I’ve thought of and referred to us Prince fams as The Purple Collective for many, many years now.  As I started to move forward with this project, I knew it was the perfect moniker for what I’m trying to achieve with it. 

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Names like Purple Army have been used lot, but it sends a different message than what Humans of The Purple Collective is about.  He wasn’t a man in favor of war anyway, I can think of at least 6 songs right off the fly demonstrating that, so using a militaristic term was a no-go.  Names like New Power Generation, Rainbow Children, Purple Hippies, or others… those were his, and like Mikey leaving One-Eyed Willie’s share just for him out of deep respect, they are off limits as far as I’m concerned.

 

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“Collective” matches the vibe of  who we are as fams:  a group made up of all different ethnicities, religions, age groups, geographic areas, economic class, ability, etc.… just a great big mashup of folks, collectively coming together because of our love for the man himself, the music, and the message.  "Collective" matches what we do:  We bleed purple.  We talk all kinds of subjects: lyrics, songs, concepts, artwork, creativity, musicianship, production, technical stuff, music business, love, spirituality, theology, collection, art/creations, there are no boxes drawn, which is a mirror image of what we learned from him.  "Collective" matches this project: a collection of a variety of stories from everyone who's life Prince touched in some way.

 

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The Purple Collective just fits, by definition, by function, by vibe.  The synergy of purple people, put simply, is awesome!