Whether you’re vibing on vinyl or streaming through your favorite playlist, Rick’s music remains as bold and brilliant as ever. As a music critic, revisiting Rick James is not just a nostalgic ...

After years of trying to funk his way to stardom, Rick James finally broke through in 1978 on the back of a pair of dynamite singles: “You and I,” an eight-minute dance-floor workout that ...

Rick James was crashing on Stephen Stills’ couch ... Isn’t that the deepest red you’ve ever seen?’” James, fearing the mystery man would bleed to death, woke Stills, who responded ...

During his five-decade career as a pop libertine, singer, producer and multi-instrumentalist, James Ambrose Johnson, Jr., a.k.a. Ricky Matthews or Rick James, was reportedly more of a superfreak ...

The inimitable Rick James' birthday was Feb. 1. To ride out his month we brought back our temporary takeover of "I'll Take You There," the 24/7 R&B and soul channel from NPR Music. Curated and ...

The Onion: What led you to join the military at such a young age? Rick James: I'd quit school, and I was kind of running around doing nothing, smoking a lot of Mary Jane, and hanging out with my ...

“Working three hours with Rick James,” Lanois told The Times last year, “that’s like five years in a university studying record-making. Inside of 40 minutes you’d have a fully finished ...

The trailer for director Sacha Jenkins' upcoming Showtime documentary 'Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James' teases a portrait of a singular artist with a complicated legacy. By Gil Kaufman ...

Bitchin’: The Sound and Fury of Rick James Not rated. Running time: 1 hour 51 minutes. Watch on Showtime platforms. Theater to Stream: You don’t need to leave the house to find the joys of the ...