This brother has a lot going on for 09.

*Prince has revealed that his plans for 2009 include the release of three new albums, including an electro-flavored solo effort tentatively titled MPLSOUND that was recorded at Paisley Park Studios.

"Prince experimented with Pro Tools and 'new ways of recording' on these trippy, experimental pop songs," reports Ann Flowers of the Los Angeles Times music blog Pop & Hiss.  "One features a Q-Tip rap; another calls a 'Funky Congregation' to worship and may become a live set piece."

       He also plans to drop a guitar-driven album titled 'Lotus Flower," sometime this year.  "Prince said he refocused on his playing while performing live dates with the singer Tamar Davis in 2006; with the spotlight trained on someone else, he could fall back in love with solos and riffs," writes Flowers.  "'Lotus Flower' is a varied album, featuring cuts recorded over the course of two years, but standout tracks include some heavy rockers -- especially the apocalyptic 'Dreamer,'" which Prince said was partly inspired by radical comedian Dick Gregory.      

       This year, the artist also plans to introduce his newest singing protégé. "We got sick of waiting for Sade to make a new album," Prince said, introducing Bria Valente's new album, "Elixir." Flowers writes of the disc: "The tracks are chill, with Valente's buttery voice melding with beats by Morris Hayes and Prince's guitar lines. Some are explicitly sexual."       

       "This music is nasty, but it's not dirty," Prince said, explaining how sensual music fits in with his much-discussed Jehovah's Witness faith. "There's no profanity. It isn't promoting promiscuity. She's singing about her lover, who could be her partner for life."      

       He also addressed quotes from a recent New Yorker interview that made national headlines, among them, his refusal to vote in the November election because of his religion.      

       "I didn't vote for Obama either," he explained to the Times. "Jehovah's Witnesses haven't voted for their whole inception."       

       Prince felt the New Yorker piece wrongly implied that he supported California's gay-marriage ban. "I have friends that are gay and we study the Bible together," he told Flowers, adding that the two sides fighting "only benefit the third person" who instigated the fight.

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