hello I am writing a paper on prince and I need some help from you guys

I needed to find someone who is a 20 century figure whose work/artisitc contributions can be classified in both the age of modernism and the age of pluralism for the 20 century award of course I picked prince but I can't find the info I need to answer these questions

1. synopsis of life and times

2. ideas /works of why he is a genius

3. impact on the arts and culture

4. will contributions continue in the future

angelhsent said:

1. Try and get yourself a couple of bios. The best are Uptown's The Vault, DMSR, Possessed: The Rise & Fall Of Prince, Slave 2 The Rhythm etc.

2. You could talk about how he produces, composes, arranges and performs everything himself and how he is one of the most prolific artists ever

3. You could talk about his mass crossover appeal (black, white, male, female, young, old etc). The Purple Rain album is probably a good example because it has a little something for everyone (and it was a huge success because of that)

4. You could talk about how he rebelled against the record industry and how he has now successfully launched his own independent label and website that is pointing towards the future of music distribution etc.

toejam said:

I think you've pretty much written his paper for him there!!

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[Edited 6/17/05 4:43am]

That shouldn't be too hard. Prince is the epitome of "pluralism".