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The polymathic artist’s first posthumous studio album releases this summer. Recorded in 2010, it remains ahead of its time.

While a new book by Mayte Garcia offers revelations into the enigmatic Prince, it is also a complex consideration of privacy

While the data does suggest 2016 was an outlier, there are plenty of reasons big-name deaths will only continue in the years ahead

Virtuosic, inventive, and relentlessly prolific, Prince couldn’t help himself from creating music, and we’re all the better for it

Remembering the life and times of Prince, and why the loss of this iconic musician, at the age of 57, is so momentous

He was two decades removed from the height of his powers, but the 2007 Super Bowl halftime show may have been Prince at his Prince-iest

In 2004, Shanda Deziel interviewed Prince about homecoming, monogamy, love, and his music industry revolution

‘Baltimore’ seemed to herald a new Purple reign of edgy politics AND great hooks. Was it a flash in the pan?

Although an undeniably dated film, Purple Rain retains the best thing it depicts: Prince’s status as one of the planet’s finest live acts

Our review of a new book about pop music’s hypersexual icon of diversity

Locating the artist behind the icon in ‘Bad 25,’ Spike does the right thing for the King of Pop

James Franco’s newest reinvention, a dolphin that goes fishing, Prince embraces the medium formerly known as print