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Prince Gives New "Cause and Effect" to Minnesota Public Radio

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February 26, 2010 12:00 AM ET

 

A new Prince song called "Cause and Effect" debuted this morning on Minnesota public radio, with Prince personally offering the Twin Cities' the Current 89.3 the world premiere of the song as a gesture in support of independent radio. Stylistically, "Cause and Effect" seems to find the middle ground between Prince's guitar rock album Lotusflow3r and its funked-up companion disc MPLSound, but with some elements of surf rock and his old school rave-ups like "It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night." Listen to the rocker above.

This is the second time in as many months Prince has unveiled a Minnesota-centric track: As Rolling Stone previously reported, during the Minnesota Vikings' NFL run, the Paisley Park native, who was seen in the luxury box at the Vikes' victory over the Dallas Cowboys, penned a fight song called "Purple and Gold" for the Brett Favre-led team. This isn't Prince's first time using radio airwaves to debut new material either, as Indie 103 premiered four songs from Prince's Lotusflow3r box set back in December 2008.

According to the Current's site, Prince wants to know how listeners feel about "Cause and Effect" — perhaps surveying fans to see if they like this direction before starting work on his next one-to-three albums — so have your say on the Purple One's latest work in the comments below.

 

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