“Bring friends, bring Ur children, and bring foot spray, because … it’s gonna B funky.”
A truly self made and independent genius of modern music with an eclectic repertoire of rock, psychedelia, hip-hop, disco, funk, electro, and new wave, 80s icon Prince can be credited as an innovator of a multitude of genres we know and love today. We have been home to an immense selection of the musical polymath’s @prince
‘Welcome/ Hope and change, everything takes forever / And truth is a new minority (truth) Oh, welcome to America’
Frighteningly prophetic and ever relevant, Deluxe Edition of Welcome 2 America combines the 2LP and CD versions of the album with a never before released Blu-Ray of Prince’s full April 28th 2011 performance at the Forum, part of the Welcome 2 America tours.
A crucial moment in Prince’s illustrious career, marking his intention to not be defined by one genre. With his previous releases being categorised as R&B and funk, Prince had only flirted with mainstream success. WithIt goes without saying that this album is regarded as one of Prince's biggest classics. Melodramatic and melancholic power ballads, a blend of rock, R&B, gospel, and orchestral music. The timeless title track became the go-to, heard booming from every 80's kids ghettoblasters. Prince cast his purple reign over the 1985 Grammy awards, picking up Best Rock Vocal Performance and performing in his iconic royal purple ensemble and matching guitar.
The seventh studio album by Prince, and the second to feature his backing band The Revolution. Prince’s versatility is on show, the album opening with the shimmering psychedelia of
With 63 previously unreleased tracks, this remastered version of Prince's 1987 albumSuper Deluxe Edition also features a previously unreleased 2+ hour video concert performance from Prince’s legendary vault.
"Am I black or white? /Am I straight or gay? /Do I believe in God? Do I believe in me?"
Prince at his most unrestricted, the lyrical content of
The 8 track album is light and poppy in comparison to its predecessors, but a standout amongst all of the stars releases, delivering both delicate acoustic, jazz-tinged tracks and thumping funk basslines which will never fail to liven a dance-floor.