prince remembered by many as the most meticulous musician ever continues to set records. billboard reports that the for the full year of 2016 he outsold every other recording artist with 2.23 million albums sold. and joining me from the brooklyn histori historian, and zahir, thanks for being here. and i think it is shocking that he's not here but could you quantify the legacy of with someone with that volume of work and level of genius. >> it is hard to do that. i think we -- people who were fans of prince expected an album every year and when he didn't release an album a year, he released two the next year. so it is really hard just to know that -- his vault contains music that will rebe leased for a while, but it is hard to really think about the impact that prince has had and i think not only in terms of music and