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PrintableTD3 said: Timmy84 said: Purplet. 
Purple piglet, get it?  Ya'll ain't even right. 
 I'm just sayin.   | |
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Sowhat said: SoulAlive said: Yes,Rick belongs in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.'Street Songs' is one of the most important funk albums of the 80s.Rick was definitely a funk pioneer and he remained loyal to the funk.Songs like "Mary Jane","Give It To Me Baby",and "SuperFreak" are undisputable punk funk classics.In the early 80s,he helped to rejuvenate the careers of his Motown labelmates the Temptations ("Standing On The Top") and Smokey Robinson ("Ebony Eyes"),helped Teena Marie gain funk credibility and had much success with the Mary Jane Girls.Hell,he even made the non-singing Eddie Murphy sound decent on "Party All The Time",lol.MC Hammer's biggest hit single ("U Can't Touch This") was based on a Rick James sample.
Yeah Rick James almost single handedly breathed new life into Motown. That along with his late 70's early to mid 80's albums, fine work with his protégés and career defining album "Street Songs" should be enough to get him in!!! This is truff. Mid-late 70s Motown was dying on the vine. Teena Marie was neglected and hardly no new artists were emerging. Rick and crew along w/ Switch/De Barge were pretty much it after about 78 or so. | |
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woogiebear said: Rick James ALSO SINGLEHANDEDLY took on MTV in the early days for not playing "enough" R&B. He took them to task, saying that there's MORE than just MJ & P. He told them if they weren't gonna play HIM, well at least play someone else's videos!!!!
So for THAT reason AND Street Songs, he MORE THAN DESERVES to be in the RRHOF!!!! p.s.: Oh yeah- he also gave a young upstart from Mpls. his start on the big road, even though they turned out to be musical rivals.....  Well there was Grace Jones and David Bowie in the mix too, but Rick was early on calling them out. He and Grace actually did it together. LOL...those two were more rock than MJ could ever hope to be, yet igged.  Then David brought the pain while be was being interviewed on MTv...so Rick had some help! | |
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Shit, I thought he was already in.
HELL YEAH, Rick James belongs in the Hall of Fame!! I knew from the start that I loved you with all my heart. | |
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Rick definitely deserves to be in there, I agree with Andy, he should've been inducted the same year as Prince; but it seems like the industry just refuses to give Rick the credit he deserves.
We should all storm the streets with torches and pitchforks until they let him in... Lady Cab Driver is one of the greatest songs ever! | |
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YES HIS FREAKY ASS NEEDS TO BE IN THE HALL OF FAME!!! 
Met this little cute girl said her name was Nancy She had pigtails to her shoulders, couldn't have been much older She taught me what I had to know, to make a girl not wanna go She was getting kinky...in the ghetto She laid her pigtails down on me... I don't know which one of them is the freakiest outta Prince or Rick James, their both heavenly wicked! The message you are about to hear are not meant for transmission. Should ONLY be accessed in the privacy of your mind. Words are so intense so if you dare to listen.Take off your clothes and meet me between the lines.  | |
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Hell to the effin yes!
Pass me a Mary Jane....     |
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