Prince died today and we said RIP to one of the finest songwriters of our lifetime.
President Obama called him a virtuoso and the New York Times broke down his musical essence :
His most immediately recognizable (and widely imitated) instrumental style was a particular kind of pinpoint, staccato funk, defined as much by keyboards as by the rhythm section.
Around our office, Purple Rain quietly pulsed in a set of headphones. Elsewhere, we wondered who his lawyers were and what they were doing.
A quick docket and Google search showed that he had used a smattering of lawyers — Rhonda Trotter, ...