That top 3 topic was too damn hard. Probably too hard for you too. So I'm expanding it to the top 10 RJ songs. I'll start it off:

1. Cold Blooded

2. Super Freak

3. 17

4. Give It To Me Baby

5. Fire and Desire

6. Mary Jane

7. Dance Wit Me

8. You and I

9. Ebony Eyes

10. Bustin' Out

Honorable props go to 3 songs that just missed my cut: Dream Maker, Call Me Up, and Standing On The Top.

Give it to me baby

Super Freak

Cold Blooded

You and I

Dance Wit Me

Hard to get

Ghetto Life

Call me up

Money Talks

Standing on the top

Mary Jane

Spacey Love

1. Ghetto Life

2. Bustin' Out

3. Money Talks

4. Give It To Me Baby

5. You And I

6. Come Into My Life

7. Make Love To Me

8. ColdBlooded

9. Ebony Eyes

10. Super Freak

Standing at the top

Super Freak

Cold Blooded

Pimp the simp

Ebony Eyes

Hard to get

69 Times

New York Town

Give it to me baby

Call me up

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THANK YOU, Lo.......LOL..us Rick-o-Philes were DYIN..........

10) Loosey's Rap (Rix Mix)

9) Cold Blooded

8) Fire It Up

7) Moonchild

6) Ladie's Choice

5) Love Gun

4) Give It To Me

3) Little Runaway

2) You & I

1) Mary Jane

AND......GODDAMN you 4 limiting me to 10. The "3" thread was ludicrous.....but even this more liberal "10" thread is fucking HARD. Rick had SO many great tracks..........3 or 10 just doesn't cut it.

God, I miss that man. If you doubt Rick's spirit....you "young'ns" here......get the Deluxe version of "Street Songs" & listen to the live tracks there (from L.A. '81). He was SO FUCKIN great. I'm sorry y'all cant go to any shows that "felt" like that. It's mystcal stuff. Just universal fun soul....all welcome...we all came together at those shows & had an unforgettable great time. What a loss, Rick James.

Top 10? I'd still be strugglin at 20.

JamFanHot said:

THANK YOU, Lo.......LOL..us Rick-o-Philes were DYIN..........

10) Loosey's Rap (Rix Mix)

9) Cold Blooded

8) Fire It Up

7) Moonchild

6) Ladie's Choice

5) Love Gun

4) Give It To Me

3) Little Runaway

2) You & I

1) Mary Jane

AND......GODDAMN you 4 limiting me to 10. The "3" thread was ludicrous.....but even this more liberal "10" thread is fucking HARD. Rick had SO many great tracks..........3 or 10 just doesn't cut it.

God, I miss that man. If you doubt Rick's spirit....you "young'ns" here......get the Deluxe version of "Street Songs" & listen to the live tracks there (from L.A. '81). He was SO FUCKIN great. I'm sorry y'all cant go to any shows that "felt" like that. It's mystcal stuff. Just universal fun soul....all welcome...we all came together at those shows & had an unforgettable great time. What a loss, Rick James.

Top 10? I'd still be strugglin at 20.

that 'Live' performance is explosive!! Sounds like an amazing show.I wish I had been there.Those Long Beach,CA shows are legendary and I wish there was some footage that could be used for a DVD.

I've only gotten into Rick's music in the last few years but you can pretty much pick ten songs at random from his first eight albums and you'd have a fairly solid tracklist. I think his ballads are pretty underrated.

1. Hard To Get

2. Glow

3. Mary Go Round

4. Mary Jane

5. Hollywood

6. Dance Wit' Me

7. Cold Blooded

8. Moon Child

9. When Love is Gone

10. Slow and Easy

And JamFanHot is totally right, a top 20 would be tough. He has a lot of gems in his catalog.

JamFanHot said:

10) Loosey's Rap (Rix Mix)

9) Cold Blooded

8) Fire It Up

7) Moonchild

6) Ladie's Choice

5) Love Gun

4) Give It To Me

3) Little Runaway

2) You & I

1) Mary Jane

A very underrated song, one of my favorites by him.