This is from an old wall of sound interview. It's not online anymore.

I don't know, man; Prince went crazy for me. I don't really follow him. I think Prince is just making music for Prince. I heard a little bit of what he was up to, and it sounded so contrived, so self-indulgent. When I heard that song "Betcha by Golly Wow" by the Stylistics [covered by Prince on Emancipation], I just fell off the chair laughing that he could do such an atrocious job on such a classic tune.

Let's see; This from a crack addict and ex-con, who married a trailer park queen. I wonder if Prince ever looked at Rick James life and fell off the chair laughing?

If Prince is making music just for Prince - Thanks to the Powers that be for that! An artist should be making music for their own joy - not others - thats when excellence comes out ! ! Not the puppet singers that mimic others and learn choreographed moves and live only to please their fans so they will be tops on the charts etc. etc. . . .

Rick James can laugh at Prince all he wants...'cuz the rest of the world is laughing at Rick James!

rickjames said:

and just who, exactly, should prince be making music for?
[This message was edited Fri Feb 6 18:23:49 PST 2004 by SassierBritches]

Y'all are just haters.(c'mon, don't be a hater...) Just because someone disses Prince, so what. Sh*t, I fell out of the chair when Prince pulled that "Bet'cha By Golly Wow" b.s., I don't care Rick has been dissing Prince since 1980 and it has no bearing on the music. Rick James is the funk, his early 80's albums are still the bomb azz funk. Of course when he stopped druging up and got clean the funk was gone. But you can't deny his contribution. Rick's disdain for Prince goes back to when Prince was opening for Rick. Rick's mother came to one of the shows and wanted to take a photo with Prince and he dissed her and told her no. Now we all know if someone disses your mom, you're not having it...

Peace, Serveitupfrankie*

Yes, Rick has had his problems.


But, I just read this and laughed. C'mon, y'all!!! Prince covered "Betcha By Golly Wow." I mean, I've never gotten that.

i find the fact that rick's been hatin on prince for as long as i've been breathin more funny than anything else.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

O
K
!

(t)rick james said:

i must agree with (t)rick here, prince did butcher "betcha by golly wow"...i still think that the stylistics should beat 'im down for that chit.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

None the less. Fuck Rick James! One song wonder mother fucker! Drugged out wife beating pimp...I can't even believe I took the sec to reply about him..

and i can't believe you're so full of yourself. rick james is far from a one song motherfucker. do your homework, little one.

Rick James a year or so ago played in Bedford Hts,Ohio a fuckin Horse Race Track called Northfields! My parents saw him for a $1 cover charge.

sooo who cares what this fat crack head thinks..good or bad!

I dont listen to the local Junkie/Homeless Guys Ramblings.. who cares about Rick James views

:LOL:
[This message was edited Sat Feb 7 1:53:15 PST 2004 by locoarts]

And Prince probably never gives Rick James a second thought. Why waste the time?

cracknbush said:

he was hardly a one hit wonder, dear...

thedog said:

Reply to 'Rick James laghs at Prince?'








what does laghs mean?

Rick James was a one hit wonder. Fuck him!!

umm.. rick james had one song, and does drugs, and was in jail... let's see...






Prince or

DickJames



i'll let you decide...

SquarePeg said:

true. he has quite a few songs under his belt, but unfortunately his choice in lifestyle overshadowed all of that so folks tend to think he was a one-hit wonder, but he ain't.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

he was only known for one song.. "superfreak" and Hammer made it bigger so... to many he only has one song that was decent...

sexkitten04 said:

To many who? 12-15 year olds? In that case, yes, you're right. To many 12-15 year olds, he only has one "decent" song that's he's known for. Many people also have no idea who Prince is, or think he died some time back in 1984.

Purpleone4Eva said:

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No one thinks Prince has died. Everyone knows that Rick is a crackhead and has a bad attitude towards everyone. Even his fans. He did a show in the D.C area a few months ago and yelled at fans who were not giving him the applause that he expected.

Let's face it Prince will be on the Grammies picking up an award and performing Rick will be at home.

Oh, I wasn't arguing that Rick wasn't a crackhead.

Purpleone4Eva said:

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Your argument is that people think Prince is dead. Not so or he would not have been invited to the Grammies.

thedog said:

I'd say it was sour grapes on Rick's part, but Rick at his peak was never a fraction as good as Prince was at his.

and Jail lets not forget jail the brotha did some time!! He truly is a loser on that point!!! BUUUT if you think Rick James had just superfreak as a hit then you are in desperate need of help!! I am not going to go down the list for you cause you need to do your own homework. But you sound kinda simple saying he had only ONE hit!! POP charts did not rule the world in OUR music when he was around.

Check ya self on that one, and go get a late pass

laurarichardson said:

I didn't say that everyone thought that he was dead.
I was just pointing out that not everyone thought Rick James had one single that was made apparently, more popular by MC Hammer. And those who do think his only song was "Super Freak" probably aren't much into music that isn't constantly being played on radio.

But I think Rick James is still the $hit. Aside from them bad choices, he was the pimpest

COOOLD BLOOODED!!

SEXY SEXY SEXY SEXY. What is you saying?!! That was the $$$HIT

So what Rick isn't partial to Prince, Rick's the $hit

I will find u "prick james" I am going 2 kick your ass so bad. I will see u soon crack head bitch.

sexkitten04 said:

Come on now. "Superfreak" was not his only hit. In the 75-80 era Rick James would have been the equivalent to say R. Kelly (Hmmph the similarities) oK. anyway. With HITS like: "Mary Jane", "Give it to Me", "Cold Blooded", and oh don't forget the Mary Jane Girls and Teena Marie. Prince copied alot from Rick's way of being especially his look and the girl groups. Vanity Six and Apolonnia 6 are comeplete knock offs of MJ Girls.


Prince is certainly more talented as a musician and writer/producer and influence. But for those 5 years in the 70's-80's Rick James was the Funkmeister second only to Parliment Family. Prince is the POPFunkSoulRockFusion Alpha and Omega.
[This message was edited Sat Feb 7 14:21:20 PST 2004 by lmas]