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I listened to a podcast regarding Prince, and especially his rise in popular music with how he used technology and adjusted his musical sound.  Anil Dash - a major Prince fan and host of a TV show - was brought onto the podcast and contributed much information. Multiple times, it was mentioned that Prince was "ahead of his time". An example was given of the song "1999", which was actually released in the year 1982. I find that kind of funny, and had never considered that before. His songs, in particular in this album, were different from the other songs of the time (i.e. new wave, early hip hop, etc). Creating these sounds from new technology/instruments could maybe be why Prince gained such popularity.  It was discussed how Prince employed very synthetic, electronic sounds in his music. I think this is pretty apparent when one is listening to most of his music. The sound is cool, and clearly something that is different and almost futuristic. The podcast h...