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Welcome back to the blog. I know, I know. It has been a minute. I was deep in a YouTube rabbit hole watching a 1999 rehearsal from Paisley Park, and I got lost in the sauce. But I’m back with a hot take that might get me banned from the Purple collective.

Shout out to the seller at the Roseville Record Fair last Sunday. I scored a promo copy of the "Gett Off" 12" single—the one with the remix that isn't on streaming. The sleeve is worn, but the vinyl sounds like honey. Paid $15. Steal of the year. prince blogspot

The Rainbow Children is the bravest album of his career. Why? Because he made it for himself, not for you. After the "slave" era ended, Prince didn't want to make Purple Rain 2 . He wanted to prove he could play real jazz. And track #4, "Mellow"? That bassline played by Rhonda Smith isn't just funk; it's a theological argument set to music. Welcome back to the blog

Why ‘The Rainbow Children’ Doesn’t Deserve the Hate (And 3 Deep Cuts You Missed) I was deep in a YouTube rabbit hole

For years, I skipped it. But last week, I spun the vinyl on my old Technics, and something clicked.

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Look, I get it. When this dropped in 2001, we were all confused. We wanted the funk of Musicology or the pop genius of 3121 . Instead, Prince gave us a 70-minute concept album about Jehovah’s Witnesses, reincarnation, and jazz fusion narrated by a guy with a voice so deep it sounds like God ordering a burger.