im a new one and for me its musicology, then i bought purplerain, and emancipation.... antoher big factor to me being a prince fan was through mj. i was and still am a huge fan of Mj's music and now im crazy about prince's material

First album i bought was parade in 1986 when i was 10 ! since then i have loved him but i love his 80 s stuff mostly i realy love the 1999 album one of my favs.But i bought Musicology when it came out and i loved it its like his old work hope his next album is as good.

Fryd said:

It was Batman for me too.

I had known of Prince and even had a passing interest in a few of the earlier works I had heard, but nothing more serious than any other artist I heard on the radio at that time... until one time when I was a freshman in high school (God am I that old now?!) went to a dance and walked in just as the vice principal had jumped up on the DJ's platform and yanked the needle off of the turntable about 5 seconds into the chorus of "Erotic City" - that was my defining moment. I have never been a "fan" or a "fam" though, all these years I have followed his musical exploits as a "casual", picking up what I like and discarding what I don't, there is plenty in both categories. It is hard to pick an all time favorite anything the guy has been so prolific and diverse, but I would have to say my favorite period for released material would be anything from 1999 and PR era up through UTCM and SOTT, from there I lost most interest in the released material (with a couple way too rare track by track exceptions) until TRC which, while I am not a JW or even religious in general, is a great piece of work and the first sign in a long time imho that Prince is coming back around musically. Been out of the scene lately and have yet to sit down and hear Musicology, maybe I should go do that and see whether my on again off again thing with Prince is on or off again Regardless, I will continue to listen with interest (if not some casual delay) each time he puts something out, for as long as he is putting something out.

The seed was planted when this came out:


And the flowers bloomed when this came out:



I've been buzzin' in the garden ever since.