Suspect lyrical content and Bob George aside. You can tell he was not phoning it in on that album. Prince is over 50 now. He can't just turn it on at will like he used to. He needs to be inspired to create good music. Whether he's inspired God (TRC) or desire to top the charts (Musicology). Those seem to be times lately where he really puts in work.
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>Take that annoying "Bob George" narrative, and you got
>yourself a perfectly produced album. But overall, it was the
>LAST album where you really felt he was into the
>materials(hence why he performed the entire album in
>concerts).