Musicology

Released on Independence Day 2004, the song touched on some of the biggest issues dividing American society.

The Purple One drew on funk and hip-hop to create this tale of a May-December arrangement, found on 2004's 'Musicology.'

Prince's return to a major label saw him breaking out his best James Brown groove since "Gett Off."

The closing track of 'Musicology' found Prince in a rare moment of looking backwards.

Prince's "A Million Days," a tender ballad that evolves into a torrid cry for love, arrived during a period of stability and retrenchment.

Prince addressed post-9/11 anti-Muslim discrimination on "Cinnamon Girl," and the song's provocative video got him in hot water with conservatives.

Dr. Cornel West, a professor of African-American Studies, took Prince's Afrocentric song from 2004 and overdubbed some raps to it.

2004's "Call My Name" was the latest boudoir song from Prince, but less graphic than usual due to his conversion to the Jehovah's Witnesses.