Not sure if he knocks Kanye off the top of my personal rankings so far. Will be close
I went to a chinese restaurant once and it was shit. Prince is that restaurant. Because Prince is shit. 
Boring indulgent noodling funk.
Wrote one good song and Sinead O Connor sang that so it doesnāt count.
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Prince introduced 2 whole generations of my family to the concept of masturbation through the lyrics of Darlin Nikki - for that alone he deserves a 10
Princeās music, lyrics & style are absolutely formative for me in so many waysā¦it wasnāt until years later that I realised just how much he is both a soundtrack to and a kind of spirit guide to my sexual identity & sexual awakening as a teenager, absolutely priceless to have had that.
Just the greatest all round performer really - the guitar playing, the songwriting, the production, the voice. Vastly underrated as a lyric writer too;
āIn France a skinny man died of a big disease with a little nameā etc
great dancer as well
Maximum points on all fronts
Also think that Lovesexy is hugely underrated. As ācontinous play concept albumsā go it doesnāt get nearly the praise it deserves - every bit as good as Whatās Going On? and Dark Side of the Moon and in many ways so, so much better. Itās so rich & thick with ideas itās truly amazing.
Yes I like the Purple One
If he doesnāt top this list Iād be frankly amazed
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4/5. Clearly a genius and the highs are just amazing. But quite a lot of dross as well
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I listened to his entire discography in 2014/15 and it was a slog after Love Symbol (albums following were painfully bad, samey and forgettable).
Since last week Iāve listened to everything up until Come (1994) then found a compilation on a Spotify - Anthology: 1995-2010 which is nice and digestible and serves him well.
Also purple rain has the second best guitar solo of all time
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In the words of the man himself (singing aboutā¦ himself):
Youāre so good
Baby there aināt nobody better (Aināt nobody better)
So you should
Never, ever go by the letter (Never ever)
Youāre so cool (Cool)
Everything you do is success
Make the rules (Rules)
Then break them all 'cause you are the best
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November Rain number 1? 
Fred durstās live guitar solo
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probably the most talented musician of our time and his eccentricity was legendary. The ultimate artist.
Fiveeeeee
If we can assume that Iāve posted this in response to anyone not scoring him 5 thatād be great thanks:
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Gave him a 5 and I donāt even think his music means much to me or speaks to me on any deep level. Thatās how good he was
Wish I could have gone back and given Stevie Wonder a 5 though as in my mind he is as good maybe even better from a talent and songwriting perspective
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Five out of five. He made the sublime seem effortless.
Hard to choose a favourite album. I went for Parade in the end because it feels a little under appreciated in his canon, even though it has Kiss, Girls & Boys, Mountains, Sometimes It Snows In Aprilā¦tunes that any other artist would kill for.
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The āI know I know I know I know times are changingā bit in purple rain is alongside the āthe highways jammed with broken heroesā bit in born to run as the best bits in songs ever, and the biggest pops you can get in a karaoke bar
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In the pantheon of artists who on paper should be faves but I just donāt hear it Prince stands above all of them. I think being a product of the 80s doesnāt help - I just canāt stand that production. And people talk about him being funky but he was part of the decade that killed funk. Iāve heard nothing of his that can hold a candle to P-Funk, The Meters, the JBs or countless one single and done bands of the golden era.
Iām starting at a 3 for Raspberry Beret alone which Iāve always had a soft spot for. Gonna have another listen to some of his stuff to see if he can make his way out of the āfair play to you but not for me palā section of my mental cannon.
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Yeah, kind of similar here - never really connected with his music, but on the list as it stands from artists already covered there is no place for him anywhere below the first couple.
Edit: a long way of saying he is better than Bowie.
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Sometimes when Iām just doing boring stuff my brain will start shouting:
I WOULD DIE FOR YOU!
DARLINā IF YOU WANT ME TO
So good.
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even easier 1 than queen, another act people only like ironically to piss me off
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