As far as anyone might know about the news of Price’s death, April 21, 2016 at his age 57 at Chanhassen, Minnesota, U.S. - To remind you, here is the book, "I Would Die 4 U: Why Prince Became an Icon" by Touré Neblett, we will talk about it.
Prince, full name Prince Rogers Nelson or also known as Jamie Starr, Alexander Nevermind, Joey Coco; was born on June 7, 1958, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. He is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist record, producer, actor and film director. His first album “For You” has released in 1978, after that Prince has succeeded in several singles "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" and "I Wanna Be Your Lover".
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Touré plays on words: When the icon takes their place on the stage they don’t say, “Look at me!” They say, “When you look at me, you’ll also be looking at you”, on his the first line on his book’s introduction pages. - He, Touré, realizes Prince is an Icon- a musical icon.
I am jumping into conclusion personally, after I have finished my reading Prince’s life and career, he is not an only superstar, but also an icon.
Why is that so?
Because he does not say the state as same as the other stars do, he says, “When you look at me, you’ll also be looking at you” instead of “Look at me!”, “Then you will see some shine in me”. Lol. Sorry, I’m just kidding.
In addition, Touré uses the word “zeitgeist”, the word for anyone who has the talent to reflect it-“zeitgeist” through his or her art. For generation X, Price did that.
[German: Zeit, time + Geist, spirit.]
List of awards received by Prince; (Not including nomination)
Grammy Awards
Grammy Awards
Year
|
Recipient/Nominated work
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Award
|
Result
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Purple Rain | Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal | Won |
"
|
"
| Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | Won |
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| "I Feel for You" | Best R&B Song | Won |
| 1987 | "Kiss" | Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals | Won |
| 2005 | "Call My Name" | Best Male R&B Vocal Performance | Won |
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| "Musicology" | Best Traditional R&B Performance | Won |
| 2008 | "Future Baby Mama" | Best Male R&B Vocal Performance | Won |
Academy Awards
Year
|
Recipient/Nominated work
|
Award
|
Result
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Purple Rain | Best Original Song Score | Won |
MTV Video Music Awards
Year
|
Recipient/Nominated work
|
Award
|
Result
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | "Raspberry Beret" | Best Choreography in a Video | Won |
| 1988 | "U Got the Look" | Best Male Video | Won |
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|
"
| Best Stage Performance in a Video | Won |
| 1992 | "Cream" | Best Dance Video | Won |
Year
|
Recipient/Nominated work
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Award
|
Result
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|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | "The Song of the Heart" | Best Original Song | Won |
Touré Neblett, born on March 20, 1971 in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. He studied at Milton Academy, following with Emory University but dropped out after his junior year, and again in year 1996, he attended Columbia University's MFA writing program for one year.
He is a music journalist, television personality, cultural critic and writer.
Talking about his work on writing, Touré has written a few books, The Portable Promised Land (2003), Soul City (2004), Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness? What It Means To Be Black Now (2011) and I Would Die 4 U: Why Prince Became an Icon (2013).
Celebrated journalist, TV personality, and award-winning author Touré investigates one of the most enigmatic and fascinating figures in contemporary American culture:
PRINCE
Drawing on new research and enlivened by Touré’s unique pop-cultural fluency, I Would Die 4 U relies on surprising and in-depth interviews with Prince’s band members, former girlfriends, musicologists, and even Bible scholars to deconstruct the artist’s life and work.
Prince’s baby boomer status allowed him to play a wise older brother to the latchkey kids of generation X. Defying traditional categories of race, gender, and sexuality, he nonetheless presents a very traditional conception of religion and God in his music.
Prince, he had also been an MTV megastar and a religious evangelist, using images of sex and profanity to invite us into a musical conversation about the healing power of God. By demystifying the man and his music, I Would Die 4 U shows us how Prince defined a generation.
Title: I Would Die 4 U: Why Prince Became an Icon
Reviewed by: Michael Leng on English as a second language.
Book Details:
Book author: Touré Neblett
ISBN-13: 978-1476705491
Publisher: Atria Books; Original edition
Published date: March 19, 2013
Language: English
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