RIP Prince

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by Anyong Bluth

Now the big question. When or will they ever release all the music in his vault?

The guy put out 39 albums, and his closest friends and the musicians he worked with over the years have said that all the music he has released is probably not even 5% of what he's recorded.

One of his closest collaborators in the studio has said he can think of 30 or 40 songs just off the top of his head that are as amazing as his biggest hits and best songs he's released.

Back in the 80's, he was recording over 100 songs for each album before selecting the handful that made it onto the album. At some point he decided to lay down at least one new track a day.

His early manager started the vault because he was recording at such a prolific pace, recordings were strewn all over the place- 2 master tapes in his glove compartment, one tucked above the sun visor, a box of them behind the bar by the pool, etc. She estimates Prince could release a new album every year through the 22nd century and still have material left unreleased.

He’s one of the few artists I know has a treasure trove of amazing shit and not just throw aways.

He dabbled in so many genres.

You realize that when his song Kiss was #1 on the charts, the #2 song was Manic Monday- a song he wrote secretly and the lyric credits were just attributed to "Christopher".

He wrote and gave away tons of hits to other artists. Nothing Compares to You- he wrote it, and the list goes on and on.

Well, didn't he release like 7 albums in two years to get out of a contract with WB or something a couple decades ago? Nobody bought any of that shit.