No. 9 Constant musical reinvention
At the start of the 80s, Prince was known for funk music and was beginning to embrace New Wave. By 1984, his “Minneapolis Sound” was in full swing. He never stayed in one place creatively: moving on to Beatle-esque psychedelia in 1985 and 1986 before embracing everything from hip-hop to Velvet Underground-ish minimalism in 1987 and ’88.
