As our resident Prince aficionado, Questlove has spoiled us with personal reflections on The Purple One's genius, even handing over an album-by-album review of the unfuckwitable Warner Bros. catalog. Nearly a year has passed since the icon's tragic death, but it's safe to say that we can forever count on El Capitan to chime in with some impromptu geeking. Case in point: this morning Questo launched into his memory banks upon realizing that Prince's classic 1987 albumSign O The Times was creeping up on its 30th anniversary (technically tomorrow, March 31st.)

Naturally, Questo was compelled to hit the gram with one of his patented purple nerd-outs, speaking to the much-debated parameters of the "genius period," honing in on the meat of the generally-accepted 1978-1988 bookends to be 1982-1987, where we could be found churning out his own work at an alarming annual rate, as well helming hits for The Time, Sheila E., Vanity 6, Apolloniaand others.

Read Questlove's little love letter to Prince'sSign O The Times below.