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In 2010, Prince called Morris Hayes, his long-term musical director, to Paisley Park in Minnesota to 30.___________ an ear to a new record. This was not rare — Prince was prolific, releasing 39 albums, mostly about friendship, sometimes about love — but when Hayes arrived, the singer was in the car park. He let 31.___________ the car window and gestured for Hayes to hop in. There, the men sat as "Welcome 2 America" played — a prophetic album about race and the looming impact of tech. Prince asked Hayes to produce the album and he did. 32.___________, when the album was finished, it disappeared. Then, in 2016, Prince died — the end of an era.

Now, five years later, "Welcome to America" is finally 33._____________ out and the album is not just another cash-in for a grieving estate. "I thought it was great," Hayes 34.___________ me. "When we were in the car, I thought, 'Wow, this is heavy,'" Hayes recalls. "He is talking about some hard stuff. Prince was at the Grammys in 2015, the year before he died. There he said: "Albums still matter. Like books, albums still matter." Prince was not apolitical — remember "Sign o' the Times" — but, Hayes argues, this is his most "sustained attack" 35.___________ artists were thinking about these issues and he was one of them.

Prince's support for social activism was never stronger 36.___________ on "Welcome to America". "It's part of his prophetic genius, how he can know that an album is going to be better absorbed in the future," says Shelby J, another singer in New Power Generation. "Was he even planning for a time when he wouldn't be on this earth? We all know that none of us are going to live forever."

30. 1) lend 2) keep 3) give 4) pay

31. 1) off 2) down 3) up 4) in

32. 1) However 2) As a result 3) Otherwise 4) Besides

33. 1) running 2) walking 3) going 4) coming

34. 1) cries 2) says 3) tells 4) speaks

35. 1) Few 2) Little 3) Small 4) Less

36. 1) then 2) than 3) as 4) like