it pays to check the main page regularly for such stories, yes.


Here's what the author, Elijah C. Watson, wrote:

"The track showed Prince’s prowess as a producer, with the song featuring some of his best work across various instruments (most notably the bass), and although the track’s unprecedented drum part was not programmed by Prince (the beat was originally programmed into a Linn LM-1 drum machine by David Garibaldi for Roger Linn, although it is unknown how Prince became owner of the instrument), he still formatted the part to where it fit in the song, creating a drum part that drummers still have a hard time replicating almost 35 years later."

http://www.okayplayer.com/originals/prince-best-song-band-admired-envied.html