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.