Of course Prince is going to say "the internet is dead." His online album sales have slumped right along with his popularity. It's nothing more than hype. His deal with the London Daily Mirror and other European rags is where his target demo is. Plus the tiny handful of change he's getting from the newspaper giant isn't something he could afford to turn his back on. I can't blame Columbia records for refusing to distribute the album in the UK after he pulled that stunt. That was just a bad business move on his part. He turned his back on his record company and he's done the same thing to his fans in the U.S. This isn't about the music in as much it's about the money. Boooo.

The album 20ten sounds very retro, which was the intent. But I wonder if it wasn't too much of a trip back. It's missing a lot of the funk that his actual releases from those days. It honestly sounds forced.

In a time when the opportunities to have a brand new fan base re-discover a great talent such as Prince WAS it seems foolish to turn his back on them at this juncture in his career.