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Thread started 09/15/07 4:32am

Najee

1980s R&B Jam of the Day: Rick James "Dance wit' Me" (1982)

Take the best ideas from his hit "You and I" and mix them with Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give It Up" and you've got the lead single from Rick James' "Throwin' Down" album. One of James' biggest hits, this song peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard R&B Singles charts. After "Cold Blooded," this is my favorite song from the King of Punk Funk.
THE TRAFFIC JAMMERS, The Org's house band: VAINANDY -- lead singer; NAJEE -- bass; THE AUDIENCE -- guitar; PHUNKDADDY -- rhythm guitar; ALEX de PARIS -- keyboards; Da PRETTYMAN -- keyboards; FUNKENSTEIN -- drums. HOLD ON TO YOUR DRAWERS!
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Reply #1 posted 09/15/07 4:56am

AlexdeParis

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Love it! woot!
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Reply #2 posted 09/15/07 5:27pm

vainandy

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Great song from my favorite Rick James album.
Andy is a four letter word.
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Reply #3 posted 09/16/07 12:57pm

mrpunkfunk

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Classic jam, he really did take on a little of Marvin's style with this one and kicked out a funky track, I also love Roy Ayers contribution to the song.
Lady Cab Driver is one of the greatest songs ever!
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Reply #4 posted 09/16/07 3:11pm

Abdul

The highlite on this cut for me is Danny's solo, he straight kills it!
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Reply #5 posted 09/16/07 3:20pm

SPYZFAN1

Co-sign. Danny tears it up on this cut. Great bass line too.

I'm midway thru reading Rick's book. An amazing read.
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Reply #6 posted 09/16/07 4:25pm

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I just bought the book off of Amazon, I can't wait to get it and start reading. I have heard that the publishers of the book did a half ass job of editing and there are a lot of typos and such throughout, but I can overlook that for ol' Slick Rick!
Lady Cab Driver is one of the greatest songs ever!
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Reply #7 posted 09/16/07 7:56pm

DarkSideOfBeau
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Great Song! dancing jig
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Reply #8 posted 09/16/07 8:46pm

BillieSparks

Looooove this song
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Reply #9 posted 09/17/07 2:52am

SPYZFAN1

Yeah there are typos but nothing major. Still a great read. Rick tells it like it was. Lots of stuff I never knew about him and the business.
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