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Author: Peter Benjaminson Publisher: Chicago Review Press ISBN: 1613749600 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 384
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Rick James played with Neil Young, self-produced his first album (later picked up by Motown), crossed rock and funk to come up with one of the best-selling albums of the 1980s, became one of the biggest pop stars of the era, turned a young white woman named Teena Marie into an R&B superstar, displayed an outrageously sex- and drug-filled lifestyle, was tried and found guilty of assaulting and imprisoning a young woman, went on to record new music that was compared to the Beatles' White Album, and ended his life as a punch line for Dave Chappelle. James attempted to tell his own story—in two different books—but left out many incidents that reflected badly on his character. Now, based on court records, newspaper archives, and extensive interviews with dozens of family members, band members, friends, and lovers, here is the definitive biography of Motown's most controversial superstar.
Author: Peter Benjaminson Publisher: Chicago Review Press ISBN: 1613749600 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 384
Book Description
Rick James played with Neil Young, self-produced his first album (later picked up by Motown), crossed rock and funk to come up with one of the best-selling albums of the 1980s, became one of the biggest pop stars of the era, turned a young white woman named Teena Marie into an R&B superstar, displayed an outrageously sex- and drug-filled lifestyle, was tried and found guilty of assaulting and imprisoning a young woman, went on to record new music that was compared to the Beatles' White Album, and ended his life as a punch line for Dave Chappelle. James attempted to tell his own story—in two different books—but left out many incidents that reflected badly on his character. Now, based on court records, newspaper archives, and extensive interviews with dozens of family members, band members, friends, and lovers, here is the definitive biography of Motown's most controversial superstar.
Author: Brian Leston Falkner Publisher: ISBN: 9781329588172 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 206
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Jacob is tired of getting into trouble. He's fed up with being pushed around and hassled by Blocker - the school bully. But then he discovers he has a special power. Will he use it to be a superhero? Or a supervillain? Either way, life for Jacob is never going to be the same. A mind-bending adventure.
Author: Rick James Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1476764166 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 368
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Best known for his 1980s hit songs “Super Freak,” “Give it to Me Baby,” and “Mary Jane,” the late singer and funk music pioneer Rick James collaborated with acclaimed music biographer David Ritz in this posthumously published, no-holds-barred memoir of a rock star’s life and soul. He was the nephew of Temptations singer Melvin Franklin; a boy who watched and listened, mesmerized from underneath cocktail tables at the shows of Etta James and Miles Davis. He was a vagrant hippie who wandered to Toronto, where he ended up playing with Neil Young and Joni Mitchell, and he became a household name in the 1980s with his hit song “Super Freak.” Later in life, he was a bad boy who got caught up in drug smuggling and ended up in prison. But since his passing in August 2004, Rick James has remained a legendary icon whose name is nearly synonymous with funk music—and who popularized the genre, creating a lasting influence on pop artists from Prince to Jay-Z to Snoop Dogg, among countless others. In Glow, Rick James and acclaimed music biographer David Ritz collaborated to write a no-holds-barred memoir about the boy and the man who became a music superstar in America’s disco age. It tells of James’s upbringing and how his mother introduced him to musical geniuses of the time. And it reveals details on many universally revered artists, from Marvin Gaye and Prince to Nash, Teena Marie, and Berry Gordy. James himself said, “My journey has taken me through hell and back. It’s all in my music—the parties, the pain, the oversized ego, the insane obsessions.” But despite his bad boy behavior, James was a tremendous talent and a unique, unforgettable human being. His “glow” was an overriding quality that one of his mentors saw in him—and one that will stay with this legendary figure who left an indelible mark on American popular music.
Author: Rick James Publisher: Amber Communications Group, Incorporated ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 428
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Rick James is a pop-culture icon, unforgettable for his outrageous style, drug and legal problems who passed away in 2004 after being blessed with new cool in an infamous sketch by comedian Dave Chapelle.
Author: Rick James Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation ISBN: 9780634050398 Category : Funk (Music) Languages : en Pages : 0
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This super-freaky collection contains 12 top hits from the King of Punk Funk, plus a biography. Songs: Can't Stop * Cold Blooded * Dance Wit' Me * Ebony Eyes * Give It to Me Baby * Glow * Loosey's Rap * Seventeen * Standing on the Top * Super Freak * Sweet and Sexy Thing * You and I. Includes photos.
Author: Paul A. Thomas Publisher: McFarland ISBN: 1476678588 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 272
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In 2010, Cartoon Network debuted a new animated series called Adventure Time, and within just a few short years the show became both a pop culture phenomenon and a critical darling. But despite all the admiration, not many works of scholarship have assessed the show through a critical lens. This anthology is an attempt to fill this scholarly oversight and spark a wider conversation about the show's deeper themes. Across 15 scholarly essays, this book's contributors study Adventure Time from a variety of angles, proving just how insightful the series really is. From a consideration of BMO's queer identity to a psychoanalytic reading of Lemongrab and an examination of how anime has impacted the show, the topics explored in this anthology are diverse and unique and are likely to appeal to scholars and fans alike.
Author: Jonathan Lethem Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0385534965 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 592
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What’s a novelist supposed to do with contemporary culture? And what’s contemporary culture supposed to do with novelists? In The Ecstasy of Influence, Jonathan Lethem, tangling with what he calls the “white elephant” role of the writer as public intellectual, arrives at an astonishing range of answers. A constellation of previously published pieces and new essays as provocative and idiosyncratic as any he’s written, this volume sheds light on an array of topics from sex in cinema to drugs, graffiti, Bob Dylan, cyberculture, 9/11, book touring, and Marlon Brando, as well as on a shelf’s worth of his literary models and contemporaries: Norman Mailer, Paula Fox, Bret Easton Ellis, James Wood, and others. And, writing about Brooklyn, his father, and his sojourn through two decades of writing, Lethem sheds an equally strong light on himself.
Author: T. Brown Publisher: Springer ISBN: 1137071397 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 284
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Considers the misappropriation of African American popular culture through various genres, largely Hip Hop, to argue that while such cultural creations have the potential to be healing agents, they are still exploited -often with the complicity of African Americans- for commercial purposes and to maintain white ruling class hegemony.
Author: Vladimir Bogdanov Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation ISBN: 9780879307448 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 918
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With informative biographies, essays, and "music maps, " this book is the ultimate guide to the best recordings in rhythm and blues. 20 charts.
Author: Ozmioz Mak Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 1450206115 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 266
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Joe says, I just had a brainstorm. This spring the theme for my Literature of the Western World Class will be What does it mean to be a man in the modern world? Danny readies his IceMan compound bow and yells, Pull! Bobby launches a clay pigeon The clay pigeon ricochets to the left and the arrow downward. It is not like shooting a clay pigeon with a shotgun where the clay pigeon breaks into a hundred pieces but everyone there understands this is a thousand times more impresses. He tries using some of Uncle Archies arguments like that the entire purpose of the government, taxes, and the judicial system is to let the weak survive in the world through game playing, networking, and conniving. The girls laugh with each other as they win handily. Bobby raises his voice as he goes down in flames. Danny sits there with a blank expression on his face. Howie just laughs to himself. Dominique addresses the dining hall, Even though Ayn Rand was a woman, most analyze her writings and philosophy from a mans point of view. Tonight I want to analyze Ayn Rand from a womans point of view Uncle Joe startles Howie when he asks, Money, power, glory, and war equals women. Interesting thesis. But reading between the lines of your thesis you believe that manhood is defined by taking these pursuits to an extreme, dont you? Howie says, love stories are often complicated. That is because motherhood is the second oldest profession. We all hate to admit this but before our descendents were mothers they were all good whores just like Hester Prynne. are you thinking of going on a African Safari? Why not? It would be manlier than hunting deer and turkey in Pennsylvania. Look at George Eastman. He lived a hundred years ago, he was gay, and hell be manlier than well ever be. Dominique is standing directly behind Catherine. Howie is on stage directly in front of them. He looks down. Dominique points and lips, Is this Catherine Halsey? Catherine turns her head and looks at Dominique for the first time.
Author: Peter Benjaminson
Author: Peter Benjaminson
Author: Brian Leston Falkner
Author: Rick James
Author: Rick James
Author: Rick James
Author: Paul A. Thomas
Author: Jonathan Lethem
Author: T. Brown
Author: Vladimir Bogdanov
Author: Ozmioz Mak