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| frank_black_francis |
Posted - 08/12/2004 : 05:50:23
http://www.rickjames.com/
....and hey, he also produced Eddie Murphy's 'Party All The Time' |
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| Surfer Rosa |
Posted - 08/12/2004 : 10:53:39
Sadly this curious selection of Rick James titbits was sent to me only the other day:
Rick James, one of America's most famous cocaine
casualties is back after a crack meltdown,
prison sentence for assault, stroke, heart failure
and hip surgery in the 90s. Dave Chappelle is
portraying James in a film of his life:
1. James joined the Naval Reserve as a teenager,
his misbehavior got him sent to Vietnam but he
went AWOL and took a bus to Toronto where he was
saved from a big fight by Robbie Robertson.
2. Started a band with Neil Young, called the
Mynah Byrds, and signed to Motown.
3. Spent a year in the brig for desertion when,
after an argument, his manager informed the
navy of James' whereabouts.
4. Launched Teena Marie and Mary Jane Girls, and
gave Prince his first break.
5. Is one of the most sampled artists in the
world e.g. MC Hammer, U Can't Touch This.
6. Took a five-year drug sabbatical, smoking
$7,000 of cocaine every week. He kept aluminium
foil on his windows to block out daylight.
7. Once bought a $28,000 leather and mink jacket
from Bijan's in Beverley Hills just because he
thought the sales assistant was being rude to him.
It didn't even fit.
8. Is very rich thanks to wise investments -
mainly pork. "Whenever there's hard times, black
people going to eat some bacon," he said.
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| PsychicTwin |
Posted - 08/12/2004 : 07:59:17
lesson: Mass coke consumption ain't good for the heart.
RIP Mr. James
side note: apl4eris, I like the sig. Very pointed, very valid. Fuck Bush. (; |
| apl4eris |
Posted - 08/12/2004 : 05:57:13
He was Rick James, bitch!!
http://www.collegeslackers.com/index.php?act=home&pg=rick_james
His spirit lives on in threads like "She's changing her name from Cat Power to:".
The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.
George Washington
Article 11, Treaty of Tripoli, 1796 |
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