{"id":265604,"date":"2021-06-03T14:16:37","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T11:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/listen-to-unreleased-prince-song-born-2-die\/"},"modified":"2021-06-03T14:16:37","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T11:16:37","slug":"listen-to-unreleased-prince-song-born-2-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/listen-to-unreleased-prince-song-born-2-die\/","title":{"rendered":"#Listen to Unreleased Prince Song \u201cBorn 2 Die\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Listen to Unreleased Prince Song \u201cBorn 2 Die\u201d<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\u201cBorn 2 Die,\u201d a previously unreleased Prince song, is out now. The track was recorded as a rebuke to Dr. Cornel West, who said Prince was \u201cno Curtis Mayfield,\u201d according to Prince\u2019s musical director Morris Hayes. The track app<\/a>ears on Welcome 2 America<\/em>, out July 30 via Legacy<\/a>. The 23-track album, recorded in 2010, is the first complete studio LP to emerge from Prince\u2019s vault since he died in 2016. Earlier this year, his estate released the title track.<\/p>\n

When he made the song, Prince \u201chad been watching videos of his friend Dr. Cornel West on YouTube<\/a>,\u201d according to Hayes, who is quoted in a press release. \u201cDuring one speech, Dr. West said, \u2018I love my brother Prince, but he\u2019s no Curtis Mayfield.\u2019 So Prince said, \u2018Oh really? We will see.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Performers on \u201cBorn 2 Die\u201d include bassist Tal Wilkenfeld, drummer Chris Coleman, and vocalists Shelby J., Liv Warfield, and Elisa Fiorillo.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Read \u201cWhat It Was Like to Be Prince\u2019s Personal Photographer,\u201d an interview with Sign o\u2019 the Times<\/em> photog Jeff Katz.<\/p>\n

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