Jeff Giles

Prince defined what style is and isn't on a track from 1996's 'Emancipation.'

"The Love We Make" is said to be about Jonathan Melvoin, the brother of Revolution guitarist Wendy, who died of a drug overdose on tour with Smashing Pumpkins.

As a guitarist, Prince was often compared to Jimi Hendrix, but he felt a closer connection to Carlos Santana.

A ferociously talented musician who could play just about any instrument he needed to, Prince didn't always have the warmest relationship with the sample-heavy hip-hop genre. But there was definitely a certain amount of overlap between that music's aggression and the raw energy in Prince's own songs — a similarity highlighted in "Undisputed," his collaboration with Public Enemy frontman

Prince recruited the No Doubt star to perform on 1999's 'Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic.'

In memory of Tom Petty, we recall the night he and Prince shared a stage to honor George Harrison.

A decade after producing a pair of albums for Mavis Staples, Prince reached into her family band's catalog for one of their civil rights anthems.

Shortly after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, Prince released "S.S.T." to raise money for relief efforts.

Poet/songwriter Ingrid Chavez helped Prince come out of the darkness of the 'Black Album.'

Prince explored how we communicate through colors on a song he wrote for one of his side projects.