Re: Rick James ‎– Street Songs (1981)

by Nightjar Thu Nov 26, 2020 7:29 pm

Good bassline.

by Nightjar Thu Nov 26, 2020 7:30 pm

This is the best track so far.

by Guest Thu Nov 26, 2020 7:30 pm

by Nightjar Thu Nov 26, 2020 7:31 pm

I like the Mary Jane Girls.

They're loveable in a kitsch and korny way.

by Guest Thu Nov 26, 2020 7:31 pm

by Nightjar Thu Nov 26, 2020 7:32 pm

More Latin stylings.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Nov 26, 2020 7:32 pm

Last track - Below the Funk (Pass the J).

by Guest Thu Nov 26, 2020 7:33 pm

This one's just too darn funky.

by Nightjar Thu Nov 26, 2020 7:33 pm

Back to the hi-energy stuff.

by Nightjar Thu Nov 26, 2020 7:34 pm

Did he just say he was born in Buffalo?

by Guest Thu Nov 26, 2020 7:34 pm

F bomb!

by Nightjar Thu Nov 26, 2020 7:34 pm

Yes, yes he was born in Buffalo.

by Guest Thu Nov 26, 2020 7:35 pm

Nightjar wrote:Did he just say he was born in Buffalo?

Well, he was.

by Nightjar Thu Nov 26, 2020 7:35 pm

Tough old town.

by Guest Thu Nov 26, 2020 7:35 pm

It is ova.

by Nightjar Thu Nov 26, 2020 7:35 pm

Cold and violent.

Still is.

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Nov 26, 2020 7:37 pm

It is over.

Apart from the 7 minute snoozeathon, that was a very good album which avoided the pitfall of relying on groove alone to carry it along. This time, there were actual, proper, well-formed songs in there as well.

Now to look back at the thread and see what everybody else made of it. Excited

by **The Call of the Wendigo** Thu Nov 26, 2020 7:37 pm

I shall give it 4 stars.

by Guest Thu Nov 26, 2020 7:37 pm

Well, that was funkay.

★★★★

Actually thinking about it hadn't George Clinton gone all Computer games by now? So rather old fashioned in the very fast moving American Urban Music, even by 81.

Still, dance

Shame about that ballad. sleepy

by Nightjar Thu Nov 26, 2020 7:39 pm

That was quite good.

Did what it set out to do.

Musically never very original he was still cool as fl*p, had obvious talent and was a great performer.

His canon is a kind of summation of every funk and soul and R&B style that went before - considered objectively, not a bad thing by any stretch.

Shame about the white woman though.

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It's Rick James.