Super Freak: The Life of Rick James
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Few American superstar stories are richer, wilder, or more excessive than Rick James's. He played in a band with Neil Young, spent years in jail, produced his first album (which was then picked up by Motown) with money from shadowy sources, crossed rock and funk to come up with one of the best-selling albums of the 1980s, became one of the biggest pop star 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. And along the way, he scored a large number of major hits, sold tens of millions of albums and became intimate with dozens of big-name celebrities.
Rick James attempted to tell his own story--in two different books--but left out many incidents that showed what he was really like. Nobody has written the full truth about his life. 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.
Rick James attempted to tell his own story--in two different books--but left out many incidents that showed what he was really like. Nobody has written the full truth about his life. 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.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1613749570
ISBN13:9781613749579
Release Date:March 2017
Publisher:Chicago Review Press
Length:384 Pages
Weight:1.46 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"
Customer Reviews
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Wasted money!!
Published by Val , 12 months ago
I hate this book, I wish I never bought it. I feel I wasted my money buying this. All this author writes about is Ricks music and band members. There is basically no personal stories, The Author said there would be things in this book, that weren't in Ricks books. The Author lied. This book is basically about all of Rick music, adn I'd rather listen to it than read about it. Don't buy this book if you want to know about Rick James, all it tells about is music, on every page is about his music. This author only did this for money, and I find him a big liar. Hey author, do the world a favor, don't wrote anymore boring bio books, you are terrible at it!.
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