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BIG D | Compton | 08/10/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"If you don,t know who RICK JAMES was listen to this CD and you will know what it is like to listen to a real talent, regardless of your age. R.I.P. RICK JAMES & THANKS FOR THE GOOD MUSIC YOU LEFT BEHIND."

The Best of James' Jams !

Armando M. Mesa | Chandler, AZ | 02/08/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is the essential Rick James' hits collection to obtain. It contains the hottest jams that catapulted him to R&B's bad-boy funkster status in the late 70's and 80's ! James could mix funk, soul, R&B, pop-rock to create what would later be tagged as punk-funk (Superfreak)! Take notice that there is hardly ,if not at all, any of his post late 80's or early 90's material; that's because the material he later put out was nowhere near the high quality his earlier output produced. Whether that was due to his personal addiction problems or burn out from the music industry or all of the above he remains as a pioneering artist in taking the average old school funk and crossing over into funk-rock (effortlessly) ! His work with the Mary Jane Girls was incredible as well as his writing and dueting with Teena Marie (first white lady of funk & soul) ! While Prince may have outsold James with regards to record sales back in the early 80's it was also James' strong and often deep vocals that could never be mistaken for the Purple One's thin and often Diana Ross-ian pipes! Prince may have been pop's royalty (or was that Michael Jackson?) but Rick James sung and spoke to the person from the ghetto to the suburbs and the big city and beyond !Yes, also put in my vote for his underrated 1985 Motown release Glow to be reissued (bonus tracks even or alternates). I,too, owned Glow on tape format years ago;the cassette wore out and I never found the title again ! The best tracks were Glow and Moonchild..."

Slick Rick at his BEST !!!

John D. Washington | Los Angeles, CA USA | 06/19/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Unlike the 'Bustin Out Anthology', this release has a healthy dose of the Fire It Up album. The inclusion of 'Fire It Up' and 'Come Into My Life' make this the better anthology. The CD has all of the classics (e.g. You & I, Mary Jane, Give It To Me, Super Freak, etc...) that made Rick the King of Punk Funk. The addition of some of his earlier funk (not release on CD) makes this a great buy (it's even cheaper than Bustin' Out).Regardless, if you love funk, this is a CD you MUST own."