In ur opinion,when did he reach his creative peak. Im sittin on my bed at 5 am listening to the Lovesexy cd and i just had to ask this question. many have said 1987, 1988 and even as far as 1995. In my opinion he hasnt reached it yet. i guess cuz im young idk. But i remember in 2004 i became a fan again after leaving him in 98. I remember buying the musicology cd and thought it was kinda lame and it wasnt cool to be a fan in school...until 2006 when he came out with 3121. i really think he made that cd to appeal to youth and radio. songs like Love and black sweat sound very commercial. Prince has surprised me within the past few years. I enjoy the 3121 and Lotus cds and I am really amazed at the tv appearances hes made-superbowl,3 nights in a row on leno, saturday night live,rock and roll hall of fame,etc.
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1986-1987.

1988

1985-87

1993-95

1978-1988....that's it!

He has not reached it YET!

During the so-called Dream Factory sessions.

That definetly depends on who you ask.

1982-1985 no doubt for me

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1995 - 1997

I really like the era of the first NPG. Gold Experience, Emancipation... to me that was the peak.

Sex in the Summer is a prime example. To create a really good groove from the heartbeat of a baby is very creative. It shows what Miles Davis was saying that Prince thinks in another language... the language of music. I hear a noise it is a noise, Prince hears the same sound it is music to his ears and he is able to duplicate this music with instruments.

that is creative... I haven't really seen any of this on the latest projects.

When Jehovah inserted the butt plug.

mzkqueen03 said:

Musically-

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1983 to 1987

I mean 1982 to 1987

1989

1982-1986 ( most of the SOTT material was written long before 1987)

1991-1996

Dayclear said:

peak (pēk)
noun

the highest level or greatest degree: a high point in a course of development especially as represented on a graph

the highest or most important point or level: the peak of a career.

the highest or utmost point of anything; height; maximum the peak of production

the maximum value of a varying quantity during a specified period

1 would think that his most lucrative period or most financially successful period would be. Some would/could say 21 Nights would be a financial success. From my point of view, his creative peak was up to Jam of The Year Era.

1983

1980-1987

squirrelgrease said:

Like I said...1988!!!!!

Dave1992 said:

Although I would extend it to 1996.

ernestsewell said:

Agreed!

1987
Prince slammed into the creative brick wall 87 and since has been unable to create anything slightly original, this is something that may be a normal peak all artists hit when the reach their mid-thirties because it seems to happen to most of the best rock/pop/RnB artists. Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Michael Jackson, Prince, Bob Dylan, Rick James, etc. etc.

EVERYTHING Prince created in the 90's was a huge step down from his earlier work, that's including the cringe inducing Gold Experience.

1986

the success of SOTT & Lovesexy was riding off the creativity and energy of the 1978-1986 years, most of the SOTT album was created with his previous peers and even some of the Lovesexy music like Eye No-Ball I think he could have continued with it if the SOTT/Lovesexy band remained in tact, but once they were split it all started going down hill a bit

1980-1988 1st peak

1994-1996 2nd peak

2004-present 3rd peak

1 reason why is his surroundings, the people in his life and the fact that he hadn't gone hollywood yet(meaning he still wasn't caught up in the fame issues)

It's almost like Eddie Murphy, he best stuff was his most raw and 'street' stuff, don't get me wrong:Dr Dolittle and some of his work in the last 10 years are good but don't touch stuff like Coming 2 America, Boomerang and the stand up stuff

Prince's 1978-1986 and I'll include 1987/88 was still pretty much 'street' homegrown, non effected by the fame, the people in his life during these years were much different than those that followed too and made a difference

Prince's 'muses' had negative or positive effects on the music as well