Prince

By Ronin Ro

Prince - Ronin Ro
  • Release Date: 2011-10-25
  • Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
Score: 4
4
From 52 Ratings

Description

With a brand-new introduction and chapter that cover the last five year's of Prince's life and work and his untimely death in April 2016.

In his three decades of recording, Prince had nearly thirty albums hit the Billboard Top 100. He is the only artist since the Beatles to have a number-one song, movie, and single at the same time. Prince's trajectory—from a teenage unknown in Minneapolis to an idol and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer—won him millions of adoring fans the world over.

Prince is the first book to give full treatment to his thirty-five-year career. Acclaimed music journalist Ronin Ro traces Prince's rise from anonymity in the late 70s, to his catapult to stardom in the 80s, to his reemergence in the twenty-first century as an artistic icon. Ro expertly chronicles his music and career, showing how Prince and his albums helped define and inspire a generation. Along the way, Prince confronted labels, fostered other young talents, and took ownership of his music, making a profound mark on the entertainment industry and pop culture.

Reviews

  • Very Nice Covering Prince's Life and Music

    5
    By Kenny Saskatchewanobie
    Thoroughly enjoyable and educational to the understanding of the creative genius at work. Many well researched details to the overall story are given. Leaves off with Prince's life in a successful place with Prince celebrating a life of great accomplishment.
  • great book,but....

    5
    By YayGirl12
    i still wish he didn't die, purple rain was one of my favorite songs.
  • Prince

    5
    By Whistle Crowe
    Prince..........The Master of Music. This book is full of great info. about The Purple One and any devoted Prince fan would find it interesting as well.
  • Pathetic

    1
    By Giarca
    Amateurish, poorly written, not edited, parts ripped-off wholesale from published articles, juvenile over-interest in the race of every person in the book. It reads like a special edition of Seventeen magazine. But worse.