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Ten Years Without Prince

Published about 2 months ago • 2 min read

Ten Years Without Prince

Prince was one of the greatest musicians who ever lived. His music could move your body, break your heart, and stretch your mind, sometimes in the same song. You can hear it across his catalog, but you can see it most clearly in moments like his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame performance on “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” when he reminded the entire world that there are gifted musicians, and then there was Prince.

That Time When Prince Fired Questlove

If you listen to Questlove talk about music, it is obvious that Prince is one of his idols. Therefore, it must have been painful for The Roots drummer when Prince decided that Quest’s DJ services were no longer needed.

Photographer, Robert Whitman, Shares Details About Prince’s First Photo Shoot

To help the budding star gain some exposure, Prince’s managers hired Robert Whitman to photograph Prince. In this video, Whitman shares behind-the-scenes details about Prince’s first professional photography session.

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“With This Tear” is a previously unreleased studio recording from Prince’s legendary vault. Recorded in November 1991 at Paisley Park, the track has been newly mixed and mastered by GRAMMY-nominated engineer/producer Chris James (Frank Ocean, Miguel, Janelle Monáe), a longtime Prince collaborator (HITnRUN Phase Two, Art Official Age, Plectrumelectrum), and features Prince producing, arranging, composing, and performing all instrumentation. Shortly after its creation, Prince offered the song to Céline Dion, who recorded her own version in 1992. This track is the beginning of several unreleased Prince recordings scheduled for release this year, as part of a never-before-released Prince album project.

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