✦ NPG Music Club — Edition 11: Dec. 2001

✦ — SUB‑HEADLINE

A late‑2001 digital drop blending Ahdio, vault cuts, live heat, and early blueprints for what would become The Chocolate Invasion.

✦ — SUMMARY

Released to NPG Music Club members on December 15, 2001, Edition 11 delivered a substantial package of new audio, video, and premium‑tier exclusives. The centrepiece was NPG Ahdio Show 10, a 56‑minute mix weaving together deep cuts, segues, and vault material in the signature NPGMC style.

Supplemental tracks — “High,” “Silicon,” “Gamillah,” and a live version of “Poorgoo” — expanded the drop on release day, with video content following on December 19, 2001. Premium members received an additional live performance of “Gett Off” from the December 3, 2000 Ruby Skye show in San Francisco.

Several tracks from this edition, including “High,” “Gamillah,” and “When Eye Lay My Hands On U,” would later form the backbone of The Chocolate Invasion (2004), making Edition 11 a key moment in the evolution of Prince’s early‑2000s digital era.

✦ — HIGHLIGHTS

• Released to NPGMC members: December 15, 2001

• Video content added: December 19, 2001

• Includes NPG Ahdio Show 10

• Studio tracks: “High,” “Silicon,” “Gamillah”

• Live audio + video: “Poorgoo”

• Premium bonus: “Gett Off” (Live, Ruby Skye 2000)

• Several tracks later appear on The Chocolate Invasion

• A defining moment in Prince’s early digital‑only distribution

✦ — TRACKLIST

AUDIO

• NPG Ahdio Show 10 — 56:39

• Silicon — 4:47

• High — 5:05

• Gamillah — 3:18

• Poorgoo (Live) — 4:38

VIDEO

• Poorgoo (Live) — 4:38

• Dolphin — 5:06

PREMIUM BONUS — AUDIO

• Gett Off (Live — December 3, 2000, Ruby Skye, San Francisco) — 3:03

PREMIUM BONUS — VIDEO

• Gett Off (Live — December 3, 2000, Ruby Skye, San Francisco) — 3:03

✦ — REISSUES & DIGITAL CONTEXT

• Original release exclusive to NPGMusicClub.com

• Several tracks later re‑curated for The Chocolate Invasion (2004)

• No physical edition

• Ahdio Shows remain unavailable on mainstream platforms

✦ — PRODUCTION AND CONTEXT

• All tracks produced by Prince / The New Power Generation

• Edition 11 sits in the transitional period between The Rainbow Children (2001) and the digital‑first era of The Chocolate Invasion and The Slaughterhouse

• “High,” “Gamillah,” “Supercute,” and others were originally intended for the unreleased High album

• The Ruby Skye performance (Dec 3, 2000) was a fan‑favourite club show, often cited as one of the tightest NPG lineups of the era

• Ahdio Shows functioned as Prince’s hybrid of radio, mixtape, and vault showcase — a precursor to modern artist‑curated streaming drops

✦ — THE CHOCOLATE INVASION — RELATED TRACKS

Edition 11 contains early versions or final mixes of several tracks later included on The Chocolate Invasion:

• When Eye Lay My Hands On U — 3:41

• Judas Smile — 6:34

• Supercute — 4:13

• Underneath The Cream — 4:01

• Sexmesexmenot — 5:42

• Vavoom — 4:36

• High — 5:05

• The Dance — 4:40

• Gamillah — 3:18

• U Make My Sun Shine — 7:06

These tracks form the backbone of Prince’s early‑2000s digital catalogue — a period defined by independence, experimentation, and direct‑to‑fan distribution.

Digital‑era NPG Music Club artwork associated with Edition 11, featuring tracks like “High,” “Silicon,” “Gamillah,” and Ahdio Show 10.

✦ — DISCOGRAPHY

The Rainbow Children — 2001

NPG Music Club Edition 11 — 2001

The Chocolate Invasion — 2004

✦ — PRINCE ERA MINI‑TIMELINE

2000 — Ruby Skye performance (Dec 3)

2001 — NPG Music Club launches

Dec 2001 — Edition 11 released

2004 — The Chocolate Invasion and The Slaughterhouse released digitally

✦ — GLAM FLASHBACK

Edition 11 captures Prince in full digital‑vision mode — vault gems, live fire, and future‑album seeds all delivered directly to the fans who followed him into the online frontier. Ahdio, attitude, and the blueprint of a new era.

✦ — COPYRIGHT NOTICE

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