16

Recorded mainly by Prince and saxophonist Eric Leeds in one week, 16 dropped a mere 10 months after Madhouse’s 8. More of an instrumental funk album than a jazz record, 16 included Sheila E. and bassist Levi Seacer Jr. (“Ten,” “Eleven,” and “Fifteen”) as well as Matt Fink (“Sixteen”). Jazz-funky snatches of “Chopsticks” and “The Sound of Music” crop up on the opening track; the album on a whole coheres around samples of dialogue from The Godfather. Never again would Prince go to such absurd lengths to pretend he had nothing to do with an act he wrote and played almost everything for.