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Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Prince's Estate Releases Acoustic Demo Recording Of 'I Feel For You'

Prince's estate has released a previously unheard acoustic demo recording of "I Feel For You," to honor the 40th anniversary of Prince's eponymous second album.

The acoustic version of the song was released to streaming services on Friday, and will also be available for purchase as a limited-run 7" vinyl single.

"I Feel For You" was originally released by Prince in 1979 but later became a hit for Chaka Khan and the title track of her 1984 album.

Prince's stripped-down demo version was recorded in the winter of 1978-1979 and recently discovered on a cassette tape stored in the late artist's vault.

"I was blown away," Prince vault archivist Michael Howe said in a statement. "Here is 20-year-old Prince thinking aloud, feeling his way through the song."

Howe added, "You hear his incredible talent shining through on acoustic guitar, which is not something he typically showcased, and his guide vocal is astonishingly great."

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YoungBoy Never Broke Again Earns First No. 1 On Billboard 200

YoungBoy Never Broke Again has earned his first No. 1 album on Billboard's all-genre 200 chart.

The rapper's AI YoungBoy 2, which was released on October 11 via Never Broke Again/Atlantic Records, debuted atop the list.

The album earned 110,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending October 17, according to Nielsen Music. Of that sum, 3,000 were in album sales.

YoungBoy had previously entered the top 10 once before, with 2018's Until Death Call My Name.

The new album is the sequel to 2017's AI YoungBoy, which debuted and peaked at No. 24.

AI YoungBoy 2 is the rapper's first album after being released from prison in August.

(Photo: Jimmy Fontaine)

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Nicki Minaj Says Surprise Retirement Tweet Was About Fifth Album

Rap goddess Nicki Minaj has cleared the air about a panic-inducing retirement tweet she posted earlier this year.

"I've decided to retire & have my family. I know you guys are happy now. To my fans, keep reppin me, do it til da death of me, [X] in the box- cuz ain't nobody checkin me. Love you for LIFE," the 36-year-old star wrote in a since-deleted September tweet, which fans took to mean that she was officially retiring from the music world.

However, in a recent interview with The Shade Room that was posted to Instagram, the "Super Bass" megastar clarified that it was "really about the fifth album."

"When I posted that retirement tweet, I knew that I still had music that I already had recorded that was still going to come out," Minaj said. "So the retirement was kind of talking about my album, meaning like, 'Do I want to go back and record my fifth album?'"

In the exclusive interview, she also shared that while she is looking forward to tying the knot with fiancé , Kenneth "Zoo" Petty, she is no longer sure of a grand wedding to go with filing the official paperwork.

"You know when you're a little girl and you want this big beautiful wedding, and I used to think I was one of those girls, I always wanted the fairytale. But then the things that used to matter to you don't matter as much," Minaj shared.

She added, ""I'm madly in love with this man, he's also my best friend, the things that used to matter to me before, don't matter as much now. So yes, we're going to have a big wedding eventually."

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