more hit than miss, especially in the beginning.
He came fresh off the Time and basically proved through his own works, and other acts he produced... that he wasn't just some guy holding a guitar for Prince. His music wasn't as deep as Prince's, but it definitely satisified the ears of fans who wanted Prince to at least throw them a bone on the R&B side of things.

I liked his last album, which came out last year, called Verbal Penetration. He hadn't released anything in like ... 14 years before that. Like most double albums it does tend to have some filler, but his D'Angelo-like tunes and his brief foray into jazz guitar were surprising to hear.

I think if that last album came out in the "Voodoo" era he definitely would have shocked a lot of people.