i dont like him that much

Is that damn book in the store yet? Dammitt, it's October.

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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You forgot 'Deeper Still'

vainandy said:

Get yo snooty ass to amazon or somewhere else and buy the damn thing from the net just like the rest of us

On the real, Andy. This book has all the signs of getting out of stock soon,,,,,don't be one of the "I shoulda, coulda woulda" crowd, I'm telling you

Is that damn book in the store yet? Dammitt, it's October.

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!

alexnvrmnd777 said:

Actually the only album Rick Produced for Teena is
Wild And Peaceful - Teena Marie(1979)

Teena produced these 2 herself
Lady T - Teena Marie (1980)
It Must Be Magic - Teena Marie (1981)

Abdul, that list was still pretty awesome.

Actually the only album Rick Produced for Teena is
Wild And Peaceful - Teena Marie(1979)

Teena produced these 2 herself
Lady T - Teena Marie (1980)
It Must Be Magic - Teena Marie (1981)

banks said:

The thing is that most of Teena Marie's first five albums' material sound so much like Rick James' staple sound that it wouldn't be surprising that Slick Rick did some ghostwriting. Songs like "Lovergirl," "I Need Your Lovin'" and "Square Biz" sound like something the King of Punk Funk would write.

The puzzle is already solved! He said that he wrote/produced the whole "It Must Be Magic" album in the book

A huge fan these days. I shunned away from his material when I was younger because of the rape / violence against women / whatever -factor, but it doesn't really make the music any worse. I will admit to having listened to Rick more than any artist during the last 12 months or so.

Been listening to even The Flag and Wonderful lately.

Need them on vinyl though.

SoulAlive said:

I gotta go look up that part again too

novabrkr said:

Hey now, that ain't right

That was probably intentional. I know I'd like to forget that one.

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.

mrpunkfunk said:

And yes, maybe he was broke, but some of your favorite artists couldn't hold a candle up to Deeper Still, hell, even Prince doesn't sound the same as he did in the 80's, so why should Rick.

and still had some decent funk tracks on it... i.e 'Not Alone' and 'Funk Wit Me'. You guys need to wake up and recognize real.

No, Prince doesn't sound the same as he did in the 1980s but he doesn't sound like these other artists of today either (well, except on a few sellout songs such as "Incense and Candles"). For the most part, Prince makes funk and rock that sounds nothing like today's artists who are making full albums of nothing but slow to midtempo music or shit hop influenced music. Prince speeds up the tempo and throws down, maybe not like he used to, but he still gets off.

If Rick wanted to branch out, that's fine. He could have done some rock or something completely different. I'd rather see him make polka music than to make something that sounds like and fits in with these no talent, no instrument playing, never getting past midtempo, shit hop influenced, dead, dull ass artists of today. I'd rather have a full album of sounds of Rick farting or sounds of his turd hitting the toilet water than to have anything that even slighly resembles today's music. Rick is above this dull shit that is being made today. That album was a complete sellout move on his part in an attempt to make big sales. And what pisses me off even more, is when an old school artist doesn't try to beat these motherfuckers today, but they turn around and join them. If everyone does that shit, then the style of music today will never change. Prince has done it too but only on particular songs. Rick made a full sellout album.




I didn't hear any funk on that album whatsoever. I heard some songs that could have been shit hop influenced that so many people get confused with funk. There is nothing funky about shit hop whatsoever.
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mrpunkfunk said:

I do agree with you that Rick was capable of making a far superior album to Deeper Still, but his situation is different from Prince's. Prince has been making albums pretty much non-stop since '78, Rick had like a 10 year break. My point being, Prince still has a big audience and the freedom to do whatever musically, Rick was trying to re-build his fan base so we got Deeper Still which I still say is a solid album. If Rick were still here, I believe his next album would have been a real banger, but this time around he was trying to gain mainstream appeal. He even had new producers and songwriters on this album, something he never really did before. So if you want to call it a sellout album, go ahead, I can't stop you, but maybe you should give it another listen and you might recognize that it has some gems on it and is definitely worth listening to.

And you have an unhealthy hatred for HIP-HOP music, some people get that confused with rap, I think you're one of them, but they are very different.

SoulAlive said:

The title track is a decent midtempo jam....

"Sapphire" is a delightfully soulful gem (sorta like an updated "Ebony Eyes")