Ultimate Rave (2CD+DVD)

Japanese 2 x Blu-spec CD2 + DVD (NTSC/Region 0) pressing. A 3-disc bundle of the artist's pivotal new millennium pop party dance music, Ultimate Rave brings together CDs of 1999s Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic and it's 2001 remix Rave In2 the Joy Fantastic alongside a DVD containing the full-length performance version of Rave Un2 the Year 2000. Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic features a surprising amount of guest artists (Chuck D, Eve, Gwen Stefani, Sheryl Crow) and a clutch of radio-friendly tracks while Rave In2 The Joy Fantastic was one of the first full releases for Prince's innovative NPG Music Club members; highlights include a remix of Hot Wit U that incorporates elements of the Prince-penned Vanity 6 hit Nasty Girl and the previously unreleased Beautiful Strange. The live DVD Rave Un2 the Year 2000, Prince's epic 1999 New Year's Eve party, originally lensed for on-demand pay-per-view airing during the dawning of Y2K features special guests like Maceo Parker, Larry Graham, George Clinton, The Time and Lenny Kravitz and includes hits from across Prince's career (Let's Go Crazy, Purple Rain, 1999, Raspberry Beret, Kiss) plus amazing covers, rarities and cuts from Rave Un2 like Baby Knows and The Greatest Romance Ever Sold.