Shades Of Purple: A Prince Podcast
Ronica Crutchfield
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.
Prince, Rap, and Kendrick Lamar
Prince's history with rap and relationship with Kendrick Lamar, as well as comments on latest Prince news.
My Top 5 Favorite 2024 Podcast Episodes
My Top five favorite episodes that I did in 2024.
Purple Night Talks: Stephanie Meals
My new series of talks with purple Prince fams from all over the country and world.
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.
Purple News
Updates of goings on with me and the Purple Kingdom. RIP Cat Glover, Netflix Doc. and Purple Rain House Air BnB
Was Prince a sexual predator? Part One-Prince and Mayte
Prince and Mayte's relationship before the marriage.
Top 10 Prince Guitar Solos 🎸
My Top 10 favorite Prince guitar solos.
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.
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.
All that Glitters: The Gold Experience Review
My review and discussion of Prince's (The Artist) 17th studio album The Gold Experience.
My Top 20 Favorite Podcast Episodes
To commemorate the second anniversary of the podcast, a review of my 20 favorite episodes.
The Purple Tea: Prince and Apollonia
Discussion of Prince and Apollonia's personal relationship
Purple Songs Origin Stories: Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad
My analysis of the song, and my theories behind its creation.
Purple Kingdom:Morris Day Book Review: On Time A Princely Time in Funk
My review of Morris Day's 2019 Autobiography.
Top 10 Prince Funk Jams
My favorite Prince Funk songs!
And there was BLACKNESS: The Black Album Review
My review of Prince's 16th Studio album, The Black Album.
Top 10 Prince Interviews
My favorite televised Prince Interviews.
Top 10 2023 Shades of Purple Podcast Episodes 💜
Discussion of my personal favorite podcast episodes of this year.
Song Analysis: Another Lonely Christmas
A deep dive into the themes of loss and loneliness in the Prince song Another Lonely Christmas
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.
Come...You Should Do that Baby!
Review and Discussion of Prince's 15th studio album Come.
Was Prince a Jerk?! Part 2
Incidents of Prince's bad behavior towards WB, girlfriends and band members in the late 80s and 90s.
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.
Top 20 Prince Music Videos
My favorite Top 20 Prince Music Videos
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.
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.
Love is in the Air! Love Symbol Album Review
Discussion and Review of Prince's 14th studio album The Love Symbol.
Top 10 Prince Spiritual Songs
My favorite Prince religious/spiritual songs.
Top 10 Favorite Prince Eras
My favorite Top 10 Favorite Prince looks and aesthetics.
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.
Top 10 Prince Work Out Songs
My 10 favorite Prince songs to work out to.
If I gave you Diamonds and Pearls!!!
My review and discussion of Prince's 13th studio album Diamonds and Pearls.
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
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.💜
Top 10 Prince Lyrics ( Part One)
Part One in a series of my favorite lyrics in Prince songs.
The Purple Kingdom: Dez Dickerson
A discussion of Dez Dickerson Prince's first guitarist.
Top 10 Prince Live Performances
My favorite 10 Live Prince Performances!
Who wants to go to Graffiti Bridge!
Review and discussion of the Graffiti Bridge.
Diamonds and Curlz Book Review
My review of Kim Berry's book Diamonds and Curlz: 29 Years of Rolling with Rock Royalty Prince
Top 5 Myths about Prince's Death
The Top 5 Unproven Rumors about how and why Prince died.
Top 5 Saddest Prince Songs 😭😭😭
Countdown of my favorite 5 sad sons in Prince's catalog.
Prince's Top 10 Purple Ladies 💜
My Top 10 favorite ladies in Prince's personal and professional life.
Holy Batman! It's Partyman!
Discussion and review of Prince's 11th studio album The Batman Soundtrack
The Purple Kingdom: Jill Jones
A discussion about Prince and his relationship with on and off girlfriend and back up singer Jill Jones.
Purple Kingdom: Andre Cymone
Prince and his relationship with his best friend and first bass player Andre Cymone.
Top 20 Prince Ballads
My top 20 Favorite Prince slow romantic songs
LoveSexy Album Review
My review of Prince's 10th studio album Lovesexy
Purple Piano Concert Review
Review of Purple Piano Concert-January 20th, 2023 Conway, Arkansas performed by musician Marshall Charloff
Top 20 Nasty Prince Songs 💦🥴😜
Explicit Content Warning ⚠️ My Top 20 Favorite Nasty, Freaky, Sexually Explicit Prince Songs
Top 10 Podcast Episodes of 2022
My favorite Top 10 Episode of the Shades of Purple Podcast according to Anchor.
Sign O'the Times Album Review
A review of Prince's 9th studio album the masterpiece called Sign O the Times!
The Beautiful Ones Review
Brief Review of Prince's memoir The Beautiful Ones.
My Top 5 Favorite Prince Hairstyles
A discussion of my favorite Prince Hairstyles.
My Top 10 Prince Albums
A discussion of a list of my favorite Top 10 favorite Prince albums!
My Top Favorite Prince Songs
A list of my favorite all-time Prince Songs. Second episode in my Top 10 Prince Favorites Lists.
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.
Life is a Parade Part 1
Review of Prince's 8th Studio album Parade.
My Top 10 Prince B-sides
A discussion of my personal favorite Prince B-side hits!
So....No Purple Rain 2?!
Review and Discussion of Prince's 7th studio album Around the World in a Day.
Prince the Fierce Philanthropist
Discussion of some of Prince's known charitable works and programs.
Purple Flood Part 2.
Review and Discussion of the Purple Rain movie.
Purple Flood Part 1.
Review and Discussion of Prince's 6th studio album the massive masterpiece Purple Rain.
Prince VS Michael Jackson: Clash of the Geniuses
The legendary rivalry between Prince and Michael Jackson. Their similarities, differences, and known interactions.
Purple Night Interview with Gabriel Crutchfield
Interview with Prince fan Gabriel Crutchfield his favorite Prince songs and albums.
End of the World: Prince Style
Review of Prince's 5th studio album 1999
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
Controversy
Review of Prince's 4th studio album Controversy. A discussion of the protege groups The Time, Vanity 6 and their producer Jamie Starr.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.