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Prince's struggles with Warner bore other wonderful fruit, as well. Emancipation, Prince's first album after casting off the metaphorical shackles of Warner, is
by notpachet 5y ago
Prince's struggles with Warner bore other wonderful fruit, as well. Emancipation, Prince's first album after casting off the metaphorical shackles of Warner, is a superb album. It has 36 songs and spans 180 minutes, to give you a sense of the amount of artistic freedom that Prince must have been feeling at the time. Highly recommended listening for any casual Prince fan who wants to expand their knowledge of his repertoire. The man was an unqualified musical genius.
- e40 5y agoHe was also way ahead of the curve connecting directly with fans. He had a BBS/forum/something that a friend of mine who was a huge Prince fan was a member of. As a member, they got early access to new tracks. I don't remember how much it was, but my friend loved it.
- Wingman4l7 5y agoDavid Bowie was a pioneer in this space as well -- he had his own ISP, BowieNet: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jan/11/david-bowie-bowienet-isp-internet https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jan/11/david-bow...
- elb2020 5y agoI personally like his stuff from before Diamonds and Pearls, mostly. After that I think he got further and further removed from his original funk roots, and I think he sort of drifted off into a sea of wishy-washy new age stuff that he never fully re-emerged from. I know his later stuff will, still, be endorsed by hardcore fans, but I do not think it's for the casual listener.