Hit n Run Phase One

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Hit n Run Phase One
PrinceHitnrun.jpeg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 7, 2015
Recorded2013–2015
Studio Paisley Park, Chanhassen, Minnesota
Genre
Length38:00
Label NPG, Universal
Producer
  • Prince
  • Joshua Welton
Prince chronology
Art Official Age
(2014)
Hit n Run Phase One
(2015)
Hit n Run Phase Two
(2015)
Singles from Hit n Run Phase One
  1. "Fallinlove2nite"
    Released: March 17, 2014
  2. "Hardrocklover"
    Released: July 7, 2015
  3. "This Could B Us"
    Released: August 28, 2015 (non-US single)

Hit n Run Phase One is the thirty-eighth and penultimate studio album by American recording artist Prince. [1] [2] It was first released exclusively on the Tidal streaming service on September 7, 2015 [3] [4] [5] before being released on CD on September 15, 2015 by NPG Records. [6] [7]

Contents

The title was originally reported to be The Hit & Run Album but was confirmed by Prince's publicists as Hit n Run Phase One. [8]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 53/100 [9]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
The A.V. Club C− [11]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
Pitchfork 4.5/10 [13]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [14]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [15]

Hit n Run Phase One received mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 53, based on 16 reviews. [9]

Track listing

Hit n Run Phase One track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Million $ Show" (featuring Judith Hill)
3:10
2."Shut This Down"
  • Prince
  • Welton
3:03
3."Ain't About 2 Stop" (featuring Rita Ora)
  • Prince
  • Welton
3:40
4."Like a Mack" (featuring Curly Fryz)
  • Prince
  • Welton
4:05
5."This Could B Us"Prince4:11
6."Fallinlove2nite"Prince3:13
7."X's Face"
  • Prince
  • Welton
2:38
8."Hardrocklover"
  • Prince
  • Welton
3:43
9."Mr. Nelson" (featuring Lianne La Havas)
  • Prince
  • Welton
2:27
10."1000 X's & O's"Prince4:28
11."June"
  • Prince
  • Welton
3:22

Notes

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Hit n Run Phase One
Chart (2015–2016)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [16] 25
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [17] 53
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [18] 19
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [19] 34
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [20] 11
French Albums (SNEP) [21] 38
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [22] 53
Irish Albums (IRMA) [23] 52
Italian Albums (FIMI) [24] 39
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [25] 27
UK Albums (OCC) [26] 50
US Billboard 200 [27] 48
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [28] 4

Year-end charts

2015 year-end chart performance for Hit n Run Phase One
Chart (2015)Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [29] 93
2016 year-end chart performance for Hit n Run Phase One
Chart (2016)Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [30] 74

Release history

Release history and formats for Hit n Run Phase One
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousSeptember 14, 2015 Digital download NPG [31] [32] [33] [34] [35]
September 15, 2015 CD [36] [7]

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