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Feb 1, 2024 · In 1974, now simply Rick James, he released the funky rock single “My Mama” for A&M but had to wait four years for fame to hit with a return to Motown. And once he was hot, he was hard to stop.
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Aug 7, 2004 · Rick James, the unabashedly bawdy funk-rock pioneer who had a run of hits, including ''Super Freak,'' from the late 1970's to the mid-80's, died yesterday at his home in Los Angeles, his record ...
Jun 29, 2020 · Rick James died at age 56 on August 6, 2004, from cardiac arrest, one month after performing ‘Fire And Desire’ (from Street Songs) with Teena Marie on a TV music awards show. He had finished ...
Aug 8, 2014 · Rick James: 10 Essential Tracks. The punk-funk king gets freaky on everything from a 1966 Neil Young collaboration to a groundbreaking 1988 rap duet. During his five-decade career as a pop ...
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With 1981’s Street Songs, Rick James slapped a rocker’s edge onto disco’s derriere. Inspired by the Buffalo projects where they grew up, he and the Stone City Band explore a thriving subculture of prostitutes, junkies, and hustlers on “Ghetto Life,” while “Mr. Policeman” is one of the first songs to openly address police brutality.
Jul 15, 2008 · (c) Motown a Division of UMG....From the 1981 "Steet Songs album"
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