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Prince arrived on the scene in the late-70s, and it didnt take long for him to upend the music world with his startling music and arresting demeanor. He rewrote the rulebook, forging a synthesis of black funk and white rock that served as a blueprint for cutting-edge music in the 80s.
Prince made dance music that rocked and rock music that had a bristling, funky backbone. From the beginning, Prince and his music were androgynous, sly, sexy and provocative. His colorful image and revolutionary music made him a figure comparable in paradigm-shifting impact to Little Richard, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix and George Clinton.
By his early teens hed mastered multiple instruments and was fronting his first band, Grand Central. A demo tape by the young prodigy resulted in major-label interest, and an 18-year-old Prince signed to Warner Bros., insisting on the right to self-produce. His first two albums, For You (1978) and Prince (1979), unveiled a budding genius and one-man band.
The latter found the music luminary fully flaunting the eclectic eroticism he would become famous for and further developing the virtuosic funk/R&B signature blend he would break through with in a major way on subsequent effort Dirty Mind. Princes eponymous second album produced his first hit, I Wanna Be Your Lover (No. 11) and showcased his songwriting depth on essential standouts like Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? and I Feel for You.
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