Special edition hardcover repress of Wax Poetics' best selling issue of all time! Not only did the big 5-0 issue coincides with the magazine's 10th anniversary, they also stocked it full of content on the Purple One and his many affiliates and side projects. Includes features on Prince and the Revolution, Morris Day and the Time, the Time’s guitarist Jesse Johnson, the roots of Prince and Andre Cymone; Prince’s jazz side project Madhouse; the Prince side project the Family; early Prince recordings, 94 East; and Questlove’s commentary “33 Reasons Why Prince Is Hip-Hop." In addition to all the purple goodness, there are also articles on Larry Graham, Blood Orange, Toro y Moi, DJ Quik, and Frank Ocean. This special-edition hardcover is reprinted with no advertisements. Recommended.

• hardcover reprint
• no advertisements
• 98 pages