💿 Peace – CD Single / US: Apr. 2001

Peace was first made available on 14 April 2001 at Prince’s Hit N Run Tour performance at the Atlanta Civic Center, Atlanta, Georgia. Sold exclusively at concerts alongside The Daisy Chain and Prince’s Supercute, the single was never commercially released. The title track had already appeared as an NPG Music Club download months earlier, while 2045: Radical Man had been released the previous year on the Bamboozled soundtrack, credited to Prince. Both tracks later appeared on The Slaughterhouse, but the single was originally intended to accompany the New Power Generation’s planned 2000 album Peace, which was ultimately aborted. The packaging is unique among Prince‑related releases, featuring a Velcro‑secured card‑flap design.

🟣 The Story

Peace debuted as a tour‑only CD single on 14 April 2001, sold at merchandise stands during the Hit N Run Tour. It was released together with The Daisy Chain and Prince’s Supercute, forming a trio of exclusive CDs available only at shows and later at the Celebration festival at Paisley Park in June 2001.

The single’s title track had been offered as a download through the NPG Music Club nearly three months earlier, while 2045: Radical Man had already appeared on the Bamboozled soundtrack in 2000. The single was originally intended to accompany the New Power Generation’s unreleased Peace album, and the CD print still refers to it as the “first cybersingle from the 4thcoming Peace.” Its packaging is distinctive, with the disc mounted on a card backing and secured by a Velcro connector. Due to its limited distribution, the single was not eligible for charts.

🟣 Format: CD Single

Label:

NPG Records

Catalogue Number:

7135 PEACE

Released:

14 April 2001 — US (First date sold at concerts)

Chart Position:

[Not eligible]

Track List — CD Single

Peace — 5:34 / 5:33

2045: Radical Man — 6:36

🟣 Key Highlights

• First sold on 14 April 2001 at the Atlanta Civic Center

• Tour‑only release; later sold at Paisley Park’s Celebration festival

• Originally intended for the unreleased Peace album (2000)

• Peace first appeared as an NPGMC download

• 2045: Radical Man first appeared on the Bamboozled soundtrack

🟣 Chart Performance

USA — [Not eligible]

🟣 Context & Notes

• Single era: Peace (unreleased) / later The Slaughterhouse

• Production: [Not supplied]

• Sleeve notes: “the first single from the 4thcoming Peace”

• Historical placement: Unique packaging; early digital tie‑ins

• Reissues / remasters: [Not supplied]

🟣 Related Material

• Previous single: Come On — 1998

• Next single: The Daisy Chain — 2001

• Associated album: The Slaughterhouse (later)

• Associated tour: Hit N Run Tour

Additional material connected to this entry is listed in the tag index at the foot of the page.

🟣 Mini‑Timeline

✦ 2000 — Planned for Peace (album aborted)

✦ 2000 — 2045: Radical Man appears on Bamboozled

✦ Early 2001 — Peace offered as NPGMC download

✦ 14 Apr. 2001 — First sold at Atlanta Civic Center

✦ Jun. 2001 — Sold at Paisley Park Celebration

✦ 2004 — Tracks included on The Slaughterhouse

🟣 Glam Flashback

A rare glimpse of the abandoned Peace era — wrapped in Velcro and sold hand‑to‑hand on the Hit N Run trail.

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🟣 Sources

Primary reference sources: NPG Records, Discogs, archival documentation.