On a recent track, rapper Jay Z enigmatically: “Prince left his masters where they safe and sound—we never gonna let the elevator take him down.” The lyric now makes a lot more sense. Tidal, Jay Z’s subscription music streaming platform, just dropped from the late singer’s back catalog in honor of what would have been his 58th birthday today (June 7). The albums are exclusively available on Tidal—a platform to which the business-cautious Prince gave his nod of approval last year for its focus on artists’ rights—and include a handful of B-sides, unreleased recordings, and live performances.

'Prince knew this was going to be it,' says Susan Rogers, who engineered the 14 million seller Purple Rain. 'He was ecstatic when he finished it.' Over five years later, the influence of and Purple Rain is incontestable. He is one of just two artists (along with Bruce Springsteen) to have four albums among Rolling Stone's 100 Best Albums of the Eighties. And perhaps more than any other artist, Prince called the tune for pop music in the Eighties, imprinting his Minneapolis sound on an entire generation of musicians, both black and white. Released in tandem with the film of the same name, Purple Rain was more than simply a soundtrack, and it stands as Prince's most cohesive and accessible album. Dd Sahyadri Marathi Serials. 'He envisioned the film as he made the album,' says Alan Leeds, vice-president of Paisley Park Records, Prince's label.

Prince Rogers Nelson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Mattie Shaw, a jazz singer and social worker, and John L. Nelson, a lyricist and pianist. Dec 13, 2017. Extremely rare copies of Prince's Black Album are now selling for $15,000 each, Rolling Stone points out. Prior to its release in 1987, Prince ordered all 500,000 pressed copies to be recalled and destroyed. In 1994, he allowed a limited release of the album on CD and cassette, but the LP never received a.