Posthumous purple prose
Although controversial, seductive when courting attention and often presenting a salacious public persona, Prince was one of the most musically innovative artists of his era.
He channelled psychedelic Jimi Hendrix, Sly Stone funk and the sex’n’soul salvation of Marvin Gaye, among others, to create a unique musical amalgam that bridged genres.
And, with his double album in 1987, his own idiom: Prince music.
