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R.I.P. Rick James

Mr Tricks

21:04 / 06.08.04

Funk legend Rick James, best known for the 1981 hit "Super Freak" before his career disintegrated amid drug use and violence that sent him to prison, died Friday. He was 56.

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Haus of Mystery

21:08 / 06.08.04

"Today the world mourns a musician and performer of the funkiest kind,"

Amen

TeN

02:16 / 07.08.04

Oh man, no way!

I just saw Jamie Foxx on Conan O'Brian two nights ago talking about how crazy he was at his parties, and how he broke a bed once diving onto it with a woman.

I guess this officially kills the "Rick James, Bitch" joke... unless of course it revives it in some sort of creepy, sick, morbid way.

R.I.P.

rizla mission

10:21 / 07.08.04

Bizarre random fact:

Rick James, under a different name, was the singer in Neil Young's first band the Mynah Birds back in the mid-60s.

Apparently they were the first primarily white band to record stuff for Motown, although the stuff they did was never released.

I don't know why, but I find the initial weird connection between two people who have gone on to have such incredibly different career paths to be strangely uplifting.

I'm Rick Jones, bitch

11:04 / 07.08.04

Lost to music, etc, but the guy was a fucking wanker. No more branding groupies for you, shitface.

Prince wins!

I'm Rick Jones, bitch

12:28 / 07.08.04

I mean, he BRANDED a woman's FUCKING SKIN.

How can anyone miss someone like that, MC Hammer sampled thingy not withstanding?

Not Here Still

18:08 / 07.08.04

Branding people, eh? That's crack for you.... couple of good tunes, far too many drugs, dodgy attitude towards women. Ladies and gents, Rick James.

Oddly enough, the Mynah Birds formed three seperate entities when they split; Neil, Rick, and some of teh others went off to form... Steppenwolf.

Born to be wild and all that.

Regrettable Juvenilia

11:32 / 12.08.04

A very good Rick James obit piece on Slate - particularly sharp on why James hasn't quite made it into a certain approved funk canon (yet).

Tuna Ghost: Pratt knot hero

17:28 / 24.08.04

"I'm dead, bitch!"

flufeemunk effluvia

19:26 / 24.08.04

He wanted you bitches to enjoy it. Its a celebration.

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