Throwin' down is mine. What is yours?

Street Songs.Easily Slick Rick's best work and it's the album he'll be best
remembered for. Throwin down? Well that one came after Street Songs. It was okay but I only liked "Dance Wit Me". "Hard To Get" was okay, But it sounded a little too much like "Super Freak" to me.

ThePunisher said:

You're right about hard to get. It sounds exactly like superfreak. Did you like "Fire it up?" "Love Gun" is one of my favorite songs by rick.

heckaslammin said:

Now you're talking about some classic Rick James right there! Both songs. A friend of mine let me listen to a bootleg of "Rick James Live" It was a concert recorded in 1981. Rick's voice was horrible! It sounded like he'd been hitting the bong a little too hard before the show. But his band was tight. Especially his horn section. Teena Marie sounded good too. She sang "I Need Your Loving" and "Square Biz" I was hoping that the duet "Fire And Desire" was on the tape . But it wasn't. Rick'd voice would've screwed that song up big time. Last I heard, they were suppose to release some tracks Rick made before he passed away. I'd like to hear them.

Street song is my joint most definitely.

"Throwin' Down" is my favorite also.

"Hard To Get" reminds me of "Super Freak" also but much funkier.

I love the entire "Fire It Up" album. This was the album that got me hooked to Rick James. Check out "Come Into My Life". The bass line of that jam is killer funk.

My favorites would have to be Street Songs and Cold Blooded. 2 classic albums!

vainandy said:

I am leaning torwards Throwin Down. I didnt like it at first, but it's pretty damn funky for just "Standin On The Top" alone.

THOUGH I cant just not look back for "Fire & Desire" "Ghetto Life" and "Give it To Me"

Ohh I forgot about "Standing On The Top"! That was the jam right there. The Temptations tore it up!

I love every Rick James album except "THE FLAG", with Street Songs being my favorite.

Mine has to be Street Songs, fa sho. I love that joint, "Call Me Up". Very jazzy and deeply funky with those mindblowing basslines. Every track on that release just reads like a greatest hits compilation and he just pulls out of the stops on here. And who can forget the album cover? I didn't here anyone say anything about his debut album, Come Get It, which is my 2nd fave Rick release.

Come Get it.

vainandy said:

The prelude for "Give It To Me Baby"...

silverchild said:

call me up is the bomb squad!

Street Songs is so good it plays like a Greatest Hits album!

'Street Songs' is Rick's masterpiece.Every song is classic.The previous albums had their moments,but in 1981,Rick took his brand of "punk funk" to a whole new level.He diversified his sound with thrilling results...."Super Freak" combines New Wave/pop elements with sizzling funk..."Mr.Policeman" adds a little reggae to the mix...."Give It To Me Baby",with its unforgettable bassline,is the ultimate post-disco funk jam.He continued to make decent albums throughout the 80s,but none can compare to the brilliance of 'Street Songs'.

DavidEye said:

Did anybody like "The Flag?"

LOVE ME SOME SLICK RICK, BUT DON'T OWN ANY OF HIS MUSIC CAUSE HE WAS ALWAYS HATING ON PRINCE

Street Songs, come get it and bustin out of L7 square. Just didn't lke the rest of them as whole albums, just a few songs here and there, like cold blooded and dance with me.
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Cold Blooded is my favourite. I love that album from start ot finish

heckaslammin said:

That album is horrible.Every song has that over-synthesized mid-80s sound.What a mess.Rick lost his way with this album.

Definately one of his worst albums. "The Flag", "Glow" and "Wonderful". Rick had lost it by then.

vainandy said:

I like a few songs on 'Glow'

I like "Can't Stop", "Melody (Make Me Wanna Dance)", and "Glow". They are OK but they sure aren't Rick James at his best by no means.