The Prince album released in 2009 as part of a three-disc set with MPLSound and Elixer was Lotusflow3r.
Lotusflow3r, stylized on its original packaging as LOtUSFLOW3R, was released on 24 March 2009 through Prince’s NPG Records. The package was unusual because it combined two Prince albums—Lotusflow3r and MPLSound—with Elixer, the debut album by Bria Valente, a singer associated with Prince’s circle.
In the United States, Target sold the three albums together as an exclusive three-disc bundle. European listeners could obtain the releases through several online music retailers, but the exact packaging and distribution differed by market. The set’s title is therefore sometimes used to describe the whole bundle, even though Lotusflow3r is also the name of one individual disc.
Lotusflow3r blends rock, funk, soul and pop, with tracks such as “Crimson and Clover,” “4ever” and “Colonized Mind.” MPLSound was more focused on electronic and funk textures, while Elixer presented Bria Valente as a solo vocalist. The package debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 and sold 168,000 copies in its first week.