Exodus is a 1995 album by The New Power Generation. While their previous album, Goldnigga

Goldnigga

Goldnigga is the 1993 debut album by The New Power Generation . It was only made available for sale at some concert venue merchandise stalls on tour in 1993, through Prince's 1-800-NEW-FUNK telephone retail outlet, and at Paisley Park during the 2001 Celebration...

was more hip-hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 oriented, Exodus is more of a pure funk

Funk

Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...

 offering, strongly influenced by the sound of Parliament

Parliament (band)

Parliament was a funk band most prominent during the 1970s. It and its sister act Funkadelic, both led by George Clinton, began the funk music culture of that decade.-History:...

 and P-Funk

P-Funk

P-Funk is a shorthand term for the repertoire and performers associated with George Clinton and the Parliament-Funkadelic collective and the distinctive style of funk music they performed...

. Although the tracklist boasts 21 tracks, many of them are narrative segue

Segue

A segue is a smooth transition from one topic or section to the next.-In music:In music, segue is a direction to the performer. It means continue without a pause. It comes from the Italian "it follows". The term attacca is also used in classical music.For written music it implies a transition...

s, 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

Prince (musician)

Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...

'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
   Get Wild
   "Get Wild" is a song by The New Power Generation, and the first single from their 1995 album, Exodus. The song was a hit in the UK, reaching number 19 in the UK Singles Chart....
   
   " – 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
   Count the Days
   "Count the Days" is a song by The New Power Generation, released as the final single from their 1995 album, Exodus. The bluesy ballad is accompanied by little more instrumentation than the guitar. The lyrics describe negative situations, while Prince "counts the days" until life is better.The CD...
   
   " – 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

• "Get Wild
  Get Wild
  "Get Wild" is a song by The New Power Generation, and the first single from their 1995 album, Exodus. The song was a hit in the UK, reaching number 19 in the UK Singles Chart....
  
  "

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

• Maxi single

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

• "The Good Life"

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

• "Count the Days
  Count the Days
  "Count the Days" is a song by The New Power Generation, released as the final single from their 1995 album, Exodus. The bluesy ballad is accompanied by little more instrumentation than the guitar. The lyrics describe negative situations, while Prince "counts the days" until life is better.The CD...
  
  "

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