Shades Of Purple: A Prince Podcast
All about the life and times of the world renowned artist known as Prince Rogers Nelson. We will discussed the latest news, books, social and print media, estate activities, analysis of Prince's music and life as well as discussions and reactions to Prince-related stories.
Sat, March 15, 2025
Little Red Corvette: Origin Stories
Possible Inspirations behind the origins of the song Little Red Corvette.
Mon, February 17, 2025
Prince, Rap, and Kendrick Lamar
Prince's history with rap and relationship with Kendrick Lamar, as well as comments on latest Prince news.
Sun, January 12, 2025
My Top 5 Favorite 2024 Podcast Episodes
My Top five favorite episodes that I did in 2024.
Mon, December 16, 2024
Purple Night Talks: Stephanie Meals
My new series of talks with purple Prince fams from all over the country and world.
Thu, November 14, 2024
4th Day of November ! We need a Purple High!
Disscussion about the meaning behind the lyric 4th Day of November We need a Purple High in the song ALL the Critics Love U in New York.
Mon, October 21, 2024
Purple News
Updates of goings on with me and the Purple Kingdom. RIP Cat Glover, Netflix Doc. and Purple Rain House Air BnB
Sun, September 15, 2024
Was Prince a sexual predator? Part One-Prince and Mayte
Prince and Mayte's relationship before the marriage.
Mon, August 26, 2024
Top 10 Prince Guitar Solos 🎸
My Top 10 favorite Prince guitar solos.
Mon, August 12, 2024
Our Trip to PAISLEY PARK!
My Husband and I take a tour of Paisley Park. We discuss how it was, as well as our visit to First Avenue and Mall of America.
Sun, July 28, 2024
Prince and MJ Part 2: The Drake and Kendrick Lamar Effect
Prince and MJ 's legendary rivalry takes center stage again amid the rap beef between Drake and Kendrick Lamar.
Mon, July 08, 2024
All that Glitters: The Gold Experience Review
My review and discussion of Prince's (The Artist) 17th studio album The Gold Experience.
Tue, June 25, 2024
My Top 20 Favorite Podcast Episodes
To commemorate the second anniversary of the podcast, a review of my 20 favorite episodes.
Thu, June 20, 2024
The Purple Tea: Prince and Apollonia
Discussion of Prince and Apollonia's personal relationship
Tue, May 14, 2024
Purple Songs Origin Stories: Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad
My analysis of the song, and my theories behind its creation.
Sun, April 07, 2024
Purple Kingdom:Morris Day Book Review: On Time A Princely Time in Funk
My review of Morris Day's 2019 Autobiography.
Mon, March 18, 2024
Top 10 Prince Funk Jams
My favorite Prince Funk songs!
Sun, March 03, 2024
And there was BLACKNESS: The Black Album Review
My review of Prince's 16th Studio album, The Black Album.
Wed, February 14, 2024
Top 10 Prince Interviews
My favorite televised Prince Interviews.
Sun, December 31, 2023
Top 10 2023 Shades of Purple Podcast Episodes 💜
Discussion of my personal favorite podcast episodes of this year.
Wed, December 27, 2023
Song Analysis: Another Lonely Christmas
A deep dive into the themes of loss and loneliness in the Prince song Another Lonely Christmas
Tue, December 19, 2023
2020 Lemoncakegate: Apollonia vs Shelia E
Discussion of the April 2020 freud between Apollonia and Shelia E about some claims Shelia made about her and Prince. Apollonia calls out Shelia E on a Facebook exposing her so-called lies.
Thu, December 07, 2023
Come...You Should Do that Baby!
Review and Discussion of Prince's 15th studio album Come.
Mon, November 27, 2023
Was Prince a Jerk?! Part 2
Incidents of Prince's bad behavior towards WB, girlfriends and band members in the late 80s and 90s.
Sun, November 12, 2023
Was Prince a Jerk?! Part 1
Instances where Prince acted like a jerk toward people in his life-band members and girlfriends part one of two.
Mon, October 16, 2023
Top 20 Prince Music Videos
My favorite Top 20 Prince Music Videos
Tue, October 03, 2023
The Sex of It Part 2: Prince's Love Life in the 90s
A discussion of Prince's romantic relationships with Robin Power, Carmen Electra, Troy Beyer, and Mayte Garcia.
Thu, September 21, 2023
Top 10 Prince Political Songs
My favorite Political Prince songs where Prince stated his views on the world-everything from war and poverty to gun and police violence, and government lies and cover-ups.
Tue, September 12, 2023
Love is in the Air! Love Symbol Album Review
Discussion and Review of Prince's 14th studio album The Love Symbol.
Tue, August 29, 2023
Top 10 Prince Spiritual Songs
My favorite Prince religious/spiritual songs.
Mon, August 14, 2023
Top 10 Favorite Prince Eras
My favorite Top 10 Favorite Prince looks and aesthetics.
Mon, July 31, 2023
Purple Kingdom: Denise "Vanity" Matthews and Blame it on Vanity book review.
Discussion of Denise "Vanity" Matthews relationship with Prince and a review of her autobiography Blame it on Vanity.
Sat, July 22, 2023
Top 10 Prince Work Out Songs
My 10 favorite Prince songs to work out to.
Mon, July 10, 2023
If I gave you Diamonds and Pearls!!!
My review and discussion of Prince's 13th studio album Diamonds and Pearls.
Mon, July 03, 2023
Jason Webber Interview Purple Bananas
Author Jason Webber discusses his book Purple Bananas: How Prince Save Me and other selections from the Soundtrack 2 My Life
Sun, June 25, 2023
Top 5 Purple Rain Songs ☔
Mini episode about my top 5 favorite Purple Rain Songs in honor of the 39th Anniversary of the Purple Rain album.💜
Sat, June 17, 2023
Top 10 Prince Lyrics ( Part One)
Part One in a series of my favorite lyrics in Prince songs.
Mon, June 05, 2023
The Purple Kingdom: Dez Dickerson
A discussion of Dez Dickerson Prince's first guitarist.
Thu, May 25, 2023
Top 10 Prince Live Performances
My favorite 10 Live Prince Performances!
S4 E8 · Fri, May 12, 2023
Who wants to go to Graffiti Bridge!
Review and discussion of the Graffiti Bridge.
S4 E7 · Tue, May 02, 2023
Diamonds and Curlz Book Review
My review of Kim Berry's book Diamonds and Curlz: 29 Years of Rolling with Rock Royalty Prince
S4 E5 · Fri, April 21, 2023
Top 5 Myths about Prince's Death
The Top 5 Unproven Rumors about how and why Prince died.
S4 E4 · Wed, April 19, 2023
Top 5 Saddest Prince Songs 😭😭😭
Countdown of my favorite 5 sad sons in Prince's catalog.
S4 E3 · Tue, April 04, 2023
Prince's Top 10 Purple Ladies 💜
My Top 10 favorite ladies in Prince's personal and professional life.
S4 E2 · Tue, March 28, 2023
Holy Batman! It's Partyman!
Discussion and review of Prince's 11th studio album The Batman Soundtrack
S4 E1 · Sun, March 19, 2023
The Purple Kingdom: Jill Jones
A discussion about Prince and his relationship with on and off girlfriend and back up singer Jill Jones.
S3 E10 · Sun, March 12, 2023
Purple Kingdom: Andre Cymone
Prince and his relationship with his best friend and first bass player Andre Cymone.
S3 E9 · Tue, February 28, 2023
Top 20 Prince Ballads
My top 20 Favorite Prince slow romantic songs
S3 E8 · Tue, February 21, 2023
LoveSexy Album Review
My review of Prince's 10th studio album Lovesexy
S3 E7 · Sat, February 11, 2023
Purple Piano Concert Review
Review of Purple Piano Concert-January 20th, 2023 Conway, Arkansas performed by musician Marshall Charloff
S3 E6 · Mon, January 30, 2023
Top 20 Nasty Prince Songs 💦🥴😜
Explicit Content Warning ⚠️ My Top 20 Favorite Nasty, Freaky, Sexually Explicit Prince Songs
S3 E5 · Mon, January 09, 2023
Top 10 Podcast Episodes of 2022
My favorite Top 10 Episode of the Shades of Purple Podcast according to Anchor.
S3 E5 · Sat, December 31, 2022
Sign O'the Times Album Review
A review of Prince's 9th studio album the masterpiece called Sign O the Times!
S3 E3 · Sat, December 17, 2022
The Beautiful Ones Review
Brief Review of Prince's memoir The Beautiful Ones.
S3 E1 · Thu, December 01, 2022
My Top 5 Favorite Prince Hairstyles
A discussion of my favorite Prince Hairstyles.
S2 E10 · Thu, November 17, 2022
My Top 10 Prince Albums
A discussion of a list of my favorite Top 10 favorite Prince albums!
S2 E9 · Tue, November 08, 2022
My Top Favorite Prince Songs
A list of my favorite all-time Prince Songs. Second episode in my Top 10 Prince Favorites Lists.
S2 E8 · Tue, October 25, 2022
Life is a Parade Part 2
Review of the movie Under the Cherry Moon and discussion of the End of the Revolution as a Prince backing band.
S2 E7 · Mon, October 24, 2022
Life is a Parade Part 1
Review of Prince's 8th Studio album Parade.
S2 E6 · Mon, October 17, 2022
My Top 10 Prince B-sides
A discussion of my personal favorite Prince B-side hits!
S2 E5 · Sat, October 08, 2022
So....No Purple Rain 2?!
Review and Discussion of Prince's 7th studio album Around the World in a Day.
S2 E4 · Fri, September 30, 2022
Prince the Fierce Philanthropist
Discussion of some of Prince's known charitable works and programs.
S2 E3 · Sat, September 17, 2022
Purple Flood Part 2.
Review and Discussion of the Purple Rain movie.
S2 E2 · Fri, September 09, 2022
Purple Flood Part 1.
Review and Discussion of Prince's 6th studio album the massive masterpiece Purple Rain.
S2 E1 · Sat, September 03, 2022
Prince VS Michael Jackson: Clash of the Geniuses
The legendary rivalry between Prince and Michael Jackson. Their similarities, differences, and known interactions.
S1 E10 · Tue, August 30, 2022
Purple Night Interview with Gabriel Crutchfield
Interview with Prince fan Gabriel Crutchfield his favorite Prince songs and albums.
S1 E9 · Fri, August 19, 2022
End of the World: Prince Style
Review of Prince's 5th studio album 1999
S1 E8 · Fri, August 12, 2022
The Sex of It: Prince's Love Life during the 80's
A discussion of Prince's love life during the 80s. Talking about his romantic relationships with Kim Upsher, Susan Moosie, Jill Jones, Vanity, Susannah Melvion, Devin Devasquez, Shelia E, Anna Fantastic, and Kim Basinger
S1 E7 · Fri, August 05, 2022
Controversy
Review of Prince's 4th studio album Controversy. A discussion of the protege groups The Time, Vanity 6 and their producer Jamie Starr.
S1 E6 · Sat, July 30, 2022
Prince's Dirty Mind
Prince vs Rick James on the Fired It Up tour. Review of Prince's 3rd Studio Album Dirty Mind and Prince's view on sex and sexuality during this time period.
S1 E5 · Fri, July 22, 2022
Prince the HIT Maker
A discussion and analysis of Prince's five #1 songs- When Doves Cry. Let's Go Crazy. Kiss. Batdance. and Cream. As well as a brief review and discussion of Prince's second studio album the self-titled Prince.
S1 E4 · Fri, July 15, 2022
Prince and Race
How Prince navigated the racial politics inherent in popular culture and the music industry. How he avoided, embraced, and transcended ideas of race.
S1 E3 · Sat, July 09, 2022
Is Prince straight, gay, or bi-sexual?
During Prince's early years in the music industry many fans thought he was gay or bi-sexual, mostly based on his on-screen look.
S1 E2 · Sat, July 02, 2022
27 Instruments?!
Prince's early life, how Prince got is record deal, how many instruments did he really play. Facts about the For You you may not have known.
S1 E1 · Sat, June 25, 2022
Intro-Another Prince Podcast?!
Introduce myself, my background, why I wanted to do a Prince podcast, my interest in Prince how it began. What are my short and long term goals for the podcast. Preview of future episodes.
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