Emasontweni ambalwa eshonile uPrince, kuvela izindaba ngefa lakhe lomculo, okungenzeka ukuthi sekuvele kunamahemuhemu okuthi lowo owayengumphathi manje uCharles Koppelman udale umculo osuselwe ezingomeni zakhe.
Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule kuvele ukuthi kutholwe amadrowa agcwele amafilimu angakaphumi alo mculi ongasekho, kwazise ukuthi uPrince ubedla anhlamvana. Abanomthwalo wemfanelo wokuphatha umlando wakhe bahlawumbisele ukuthi lo mculi wodumo ushiye izinto ezanele ukuze akhiphe i-albhamu unyaka wonke eminyakeni eyikhulu ezayo. Bobabili imenenja yakhe, uCharles Koppelman, kanye nommeli wakhe, u-L. Londell McMillan, baqagela ngokusebenzisa ingxenye yalesi sihloko ohlelweni lomculo..
U-Koppelman waqasha u-Prince ngesikhathi engumqondisi we-EMI futhi wakwazi ukushicilela i-triple disc 'Emancipation', i-albhamu yenganekwane eyayimele ukuhlukaniswa kuka-Prince ku-Warner Music, ngemva kwecala elibi. U-Koppelman, kanye no-L. Londell McMillan, bazobe behlela uhlelo lwazo zonke izinto ezingashicilelwe ze-Prince.. UKoppelman ubelindele abezindaba ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule: “Ngazo zonke lezi zinto ezingakakhishwa sizozijabulisa, kunamadrowa agcwele aqoshiwe angakaze akhishwe”.
Lezi zinsuku ezimbalwa ezedlule zaqala ukushuba kungenzeka ukukhiqiza umculo ku-Broadway ngezingoma zomculi ngisho nokudala umbukiso obalulekile wenkampani yaseCirque du Soleil. U-Koppelman uthe ngomculi: "INkosana ibiyisithonjana ngokulingana neBeatles noma uMichael Jackson futhi ifa lakhe liwufanele lo mehluko. Yize igama lakhe belisho inkosana, ngicabanga ukuthi ubeyinkosi yomculo.".
UBremer Trust, umqondisi wamabhange wefa lengcweti, ukhethe u-Koppelman noMcMillan njengabaxhumanisi bokuphathwa kwefa lomculi, okuthe ngokuqhubekayo abashiyanga noma iyiphi incwadi yefa ngaphambi kokushona kwakhe.