase Two
Studio album by
Prince
ReleasedDecember 12, 2015
Recorded2011–2015
StudioPaisley Park, Chanhassen, Minnesota, US
Genre
Length57:55
Label
ProducerPrince and the New Power Generation
Prince chronology
Hit n Run Phase One
(2015) 		Hit n Run Phase Two
(2015) 		4Ever
(2016)
Singles from Hit n Run Phase Two
  1. "Rock and Roll Love Affair"
    Released: February 4, 2012
  2. "Screwdriver"
    Released: February 3, 2013
  3. "Xtraloveable"
    Released: June 20, 2013
  4. "Groovy Potential"
    Released: August 14, 2013
  5. "Baltimore"
    Released: May 26, 2015
  6. "Stare"
    Released: December 3, 2015

Hit n Run Phase Two is the thirty-ninth studio album by American musician Prince and the last to be released within his lifetime.[1] 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.[2][3]

Prince confirmed on Twitter that a physical CD would be released during a weekend of Paisley Park shows in January 2016. The CD was given away to attendees of the shows on the Australian and New Zealand leg of the Piano & a Microphone Tour. The album was finally given a worldwide CD release on May 6, 2016, through Universal Music Group, just over two weeks after his death.

The album includes the song "Baltimore", for the memory of the death of Freddie Gray.[4] The album has a more organic sound than the recent Art Official Age, features Booker T. Jones on engineering duties, and includes a large brass section (the "NPG Hornz") of five saxophonists, four trumpets and two trombones.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Prince Releases 'HITNRUN Phase Two' Album on Tidal". Billboard. December 12, 2015. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  2. ^ "Prince surprise releases new album HITNRUN Phase Two". Consequence of Sound. December 12, 2015. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  3. ^ "Prince Releases HITNRUN Phase Two". Pitchfork. December 12, 2015. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  4. ^ Prince's "Baltimore" Freddie Gray Tribute Is A Moving Message You Should Hear Again By Rosie Holden Vacanti Gilroy. April 21, 2016
  5. ^ Album liner notes
  6. ^ "Prince Stitched Together a Final Triumph with 'HitnRun Phase Two'". December 12, 2019.