Black Album

An inside look into every song on the record that stayed shelved for seven years.

With a seven-year head start on the bootleg market, the funk album failed to surprise in 1994.

This 1988 album lived up to the dichotomy inherent in its title.

At Prince's insistence, Warner Bros. supported both the creation and destruction of 500,000 copies of 'The Black Album' in 1987.

The story of Prince's decision to pull 'The Black Album,' just days before its initial release, has become a kind of R&B 'Rashomon.'

Prince's 'Bob George' was a manic digression into confrontational booty-bass schizophrenia.

"When 2 R in Love" was the last recorded element for Prince's shelved 'Black Album,' opening the door, quite literally, to what came next.

Prince took aim at hip-hop as it was becoming more popular with "Dead On It."

A dance-floor meeting with supermodel Cindy Crawford inspired the funky, racy track "Cindy C," written for the long-delayed 'Black Album.'