DEARLY B3L💜V3D, MY NAME iS YAN • ULTiMATE P🟠WER & GL💫RY 2 MY M☀️M 4 XPOSiNG M3 2 PRiNCE @ THA AGE o’ 5: #DirtyMind & #Batman1989 • 👁️ MADE 2 D🟣CS (PRiNCE 60 & #PRINCE4EVER) & AM HONOR3D 2 K33P THA PURPLE FL🔥ME ALiVE!!! • @Baron3121 @PrinceNewsRIP @CandyDhami @Housequake 
#3121album #PrinceTwitterThread BEGiNS WiTH THA YEAR 2005 🎇 • P DEBUTS N3W BAND M3MB3RS (@iamQueenCora @Dunham_Josh), NEW PROTEGE (@theashleytamar), NEW SONG 'SATiSFiED', NEW BRAND STATEMENT @ THA NAACP iMAGE AWARDS • 3.19.05: 1 YEAR & 2 DAZE B4 THA 🌎 GOT 2 XPERiENCE iT!
"👁️ WAS ALWAYS DRAWN 2 THA UNXPECTED!" ❔ • 🥼 HERE’s AN iN-DEPTH DESCRiPTiON o’ THA iNGENiOUS DECiSiON MAKiN’ PROCESS BEHiND THA CREATiON o’ PRiNCE's iCONiC #3121album COVER ARTWORK • AS TOLD BY @samjennings (P's TRUSTWORTHY L🌐NGTiM3 WEB DESiGNER 🧑💻) • 📸 BY @AfshinShahidi
P: "MUSiC iS A BEAUTiFUL LANGUAGE WE CALL THA TRUTH. U R NOT ALWAYS REACTiN' 2 THiNGS. U FEEL U R iN CREATiVE MODE, THAT'S WHAT KEEPS U ALiVE & YOUNG! 🎵 • 2 THiS DAY 3121 STANDS THA TEST o' TiM3 & ENCAPSULATES FUNKiER ROOTS o’ OL’ SKOOL MPLS S🔊UND 🎶 • 📸 BY @AfshinShahidi
P: "iT'S 'BOUT WHAT FiTS WELL 2GETHER, WHAT FLOWS!" • #Album3121 iS P iN HiS XPERiMENTAL MODE WiTH CREATiV3 WiLLiNGNESS 2 FUSE #FUNK #POP #ROCK #SOUL #RNB #ELECTRONICA & GET 🔥 RESULTS • CRiTiCAL & COMMERCiAL SUCCESS (G🪙LD by RiAA) • 📸 BY @AfshinShahidi
#3121album WAS RELEASED BY NPG RECORDS & UNiVERSAL MUSiC (1-ALBUM DEAL) 🤝 • @ a 2005 L.A. PRESS CONFERENCE ON 12/13 (31/21 BACKWARDS) P said: “THA SiTUATiON WiTH UNiVERSAL iS SiMiLAR 2 THA 1 WiTH SONY iN SO MUCH AS THAT 👁️ DiD MY OWN AGREEMENT, iT WASN’T A 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝘛𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘛" 📜
B4 WE GET 2 THA TRUE STORY BEHiND 3121 • LET’s DiVE iN2 S0⃣M3 FUNKY NUM3⃣R⭕️L⭕️GY iN R3LATiON 2 P’s LiFE • 3121 iS P’s 31ST ALBUM • RELEASED ON 3/21, 2006 (3RD MONTH o’ THA YEAR) & ON THAT DAY P HELD A SPECiAL SHOW @ A NOW DEFUNCT TOWER WRECKAS STOW ON SUNSET BLVD iN L.A. 🌴
P's GiG WAS PLUGGED THRU NPG MUSiC CLUB 📧M@LE WiTH a PiC o’ L.A. STOW WiTH MiDNiGHT WRiTTEN UNDERNEATH THA MESSAGE • HOURS B4 THA SH🕐W's START @ 12:05 a.m. • 7 TiX WERE HiDDEN iN CDs 4 WiNN3RS iN ASiA, EUROPE, MEXiCO & US 2 GO 2 a 5.6.06 PURPLE HOUSE PARTY • @KevinFrazier
P WAS BORN ON 𝟞.𝟟.𝟙𝟡𝟝𝟠 • 𝟕 (𝟛+𝟙+𝟚+𝟙) – P's FAVORiTE NUMB3R & WAS FEATURED iN VARiOUS LYRiCS, SONGS & PROMO CAMPAiGNS 𝟒 CONCERTS • P DiD 𝟑 EPiC GiGS iN MPLS ON 𝟘𝟟.𝟘𝟟.𝟘𝟟 & PER4MED @FirstAvenue 𝟒 THA LAST T⌚️ME • TiX PRiCE: $𝟛𝟙.𝟚𝟙 • FLYER BY @samjennings
L👀K @ A 𝟙𝟡𝟟𝟜 🖼️ 4ROM P’s BRYANT JUNi🏀R HiGH DAZE • C ANYTHiN’ FAMiLiAR❓ • SPEAKiN’ o’ BASKETBALL, P WAS A BiG #NBA & #MichaelJordan SUPPORT3R • 1 o’ THA LATTER 3121 HOMES THAT P RENTED 4 HiS PARTiES BELONGED 2 @MisterCBooz • MORE ON THAT: 🏠💜
𝟟 iS G🌤️D’s DiViNE NUMB𝟛R • 𝟟 iS KNOWN 4 REPRESENTiN' COMPLETENESS & SPiRiTUAL PERFECTiON 🙏 • HERE R TH💭UGHT-PROVOKIN' ᗱ᧒ᒿ᧒ BiBLE VERSES THAT COULD B CONNECTED 2 P’s ETHEREAL ViEWS • 𝟛+𝟙=𝟜 + 𝟚𝟙 (P’s TRANSCENDENCE ON 𝟜.𝟚𝟙.𝟚𝟘𝟙𝟞) 🌌 • 📸 BY @AfshinShahidi
W📺TCH THA ORiGiN o' THA SONG & 3121 ANTELO RD. RESiDENCE (RENTED 4ROM '04-'05) BY P’s 4RMER ASSiSTANT & MANAGER @ruthlesdva • FEAT. @candyTman @questlove @qls & facebook.com/ruthlesdva/pos… • 𝟛𝟙𝟚𝟙 ERA REPRESENTS P's XTENSiVE WEST COAST ADVENTURES WiTH LiMiTED MPLS ACTiON 🥳✈️
🗣️ iT'S T⌚️ME 4 M3 2 DO THA WORK • U'VE JUST ACCESSED THA XPRESSiVE iNTERPRETATiON XPERiENCE❕ • AS P. HAS STATED BACK iN 2005: “👁️ NEVER REALLY TALK ‘BOUT THA iNSPiRATiONS BEHiND SONGS 2 MUCH. 👁️ LEAVE THAT UP 2 THA iNDiViDUAL THAT LiSTENS 2 iT… iT SPOiLS iT OTHERWiSE!” 🧩
3121 STARTS WiTH CAMiLLE V🎙️X • BOTH ROTF & 3121 R 'BOUT PURPLE PARTY PEEPS (A N🟣D 2 89's PARTYMAN: THA PURPLE PARTY MiX) GETTiN' on THA FLOOR & JAMMiN 2 THA BEAT • iN 3121 PRiNCE REFERENCES THE EAGLES’ HOTEL CALi4RNiA: "U CAN CHECK OUT ANY T⌚️ME U LiKE BUT U CAN NEVER LEAVE!"
WE THEN HEAR 👂 ‘4ROM THA LOTUS FL🌸W3RS’ • A REF. 2 '09 ALBUM THAT P RECORDED iN '04 (3-HOUR & 30 MiN. SESSiON WiTH @Blahkmann1 & SONNY T. @ PAiSL3Y) • AN iCONiC REUNiON (NO COLLABS SiNCE '96) o' THA PRiNCE ROGERS TRiO AS P DUBBED 'EM (AN HOMAGE 2 JOHN L. NELSON’s JAZZ BAND)
THA MANY TiES B2N ‘3121’ & ‘LOTUSFLOW3R’ ALBUMS SHOULDN'T COME AS THAT BiG o' A SURPRiS3 • HiSTORiCALLY SPEAKiN’, P KNEW HOW 2 TEASE THA TiTLES o’ HiS FUTURE PROJECTS WiTHiN THA LYRiCS o’ HiS CURRENT SONGS iN a GRAND FASHiON • HERE R a FEW GOOD XAMPLES • 📸 BY @AfshinShahidi
3121 FUSES FREAKS ON THiS SiDE & COME ON (REC💿RDED iN 1997) 🎙️ • @MrMorrisHayes REFERS 2 '94's DAYS OF WiLD • 4 XAMPLE, P KNEW HOW 2 R3WORK BOLD GENERATiON iN2 NPG • BOTH DOW & 3121 R DONE BY @Blahkmann1 & SONNY T., & WERE CRAFT3D 10 YEARS APART 4ROM 1 NOTHER (1994 & 2004)
P’s 3121 LiVE MEDLEY ON 2008's iNDiGO NiGHTS FUSES • ALEXANDER RAGTiME BAND (IRViNG BERLiN), THE ENTERTAiNER (SCOTT JOPLiN), MUSiC! MUSiC! MUSiC! (TERESA BREWER) & D.M.S.R. • @HornDogz PER4MED iT ALL XQUiSiTELY @Judith_Hill's FUNKTACULAR @newmorning LiVE SHOW!!! • #judithhill
‘DJ, TURN iT UP!’ 🎧 • P's SHOUT-OUT 2 @DJRASHIDA • iN '06 P & R MADE a 3121 RADiO DEMO (FiNALLY RELEASED ON @SIRIUSXM iN 2020) 📻 • @samjennings's B&W SiN CiTY FLYER WAS BASED ON a PiCTURE THAT P TOOK o' R: instagram.com/p/Brqa21aBRzS/ • THA YEAR iS 3121 & THERE iS NO MORE FEAR!
FUTURiSTiC FANTASY! 🎉 • @ruthlesdva: “THA PARTiES WERE A MULTiDiMENSiONAL XPERiENCE. U WERE ASSAULTED THRU S🔊UND, SMELL & TASTE. WE USED ALL o' UR SENSES!” • @DJRASHIDA @jadapsmith @sharonstone @davidduchovny • L.A. (5.6.2006) • 3121 ANTELO RD. • C📷VERAGE: @KevinFrazier
@ HiS FiNAL 4.16.2016 PAiSLEY PARTY P said: "👁️ FELL iN 💜 WiTH 🎸 AGAiN iN 2006. 👁️ GOT MUCH BETTER @ PLAYiN’ GUiTAR BACKiN’ @theashleytamar ON HER TOUR WHEN THAT WAS ALL 👁️ COULD FOCUS ON!" • THA CHANGiN’ iN2 JAPANESE ROBES LiNE iS XCTLY WHAT TáMAR DiD @ '06 BET AWARDS SHOW!
"iT's G⭕️iN' D⭕️WN LiKE THA WALL o’ BERLiN" • 1ST/LAST LYRiC REFERS 2 09's 'LOTUSFLOW3R' SONG • 3121/WoB (RECORDED iN '04) • @ THA BET GiG P CHANGED THA LiNE: "iT's G⭕️iN' D⭕️WN, PEOPLE, LiKE THiS SYSTEM o' THiNGS" • CHALLENGE THA CURRENT SYSTEM 2 D👊 BETTER 4 iTS CiTiZENS!
𝟛𝟙𝟚𝟙 MARKED THA END o’ NPG MUSiC CLUB ERA ('01-'06) 🙌 • THA CLUB CAME 2 A HALT ON 7.4.06 • P CRAVED NEW CHALLENGES & USED 3121.com (’06-’07) AS A VESSEL 4 HiS ARTiSTiC FL🟣W • LET’S NOT 4GET SEVERAL OVERLOOKED ELEMENTS 4ROM THA LAST DAZE o' NPGMC iN '06 🌐
NPGMC 3121 TUNNEL HAD AN AQUARiUM WiTH #FindingNemo's D🐟RY & N🐠MO (1 o' P's FAVORiTE MOViES) • @marcbernardin: “iT’s A STORY 'BOUT A FATHER WHO WAS SO AFRAiD 2 XPOSE HiS KiD 2 THA REALiTiES o' THA WORLD THAT HE DROVE HiM AWAY!" • MORE 4ROM MARC: web.archive.org/web/2017092921… 👈
3121 & LOTUSFL🌸W3R ALBUMS R TiED iN M🟠RE WAYS THAN 1 • AN HOMAGE 2 #FindingNemo LiES iN '09's DiSCO JELLYFiSH TRACK • LOTUSFLOW3R WEBSiTE FEATUREZ N🐠MO • TOM NEWMAN's FiLM SCORE PROBABLY SERVED AS AN iNSPiRATiON 4 P • DIG @questlove's DVD STORY:
P PER4MED ALMOST EVERY FRi/SAT NiTE @ ‘PER4MiNG LiVE 3121’ 6 MONTH VEGAS RESiDENCY 🎶 • LAUNCHED 8 MONTHS A4TER 3121's RELEASE & iNSPiRED BY @theoriginal7ven's '04 VEGAS GiG • THA 🌎 MEETS THA TWiNZ: @NandyMcClean • P WAS STRiCTLY AGAiNST CASiNO CHiPS & GAMBLiNG TABLES! 🚫
PRiNCE L💜VED 𝟛𝟙𝟚𝟙 JAZZ CUiSiNE 🥘 & iTS MANY AFTERHOURS JAMZ 🎺🎻🎷🎹 • U COULD ACQUiRE ACTUAL GL🍸SSES WiTH CHOCOLATE HANDLES & OTHA GROOVY M3RCHANDiS3 • 𝟛𝟙𝟚𝟙 VEGAS iMMERSiON CONTiNUED 4ROM THA FALL o’ ‘06 ‘TiL SPRiNG o’ ‘07 • TiX 4 '21 NiGHTS' UK GiGS: £𝟛𝟙.𝟚𝟙
𝟛𝟙𝟚𝟙 iNSPiRED THA 2007 FRAGRANC3 • 7.7.07 LAUNCH @ MACY's iN MPLS • BUT iN 2012 P WAS ORDERED 2 PAY 💵$3.95 MiL 2 REVELATiONS PERFUME & COSMETiCS 4 OUT-o'-POCKET XPENSES & 4 REFUSiN' 2 PROMOTE THA LiNE @ iN-STORE & MEDiA EVENTS (OPRAH) • FAM iS STiLL DiViDED ON THA SCENT
#Album3121 WAS SUPPOSED 2 iNCLUDE 3121: THA MOViE (@samjennings) 🎞️ • SHOT iN MPLS, L.A. & PANAMA (@AfshinShahidi) 🎥 • SCRAPPED/REWORKED iN2 AN UNRELEASED LOTUSFLOW3R FiLM • @ruthlesdva, @candyTman & @questlove GO D33P (@qls) • HiGHLiTE: LiVE JAM (SONNY T. & @Blahkmann1)
👁️ STARTED THiS #PrinceTwitterThread WiTH P'S NEW ViSiON @ '05's NAACP iA • T⌚️ME 2 CONCLUDE MY XPLORATiON 2 YEARS LATER • 3.2.07: SAME MONTH/PLACE, 3121 ATTiRE & EVERLASTiNG SAGENESS • @AnikaNoniRose @hillharper @QuincyDJones @KekePalmer @U2 • UP NEXT: 31ST TWEET & 21 WORDS!
