RICK JAMES R.I.P.

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― dean? (deangulberry), Friday, 6 August 2004 18:09 (twenty-one years ago)

CNN: Singer Rick James was found dead in his home Friday by his caretaker, a Los Angeles police department spokesman said.

― dean? (deangulberry), Friday, 6 August 2004 18:11 (twenty-one years ago)

FUCK

― retort pouch (retort pouch), Friday, 6 August 2004 18:11 (twenty-one years ago)

He was Rick James, bitch!

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Friday, 6 August 2004 18:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh dear.

R.I.P.

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Friday, 6 August 2004 18:14 (twenty-one years ago)

?????
RIP

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Friday, 6 August 2004 18:14 (twenty-one years ago)

wow, that totally sucks. RIP Rick.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 6 August 2004 18:14 (twenty-one years ago)

RIP , on my birthday no less
( will we ever hear the 300 songs he wrote in prison? )

― kephm, Friday, 6 August 2004 18:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Out of L-7 for good. RIP.

― briania (briania), Friday, 6 August 2004 18:17 (twenty-one years ago)

cocaine's a helluva drug

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 6 August 2004 18:17 (twenty-one years ago)

LOS ANGELES (CP) — Police say funk singer Rick James has died of apparent natural causes.

― Huck, Friday, 6 August 2004 18:21 (twenty-one years ago)

cocaine's a helluva drug

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 6 August 2004 18:22 (twenty-one years ago)

So, does the Chappelle mockery become flattering now? or ironic? or ironic flattery? or morbid?

― dean? (deangulberry), Friday, 6 August 2004 18:24 (twenty-one years ago)

What would "natural causes" BE for Rick James. Surely not the "natural causes" that mere mortals die from.

Anyway, RIP, Rick. You were one cool cat.

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 6 August 2004 18:24 (twenty-one years ago)

countdown to "RICK JAMES IS DEAD, BITCH" style andre the giant stickers

― Red Panda Sanskrit (ex machina), Friday, 6 August 2004 18:25 (twenty-one years ago)

On 99% of internet messageboards the Rick James RIP threads will only exist BECAUSE of the Chappelle mockery

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Friday, 6 August 2004 18:25 (twenty-one years ago)

So, does the Chappelle mockery become flattering now? or ironic? or ironic flattery? or morbid?

How about the fact that the rumored biopic starring Chappelle now has a clear ending?

One of the most weird and wonderful moments in my learning-about-music life was hearing just how he sang "coming home in-tox-i-CA-ted!" in "Give It to Me." Indeed, RIP.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 6 August 2004 18:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Funk Singer Rick James Dies in Los Angeles

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Aug 6, 3:25 PM (ET)

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Funk singer Rick James, best known for the 1981 hit "Super Freak," died Friday, apparently of natural causes, police said.

James, 56, died at 9:45 a.m. at a residence near Universal City, said Officer Esther Reyes, a Police Department spokeswoman.

"He died apparently of natural causes. We learned of his death after responding to a radio call," Reyes said.

After his big hit, James' fame began to fade as he became embroiled in legal problems and health troubles.

James was convicted in 1993 of assaulting two women. The first attack occurred in 1991 when he restrained and burned a young woman with a hot pipe during a cocaine binge at his house in West Hollywood. He was free on bail when the second assault occurred in 1992 in James' hotel room.

James was sentenced to more than two years in state prison.

In 1997, he released a new album, but a year later he suffered a stroke while performing at Denver's Mammoth Events Center, derailing a comeback tour.

In 1998 he also underwent hip replacement surgery.

― dean? (deangulberry), Friday, 6 August 2004 18:26 (twenty-one years ago)

maybe he killed himself after hearing that comedy central was going to pay Chappelle 50 million dollars for the next two years of mockery

― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 6 August 2004 18:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Funk singer Rick James, best known for Super Freak, dies in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Funk singer Rick James, best known for the 1981 hit Super Freak, died Friday, apparently of natural causes, police said.
James, 56, died at 9:45 a.m. at a residence near Universal City, said Officer Esther Reyes, a police department spokeswoman.

― Huck-As-It-Breaks, Friday, 6 August 2004 18:27 (twenty-one years ago)

but the chappelle biopic was probably being planned as a comedy

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 6 August 2004 18:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah, I know comedians do dramatic roles from time to time to show of their acting chops...but the Rick James story needs to be a comedy.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Friday, 6 August 2004 18:29 (twenty-one years ago)

So what is the essential Rick James. Does a listener need more than some sort of Rick James best of? Or: do I, specifically? Since I'm not really into funk very much, but I do like "Superfreak" and I thought there was something else I liked by James, but what?

― Rockist_Scientist (rockist_scientist), Friday, 6 August 2004 18:31 (twenty-one years ago)

That whole album is awesome.

― Huck, Friday, 6 August 2004 18:32 (twenty-one years ago)

There's always the Mary Jane Girls' "My House", as fine a piece of electro-nothing as you're likely to find.

― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Friday, 6 August 2004 18:33 (twenty-one years ago)

the one to have is Street Songs. Cold Blooded is pretty good too. And Michael Jackson - hack that he is - totally lifted the bassline for "Thriller" from "Give it to Me"

also see: Mary Jane Girls! "In My House" = mm hmm good

― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 6 August 2004 18:34 (twenty-one years ago)

It's a sad day for funkateers across the globe.

I always liked "Give It to Me" and "Mary Jane" way more than "Superfreak."

― Monetizing Eyeballs (diamond), Friday, 6 August 2004 18:36 (twenty-one years ago)