GIOVANNI said:

No, he flat out stole it.

For someone like PRINCE who played over 25 years nearly every style of music one can imagine, he doesn't need to re-invent muic anymore, i think. Prince proved himself over and over again. He DID nearly everything at least twice.

Prince has done too much to do it all over again,and also, he had his time. It's now up to the new generation to discover prince, and make something of their own.

so if a song 'sounds like...' don't blame prince..
ok?