Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Entertainment Weekly | C- |
| Los Angeles Times | |
| New York Times | (favorable) |
| Pitchfork Media | (4.9/10) |
| PopMatters | (7/10) |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Slant | |
| USA Today | |
| Washington Post | (favorable) |
The album debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200, selling 168,000 copies in its first week and becoming Prince's fourth consecutive Top 3 album in the U.S. The album narrowly missed the #1 spot, selling 3000 copies less than Keith Urban's Defying Gravity. The album however topped some other charts leading Prince to suspect the charts were tampered with which he specifically stated on the Tavis Smiley interview. As of February 1, 2012, the album has sold 543,700 units, according to Soundscan.
Upon their release, Lotusflow3r and MPLSound received generally mixed to positive reviews from most music critics, based on aggregate scores of 61 and 62/100 from Metacritic. However, Bria Valente's Elixer received generally mixed or average reviews from most music critics, receiving an aggregate score of 49/100 from Metacritic.
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