Leo
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also, skip the title track.
NO WAY!
also, skip the title track.
the neptunes were more influenced by straighter 80s R&B imo, things like janet jacksons control album for instance.
Which, funnily enough, is written by his former hired guns, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis!
The fact is, indirectly, Prince DID basically have complete impact on R&B. For one, there was a point where at least maybe 18% of the chart was his affiliates... Andre Cymone produced for Adam Ant (one of the more low-key influences on Prince, though granted he sticks out like a sore thumb. He DID have some inexplicable chart presence with those records out here) and Jody Watley, Jam & Lewis produced for, among half the planet, Alexander O'Neal, the original suggested singer for The Time. Obviously Morris Day went solo, as did Jesse Johnson, Vanity, Wendy & Lisa. And that's just the official progeny/proteges; then you have to analyze those who had a more or less overt influence (Terrance Trent D'Arby), blatant biters (Whoever did "We Don't Have To Take Off Our Clothes") and lineage things, like how Teddy Riley and Devante Swing worshipped Prince, as would their proteges Timbaland and Neptunes. Like, "Frontin'" is SUCH a Prince-style song, with the falsetto/deep call & response chorus.