I'm watching Rick James on Bet Jazz Right now and I don't see
how people say Prince stole some of Rick James stage show
he looks and sounds terrible to me. But that's just my opinion.

willyum said:

That it is as I'm not watching what you are watching but I can assure you and attest to the fact that Prince did in fact steal, borrow, use or whatever he wants to call it, a great deal of his shtick from Rick James and James Brown and Little Richard and Jimi Hendricks!

There are indeed recorded evidence most of which are overlooked by the masses supporting these claims!

Why does this pop up every week? From what I understand, Prince jacked James' act, or what you wanna call it, while he was on tour with him. Why must we debate facts?

willyum said:

Agreed!

SexyBeautifulOne said:

I didn't mention Little Richard,James Brown or Jimi Hendricks
I said Rick James and Rick James only!

Can't blame Prince, when he was first coming out, if he did Rick better than Rick! That's why RJ was mad, when he took the stage after Prince had opened for him, it APPEARED like Rick was copying Prince's moves (things he did with the microphone, and such).
May Rick be resting peacefully

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"Oh great, now U think U're my soulmate. U don't even know what kind of cereal like. Wrong! Cap'n Crunch with soy milk, cuz cows are 4 calves. U'd probably take me 4 half. U don't love me, U're a faker. U just want me 4 my acres"

Yes, Prince copied Rick's stage moves.
Now close this thread.

What were they showing? A documentary, music video, or concert?

vainandy said:

concert from the early 80s

I wish I would have seen that. But I bet it was probably the one that's on DVD which I already have.

willyum said:

To Rick's defense, of whom I'm a huge fan, I purchased Super Freak Live 1982 several months ago, and the sound quality of that DVD is utter CRAP! Rick James always put on dynamic concerts, with all the bells & whistles, but this DVD shows him in the poorest light imaginable, IMHO. It's as if they recorded the sound on that DVD by having some guy from the audience hold up a single microphone attached to a $20 cassette recorder.

If this is the performance you caught on BET Jazz, then I can understand how you'd be disappointed. But Rick was a phenomenal performer. I had the great opportunity of seeing him in concert twice, the first time of which Prince was his opening act.

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"I come equipped with Stereophonic, Funk Producing, Disco-Inducing, Twin Magnetic Funk Receptors!"

sexxydancer said:

And Rick James stole from George Clinton and Bootsy.

Thumparello said:

http://home.comcast.net/~...P-Funk.mp3

Booya Tribe and Rick James

Thumparello said:

Well Dayum! The Boo-Yaa TRIBE doing George Clinton's "Knee Deep", featuring Rick James! "Knee Deep (All up in That P-Funk)" is FUNK OVERLOAD!!! (Them musclebound, tatted-up Samoans are some Funky-Ass MoFo's!) Never heard this before, thanks for sharing the MP3.

(Dayum! Edited 3 times to get it right: Must be bedtime!)
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