I disagree.

Every track on albums such as "Controversy," "1999," "Around THe World In
A Day," "Parade," etc was not floorless.

I'd say what has hurt Prince to the most in his years/albums after
Graffiti Bridge is the fact that he dropped his "sound." Emancipation has a
lot of strong songs, in different genres... Sleep Around, The Human Body,
FLSMW, Saviour, Jam Of The Year, White Mansion (old skool!), etc. Same with
Gold.

I'd say a lot of people are stuck on his old music because of the 1) time
period and/or 2) feelings associated with these old songs.

Lou