The Purple One, aka Prince, has struck an exclusive deal with retailer Target to sell his upcoming album.

The three disc set includes two new recording by Prince himself – LOtUSFLOW3R and MPLSoUND.  The third disc is by Prince’s “latest protege,” Bria Valente.  The set will sell for $11.98 – typical Target prices – and will be released on March 29th.

Prince is so weird.  I know that sentence is redundant, but hear me out.  Prince?  And Target?    I would never have thought that the Artist Formerly Known As, who supposedly doesn’t want to be controlled by the man, would strike a contract with such a USUAL place as Target.  How pedestrian of him.  I nearly want to call him a sell out!  It’s nearly as laughable as AC/DC‘s choice of Wal-Mart for their latest album.

But at least we know he’s keeping up with the times – naming your albums in leet speak is a great way to reach out to the youth, right?

Image Source:  EW.com

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