RICK JAMES IS DEAD, BITCH!!

By Wind(up)bird August 6, 2004 12:47 PM

Yes. ?It's true. ?The super freak who once abducted a strange woman, tied her to a bed, made her smoke crack and have sex with his wife, has died of natural causes in his home in Universal City, CA.

He truly was Rick James, Bitch!

Rick James passed away this morning at 9:20 AM in his sleep at his Los Angeles home, per his spokesperson. He was 56 old. He is survived by his 3 children and 2 grandchildren.

Last month, he performed his hit ?Fire & Desire? with Teena Marie at the BET Awards. He had finished an album and was preparing for its release next year. He was also in discussion with various studios for a movie based on his life.

Born in Buffalo, NY known as the King of Punk Funk, and the bad boy of Motown, Rick James blended the hard core funk of his predecessors? James Brown, Sly Stone and George Clinton with the Rock and Roll theatrics of the Rolling Stones and Kiss. Rick James was the quintessential ?Super Freak,? a term he coined in the 1980?s with the multi-platinum song he wrote, arranged, produced and performed sharing that same title. The single catapulted the album Street Songs to #1 on the R&B charts and #3 on the popo charts. This mega-talented, multi-Grammy and American Music Award winner played at least five different instruments and had not only sold in the millions himself, he had written and produced songs for the likes of Eddie Murphy, Mary Jane Girls, The Temptations, Teena Marie and Smokey Robinson, all selling in the millions as well. He had licensed his work for the use of sampling by artists such as ?Mary J. Blige, Erykah Badu and MC Hammer, who?s sample of ?Super Freak? for the hit single ?U Can?t Touch This? made Please Hammer, ?Don?t Hurt ?Em the biggest selling rap album in history.

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Rick James   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on August 6, 2004 3:05 PM

What a fucking sicko man! He will be sorely missed.

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Posted by Deouija (No Email) on August 6, 2004 3:50 PM

Rest in peace Rick.

The Rick James Movie   reply

Posted by Jack (jack@dtheatre.com) on August 6, 2004 4:20 PM

Natural causes?! WTF?!

Several weeks ago we had a little bit on here about Dave Chappelle being in early talks to portray Rick James(, bitch!) in a film based on Rick James' Memoirs of a Super Freak.

I wonder if this sad news will have any effect on this as of yet untitled Rick James bio-pic project.

Click here for more about the Rick James Movie.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on August 6, 2004 5:57 PM

Rick James was a true king amongst men, we should all try to aspire to be like him and then the world would be a better place.

Rick James   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on August 12, 2004 10:05 PM

I'm dead bitches.

I am invoking the blessing of the Goddess Altana in all of you my children.

Enjoy yourself.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on August 14, 2004 11:18 AM

I like to touch children.

you jerk   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on November 1, 2004 2:43 PM

you make it seem like rick james is a criminal! thats not what SLICK RICK is about!  People would be at his house for days all doing coke, and some bitch wanted money from him and make a fake claim! You obviosuly dont know what rick was about, you need to check your facts before you talk shit like that.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on January 26, 2005 9:00 AM

im ri-ach bi-ach
show me ya titties!!

to that jackass talking down on rick james   reply

Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on March 25, 2006 9:42 PM

see first of all we the people that knew rick music knew him as a great artist!we aint gonna let no jackass diss him like that!he made and he spent more money in a day than you could make in one year.the man did his thang with a bang!who da hell are you to talk?nobody just as i thought!this is for you RICK!REST IN PEACE TIL WE MEET AGAIN!!