Exodus (The New Power Generation album)

Exodus
Studio album by The New Power Generation
Released January 1, 1995
Recorded 1994
Genre Rhythm and blues, funk
Length 66:14
Label NPG
Producer The New Power Generation (de facto Prince)
The New Power Generation chronology
Goldnigga
(1993)		 Exodus
(1995)		 Newpower Soul
(1998)

Exodus is a 1995 album by The New Power Generation. While their previous album, Goldnigga was more hip-hop oriented, Exodus is more of a pure funk offering, strongly influenced by the sound of Parliament and P-Funk. Although the tracklist boasts 21 tracks, many of them are narrative segues, leaving only nine actual songs. Of those, one is an instrumental. The album spawned three singles, however only one was released in the U.S.

This album still downplays Prince's involvement in the band, with "Tora Tora", another in the long line of Prince's personas, as a background vocalist whose face is covered with a red veil (evidenced in the video of "The Good Life". The front man for the NPG on this release is bass player Sonny T. who handles the lead vocals. Prince also is clearly present on many of the spoken segues, although sometimes using a disguised accent.

Track listing

  1. "NPG Operator Intro" – 0:35
  2. "Get Wild" – 4:32
  3. "segue" – 0:38
  4. "DJ Gets Jumped" – 0:22
  5. "New Power Soul" – 4:10
  6. "DJ Seduces Sonny" – 0:38
  7. "segue" – 0:43
  8. "Count the Days" – 3:24
  9. "The Good Life" – 5:48
  10. "Cherry, Cherry" – 4:45
  11. "segue" – 0:18
  12. "Return of the Bump Squad" – 7:20
  13. "Mashed Potato Girl Intro" – 0:21
  14. "segue" – 3:00
  15. "Big Fun" – 7:26
  16. "New Power Day" – 3:49
  17. "segue" – 0:14
  18. "Hallucination Rain" – 5:49
  19. "NPG Bum Rush the Ship" – 1:40
  20. "The Exodus Has Begun" – 10:06
  21. "Outro" – 0:37

Singles and Hot 100 positions

  1. "Get Wild" (Single Mix) – 4:51
  2. "Beautiful Girl" – 4:32
  3. "Hallucination Rain" – 5:52


  1. "Get Wild" (Money Maker) – 6:01
  2. "Get Wild" (Kirky J's Get Wild) – 6:38
  3. "Get Wild" (Club Mix) – 5:04
  4. "Get Wild" (Get Wild In the House) – 6:14
  5. "Get Wild" – 4:33
  6. "Get Wild" (Money Maker Funky Jazz Mix) – 6:20


  1. "The Good Life" (Platinum People Edit) – 4:12
  2. "The Good Life" (Platinum People Mix) – 6:40
  3. "The Good Life" (Dancing Divaz Miz) – 6:40
  4. "The Good Life" (Bullets Go Bang Remix) – 5:14
  5. "The Good Life" (Big City Remix) – 5:05
  6. "The Good Life" (Album Version) – 5:48


  1. "Count the Days" (Edit) – 3:29
  2. "Count the Days" (Album Version) – 3:25
  3. "New Power Soul" – 4:11