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	Rick James - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rick James (February 1, 1948 - August 6, 2004) was a U.S. funk and soul recording and performing artist.
		James was the third of eight children of an autoworker and a former dancer.
		James attempted a comeback with a new album and tour in 1997, but suffered a mild stroke during a concert in Denver, effectively ending his musical career, although his last public performance was at the 2004 BET Music Awards.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Rick_James (621 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Rick James (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Rick James (James Ambrose Johnson, Jr.) (February 1, 1948 – August 6, 2004) was an American funk and soul musician, who worked as a singer, keyboardist, bassist, record producer, arranger, and composer during his long career.
		Rick James attempted a comeback with a new album and tour in 1997, but suffered a mild stroke during a concert in Denver, Colorado, effectively ending his musical career.
		James had died from pulmonary and cardiac failure with his various health conditions of diabetes, stroke, and a pacemaker being listed as contributing factors.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Rick_James (1487 words)

	Rick James - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rick James (born James Ambrose Johnson, Jr; February 1, 1948 – August 6, 2004) was an American funk and soul musician, who worked as a singer, keyboardist, bassist, record producer, arranger, and composer during his long career.
		Born in Buffalo, New York, James was the third of eight children; his father was an autoworker who abandoned the family, and his mother was a former dancer.
		The young James, played by Chappelle, was depicted as an egotistical, misogynistic and violent cocaine addict who picked on Murphy and constantly reminded people "I'm Rick James, bitch!" (a quote that James himself confirmed he had in fact used during that period).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rick_James (2015 words)

	CNN.com - 'Super Freak' singer Rick James dies - Aug 6, 2004
		James' personal physician signed his death certificate, and said his death was the result of "existing medical conditions," police spokesman Jason Lee said.
		One of James' producers told CNN that the singer died of a heart attack.
		James was honored in June at the 17th annual Rhythm and Soul Awards.
	www.cnn.com /2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/08/06/rick.james/index.html (555 words)

	2003 ASCAP R&S Awards: Rick James
		He was now rechristened Rick James, and he spent his post-Canada years commuting between London, where he fronted a blues band, and the U.S., where he penned songs as a Motown staff writer.
		Rick James has flaunted mythical excesses as a rock star, endured catastrophic career challenges as a result and lived through the darkness to emerge into the light.
		ASCAP is proud to present The Rhythm and Soul Heritage Award to Rick James for his outstanding achievements as a songwriter, artist and producer whose innovative style continues to influence and inspire the world of music.
	www.ascap.com /eventsawards/awards/rsawards/2004/rickjames.html (954 words)

	Rick James - Classic Motown
		The nephew of Temptations vocalist Melvin Franklin, James pioneered a crossover style between RandB and rock in the mid-60s.
		James chose to present himself as a social outlaw, with outspoken views on drugs and sex.
		James' own recordings, predominantly in the funk vein, continued to corner the disco market, with "Give It To Me Baby" and "Super Freak", on which he was joined by the Temptations, achieving notable sales in 1981.
	classic.motown.com /artist.aspx?ob=ros&src=lb&aid=25 (396 words)

	PopMatters Music Feature \| Remembering Rick James
		While the untimely passing of musicians is always painful, the loss of Rick James is particularly troubling; not simply because he was a rare talent, but more so because he is destined to be remembered for the wrong reasons.
		Eventually James surpassed his predecessors by way of accessibility: His most successful work, 1981's Street Songs, (the album that spawned "Super Freak"), enjoyed tremendous cross-over appeal at a time when punk and disco were waning, new wave and rap were in their infancies and arena rock was catching its second wind.
		Rick James exploded onto the scene in a cloud of thumping bass grooves, leather platform boots and shimmering costumes, platinum records and funked up braggadocio.
	www.popmatters.com /music/features/040810-rickjames.shtml (916 words)

	CD Baby: RICK JAMES: Workin' On Commission
		Rick began playing guitar as a Sophomore in high school and quickly excelled and in a matter of a few years was opening for acts like Ginny Owens, Sarah Masen, and Lisa Beville.
		Rick also released a second CD titled, "With Empty Hands" shortly after moving to Ohio in 2002 and is in the planning stages for recording another CD in 2007.
		Rick James is an ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene.
	cdbaby.com /cd/rickjames (286 words)

	Rick James : iSOUND.COM
		Born James Johnson Jr., the third oldest child in a family of eight in Buffalo, N.Y., on February 1, 1948, Rick James is credited with establishing the "punk-funk" style.
		Probably because Rick James (who had now relocated to Detroit) was in trouble with the military, and because the rest of the band moved to Los Angeles.
		James has attempted a concept album, an audio movie of his life; he compares the recording process to "recreating Frankenstein." And the record is something of a monster -- a sprawling, 70-minute, 15-track catharsis.
	www.isound.com /rick_james (1823 words)

	Rick James Autopsy Shocker - Sep 16, 2004 - E! Online News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Sep 16, 2004, 7:10 PM PT Rick James may have died of "natural causes," as his label announced the day after his death, but a Los Angeles County Coroner's report released Thursday confirms the singer's last few days may have been anything but homeopathic.
		James and his family had maintained that the R&B/funk star successfully kicked his cocaine habit and was sober after years spent battling a crack addiction.
		James was also reportedly meeting with Paramount and several other studios to have his upcoming memoirs turned into a feature-length film, with Chappelle in talks to star.
	www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,14949,00.html?tnews (546 words)

	Funk star Rick James dies at age 56 - R&B/SOUL MUSIC - MSNBC.com
		James lived alone and was found dead by his personal assistant, who notified police, she said.
		James was honored in June by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers with the Rhythm and Soul Heritage Award.
		The first case occurred in 1991, when prosecutors said James and his girlfriend tied a woman to a chair, burned her with a hot crack pipe and forced her to perform sex acts during a cocaine binge at his West Hollywood home.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/5625044 (1063 words)

	Rick James
		Personally James was thoroughly reprehensible, making Ike Turner look like a great humanitarian, and it's hard to laugh off the relentless sexist and pedophilic imagery in his music after his prison term for abduction and sexual assault (which he tried to blame on his girlfriend).
		Unfortunately, James lets each of the backup singers take a turn at the mike: Yvette "Corvette" Marine and Kim "Maxi" Wuletich can't sing at all, and though Candice "Candy" Ghant seems to be capable enough, her tune "I Betcha" is a lame crossbreed of New Wave and funk.
		James' first album after his jail sentence, and he sounds like an artist with something to prove: the grooves are hardhitting and scrupulously up to date, with tons of hip hop vocabulary ("ain't nothin' but a West Coast thang y'all") and Snoop Doggy Dog brought in to add credibility.
	www.warr.org /rjames.html (2424 words)

	Rick James - Biography - AOL Music
		In the late '70s, when the fortunes of Motown Records seemed to be flagging, Rick James came along and rescued the company, providing funky hits that updated the label's style and saw it through into the mid-'80s.
		James turned his production attention to resuscitating the career of the Temptations, recently returned to Motown, and "Standing on the Top" (April 1982), credited to the Temptations featuring Rick James, was an R&B Top Ten.
		James left Motown for the Reprise division of Warner Bros. Records as of the album Wonderful (July 1988), which featured his number one R&B hit "Loosey's Rap," on which he was accompanied by rapper Roxanne Shante.
	music.aol.com /artist/rick-james/4589/biography (468 words)

	Rick James
		Rick was living in a condo on Barham in Burbank called The Oakwood.
		Rick was dressed in a fl suit and yellow shirt, his long hair in his trademark braids and two flashy gold pendants around his neck.
		Rick James was a 'presenter' with the 'ever-scary' Grace Jones.
	www.findadeath.com /Deceased/j/rickjames/rick_james.htm (1741 words)

	Rick James (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The nephew of Temptations vocalist Melvin Franklin, James pioneered a crossover style between R&B and rock in the mid-60s.
		James' flamboyant lifestyle took its toll on his health and he was hospitalized several times between 1979 and 1984.
		James' drug problems had not disappeared and following years of abuse he was jailed in 1991, together with his girlfriend Tanya Hijazi, for various offences including dealing cocaine, assault and torture.
	musicstore.mymmode.com /artist.do?artistID=5959408 (735 words)

	Rick James
		James was a leading funk singer/songwriter of the 1980s.
		James was briefly bandmates with Neil Young in a 1960s group called the Mynah Birds...
		Rick James - Rick James Age: 56 musician who pioneered the “punk-funk” style of the late 1970s and...
	www.infoplease.com /biography/var/rickjames.html (222 words)

	IGN: Rick James
		A disciple of the James Brown/Little Richard/George Clinton/Sly Stone school of funk, James splashed onto the scene in the late '70s and became a major fixture in the rebirth of Motown and the continuation of America's funk domination.
		Though James' exact cause of death has not been determined—and it won't be known until the pending autopsy has been performed--it is believed that he died of natural causes.
		James legacy lives on, not only in the re-run (and soon-to-be DVD captured) exploits of Dave Chappelle and Charlie Murphy, but also in the music of countless rappers.
	music.ign.com /articles/536/536673p1.html (865 words)

	Rick James Proclaims Innocence - Nov 18, 2002 - E! Online News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		James went public just four days after police raided his Woodland Hills, California, home (which he shares with his wife and young son), searching for evidence of the alleged incident.
		James shot to stardom in 1978 with "You and I" and achieved his greatest success with 1981's chart-topping "Super Freak." But his career was derailed by the usual Behind the Music-style rock 'n' roll excess.
		After getting out in 1996, James attempted a comeback, recording the Urban Rhapsody album and launching a tour--but he suffered a stroke in 1998 and was sidelined while undergoing physical rehabilitation.
	www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,10857,00.html?newsrellink (699 words)

	Fame and Fortune: Rick James
		James entered the Naval Reserve while still a teenager, but his misbehavior got him assigned to active duty.
		James surrendered, and spent a year in the brig for desertion.
		RICK JAMES: A jacket and a pair of boots I bought from Bijan's in Beverly Hills.
	www.bankrate.com /brm/news/investing/20020530a.asp (857 words)

	Rick James. By Tony Green - Slate Magazine
		Part of it, of course, is James' doing: No one disputes his appetite for chemical and sexual excesses, least of all the juries that sent him to jail for two separate sexual assaults in 1991 and 1992.
		James crossed over, to be sure, but the core of his listenership still consisted of the ordinary working-class African-Americans who flirted with the jheri curl for a bit, chilled out with Canei wine, and looked at you funny if you didn't know who Donnie Simpson was.
		James, as good as he was, never really had that kind of cachet—his hedonistic funk-punkster played well, but it didn't obscure the fact that he was just an extremely accomplished, seriously prolific, outlandishly funky individual who had more of an effect on pop music than people give him credit for.
	www.slate.com /id/2105003 (1132 words)

	USATODAY.com - Super Freak funk artist till the end (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Rick James described the subject of his hit Super Freak as "the kind of girl you don't take home to mother." As a pop star, James could have said the same thing about himself.
		James will be remembered for his cascading braids and glistening Jheri curls, his flaunted drug habits and womanizing and other outlandish behavior.
		James' hedonistic music ran counter to Motown's traditions, and it eventually led to a parting.
	www.usatoday.com /life/music/news/2004-08-06-rick-james-obit_x.htm (400 words)

	USATODAY.com - Fans gather to remember Rick James (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		James' career peaked in 1981 with the Grammy-winning hit Super Freak, but the singer had enjoyed a bit of a revival recently, partly due to comedian Dave Chappelle portraying him as violent and arrogant on his Chappelle's Show.
		James, who suffered a stroke in 1998, was a diabetic and also had a pacemaker.
		James, who was born in Buffalo, will be buried Saturday in his hometown following a funeral service.
	www.usatoday.com /life/music/news/2004-08-12-rick-james-memorial_x.htm (465 words)

	Candidate blames theft on ‘Chappelle’ skit - TV COMEDY - MSNBC.com
		James has heard that his signs have been spotted up to 100 miles from the south Mississippi city.
		James also has be informed by local college students that his signs are often seen in dorm windows.
		James, a former state mental health department worker, estimates that $600 in signs have been stolen.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/7477836 (389 words)

	Rick James: Bio
		Two years in California's Folsom Prison gave Rick James time to ponder how his hedonistic lifestyle and longtime crack cocaine addiction caused his fall from funk superstar.
		James, who rose to fame in the late 1970s and early '80s with songs like Mary Jane, Give It to Me Baby and Super Freak, was sentenced in 1994 to five years in prison for assaulting one woman and supplying drugs to another.
		On the album, James talks about his own ups and downs and is joined by the Stone City Band, JoJo of the Mary Jane Girls, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Bobby Womack and Charlie Wilson.
	www.soul-patrol.com /funk/rick_bk.htm (764 words)

	Rick James - Biography, Photos, and more - Moviefone
		Rick James is the Grammy Award winning songwriter of smash hits such as 'Superfreak,' 'Give it to Me Baby' and many more, and is known by all as the King of...
		At the end of the song Green Lantern threw in a sample of Rick James at the 2004...
		Rick James' last public performance was at the 2004 BET Music Awards on...
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/rick-james/235526/main?_pgtyp=pdct (115 words)

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