i know he and prince had a bit of a fued back in the day so i was wondering what you guys thought of him

personally i love prince and rick james about equally, they are both great producers with lots of good music

minneapolisFunq said:

prince is a cheap knock off of rick...rick is the king of punk funk

Prince never claimed to be anything other than Prince. Rick was cool (and I do love me some Rick...) - but Rick was limited... Prince layed down the tracks of so many different genres... and I don't see no rick.org.

RICK JAMES IS THE GODFATHER OF FUNK-N-ROLL.....PERIOD!!!!! AND HE TAUGHT PRINCE A THING OR TWO. PRINCE EVEN GIVES HIM PROPS!!!!!

his lips were about 4.5 cm thick, along the biggest possible. they are up there with Nathan Morris and Roger Troutman

minneapolisFunq said:

Hey,minneapolisFunq,I noticed that you are new here.Welcome! You'll find that there are many Rick James fans on this board.We always have a Rick James thread every so often.Just the other day,we were discussing our favorite slow jams by him.

hey thx, i love rick james so i just wanted to make sure i wouldnt catch a backlash for it

minneapolisFunq said:

No backlash at all Many of us are fans of Prince and Rick.

I grew up an hr. Away from his hometown but it was liked he lived here because folks loved them some Rick, he was here often not only playing but hanging & partying. I love his 1st 6 LPS. Check out his book Memoirs Of A Super Freak,Rick doesn't bite his tongue & it is quite entertaining.

minneapolisFunq said:

Equally??? ok, if you believe that.
Rick James barely made it onto my I-Pod. There's 8800 tracks in front of him.
He never impressed me. Street Songs was cool and there are a few other songs but he's not someone I miss listening to.

SoulAlive said:

And some of just Prince.

I wanna bring the backlash . . .

But to each his own.

cool thats your opinion. but there is no need to come in here all salty about it

i really enjoy the funky style of his earlier works

damn dave chappelle ruined his legacy

June7 said:

before you say that rick james is limited go listen to his music then come back with some facts.

minneapolisFunq said:

In a sense it helped him too

Just like Lady Sings The Blues helped Billie Holiday.

Both are BULLSHIT representations but at least it re-introduced them to a whole new younger generation.

LOVE ME SOME RICK!!



a very close 2nd to Prince in my fave artists list!

I like them both. I think rick was better at funk than prince but
prince was better at rock and that was because rick never really
gave rock much of a try(probably did not want to alienate his fan base) and i think rick would have been pretty good
at it but unfortunately drugs took control of his career.

Harlepolis said:

True that. Rick James is a true legend IMHO. And a man I don't think gets the props he deserve.