Dig if you will the picture : funk, sex, God and genius in the music of Prince
by potterbee
Today marks one year since the passing of Prince., a beloved artist for many. Recently released is a biography of his life, work, and the artistry of Prince, entitled, Dig if you will the picture : funk, sex, God and genius in the music of Prince.
Ben Greenman (New York Times bestselling author, contributing writer to the New Yorker) presents a unique and kaleidoscopic look into the life, legacy, and electricity of the pop legend Prince and his wide ranging impact on our culture. Uniting a diverse audience while remaining singularly himself, Prince was a tireless artist, a musical virtuoso and chameleon, and a pop-culture prophet who shattered traditional ideas of race and gender, rewrote the rules of identity, and redefined the role of sex in pop music.
Greenman has been listening to and writing about Prince since the mid-eighties. Here, with the passion of an obsessive fan and the skills of a critic, journalist, and novelist, he mines his encyclopedic knowledge of Prince's music to present a biography and the story of the paradigm-shifting ideas that he communicated to his millions of fans around the world.
Greenman's other published work includes collaborations with George Clinton and Questlove on their celebrated memoirs.
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