because the fusion of R&B,Pop and Hip Hop which was a late 80's thing echos Teddy Riley.

now Prince was a Better Artist and Musician than Riley on a whole, however Riley's blending and playing in those styles has held up longer.

i mean Riley was more respected in all those fields and he been doing that his whole career.

hip hop acts sample loop and use Prince music, however Prince was a joke with hip hop music and the purple kool aid heads know that.

81-85 was the prime and peak of the Minneapolis sound and when Prince stopped using that sound he basically was just riding on that past.

folks who cite him, cite Prince back when he counted and not the Lberace vegas lounge act he became over the past 20 plus years,imo