show your love for Slick Rick.

I followed a link on youtube and ran across some Rick James live videos.

August 6 is coming up. I never got to see him LIVE. My own damn fault cause I had opportunity...

Anyhoo...

Missing Rick tonight.

Enjoy

prodigalfan said:

show your love for Slick Rick.

I followed a link on youtube and ran across some Rick James live videos.

August 6 is coming up. I never got to see him LIVE. My own damn fault cause I had opportunity...

Anyhoo...

Missing Rick tonight.

Enjoy

i feel your pain

i never got to see him live(courtesy of a biblethumping mama)

he was the kind of motherfucker who was just cool

he could take even the littlest shit and just write about it

i like that he was hanging with teena marie

they would have been a cute couple but problems ensue.

cool link too

After I heard the song Superfreak, I became a Rick James fan.

My favourite Rick James song:

And for giggles:

Loving "Moon Child" because he took his time with that groove and it was not overplayed on the airways...played just enough for you to develop a healthy appreciation for the song. I remember when the Glow album came out. The video for Glow was marketed as if he had "kicked" his alcohol / drug habit and was now back on the scenes, making it happen.

Rick James could have endured musically if he did not self-destruct. Kinda makes you wonder what was the initial spark that led him on the path of self-destruction. This man had talent, everything. Perhaps his view of the world, and his ability to cope was a little skewed.

I was just listening to the Mary Jane Girls this week, and was thinking about how great Rick really was as a musician. RIP Rick.

luv4u said:

After I heard the song Superfreak, I became a Rick James fan.

Me too!

I was in SC with my cousins and heard it on the radio.

When I got home I bought the single in Pathmark for about 50¢.

Taken from another thread:

I was a HUGE fan... I have all his albums on vinyl- except for the last two.

In high school and early college, I'd cuss a Prince fan out in a second....

Then I got Sammi, the rabid Prince fan, as a roommate.

Life changed forever....

I still love Rick, though!

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I love and miss Rick I hope everybody buys the brilliant "Fire It Up" and "Garden of Love" remasters that have just come out, because I want Hip-O to release more!

whitesockedfunk said:

I love and miss Rick I hope everybody buys the brilliant "Fire It Up" and "Garden of Love" remasters that have just come out, because I want Hip-O to release more!

I agree! I'd like for them to remaster 'Bustin Out Of L7' and 'Throwin' Down' next.

Rick James was the first artist 2 give me a taste of funk.

I was a little kid jamming to MC Hammer in the backseat of the car not even knowing who Rick James was.

SoulAlive said:

whitesockedfunk said:

I love and miss Rick I hope everybody buys the brilliant "Fire It Up" and "Garden of Love" remasters that have just come out, because I want Hip-O to release more!

I agree! I'd like for them to remaster 'Bustin Out Of L7' and 'Throwin' Down' next.

I can remember it like it was yesterday. It was a Friday that day and this year it will fall on a Friday also. I was working that night and I've got to work tomorrow night also. It was five o'clock and my co-workers left so I turned on the radio. They were playing one Rick James song after another which was very unusual for that dead ass station. I sat down to the computer and checked the org and that's when I saw the news.

When I got off work, I got me a bottle of gin and some beer, got fucked up, and made my own Rick James mix. I had to do it up right since the radio only wanted to play the extremely popular songs that have been worn out over the years. There was some ass shakin' going on that weekend.

no wonder I kept thinking about him so much lately, wasn't sure why

He is definitely missed.

I'm listening to him right now and laughing and enjoying him. I remember knowing Give It To Me since I was a kid and found the video funny, but I've discovered more of his songs online in recent years.

3 or more years ago, Rick's business manager made the claim that several albums worth of material is in the possession of the estate but so far there has been little effort or no effort to release those tracks commericially, which really bums me out . Incidentally, "Fire It Up" is my favorite Slick Rick jam.

2Naby7 said:

My favourite Rick James song:

what a great tune

love moonchild, ever since I first heard it through mary j. blige and then found out about rick's version

now I'm listening to songs like Mary Jane, Cold Blooded, other songs from Street Songs. I really like this guy

Gotta love Rick James!

Moonchild and Mary Jane are 2 of my faves!

I recently discovered this and the whole Wonderful album:

alphastreet said:

love moonchild, ever since I first heard it through mary j. blige and then found out about rick's version

now I'm listening to songs like Mary Jane, Cold Blooded, other songs from Street Songs. I really like this guy

She did this song?!

chocolate1 said:

alphastreet said:

love moonchild, ever since I first heard it through mary j. blige and then found out about rick's version

now I'm listening to songs like Mary Jane, Cold Blooded, other songs from Street Songs. I really like this guy

She did this song?!

she sang a song called love is all we need over the beat in 1997

Identity said:

3 or more years ago, Rick's business manager made the claim that several albums worth of material is in the possession of the estate but so far there has been little effort or no effort to release those tracks commericially, which really bums me out . Incidentally, "Fire It Up" is my favorite Slick Rick jam.

I'm wondering if it's more of that same stuff he was recording at the time of his death. One album's worth of songs, "Deeper Still" has already been released and the entire album was absolutely horrible. A complete sellout to the neo stool genre. I've heard bits and pieces of his unreleased 1989 album "Kickin'" and didn't care for it either. It reminded me of a continuation of his "Wonderful" album. I want some early 1980s unreleased stuff back when he had his own sound and style and the songs were unmistakedly funk.

vainandy said:

Identity said:

3 or more years ago, Rick's business manager made the claim that several albums worth of material is in the possession of the estate but so far there has been little effort or no effort to release those tracks commericially, which really bums me out . Incidentally, "Fire It Up" is my favorite Slick Rick jam.

I'm wondering if it's more of that same stuff he was recording at the time of his death. One album's worth of songs, "Deeper Still" has already been released and the entire album was absolutely horrible. A complete sellout to the neo stool genre. I've heard bits and pieces of his unreleased 1989 album "Kickin'" and didn't care for it either. It reminded me of a continuation of his "Wonderful" album. I want some early 1980s unreleased stuff back when he had his own sound and style and the songs were unmistakedly funk.

There ya go

whitesockedfunk said:

I love and miss Rick I hope everybody buys the brilliant "Fire It Up" and "Garden of Love" remasters that have just come out, because I want Hip-O to release more!

I've got them both, and they sound amazing!

vainandy said:

I can remember it like it was yesterday. It was a Friday that day and this year it will fall on a Friday also. I was working that night and I've got to work tomorrow night also. It was five o'clock and my co-workers left so I turned on the radio. They were playing one Rick James song after another which was very unusual for that dead ass station. I sat down to the computer and checked the org and that's when I saw the news.

When I got off work, I got me a bottle of gin and some beer, got fucked up, and made my own Rick James mix. I had to do it up right since the radio only wanted to play the extremely popular songs that have been worn out over the years. There was some ass shakin' going on that weekend.

Right On Andy! That's a cool memory.

"High On Your Love (Suite)/One Mo Hit Of Your Love" (1979)

From Slick's fireworx-technician : John "Pyro" Watkins

From another MySpace site :

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Awww man love Mr.Rick funk beast if there ever was one

My favorites by him are Hot Summer Night's, In The Ghetto, Standing On The Top, 17, Mary Jane, Bustin Out & High On Your Love