what are your favorites by Rick James? Discuss...

Not fair. I don't want to have to make such important choices right after I've woken up!

Let's try a Top10 quickly though:

1. Doin' It
2. New York Town
3. Mary Jane
4. Fire It Up
5. Glow
6. Give It To Me Baby
7. Lovin' You Is A Pleasure
8. Dance Wit' Me
9. Big Time
10. Sweet And Sexy Thing

I'm evil like that cause my favourites are mostly from his 80s output.

Dance Wit Me probably top the list. And then...

Below The Funk (Pass The J)
Sexy Lady
Big Time
Come Into My Life
Hard To Get
Lovin' You is a Pleasure
Doin' It
Can't Stop
69 Times
Super Freak
Glow
You and I
Ghetto Life
Throwdown
Call Me Up
Ebony Eyes
Mary Jane
Moonchild
Fire & Desire
Cold Blooded
Be My Lady
Fool on the Street
Money Talks
Bustin' Out
Loosey's Rap
Standing on the Top
High on Your Love Suite
17

"IT'S A CELEBRATION, BITCHES!!!!"

Superfreak
She blew my mind (69 times)
Give It To Me Baby
17
Ebony Eyes
Mr. Policeman
You And I
Mary Jane

Mary Jane
Fool On The Street
Dance Wit Me
You And I
Deja Vu

SA, you know how to get a brotha to post, huh?

Stormy Love
When Love Is Gone
Hollywood
Mary Jane
My Love
Island Lady
Bustin' Out (on Funk)
You & I
Deja Vu (yes, I know this is a Teena song, but it's also his!)
Happy
Dream Maker
Big Day (I had to add this one!!!)
Spacey Love (how could I forget this one?!)

And this is just off the top of my head of my ALL-TIME favorites of his!
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Mary Jane
Dream maker
Spacey Love
Pass the J
Big time
Glow
You and I
Bustin out'

damn oh so many...

Dance Wit Me
Money Talks
Give It To Me Baby
Ghetto Life
Love Gun
Lovin You is a Pleasure
Fire It Up
come into my life
Pass The J
You Turn Me On
17
U Bring The Freak Out
Somebody (girl is hot)
Bustin Out
Big Time
Mary Go Round
You & I
Mary Jane
Call Me Up
Throwdown
Hard To Get
69 Times
Painted Pictures
Standing On The Top
In The Girls Room
West Coast Thing

"Mary Jane" is my favorite

Gotta love this one!!

Alex,I know you didn't leave off "Spacey Love" on your list!

SoulAlive said:

Damn! I told you it was off the top of my head! I KNEW there were at least a couple I left off, and that's one of 'em! :offtoeditmypost:

SoulAlive said:

And, where's your list? Let's have it, though I can almost guess what's on it.

Big Time
Give It To Me Baby
Come Into My Life
Cold Blooded
17
Love Gun
You And I
Ghetto Life
Money Talks
Fire It Up
Pass The Joint
Mary Jane
Hard To Get
Super Freak
New York Town
PIMP the SIMP
Sexy Lady
She Blew My Mind (69 Times)
High On Your Love Suite
Dance Wit' Me
Bustin' Out
Standing On The Top
U Bring The Freak Out
Throwdown
Lovin' You Is A Pleasure
Call Me Up
1, 2, 3 (You, Her, and Me)
Mary Go Round
Mr. Policeman
Doin' It

For me pretty much everything from "Come and get it" through "Cold Blooded" minus much of "Garden of love"

Moonchild
Dream Maker
Give It To Me Baby
Mary Jane
Fire & Desire
Ghetto Life
Cold Blooded
Hollywood
She Blew My Mind (69 Times)
Super Freak
You and I
Glow

every song he has ever done

alexnvrmnd777 said:

it's on the way

I just know the hits

Super freak, give it to me baby, you and I

Don't make me choose!

Super Freak
Ebony Eyes
You & I
Give It To Me
Fire & Desire
Mary Jane
Ghetto Life
Bustin' Out
Cold Blooded

Pretty much everything from Come Get It! to Throwin' Down

I love Rick James. One of my faves of all time. May he R.I.P. I'll list 20 of my faves from Rick. Here they are:

1. Cold Blooded
2. Give It To Me Baby
3. Ebony Eyes w/Smokey Robinson
4. Super Freak
5. Dream Maker
6. You and I
7. Bustin' Out
8. 17
9. Standing On The Top w/ The Temps
10. Dance Wit' Me
11. Call Me Up
12. Fire and Desire w/ Teena Marie
13. Mary Jane
14. U Bring The Freak Out
15. High On Your Love Suite
16. Loosey's Rap
17. When Love Is Gone
18. Ghetto Life
19. Hollywood
20. Fire It Up

LoDog said:

oh yeah

"Mary Jane"
"You And I"
"DreamMaker"
"Hollywood"
"Bustin' Out"
"High On Your Love Suite"
"Spacey Love"
"Come Into My Life"
"When Love Is Gone"
"Fire It Up"
"Big Time"
"Give It To Me Baby"
"Ghetto Life"
"Make Love To Me"
"Mr.Policeman"
"SuperFreak"
"Call Me Up"
"69 Times"
"Hard To Get"
"Throwdown"
"Standing On The Top" w/The Temptations
"New York Town"
"Cold Blooded"
"Ebony Eyes"
"17"
"You Turn Me On"
"Glow"
"Can't Stop"

Damn,it's time to pull out the Rick James Anthology I'm gonna jam to these songs this weekend!


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FuNkeNsteiN said:

Yeah,that was definitely his golden period The only album from that period that I'm not crazy about is 'Garden Of Love'.

Did you like anything on 'Cold Blooded'?

SoulAlive said:

Damn... I must be the only one who actually enjoys Garden

A lot of the tracks on Cold Blooded are ok... but that's all. They are listenable, but not memorable. The only cut I really like on that album is 'Ebony Eyes'

FuNkeNsteiN said:

I think it's oaky but it's obvious that Rick was holding back.Compare it to the album that came after it ('Street Songs')



'Cold Blooded' introduced a whole new Rick James sound.More electronic and synth-heavy.Still funky,but in a New Wav-ish way.