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Baker's Dozen

Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives

6. PrincePurple Rain

I mean, I grew up in the 80s and Prince was my fucking god. He was the coolest motherfucker on the planet. The music was unbelievable. It was sexual, and I didn’t even understand what that was, but I wanted to know. I was obsessed with Prince, and he was the first artist where I collected multiple records and listened to for years and years. This record never goes away. I don’t know how, but I’m sure that somewhere in the building blocks of whatever became the way I approach music, that guy has a solid strand of DNA.

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