Prince's battle with Warner Brothers may have seen its origins as far back as pre-Sign O' the times. Prince has just taken his career to its apex and now comes the drama. Warner is not feeling the overflow of output. The result is more constraints. Prince's success followed by a few misses has emboldened Lenny Warnaker and Mo Ostin to take more of a hands on approach. Making matters worse is that Prince is still experiencing the fallout from massive fame. Parties, Bunnies, and Ego are pushing him and his relationship with Susannah Melvin is ending.