''Exodus'' is the second
studio album by the
New Power Generation
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. Although the track listing boasts 21 tracks, many of them are narrative
segue
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s, leaving only nine actual songs. Of those, one is an instrumental. The album spawned three singles, however only one ("The Good Life") was released in the United States.
Album concept significance
The album's title was seen as mysterious by most people, due to Prince's
quirks and unusual behavior in various interviews given during promotion of the album. However, in an interview, former NPG dancer
Mayte Garcia made a statement regarding the album's title and concept:
In the same interview, Morris Hayes added on to Mayte's statement and said:
Album background
While their previous album, ''
Goldnigga'' was more
hip hop-oriented, ''Exodus'' is more of a pure
funk offering, strongly influenced by the sound of
Parliament
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and
P-Funk
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. This album still downplays
Prince
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's involvement in the band, with "Tora Tora", another in the long line of Prince's personas, as a background vocalist whose face is covered with a red veil (evidenced in the video of "The Good Life"). The front man for the NPG on this release is bass player
Sonny T. who handles the lead vocals. Prince does provide lead vocals on two tracks, "Return of the Bump Squad" and "The Exodus Has Begun" using manipulated vocals and is clearly present on many of the spoken segues, although sometimes using a disguised accent.
Track listing
Album
# "NPG Operator Intro" – 0:35
# "
Get Wild" – 4:32
# segue – 0:38
# "DJ Gets Jumped" – 0:22
# "New Power Soul" – 4:10
# "DJ Seduces Sonny" – 0:38
# "segue" – 0:43
# "Count the Days" – 3:24
# "The Good Life" – 5:48
# "Cherry, Cherry" – 4:45
# segue – 0:18
# "Return of the Bump Squad" – 7:20
# "Mashed Potato Girl Intro" – 0:21
# segue – 3:00
# "Big Fun" – 7:26
# "New Power Day" – 3:49
# segue – 0:14
# "Hallucination Rain" – 5:49
# "NPG Bum Rush the Ship" – 1:40
# "The Exodus Has Begun" – 10:06
# "Outro" – 0:37
Singles
* "
Get Wild" CD single
# "Get Wild" (single mix) – 4:51
# "Beautiful Girl" – 4:32
# "Hallucination Rain" – 5:52
* "Get Wild" CD maxi single
# "Get Wild" (Money Maker) – 6:01
# "Get Wild" (Kirky J's Get Wild) – 6:38
# "Get Wild" (Club Mix) – 5:04
# "Get Wild" (Get Wild in the House) – 6:14
# "Get Wild" – 4:33
# "Get Wild" (Money Maker Funky Jazz Mix) – 6:20
* "The Good Life"
# "The Good Life" (Platinum People Edit) – 4:12
# "The Good Life" (Platinum People Mix) – 6:40
# "The Good Life" (Dancing Divaz Miz) – 6:40
# "The Good Life" (Bullets Go Bang Remix) – 5:14
# "The Good Life" (Big City Remix) – 5:05
# "The Good Life" (album version) – 5:48
* "Count the Days"
# "Count the Days" (edit) – 3:29
# "Count the Days" (album version) – 3:25
# "New Power Soul" – 4:11
Charts
References
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1995 albums
New Power Generation albums
Albums produced by Prince (musician)
NPG Records albums