Hit n Run Phase One

Hit n Run Phase One is the thirty-eighth studio album by American recording artist Prince.^[1][2] It was first released exclusively on the Tidal streaming service on September 7, 2015^[3][4][5] before being released on CD on September 15, 2015 by NPG Records.^[6][7]

Hit n Run Phase One
Studio album by Prince
Released	September 7, 2015
Recorded	2013–2015
Studio	Paisley Park, Chanhassen, Minnesota
Genre	R&B soul electronic
Length	38:00
Label	NPG, Universal
Producer	Prince Joshua Welton
Prince chronology
Art Official Age (2014) Hit n Run Phase One (2015) Hit n Run Phase Two (2015)
Singles from Hit n Run Phase One
"Fallinlove2nite" Released: March 17, 2014 "Hardrocklover" Released: July 7, 2015 "This Could B Us" Released: August 28, 2015 (non-US single)

The title was originally reported to be The Hit & Run Album but was confirmed by Prince's publicists as Hit n Run Phase One.^[8]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	53/100[9]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[10]
The A.V. Club	C−[11]
Entertainment Weekly	A[12]
musicOMH	[13]
NME	7/10[14]
The Observer	[15]
Pitchfork	4.5/10[16]
PopMatters	2/10[17]
Q	[18]
Rolling Stone	[19]

Hit n Run Phase One received mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 53, based on 16 reviews.^[9]

Track listing

Hit n Run Phase One track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Million $ Show" (featuring Judith Hill)	Prince Joshua Welton	3:10
2.	"Shut This Down"	Prince Welton	3:03
3.	"Ain't About 2 Stop" (featuring Rita Ora)	Prince Welton	3:40
4.	"Like a Mack" (featuring Curly Fryz)	Prince Welton	4:05
5.	"This Could B Us"	Prince	4:11
6.	"Fallinlove2nite"	Prince	3:13
7.	"X's Face"	Prince Welton	2:38
8.	"Hardrocklover"	Prince Welton	3:43
9.	"Mr. Nelson" (featuring Lianne La Havas)	Prince Welton	2:27
10.	"1000 X's & O's"	Prince	4:28
11.	"June"	Prince Welton	3:22
Total length:			37:58

Notes

• "1000 X's & O's" is also listed as "1000's of X's & O's" on the CD edition.

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Hit n Run Phase One

Chart (2015–2016)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[20]	25
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[21]	53
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[22]	19
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[23]	34
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[24]	11
French Albums (SNEP)[25]	38
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[26]	53
Irish Albums (IRMA)[27]	52
Italian Albums (FIMI)[28]	39
Scottish Albums (OCC)[29]	36
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[30]	27
UK Albums (OCC)[31]	50
UK Album Downloads (OCC)[32]	49
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[33]	4
US Billboard 200[34]	48
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[35]	4

Year-end charts

2015 year-end chart performance for Hit n Run Phase One

Chart (2015)	Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[36]	93

2016 year-end chart performance for Hit n Run Phase One

Chart (2016)	Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[37]	74

Release history

Release history and formats for Hit n Run Phase One

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
Various	September 14, 2015	Digital download	NPG	[38][39][40][41][42]
	September 15, 2015	CD		[43][7]