Like Prince, Alicia is a true musician, able to command the stage and a range of musical instruments. In 2004, Prince was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Alicia Keys, an outstanding talent herself, that has clearly been inspired by his work. Prince is inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame For us, putting this list together really brought home the fact that we’ve lost one of the most extraordinary performers of all time. There is tonnes of content floating around of this icon and it can get overwhelming, but we’ve always got your backs, so we’ve scoured the depths of the worldwide web and come up with our list of his greatest (public) moments. Prince’s brilliance really defies description by words, so we decided that the best tribute we can offer to the great musician that he was, is to present a collection of his greatest moments. Some of our favourites are these pieces by Billboard and The Verge. There has been much written in the past few days about his incredible career and unrivalled status in the unique lane he carved out for himself (if the fact that he can’t be boxed into a lane, is considered a lane of its own). His talent transcended the dimensions of R&B, Soul, Jazz, Funk and Rock & Roll, with his guitar-playing (one of several instruments he played), transcending his time and peers. He was a prolific songwriter, writing a swathe of hits for himself and other musicians from all genres and walks of life. He clearly transcended race, definitions of masculinity, musical genre and classification and even boundaries of style and fashion. Prince transcended several planes and boundaries of existence. Except in Prince’s case, this speak is no empty hyperbole, but a reflection of the reality of the icon’s life.įor us here at The Blues Project, the theme that resonated with us in conversations on Prince’s life and career was ‘transcendant’. Social media, the internet more generally and all other media platforms have seen a barrage of all things Prince since reps for his estate confirmed his passing on Thursday, 21 April, 2016, with words like ‘legendary’, ‘iconic’ and ‘genius’ often used as descriptors for the musician. And the news of Prince’s passing has been no different. We’ve probably all come to expect a measure of hyperbolic rhetoric after a person’s death, especially when that person was a chart-topping celebrity.
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