rick ( super freak ) james, dead at 56

hotwheelman
hotwheelman Posts: 1,300
edited February 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
Died of natural causes, one of my first k-tel albums had super freak on it and I played the snot out of it. I think I will dig it out and toast him tonight. God speed rick.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited August 2004
    I didn't know that pickling your liver and dusting your brain with smack qualified as natural causes?

    Eh, changing times I suppose.
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  • hoosier21
    hoosier21 Posts: 4,413
    edited August 2004
    St. Peter: "name please"
    RJ: "I'm Rick James ****"
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited August 2004
    Originally posted by hoosier21
    St. Peter: "name please"
    RJ: "I'm Rick James ****"

    LOL
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,735
    edited August 2004
    The original "Super Freak!" :D

    The world just wouldn't be the same if not for his influence, may he RIP.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited August 2004
    Yea, he was a real groundbreaking musician :)

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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,735
    edited August 2004
    .....and you're the second "Super Freak" :D
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited August 2004
    I wouldn't call him super, maybe just a freak. Is there even anything super about him? But at least he has the market cornered on freak!
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited August 2004
    Get ready for the Dave Chappelle, Rick James autobiography....
    Never Forget
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited August 2004
    What's with the wise cracks??? Some of you guys should just let the man R.I.P.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited August 2004
    Some of the "wise cracks" are from The Chappelle Show, a comedy series, if you didn't know already.

    Self admitted womanizer, drug addict, alcoholic with a huge ego...what's not to love, you're right. RIP.
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited August 2004
    My best memory of Rick James isn't of him or his music. Or, ahem, the Mary Jane Girls, but the lyrics of "Super Freak".

    This happened on a short-lived comedy on the Fox network. The name of the show? I can't remember that, but I remember it starred Vivica A. Fox and Jon Cryer. In this particular episode, they were trying to "rescue" a friend from a "bad" girl. As they were standing outside their friend's apartment....

    Fox: She's a very kinky girl. The kind you don't take home to mother.

    Cryer: When I >>got here<< she's got incense, wine and candles
    It's such a freaky scene.

    Fox: She's a super freak!

    Cryer: Super freak?

    Fox: She's super-freaky, yow!!

    I was ROTFLMAO....:D

    RIP Rick
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