He also made a good point about how the music has been taken out of schools so the kids really don't have any way to learn how to make their own music.
You are lucky you got a break. I played guitar in a lot of club bands around the Austin Tx music scene from mid 80's to early 90's. It was cool for a while. But i got burned out playing the same set night after night. Music business is tough. Our band opened up for big Austin acts like Stevie Ray Vaughn and Ian Moore. We wanted a taste of success like everybody else But it didn't happen. Nowadays I just keep it a hobby.
I was featured in BRE with Rick James in 2004 before he past.... And it was a honor....Rick Thank you for saying what I always said...Keep it Clean if you can, Put the msic back in the schools so the kids can develop thier talent...RIP Rick
"Ghetto Life" by Busta Rhymes....probably the best sampled Rick James song out ever....plus Busta Rhymes paid homage to James, including showing his daughter holding Rick's album up in the video, and he stood in front of a huge mural towards the end.
Rick James was amazing artist. I started listening to him later in life I’m 42 now and man I can’t get enough of his music and old school performances. I wish I could’ve hung out with him and partied with him.
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He is so right about today's music, the talent soul and feel has been stripped from it. Nowadays one doesn't even have to sing in tune correctly, Autotune will fix that. Back in his time, you either sang in tune, or you got the fuck away from the microphone. And what happened to real musical instruments, one's that require the player's skill to make it sound good. I sure hope that younger people will wake up and see what's real so we can have real music again
No, the great black artists and musicians did not become great musicians because of their experiences in music class(or non experiences). They became great musicians because of their experiences at the black church. Black culture has always promoted and created great music. The great blues artists, many of them elementary school dropouts, in the early 20th century picked up instruments because they were raised in a culture that valued and celebrated music
I think he had a very good point about music not being taught in schools anymore with relationship to the sampling. That does make some sense. I am a little confused as to why he doesn't want to be called a "funk" artist. Sorry, but he was one of the most amazing funk artists of all time. (I don't understand why he shuns that.) Oh, and he is SO damn right about the music you should purchase/listen to. Right on, James! You are very much missed.
Weird how he brought up Ol' Dirty Bastard because I always felt ODB was the Rick James of hip-hop. Plus, when asked about Ol' Dirty's album cover for Nigga Please, he said he got the idea (specifically for the outfit) from none other than Mr. James himself.
Exactly. I can also see his view on the newer generation involving sampling and the misuse of it. A concise message that's relevant, imaginative and passionate is all it takes. Not all the vulgar content. When enough of us stand as leaders within music (especially hip hop), and also within our communities, the boys will pull their pants up and the girls will stop spreading their legs so quickly. @prodbytwells | #beatsbytwells
Only if some of these older musicians will come out of retirement to teach at public schools to the children. Prince, roger troutman, holland dozier holland, smokey robinson, tina marie, the sylvers, sly stone, marvin gaye, angela winbush, rick james, cameo, jeffrey osborne, champagne king, patrice rushen, & countless others would have been great musician teachers. In fact, financially everyone of these acts should have contributed funds to help keep music in school. Thats why we hear alot of these untrained auto tuned, mumble mouth singers & rappers. Music is not the same...its only a few new real artist left
I thought about this, but in a broader sense people of all ages and talents should have a hand in teaching children other than just their own. For example, how many schools teach plumbing, welding, automobiles, electronics or any of the trades? The school system has essentially separated adults from those that are supposed to become adults.
Mc Doo Doo Head was a shot @ Hammer! He never liked Hammer for sampling Superfreak w/out his permission! He made sure Hammer paid him out the azz for it too and got a Grammy!
I AM A PRODUCER, AND I MOSTLY COMPOSE MY OWN MUSIC WITH MY OWN INSTRUMENTS, AND SOUNDS, BUT I SAMPLE TOO... AND ALL I CAN SAY IS THANKS YOU RICK JAMES AND ALL THE GREATS OUT THERE FOR GIVING US YOUR BEAUTIFUL MUSIC!!!! BECAUSE YOUR AN' INSPIRATION TO ALL OF US!!!
He's the Motley Crue of Funk. He took that shit to the limit like Joe Walsh, He became a superstar and LIVED like a superstar except no one told him the human heart can only handle so much cocaine. He lived through 5 decades of drug use. He's lucky he lived as long as he did !!
Rick James had a brain behind those shades! He had some pretty cool stuff going on musically, and actually had talent, which is what all those sampling suckers these days lack!
If Rick says you’re too much, then something is wrong! lol it was a code, integrity and talent back then that is gone forever. This world is just fleeting and plastic! Clones
There should have been subtitles for this, since I couldn't understand any of the questions. Also, I know he was pissed at MC Hammer for sampling Super Freak, but I wonder how he felt about parodies. I didn't think about this until now, but, since Weird Al made a parody of U Can't Touch This, (I Can't Watch Thus) somebody need to make a parody of Super Freak, about someone who's obsessed with computers. She's a cyber geek, cyber geek, She's cyber geeky, yow! I don't know which would be better, "She's a cyber geek", or "I'm a cyber geek". And when was this video made, since he died in 2004?
He looks bad here, but I love Rick James he was an amazing musician and had a larger than life personality.Its a fact of life everyone gets old and the drugs didnt help him any,but in his prime he was incredible.his music and his legacy will live on.
@conorucd I find it kind of ironic that Rick would diss ODB considering that ODB was arguably the Rick James of hip-hop in the sense that his drug and legal problems greatly overshadowed his musical talent. I also find it interesting that Rick hated the usage of the "N word" considering the infamous "Chappelle's Show" skit ("F*** yo couch ni**a!").
@DullardGuy Yep....that interview used to be on RU-vid, but it got taken off....I remember James saying "I told you....I don't want no more rappers using my stuff if they're gonna be talking crap!" "Wait, wait, wait, WAIT WAIT!! Your first check is like 1 point something million...and it's coming next month!! And, there's nothing demeaning in the record!!" "And I said, 'okay, never mind!!'"
