vainandy said:

Several months ago,I heard that the book would be in stores by September.Well,it's September

Harlepolis said:

barnes and noble it is.

Harlepolis said:

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jn2 said:[quote]

Harlepolis said:

Is there anything in the book about MJ / the Jacksons?

jn2 said:

Michael Jackson is barely mentioned. The Jacksons are not mentioned at all. However, Rick dogs Prince every times he gets the chance. It's obvious that he viewed Prince as competition and not Mike. The book does contain a photo of Rick with Marlon and Jackie Jackson though.

illimack said:

I think Rick was homeboys with the Jacksons since I guess they hang out in Cali plus Jermaine was still in Motown by the time Rick came back to the label to be an artist. He gave Mike a lot of respect during his final years, I believe.
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Timmy84 said:

Yeah, I remember Rick was on CNN of all places blasting the media about their portrayal of MJ during the child molest allegations. Rick clearly had MJ's back. And you know how crazy he is. He was saying whatever the hell he wanted on CNN. I was cracking up. He gave that newscaster a run for her money.

Rick James was a mean, bitter man.

In his 'Anthology' liner notes, he said that gave Quincy Jones the premission to used the bass-line for 'Thriller'(which is actualy from 'Give It To Me Baby').

I think Louis Jordan played the bass for 'Thriller'.

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Harlepolis said:

Yes I'm aware of that,,,,and like I said, I wasn't condoning him,,,but all of them without comparision are fuck-ups.

The ever-so-worshiped Sly Stone, literally aborted his ex-wife with a wire hanger, James Brown kicked Marva Whitney in the stomach and threatened her with a gun if she ever thought of walking out on him, Ike was the only one of them who got exposed becoz of the movie.

Harlepolis said:

You mean Louis "Thumber Thumbs" Johnson of The Brothers Johnson played bass.

Najee said:

I stand corrected



I got the 2 names mixed up alot, sometimes

Harlepolis said:

Yeah, I can see how



BTW, that's Louis Johnson on the left with his brother George.

Yep, I'm aware of the Brothers Johnson

illimack said:

Awesome. My respect for Rick James has increased two-fold after reading this.

Rodya24 said:

Rick James stayed at Neverland a few times, probably recovering from drugs.

lilgish said:

lilgish said:

Is that a fact? I did not know that.

mrpunkfunk said:

Yeah,he and Michael were friends.Rick also defended Mike during his molestation trial,pointing out that his own kids spent time with Michael.

I'd love to read the Confessions of SoulAlive!

Cheek said:

I read that!

There's a very outrageous chapter involving a bar table in `93!

illimack said:

MJ and Rick were friends. I always thought it was cool that he didn't abandon MJ like many others did.

As far as his relationship with P is concerned, Prince definitely did borrow a lot of ideas and style from Rick without giving credit, but he is certainly not the first artist to leave out speaking on their influences. The media built their rivalry up even more. I'm sure Rick's drug use didn't help matters. But his main reason for despising Prince is certainly related to P stealing Vanity. That's really all the reason he needs. Shit, I'd definitely hate Prince if I had been in Rick's position. Rick was used to getting every woman he wanted. Then Prince (a virtual newcomer at the time) comes along and steals a woman from one of the biggest names in music. Yeah, that shit would be hard to stomach.

Rick was a complex person. Not to condone his own personal responsibility, but drugs really took their toll on him. He saw a level of fame that few get to see. I doubt many people could have resisted all the shit that was thrown his way. We all have our vices. Unfortunately, he gave into every one of his. I'm sure he'd want people to learn from some of his mistakes.

barnesandnoble said:

Do they keep sending me these now for a month until October?

illimack said:

:falloff:Okay, I'm definitely going to get that book somehow. The outtakes that you all are posting on her are too funny, But this one takes the cake. That and Teena Marie coming like the falling rain

ThePunisher said:

You definitely need to get a copy

SoulAlive said:

Yeah I knew they were friends, and Rick was very vocal about defending Mike during his legal woes. But this raises another point, Michael was another who borrowed alot from Rick (if you don't believe me, listen to 'Come Into My Life' & 'Give It To Me Baby'; then listen to 'Thriller') and they remained friends. So I don't think Rick hated Prince solely because he borrowed from his style. I think there was just a lot of ego mixed up in there, and the Vanity thing didn't exactly help matters any.

ThePunisher said:

Oh the book is hilarious. Rick tells on evryone one in Hollywood. He even talks about getting high with Elizabeth Shue. I was like WTF" Lil innocent Elizabeth Shue, the baby sitter chick does coke?

One of the funniest/disgusting things that he talks about is his little poodle that would climb into bed with him and help him "pleasure" the girls if you know what I mean....."After the girls realized what was happening, they loved it because the dog was the best at giving head." I was like WTF????? Rick was a true Superfreak.

illimack said:

As I recall, the dog wasn't a poodle

Jezebel said:

And Prince ain't?

Prince's ass sues his fans and dude walked around with "slave" on his face because he was having a hissy fit AFTER he signed a 100 MILLION DOLLAR contract.

Prince fans kill me.