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Not merely a genius musician, Prince was a hugely gifted and evocative lyricist, able in the space of one album to oscillate from the vulgar to the sublime, the political to the playful. He credited Joni Mitchell, a major influence, with teaching him how to incorporate colors in his lyrics — so it's the "Big Yellow Taxi" singer to whom we can credit "Purple Rain."

Along the way, he developed his own Princely language. Symbols, like a drawing of an eye, appeared in place of "I." You was invariably spelled as "U." And what of those alien words — some portmanteaus, some acronyms, some seemingly gibberish — that appear throughout his oeuvre? Here is a guide to 10 of them.

Prince surprised a lot of people after a five year absence by releasing two albums on the same day: September 30th,2014 to be exact. It was an event that was just in time to be covered by this particular blog as well. Out of the two, Art Official Age seems to be the album that got the best response. During this time,Prince was expanding the NPG off into an all female side project called 3rdEyeGirl. The husband of one of its members Hannah Ford,Joshua Welton marked the first time Prince worked closely with an outside producer. Presumably to give his sound a more youth friendly sound for the 2010’s.

Prince

🎵Somethin' 'bout the wild in me, it's never tame🎵 - Wow - Plectrumelectrum - 2014

Prince

🎵 The cycle of the moon affects the motion of the see what you did🎵 - Wow - Plectrumelectrum - 2014