It begins with the end of the world. Prince’s fifth album envisions the apocalypse not as a moment of chaos and disorder, but humanity’s last chance to get up and get down. When the famous synth riff of “1999” hits, it sounds like the sky is falling. Purple dust descends as the atmosphere caves in; the population packs into urban streets to watch the sp…
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