Rick James

Am I the only one hoping for: (A) a completely ridiculous outfit - I'm hoping and praying it will be a mixture between Rick James and Prince (you know -- flashy, bad makeup, pearls, long glistening hair and lots and lots of glitter)...

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...direction of explicitness in funk. Prince used a stripped-down instrumentation similar to Rick James, and went on to have as much of an impact on the sound of funk as any one artist since James Brown . Prince combined eroticism, technology,...

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...the stage with the purpose of showing up Prince, much the same way Prince and his band undermined Rick James when they toured with him as James' opening act. (Unlike what happened during Rick James' Light it Up tour, no one was leaving...

In this article: The Time, Prince, Morris Day, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Jerome Benton, Jesse Johnson, Warner Bros., Jungle Love, and Jellybean Johnson

...8 p.m. to 2 a.m. 1353 H St. NE. 202-388-7625. DJ Dredd returns to the Black Cat Sunday to spin his regular "versus" dance party, this time themed Prince vs. Michael Jackson vs. Rick James. Just because you're Purple doesn't mean you can't...

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...traditionalists. The nine-song collection pays homage to Prince's beloved Minneapolis and trades in nostalgia, lifting the syncopated drum machine beats from "When Doves Cry" and name-checking Rick James. But it's not all naughty...

In this article: Prince, Salma Hayek, Lisa Lisa, Helium, God, Creep, Kiss, When Doves Cry, and Target

..., and supported his second album ''Prince ''. The tour started as a headlining club act and played 13 dates before joining Rick James' Fire It Up Tour as a supporting act for 38 more dates. The tour lasted from late November 1979 through...

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The album sampled high-profile artists and gave some of these artists a new fanbase. "U Can't Touch This" sampled "Super Freak" by Rick James; "Dancin' Machine " sampled the Jackson 5; "Have You Seen Her" is a semi-cover of The Chi-Lites...

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...we haven't heard? Charlie Murphy: Uhhh... no, actually I don't. The whole thing with the Rick James story sketch and the Prince story sketch -- I recounted my past, you know? -- and that's what I was doing. It's not like I sat down and said...

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...girls, Vanity . Although Motown continued to produce major hits throughout the 1970s and 1980s by artists like the Jacksons, Rick James, Lionel Richie and long-term signings, Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson, the record company was no...

In this article: Berry Gordy, Billy Dee Williams, Motown Records, Smokey Robinson, Kiki Dee, Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, The Miracles, and The Last Dragon