In 1996, Prince released a staggering amount of new music, including his final studio album for Warner Records, Chaos and Disorder; and the triple-album Emancipation, his first independent release distributed in a partnership between his own NPG Records and EMI. Rather than hit the road to promote his final Warner Bros. release, Prince instead spent much of 1996 holed up in his studios at Paisley Park, working closely with his longtime drummer Kirk Johnson to capture dozens and dozens of new son