From the funking archives: Rick James - “Give It To Me Baby”
This afternoon I’m going to subject the office to a playlist of funk and disco. They don’t know this yet, so keep it quiet. I’m going through a phase of loving the whole 80s synth-funk vibe as epitomised by the likes of early Prince and Janet Jackson, and spent the best part of Sunday scouting around for similar stuff.
Naturally I couldn’t avoid legendary mentalist Rick James, who’s probably better known in pop culture terms for elements other than his own songs - the magnificent Dave Chappelle skits, his pesky penchant for kidnapping and torturing women with crack pipes, the Superfreak sample on MC Hammer’s “U Can’t Touch This”.
It’s easy to forget James produced some utterly amazing music - check out Give It To Me Baby below. Was there ever a greater understatement of excess than “You see, I’m so crazy - coming home intoxicated”?
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Maybe Hip-Hop IS Dead - Snoop Dogg channels Rick James for “Sensual Seduction”
I Thought You Were Dead! - Rick Astley! Rick F*cking Astley!
Rockabye Baby CDs: Nirvana, Metallica and The Beatles will get baby off to sleep
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