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Prince: Planet Earth

Miles Marshall Lewis, The Village Voice, 17 July 2007

IF HE HADN'T choked to death in London's Samarkand Hotel 37 years ago, how many mediocre records would Jimi Hendrix have dropped by now? Stevie . . . the Stones . . . Sir Paul . . . they're all way past the point where any residual genius is still expected.

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