I love many different genres of music. However I just have never been able to get into Prince. I actually do like that genre/style of music, I just cannot get it for some reason. And I know hes lauded as a musical genius, and I dont see why.

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[–] crapwittyname@feddit.uk 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

So the subjective part is the question of is he one of the best of all time. Sure, we can have that conversation. But the part where you're outright wrong is where you exclude him from being remotely close to that conversation.
As a guitarist, Prince has:

Impeccable musical ear
Intuitive note selection
Technical mastery of the instrument
Perfect timing
Improvisation so good you couldn't sit and write better lines
Riffs for days
Sold 150000000+ records, in a time when that mattered

I think the above definitely puts him in the running. You might not like it, but he's up there. I'd rather collaborate with Prince than Eric Clapton, say, and he's supposed to be one of the greats. I think Knopfler beats Prince quite handily, but I'm not so sure George Harrison was better. (I'm sure George would say Prince was better)