Emancipation

Unreleased 'Emancipation'-era track paints a rosy vision of the near-future.

This album was ultimately about freedom – freedom from expectations, freedom from rules, freedom from his old label.

This trio of mid-'90s projects will see vinyl release for the first time on Friday.

The three-hour, three-disc 1996 album gets trimmed to a more manageable length - seven different ways.

This trio of mid-'90s projects includes his expansive first post-Warner Bros. album and a release that's since been hailed as the costliest cassette ever.

After a decade of tantalizing hints and teases, in 1997 Prince finally shared "Welcome 2 the Dawn," the first song from his long-rumored magnum opus 'The Dawn.'

Prince had some fun with his band in the 'Emancipation' track, titled after a phrase that was ubiquitous in African American culture at the time.

On the surface, "Sex in the Summer" is simply another breezy, lightly suggestive turn by Prince. There's far more to it.

It all started with a snarky music writer.

Prince kicked off his 'Emancipation' from Warner Bros. by throwing a party.