newpower Soul

Newpower Soul is a 1998 album by The New Power Generation, but is de facto a Prince album (his stage name at that time being an unpronounceable symbol). The album was announced as a "Prince"-album in a press release issued by his publicist, but mere days later his official website at the time claimed those were mere rumors. The album title has a long history in Prince's songs. In 1988, "New Power Soul" was a lyric in the Lovesexy top ten hit, "Alphabet St." and was also part of the album art (written in the form of an arrow). A year later, the hit "Batdance" also had a segment repeating "Power Soul". This was sampled later on Carmen Electra's debut album (which was primarily written by Prince). The 1992 song "Love 2 the 9's", from the...