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Rick James (born James Ambrose Johnson, Jr.; February 1, 1948 – August 6, 2004) was an American musician and composer.
Influenced by singers such as Marvin Gaye and Smokey Robinson, James started singing in doo-wop and R&B groups as a teenager in his hometown of Buffalo, New York. After entering the U.S. Navy to avoid being drafted, he deserted to Toronto, where he formed the rock and R&B band, The Mynah Birds, whose lineup once included Bruce Palmer, Neil Young, and Nick St. Nicholas. James' tenure with the group was interrupted after he was discovered recording with the group in Motown in 1966. Surrendering to military authorities, he served a one-year prison term. Upon release, James moved to California to resume his duties with the Mynah Birds, although the group eventually split. James began a series of rock bands in California and worked with Motown under the assumed name "Ricky Matthews" as a songwriter.
In 1977, he signed with the Gordy Records imprint of Motown as a recording artist, releasing his debut, Come Get It!, in April 1978. The album sold over two million copies and launched his career into the mainstream as a funk and soul artist. His most popular album, 1981's Street Songs, launched him into superstardom thanks to the hit singles, "Give It to Me Baby" and "Super Freak", the latter song becoming his signature song for the rest of his life, and the basis of MC Hammer's biggest hit, "U Can't Touch This"; James eventually sued for back royalties. After being credited as writer of the song, James became the 1990 recipient of a Best R&B Song Grammy for composing the song. Due to this success, James was often called the "king of punk funk", for his mix of funk, soul and underground-inspired rock music. In addition to his own success, James emerged as a successful songwriter and producer for other artists, such as Teena Marie, The Mary Jane Girls, The Temptations, Eddie Murphy and Smokey Robinson.
True Hollywood Stories - Rick James Part 1 | Chappelle's Show
True Hollywood Stories - Rick James Part 2 | Chappelle's Show
Rick James - Give It To Me Baby
Rick James - Super Freak
Rick James - Mary Jane
Rick James - Ebony Eyes ft. Smokey Robinson
Rick James & Teena Marie - Fire and Desire
RicK James - Cold Blooded
Rick James - Ghetto Life
Best of Rick James Soul Mix
Actors: Trevor Styles (producer), Trevor Styles (writer), Trevor Styles (costume designer), Trevor Styles (composer), Trevor Styles (director), Trevor Styles (editor), Trevor Styles (actor), Trevor Styles (producer), Mikel Wolf (actor), Mikel Wolf (producer), Sharon Walker (editor), Sharon Walker (producer), Jason Harris (actor), Aric Weber (actor), Lindsey Brill (actress),
Plot: In 2002, ex Pri-Meat worker Alan Smithee was sent to a psychiatric ward for his part in the Massacre at Two Moon Park occurring on Pri-Meat's land. Alan swore that he did the world a favor by killing "Zombies" while Pri Meat owner, Karl Atkins, issued a statement that they lost power, and a section of their mental patient ward escaped into the woods...where they were all brutally slain by Alan, and his Crew consisting of Paige (gun for hire) and Nick (the Brains). After 8 years Alan is released from a maximum security facility to the hands of a film director (Tim Polanski) hell bent on making the ultimate zombie movie; asking Alan for authenticity to help re-tell the story. After learning that Alan is free, and a foiled attempt on her life, Paige enlists an old friend (Corbin) to help her uncover the 2 Moon Park mystery. Were they in fact zombies covered up by Pri Meat? And if so, how did this all come to fruition?
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Genres: Comedy,True Hollywood Stories - Rick James Part 1 | Chappelle's Show. Click here for part two: http://bit.ly/RickJamesPT2 We've picked the top 10 Chappelle Show Characters here: http://bit.ly/top10Chappelle Watch as Charlie Murphy talks about his encounter with Rick James. Subscribe to Comedy Central: http://bit.ly/SubscribeCC More Chappelle's Show: Clayton Bigsby: The Black Supremacist: http://bit.ly/ClaytonBigsbyPT1 ---------------------- Chappelle's Show: Nat King Cole Christmas: http://bit.ly/NatKingColeXmas Chappelle's Show: Blackzilla: http://bit.ly/Black-zilla ---------------------- Check out the Comedy Central UK website: http://bit.ly/1iBXF6j ----------------------
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Music video by Rick James performing Give It To Me Baby. (C) 1981 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Music video by Rick James performing Super Freak. YouTube view counts pre-VEVO: 3,744,313. (C) 1981 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Music video by Rick James performing Ebony Eyes. (C) 1983 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rick James "Ghetto Life" Gordy/Universal/Motown Records (1981)
Best of Rick James Soul Mix by DJ Amuur Mixcloud Profile: http://www.mixcloud.com/olskool56 (My Mix Page) ReverbNation: http://www.reverbnation.com/inreellife ( 90's Dance Tracks) Official Website: http://hiphopsoul.ning.com 1.Ghetto Life 2.Cold Blooded 3.Bustin' Out (On Funk) 4.Standing On The Top 5.You and I 6.Mary Jane 7.Fie It Up 8.Give It To Me Baby 9.Money Talks 10.Below The Funk 11.69 Times 12.Super Freak 13.Dance Wit Me 14.Throwdown 15.17 16.Glow 17.You Turn Me On 18.Player's Way 19.When Love Is Gone 20.Fire and Desire
Rick James performs "You and I/Super Freak" live at the Farm Aid concert in Austin, Texas on July 4, 1986. Farm Aid was started by Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp in 1985 to keep family farmers on the land and has worked since then to make sure everyone has access to good food from family farmers. Dave Matthews joined Farm Aid's board of directors in 2001. For more information about Farm Aid, visit: http://farmaid.org/youtube Farm Aid's performances are donated by the artists in order to raise funds and raise awareness for family farmers. They've raised their voices to help — what can you do?
One of Rick James's early performances. A classic. Hosted by Wolfman Jack.
mary jane
Music video by Rick James performing Glow. (C) 1985 Motown Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
James Ambrose Johnson, Jr. (February 1, 1948 -- August 6, 2004), Better known by his stage name Rick James, was an American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. James was a popular performer in the late 1970s and 1980s, scoring four number-one hits on the U.S. R&B; charts performing in the genres of funk and R&B;. Among his well known songs are "Super Freak", "Mary Jane" and "You and I". In addition to his music, James gained notoriety for his wild lifestyle, which led to widely publicized legal problems, and which was famously satirized by Chappelle's Show in 2004. James was a father of three children, sons Rick Jr. and Tazman, and daughter Ty. At the time of his death, he was survived by them and two grandchildren. James was extremely close with Teena Marie, with whom he me...
taken from the interview session that was used for Chappelle Show. This is NOT my original content
A collection of funk tracks from the late, great Rick James! 00:00 Give It To Me Baby 04:00 Ghetto Life 08:18 Super Freak 11:36 Call Me Up 15:20 Below The Funk (Pass The J) 17:56 Dance With Me 21:51 Money Talks 26:39 Throwdown 29:52 Standing On The Top 33:36 69 Times 37:42 Fire It Up 41:43 Love Gun 47:27 Pimp The Simp 51:49 Mary Jane
The Best of Rick James Tracklist : 01. Super Freak 02. Give It to Me Baby 03. Fire and Desire 04. Ebony Eyes 05. Ghetto Life 06. Mary Jane 07. Bustin' Out 08. Cold Blooded 09. Dance Wit' Me 10. Glow 11. Hard to Get 12. Below the Funk 13. Big Time 14. loosey's 15. love Gun 16. Spacey Love 17. Come Into My Life 18. She Blew My Mind 19. Make Love to Me 20. U Bring the Freak Out 21. Fire It Up 22. Fool on the Street 23. Standing on the Top 24. Stone City Band, Hi! 25. Sweet and Sexy Thing
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Download Audio: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted;_button_id=QHSCL4JM83QV4 BEST OF RICK JAMES, 22 MINUTES SAMPLE OF 14 SONGS , 1.2 HOUR MIX. 01. TEARDROPS 02. EBONY EYES FEAT. SMOKEY ROBINSON 03. FIRE & DESIRE FEAT. TEENA MARIE 04. SLOW & EASY 05. TELL ME (WHAT YOU WANT) 06. FOOL ON THE STREET 07. COLD BLOODED 08. SUPER FREAK 09. DOINí IT 10. GIVE IT TO ME BABY 11. MARY JANE 12. COME INTO MY LIFE 13. BUSTINí OUT (ON FUNK) 14. GHETTO LIFE
The great Rick James giving an interview in '88. The guy's on form! very funny! haha! I forgot I had this, I haven't seen it for at least 13 yrs!
Part 2 of Rick James full interview. Hilarious stuff talking about Prince and Charlie Murphy. The cameraman couldn't stop laughing
Hilarious Rick James full interview. Cameraman could not stop laughing. This content is not original
News clip of Eddie Murphy recording "Party all the time" at N.Y. home studio owned by Rick James. Interviews with both.
Rick James* - THROWIN' DOWN - Gordy Records• 1982 I Don't Own This. No Copyright Infringement Intended -Video Upload powered by https://www.TunesToTube.com
Rick James* - THROWIN' DOWN - Gordy Records• 1982 I Don't Own This. No Copyright Infringement Intended -Video Upload powered by https://www.TunesToTube.com
Rick James* - COME GET IT! - Gordy Records• 1978 I Don't Own This. No Copyright Infringement Intended -Video Upload powered by https://www.TunesToTube.com
Royalty of funk EP vinyl DJ promo copy.
Don't piss of rick james one of the best comebacks ever
I wanted to be
On a stage with bright lights shinin' on me
At Carnegie
I polished up my act
knew the crowd can see I had a knack
And thats a fact
Glammer and fame
Was much more than a crazy game
I had to play
Now I got my wish
I don't know if I can handle this
But I think I'm gonna win
In the big time, big time
And I know success is all mine, all mine
In the big time, big time
Gonna have the best of times
So I made it there
And an asian hand was my cadre
Star of the year
Following the steps
I'm the best in Broadway
East and West
I passed the test
It's all too much
With the interviews, reviews and such
I'm very touched
And I closed my mind
All the autographs I have to sign
When there's so little time
And I'm in the big time, big time
And I know success is all mine, all mine
In the big time, big time
Gonna have the best of times
I was born to funk
I was born to funkin roll in the big time
He was born to funk
He was born to funkin roll in the big time
I was born to funk
I was born to funkin roll in the big time
He was born to funk
He was born to funkin roll in the big time
He was born to funk
He was born to funkin roll in the big time
Now in the big time
Gonna have myself a fine time
Now in the big time
Gonna have myself some fun
Now in the big time
Gonna have myself a fine time
Now in the big time
Gonna have myself some fun
I was born to funk
I was born to funkin roll in the big time
He was born to funk
He was born to funkin roll in the big time
I wanted to be
On a stage with bright lights shinin' on me
At Carnegie
I polished up my act
knew the crowd can see I had a knack
And thats a fact
Glammer and fame
Was much more than a crazy game
I had to play
Now I got my wish
I don't know if I can handle this
But I think I'm gonna win
In the big time, big time
And I know success is all mine, all mine
In the big time, big time