So, there's this new Prince tribute album, Shockadelica. It's Norwegian and artistically diverse, featuring artists whose genres range from heavy metal to country to a goddamn symphony orchestra. It's actually more of a cross-section of what Norway has to offer, musically, but the 5-disc, 81-song set all happens to be a gigantic lovefest for the one and only AFNAP. It's risen to #8 on the Norwegian charts, and the whole deal is totally legal, since Norwegian label C+C Records paid their licensing fees to Prince's people. Only 5,000 copies were produced, and no one made a cent from it, as it was a total labor of love. It was when the label sent a free copy to the Artist himself that the Purple One made his wrath known, smacking C+C down with a lawsuit and demanding all copies of the tribute album set be destroyed.
Right. Because everyone is going to rush out and buy Shockadelica, instantly prefer Dog Almighty's cover of "Sexy MF" over the original, and boycott Prince's version forever. Prince, I hereby dub thee Sir Bossypants. Overreact much?
You can still preview individual tracks at the C+C Records website, but don't be surprised if someone throws a purple rock through your window with a mysterious symbol painted on it.
