Miles Davis was a Prince fan. I'm Arthur, host of The Music Snobs podcast, and we're going to discuss the Prince and Miles Davis collaboration "Can I Play With U?" from the truly massive Sign 'O' the Times box set. There's a lot to cover – and it starts with Miles. DISCLAIMER: I'm going to use the word "jazz" throughout this thread, be...

"Dorothy was a waitress …" This opening line of "The Ballad of Dorothy Parker" (TBoDP) — the cult-iest of Prince cult classics — is as resonant a song opener as "Dig if U will…", "I was dreaming when I wrote this…", or "I guess I should've known…" despite not being a hit single. Let's start with some background: An expert account of th...

Today's song is "Fury" from 2006's 3121 album, which is about a woman – or women as it has been speculated – who feels she's been left behind by her man. But that's not the focus of this thread. Heading into 2006, Prince was firing on all cylinders. He was still basking in the afterglow of the events of 2004: the Grammys opening w/ Bey...

I’m happy to be a part of another #PrinceTwitterThread to discuss “Dark” — the 7th track from Prince’s 1994 Come album. And for readers who aren’t aware: I’m one of those who is hard on P’s 1990’s output. Further, I’ve gone so far as to say that I can’t have a Prince conversation with someone who has not heard the Dirty Mind album. Adm...

Whenever I talk about Prince — especially his classic 80’s period — context is where I like to start. And with an album like Purple Rain which (frankly) overshadows every other album released in his career, context is the best device we can use to appreciate its finer points. Before I get into context, today’s my day to dive into “Take...

For the past nine or so months, I’ve participated in the #PrinceTwitterThread mega tweet series on – wait for it – Twitter. The series was organized by professional DJ UMB (@deejayumb) and author Edgar Kruize (@EdgarKruize) as a way to assemble teams of rabbit-hole Prince enthusiasts to tackle song by song breakdowns of his albums. Tak...