Prince
Wax Poetics Issue 50
Softback Magazine
Brand New
8 x 10.8 inches.
Glossy Cover.
Full Colour

Softback version has new Wax Poetics logo on front and back.
The special-edition reprint of Wax Poetics Magazine Issue 50—their bestselling issue ever—featuring Prince on the cover, with features on Prince and the Revolution; Morris Day and the Time; the Time's guitarist Jesse Johnson; Grand Central: 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." Also featuring Larry Graham, Blood Orange, Toro y Moi, DJ Quik, and Frank Ocean.
This special-edition reprint contains no advertisements.

Behind the Purple Ropes
Having gained heavyweight status as James Brown’s tour manager, Alan Leeds was brought on midway throughPrince’s1999tour as a freelance replacement. But after finding his niche within the sometimes peculiar Prince entourage, Alan and his now wife Gwen moved to Minneapolis to work for the artist full time. Little did they know, they were about to witness some of the greatest years in the history of popular music as Prince and the Revolution busted out with the groundbreaking album and filmPurple Rain.

Witness to the Funk
From Sly and the Family Stone to his own band Graham Central Station, master funk bassist and singerLarry Grahamsingle-handedly revolutionized the instrument while influencing many musical genres and countless musicians. A chance invitation to jam with disciple Prince has led to the formation of a deep spiritual bond that goes beyond music and into their relentless pursuit of the Truth.

Big Time
Morris Dayis an icon of the Minneapolis-drenched sound of ’80s R&B. Beginning his career as a talented drummer but winding up as the front man for the Time, Day was an important piece in the Prince puzzle and worked hard to create a bigger-than-life persona that still resonates to this day. Eventually rising from the shadow of the Purple One, Day was able to establish himself as a shining star in his own right.

Rock Star
GuitaristJesse Johnsonwas an instrumental part of the Time, crafting some of their most well-known songs before departing on a solo career. While continuing to collaborate with idols like Sly Stone or jam with protégés like D’Angelo, Johnson charts new territory while staking a claim to the Minneapolis funk-rock sound that Prince and his affiliates created.
Syncopated Strut
Prince and reed man Eric Leeds teamed up to create two albums under the monikerMadhouse. Perhaps looking to exorcise jazz demons inherited from his father, Prince masterminded a lighthearted and funky sound that anticipated the “acid jazz” genre that would break years later.

33 Reasons Why Prince Is Hip-Hop
Questloveis a drummer, a tweeter, a political provocateur, a music encyclopedia, a founding member of hip-hop royalty the Roots, the bandleader ofLate Night with Jimmy Fallon, anda Prince fanatic. Take a journey through his mind as he argues thirty-three reasons why Prince is “hip-hop.”

La Cosa Nostra
Members of Prince’s mid-’80s spin-off project,the Family, have reunited under the guise of fDeluxe.

Minneapolis Roots
André Cymone and Prince bonded over music in high school and quickly formed the bandGrand Central. From André’s parents’ basement, André and Prince competitively engaged in all-night jam sessions that would plant the seeds for the funk/ rock/pop style that would soon be recognized as “the Minneapolis sound.”