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The Minneapolis sound is a hybrid mixture of funk rock pop synthpop and new wave that was pioneered by Prince in the late 1970s. Its popularity was given a boost throughout the 1980s thanks to his musical adherents including The Time Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis Morris Day Vanity 6 Apollonia 6 Ta Mara & the Seen Sheila E. Jesse Johnson Brownmark Mazarati and The Family. According to the Rolling Stone Album Guide the Minneapolis sound…

derivative
Dance-pop
instrument
Drum kit, Electric guitar, Drum machine, Keyboard instrument, Synthesizer
stylistic origin
Funk, New wave music, Glam rock, Dance-rock, Synthpop, Pop rock

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