Prince pairs improbable allies — Doug E. Fresh, Chaka Khan and Larry Graham — across a set that turns his Minneapolis-era funk toward stripped R&B and hip hop-inflected grooves. Beautiful Strange: Cafe de Paris on Bambi surfaces rare live swaps: beatbox runs, Graham’s slap-bass, Khan’s gospel-tinged ad-libs, and midtempo funk workouts hovering around 90–110 BPM, a useful document for collectors and DJs.