| Hitnrun Phase Two is an unreleased album by Prince, planned for release as a follow-up to 2015's Hitnrun Phase One.
While the use of "Phase One" on the title of its predecessor led many to assume that a follow-up using this title was planned, the album was only confirmed by Prince three months later in a tweet. In a response to a fan question by @_dirtydiana97 asking "is there a HitNRun Phase 2 coming out someday?", the response by @Prince3EG was "Warner Bros. Records WB HAS IT ALREADY. PETITION THEM 2 RELEASE IT." When the same fan asked for any titles of songs included, the account confirmed that Big City is included, followed later by re-posting a 54-second snippet of the track previously shared in October, 2013, suggesting that the version planned for inclusion is the same. @Prince3EG also confirmed the inclusion of Revelation soon after.
When asked why the album was given to Warner Bros. Records, @Prince3EG replied using the phrase "OLIVE BRANCH". The tweet that included the link to the Big City snippet read "WARNER BROTHERS "BIG CITY" SHOUT ... C'MON U'ALL, WE CAN WORK THIS OUT!" This phrasing was interesting, given that the unreleased 1977 track We Can Work It Out included the lyric "Makin' music naturally, me and W.B. / Music for the young and old, music bound to be gold". At this stage, however, it is not believed that We Can Work It Out is planned for inclusion on the album.
A few days later, @Prince3EG confirmed Black Muse as another track included on the planned album.
It is possible that other tracks debuted in 2015 are also included on the album, such as Free Urself, Stare, Baltimore and the 2014 re-recording of If Eye Could Get Ur Attention, but this is purely speculative.
Recording process
To date, the tracks confirmed for inclusion on the album were recorded from 2010 to 2014. Black Muse was debuted live during the opening night of the Welcome 2 America Tour on 15 December, 2010, Izod Center, East Rutherford, NJ, USA, in its only known performance (although the performance included lead vocals by Shelby J., Elisa Dease and Liv Warfield while Prince was offstage. A studio version is thought to have been recorded in 2010 at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA. Big City is believed to have been recorded in Spring 2013 at Paisley Park Studios. Revelation is believed to have been recorded in Summer 2014 at Paisley Park Studios.
At the time of writing, no other information is known about the album. Other details will be added as they become known.
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