I'm writing an essay on Prince. I'm either going to write about his sexualised image and the active mythologising early in his career, or discuss The Rainbow Children's lyrical themes in terms of race and racism (if I can find something distinct and fathomable in there), or I'm going to do a mix of both and discuss the mythologising throughout his career.


In particular I'm searching for articles, interviews and such on the Dirty Mind/Rainbow Children albums and their respective eras. A lot of people on here know a hella a lot about Prince eras and seem to know/have access to a lot of articles. So, any help would be very much appreaciated!

Google is your friend........... try Rollingstone, etc.

thisisreece said:

I'm writing an essay on Prince. I'm either going to write about his sexualised image and the active mythologising early in his career, or discuss The Rainbow Children's lyrical themes in terms of race and racism (if I can find something distinct and fathomable in there), or I'm going to do a mix of both and discuss the mythologising throughout his career.


In particular I'm searching for articles, interviews and such on the Dirty Mind/Rainbow Children albums and their respective eras. A lot of people on here know a hella a lot about Prince eras and seem to know/have access to a lot of articles. So, any help would be very much appreaciated!

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Try the website Prince in Print (http://princetext.tripod.com) as they have several articles. And, depending on how extensive your article will be, check out Dave Hill's Prince: A Pop Life and C. Liegh McInnis' The Lyrics of Prince: A Literary Look.

Thanks! The link looks really useful and I'll try check out the two books you mentioned 1725topp. So far, I've been googling like crazy and using Matt Thorne's Prince book.

thisisreece said:

I'm writing an essay on Prince. I'm either going to write about his sexualised image and the active mythologising early in his career, or discuss The Rainbow Children's lyrical themes in terms of race and racism (if I can find something distinct and fathomable in there), or I'm going to do a mix of both and discuss the mythologising throughout his career.


In particular I'm searching for articles, interviews and such on the Dirty Mind/Rainbow Children albums and their respective eras. A lot of people on here know a hella a lot about Prince eras and seem to know/have access to a lot of articles. So, any help would be very much appreaciated!

Check this out too

Sticky:Prince Album / Era's 4 Discussion of The Music & Times

OldFriends4Sale said:

thisisreece said:

I'm writing an essay on Prince. I'm either going to write about his sexualised image and the active mythologising early in his career, or discuss The Rainbow Children's lyrical themes in terms of race and racism (if I can find something distinct and fathomable in there), or I'm going to do a mix of both and discuss the mythologising throughout his career.


In particular I'm searching for articles, interviews and such on the Dirty Mind/Rainbow Children albums and their respective eras. A lot of people on here know a hella a lot about Prince eras and seem to know/have access to a lot of articles. So, any help would be very much appreaciated!

Check this out too

Sticky:Prince Album / Era's 4 Discussion of The Music & Times

Thanks! I have been checking out your threads actually. They're always great to read and have proved quite informative!

Chapter 2- "The King of Porn Chic" from Touré's book, "I Would Die 4 U" might be a good referrence for the sexual side of Prince. If you don't have it, PM me and I can send photos.

A big thank you to those who helped out