New Prince Music Surprise-Drops Before First Anniversary Of His Death

When it rainsPrince, it pours ' purple or otherwise.In honor of the one-year anniversary of the pop stars death, a posthumous EP titled Deliverance with six previously unreleased tracks is set for release on Friday, April 21.Prince co-wrote and co-produced the new songs between 2006 and 2008 with longtime producer and collaboratorIan Boxill. Apart from the title track, the EP is comprised of the four-part Man Opera (I Am, Touch Me, Sunrise Sunset and No One Else), as well as an extended version of I Am.Boxill has apparently been working on the music over the last year, completing and mixing the EP to honor his late friend. Prince wasfound dead at his Paisley Park compoundin April 2016.Months later, the death was ruled an accidental overdose of the painkiller fentanyl.I believe Deliverance is a timely release with everything going on in the world today, and in light of the one-year anniversary of his passing. I hope when people hear Prince singing these songs it will bring comfort to many, Boxill said ina statement.Prince once told me that he would go to bed every night thinking of ways to bypass major labels and get his music directly to the public. When considering how to release this important work, we decided to go independent because thats what Prince would have wanted.As the singer was an independent artist when the songs were recorded, the new music will be released under an indie label, Rogue Music Alliance,instead ofUniversal Music Group, which owns the licensing rights to much of his catalogue.But reports have already begun circulating that a lawsuit has been filed against Boxhill on behalf of Paisley Park and the artists estate. Per Variety, the parties claim the producer is trying to exploit one or more songs for his personal gain, stating that the recordings are valued at more than $75,000. They plan to fight for ownership, despite the producers claims that he owns the recordings.In the meantime, we can all enjoy it. Listen to the bluesy title track, Deliverance, below. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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