Prince has given away albums with concert tickets and (in the United Kingdom) with Sunday newspapers, but the $11.98 price for this three-CD bundle exclusive to Target compares very favorably to free. One disc, "Elixer," features newcomer Bria Valente, and it's about average for albums from Prince protégés. The other two are peak Prince. "Lotusflow3r" has Prince channeling his Hendrix spirit guide on a cover of "Crimson & Clover" shot through with riffs from "Wild Thing"; on "Wall of Berlin" and "Dreamer," he squeezes the Jimi out of his guitar until you can almost see the hologram. Other strong tracks include the conscious funk of "Colonized Mind," which evokes Gil Scott-Heron; "Love Like Jazz," which could be an eroticized Steely Dan tune circa "The Royal Scam"; and "Feel Good, Feel Better, Feel Wonderful," with James Brown horns and squealing guitars. "Mplsound" is sometimes stronger still, with the party whoop of "(There'll Never B) Another Like Me," the delicious dirty mind of "Chocolate Box" and "Ol' Skool Company," which will have you partying like its 1985. —Wayne Robins