August 06, 2004

Funk and crackhead legend Rick James has died That's right kiddies, Rick James died today at age 56.
posted by i_am_138 20 years ago
  • Super Weak.
  • Here is an article that actually has something to say about it.
  • here too. He was Rick James, bitch!
  • Here's a little more info (but not much).
  • dammit!
  • "Pork bellies I'm a fan of, because people, especially black people, whenever there's hard times, times of financial insecurity, black people going to eat some bacon." *sniff* I'm going to miss him.
  • well shit, i just scanned the fark link comments and am deathly ashamed. umm . . lessee . . "Smoke a joint, write a song, get a check, die."
  • i'm dead, BITCH! meanwhile, Dave Chapelle just got $50 million to continue his show, and take his portrayal of Rick James to the silver screen and develop a full bio-pic.
  • oh, cwap. i should read the recently posted side bar before commenting. I'm redundant, BITCH!
  • Question. How does someone die of natural causes at 56 in this century?
  • his lungs / liver / heart was shot. like a gasket on a '72 Maverick.
  • by having an extremely weak body due to over-use of baaaaaad drugs. So, maybe it's a sorta natural death.
  • Argh!! Not again!!!!!!!
  • Shit. He was one of the truly great late seventies/early eighties punk-funk heroes. All of us lovers of late seventies/early eighties punk-funk will truly miss him.
  • Oh! Dammit! I was just listening to Superfreak on my way to work! RIP Biaatch!!
  • Did you know Rick James was in a band called "The Mynah Birds" with Neil Young and Bruce Palmer in Toronto in 1965? (he would have been 17 at the time)
  • cocaine is a hell of a drug ~14 meg wmv of the dave chappelle show skit
  • Great bio on The Mynah Birds here.
  • warning to Safari users: rocket88's mynah birds link will make your browser crash.
  • *points finger at minda, laughs*
  • RIP Rick. He was in the midst of a renaissance; couldn't have asked for a better way to go out than on top. And calling James' death "of natural causes" is insane. Natural for HIM, maybe.
  • *bass player salutes Rick James*
  • When your heart stops, it's only "natural" to die...of course, the trick is determining what caused the heart to stop in the first place. RIP, you Super-Freak-ay funk star.
  • I think in this case "natural" means "not a drug overdose" hehe.
  • Rest in Peace, Bitch!
  • *kicks the_bone in the shin*
  • James' death still a 'Mystery'
  • damn blogRot beat me to it. Did you know we've posted about Rick James four times?
  • An unfortunate death, due to natural causes. OK, old news, but why didn't some other fucker post it?
  • including cocaine, methamphetamine, valium and vicodin goddamn. went out with his boots on, as it were. thanks Wolly!