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Did Prince fulfill his album obligations WRT his “$100 million contract” with Warner Bros. Records in 1992?

While we do not know all the details regarding Prince's infamous "$100 million contract" with Warner Bros. Records in 1992 with certainty, what is known that it tied him to the record company for a certain amount of records, most likely six. Did…
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Was the release of Prince's Black Album in November 1994 done against his wishes?

On 1 December 1987 Prince abruptly cancelled the release of The Black Album (a.k.a. The Funk Bible), a week prior to its release date. He even urged his fans not to buy bootleg copies via a "hidden" message in the video for "Alphabet St." and warned…
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Was "Kiss" the result of Bob Cavallo telling Prince that "Under the Cherry Moon" needed a hit song?

Bob Cavallo was part of Prince's management team from 1979 to ’89. According to an interview with Jon Bream in the Minneapolis Star Tribune: Cavallo had to beg Prince to write a hit song for Under the Cherry Moon. “When you said ‘Write a hit,’ he…
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Did Prince and Sheila E. really record her debut album, The Glamorous Life, in a week?

In an interview with Essence from 14 July 2017 Sheila E. tells the following story about her debut album, The Glamorous Life: What memories do you have of recording your debut, The Glamorous Life, with Prince? We recorded at Sunset Sound…
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Was Prince involved in Kim Basinger's unreleased album from the early 1990s?

In the early 1990s, Kim Basinger apparently recorded an album that remains unreleased. It is often illegally available on various services and is usually described as a Prince production, along the lines of his involvement in various albums by Jill…
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Nine inch Nail's Satellite is inspired by which Prince's song?

A long time ago I've heard a Prince song that supposedly inspired Trent Reznor to create Nine Inch Nail's Satellite, but I can't remember its name.
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Is Alan Leeds correct about Prince having "very little involvement with" Jill Jones's eponymous debut album?

In "It got very Howard Hughes-ish...", one of the articles in the Prince special in the July 2021 issue of British music monthly Uncut magazine, Alan Leeds (originally Prince's tour manager and then the label manager for his Paisley Park Records)…
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Did Prince ever license his music to advertisers?

Dior recently premiered a new advertisement for their "reinvented" Rouge Dior lipstick; it stars Natalie Portman and is soundtracked by Prince's "Raspberry Beret". Two years ago they also had an advertisement for one of their lipsticks which also…
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Did Prince write and record "Cream" in response to Warner Bros. requesting a hit?

According to this interview with Levi Seacer Jr., Prince wrote and recorded "Cream" in response to Warner Bros. requesting a hit: We had finished the [1991] Diamonds and Pearls record. But Warner Bros. didn’t think we had the first single. They…
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Have the contents of the (proposed but unreleased) Prince albums "The Vault - Volumes I, II and III" ever been revealed?

In a press release from 22 December 1995, Prince announced that he had officially given notice to Warner Bros. Records (WBR) of his desire to terminate his recording agreement with the company. The press release also announced: The Artist is…
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When Paisley Park Records closed in 1994, were there any unreleased projects?

Prince's Paisley Park Records closed unexpectedly and abruptly in 1994. Were there any unreleased projects?
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