Prince's new empire is buckling under its own weight. This ep has Lionel Richie, James Brown, Huey Lewis Quincy Jones Madonna Cyndi Lauper Hall & Oates and Nile Rodgers. Why? Cuz the music industry was bananas in 1985. What other Year could you legitimately stan Willie Nelson & Run DMC? Prince had just blowed up and was rejiggering his whole format. Suddenly the USA for Africa session and We Are the World happened. Bob Geldof pulled a blinder in October of 1984 with the seminal Christmas smash Band aid. Duran Duran George Michael Bono Sting Boy George Bananarama and Paul Young came together to set the example. Michael Jackson was a main focal point at the We are the World sessions. There was rumored to be simmering beef between Michael Jackson and Prince. The summit at A&M studios may have been the opportunity to settle it or blow it up. Most accounts said the two were friends with deep respect for each other. But in the eighties it was a daily versus for the pop titans.