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Mark Wiggins joins us for part two of our Prince series, celebrating the legendary artist's golden era from 1982-1984 and the incredible protégés who expanded his musical universe.

• Remembering Pepe Willie, the godfather of the Minneapolis Sound, who recently passed away
• The launch of MTV in 1981 and how Walter Yentikoff forced them to play Black artists
• Prince's girl group Vanity 6 and their provocative debut album featuring hits like "Nasty Girl"
• The Time's "What Time Is It?" album and Morris Day's incredible charisma and stage presence
• Deep dive into Prince's breakthrough double album "1999" and how it transformed his career
• Prince's perfectionism and sometimes difficult relationship with his band members
• Sheila E's "The Glamorous Life" album and Prince's pattern of giving great material to protégés
• How Prince handled songwriting credits, sometimes removing collaborators from songs
• The Minneapolis Sound's competition with Rick James and other acts of the era

Happy heavenly birthday to Prince Rogers Nelson. The music lives forever.

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The MuzicBook Podcast is back! I'm starting a new album review series on Prince. In this episode, I enlisted the knowledge of music historian and Prince expert Marc “Big Sexy” Wiggins of the Podcast On Prince and The Michael Dean Show. We discussed the beginning of Prince’s career and reviewed his music from 1978-1981.

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On this episode we have Everett "Professor Ev" Whitfield and we reflect on the life and career of Quincy Jones. Q became the first Black executive at a major record label in the 1960's. It's difficult not to listen to music that's not influenced by Quincy Jones on a day to day basis. We discuss the many artists that he worked with including, Michael Jackson, Miles Davis, Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and much more! Sit back and listen as we honor probably the best music producer to ever lived.