Anybody here a fan? Wait... That was a stupid question.
Everybody here is a fan!

Me, me, me and always will b, even though he is passed!

Honestly, I still have a lot of his music to explore.

I don't think I could name his LPs in order of release.

I'm a huge Rick James fan. He's my second favorite artist.

*raises hand*

Love me some Rick James!

Rick always got my attention no matter what he did. Actually my mom was into his music more and played his joints all the time.

I've been listening to his stuff a lot since I've read his book. Did anyone else like "Urban Rhapsody"? Except for 2 ballads it's not bad.

Cinnie said:

I'm with u on the same page Cinnie,,,huge fan though, but I still got alot to learn from this brotha.

The only thing I have from him is his Anthology and his book which created a newfound thurst for his music.

I like:

Good Ole Days
Player's Way
Never Say You Love Me Again
Mama's Eyes

He needed his ass beat for not putting no funk on the album though.

Harlepolis said:

That book is the best!

Cinnie said:

This is Rick's albums and his side preojects Cinnie:

The Great White Cane (1974)
Get Up And Dance 12" Single (1976)
Come Get It!(1978)
Bustin Out Of L-Seven(1979)
Fire It Up(1979)
Wild And Peaceful - Teena Marie(1979)
Garden Of Love (1980)
In-N-Out - Stone City Band album (1980)
Lady T - Teena Marie (1980)
Irons In The Fire - Teena Marie (1980)
Street Songs(1981)
The Boys Are Back - Stone City Band (1981)
It Must Be Magic - Teena Marie (1981)
Throwin' Down(1982)
Coldblooded(1983)
Mary Jane Girls(1983)
Out From The Shadows - Stone City Band (1983)
Reflections(1984)
Glow(1985)
Party All The Time 12" - Eddie Murphy (1985)
Only For You - Mary Jane Girls (1985)
Too Sharp - Process And The Doo Rags (1985)
Seduction - Val Young (1985)
The Flag(1986)
Private Conversation - Val Young (1987)
???? - Process And The Doo Rags (1987) - I forgot the name of the album lol
Wonderful(1988)
Kickin(1991)
Urban Rhapsody(1997)I'm sure I missed something, I know my other "PUNK FUNKER'S" will fill in the blanks!

Abdul said:

You forgot 'Deeper Still'

I definitely love me some Rick James
He is one of my favorite artists.

Excellent list Abdul. The ones you missed were:

"Slow Dancin", a duet with Chaka Khan on her 1983 album

"She Said She Loves Me", a track he produced for Kleeer on their album from either 1982 or 1983

"This Magic Moment", a song that was on the album "Rock, Rhythm, and Blues" which was a various artists album in 1989.

"Divine Love (So Fine)", "Serious Love (Spend The Night)", "Starship", and "Down By Law", these were new tracks that were included on a 2 CD greatest hits collection called "Bustin' Out" that was released in the 1990s.

"Table Dance", a song that was on the United We Funk album in 1989 which featured new songs from old school funk artists.

I've never heard of the "Get Up And Dance" 12 Inch from 1976. Was that one released under Rick's name?
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That was probably intentional. I know I'd like to forget that one.

vainandy said:

After hearing the songs "Deeper Still" and "Taste", I would wanna forget I heard them too.

The entire album is like that. You could take any song from that album, play it on today's radio, and it would fit in perfectly with everything else on the radio today.

The new tracks on the "Bustin' Out" greatest hits collection and the United We Funk album were sellout songs also but I thought Rick had gotten past that since he gave Prince a compliment back in 2004 for continuing to make funk when no one else was. I guess he must have been desperate for money when he made "Deeper Still" since he had smoked a lot of his money up, was auctioning off his old clothes, and was living in an average apartment at the time of his death.

I've been a fan since his debut single "You And I" came out in 1978.I rushed to the record store and bought the 45.The song on the B-side was "Hollywood" which I also liked.

I have all his albums,my favorites are 'Bustin Out Of L7' (1979) and 'Street Songs' (1981).

vainandy said:

I love the song "Secret" from the 'Deeper Still' CD Come on guys,you gotta admit,that's a decent song!


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In the past couple of years he's definitely been a favorite of mine. I think now I've grownto appreciate him as a true Soul artist and not some punchline. Believe me, there's still a lot of folks who look back at Rick as this guy who lived a reckless life and not see him as a great musician. And that's pretty sad, frankly.

I just got the deluxe edition of "Street Songs" last month. It has an extra disc of a live concert Rick and his Stone City band played in the summmer of 81. It also features Teena Marie doing "Square Biz" and "I'm a Sucker For Love". That is a MUST-HAVE for all Rick fans!

Oh yeah, I heard "Garden of Love" for the first time on wax yesterday and that's not a bad album either.

NWF said:

That's a really rare album. I got a dj promo copy with a pretty plain white cover. I would sooo love to get a copy of the album with the original album artwork.

Yeah, right. The entire "Deeper Still" album makes "The Flag" seem like a masterpiece.

The live CD is great from start to finish and Teena Marie sang just as well live on her two songs as she did in the studio.



When I first bought the album, the only song I liked was "Big Time". However, over the years, I've grown to like "Mary Go Round" and "Don't Give Up On Love". There are too many slow songs on that album but I still like it better than any of Rick's late 80s albums because it still had the Stone City Band sound.

vainandy said:

Daaaaayum! ... then thats a wack ass LP.
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'Garden Of Love' is a snoozefest In his book,Rick even admits that he was pissed at Motown when he recorded it.He intentionally gave them a mediocre album.

i dont like him that much

SoulAlive said:

Actually, he never says he intended to make a mediocre album. I don't recall exactly what he said, but he never states that he intentionally made a mediocre album.

InsatiableCream said:

You'll wise up one day, I'm sure

FuNkeNsteiN said:

You're right,he didn't say that,but he did give the impression that it was a throwaway album that he didn't think much of.I gotta pick up the book and read that part again

SoulAlive said:

I gotta go look up that part again too