Ebony Eyes (Featuring Smokey Robinson)ġ0. High On Your Love Suite, One Mo Hit (Of Your Love)Ģ04. Rick James Presents Bobby M (1983) - BlowĠ2. Stone City Band (1983) - Meet The Stone City Band - Out From The Shadow Stone City Band (1981) - The Boys Are Back Rick James Presents Stone City Band (1980) - In 'n' Out Rick James (2006) - The Definitive Collection Rick James (2001) - Street Songs (Deluxe Edition) Rick James (1997) - The Ultimate Collection Rick James (1994) - Bustin' Out - The Best Of Rick James (1979) - Bustin' Out Of L Seven Labels: Gordy, Motown, Polygram, Reprise Records, Stone City Records. Teena Marie: Discogs, Allmusic, Wikipedia Mary Jane Girls: Discogs, Allmusic, Wikipedia This is a nearly complete collection of James Johnson's (yes, that's his real name) albums & compilations, both Mary Jane Girls albums, all three Stone City Band albums and two Teena Marie albums on which uncle Rick was a key figure. That's the good stuff.Rick James! The "not-always-so-sweet-singing" king of 80's funk. A dark morass of sticky, nasty smoke-out funk. It's his delivery that keeps you enthralled. It's not the lyrics that make Ferg worth listening to. Sometimes he's surprisingly insightful, offering lines like, "I feel the pain for my bro cause his dad died/My daddy gone too my nigga, that's life," on "Fergivicious."īut for the most part, reading a line like, "Body full of bullets when he found him on the road/Lay a fucker down, spray it at him then reload," does little to explain his talent. Line-for-line, bar-for-bar, he isn't the best rapper in the world, but he understands his appeal and plays to the strengths of his sing-song flow. Even then, haters weren't convinced.īut now, with Trap Lord. Ferg has established himself. But this year, when "Shabba" followed in suit, becoming an even bigger hit-a summer anthem, of sorts-you couldn't deny it: Ferg was succeeding on his own. A$AP Rocky was hot which meant the A$AP brand was peaking and people were looking into the crew, fishing for another star. When A$AP Ferg's "Work" slowly morphed into a hit, it seemed like a fluke.
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