Album
Street Songs
1981 · Funk / Soul
46 collectors on Gatefold own this
Street Songs is a Soul & Funk album by Rick James, originally released in 1981. On Gatefold: 96 pressings tracked, owned by 46 collectors.
About
With 1981’s <i>Street Songs</i>, Rick James slapped a rocker’s edge onto disco’s derriere. Inspired by the Buffalo projects where they grew up, he and the Stone City Band explore a thriving subculture of prostitutes, junkies, and hustlers on “Ghetto Life,” while “Mr. Policeman” is one of the first songs to openly address police brutality. James had the guts to go where others wouldn’t dare. With their wired grooves and debauched come-ons, “Give It to Me Baby” and “Super Freak” are more than suggestive—they’re deliriously, defiantly hedonistic.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Give It To Me Baby4:07
- A2Ghetto Life4:20
- A3Make Love To Me4:48
- A4Mr. Policeman4:17
Side B
- B1Super Freak3:25
- B2Fire And Desire7:19
- B3Call Me Up3:54
- B4Below The Funk (Pass The J)2:36
Sound DNA
- Soul & Funk
- Funk
- warm
- swaggering
- funky
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Aaron DublinMUSICIAN , HANDCLAPS
- Armando PerazaGUEST, PERCUSSION MUSICIAN , PERCUSSION PERCUSSION
- Bugsy WilcoxGUEST, PERCUSSION MUSICIAN , PERCUSSION PERCUSSION
- California St. ClairMUSICIAN , HANDCLAPS
- Chris PowellHORNS , SAXOPHONE SAXOPHONE
- Cliff ErvinBAND , TRUMPET, PICCOLO FLUTE, FLUGELHORN HORNS , TRUMPET HORNS , TRUMPET, PICCOLO FLUTE , FLUGELHORN
- Daniel LeMelleALTO SAXOPHONE, TENOR SAXOPHONE, FLUTE ARRANGED BY BAND , FLUTE, ALTO SAXOPHONE, TENOR SAXOPHONE
- Donny KeiderGUEST, VIBRAPHONE KEYBOARDS MUSICIAN , VIBRAPHONE
- Erskine WilliamsBAND , KEYBOARDS, CLAVINET, ELECTRIC ORGAN BAND , KEYBOARDS, CLAVINET, ORGAN BAND , KEYBOARDS, PERCUSSION
- Fernando HarklessGUEST, TRUMPET MUSICIAN , TRUMPET TRUMPET
- Ja'net DuBoisBACKING VOCALS MUSICIAN , BACKING VOCALS VOCALS
- Jackie RuffinBACKING VOCALS BAND , BACKING VOCALS MUSICIAN , BACKING VOCALS
- Joanne McDuffieBACKING VOCALS BAND , VOCALS VOCALS
- John ErvinBAND , TROMBONE, FLUTE HORNS , TROMBONE, FLUTE HORNS, TROMBONE, FLUTE
- Julia Tillman WatersBACKING VOCALS MUSICIAN , BACKING VOCALS VOCALS
- LaMorris PayneHORNS , TRUMPET, BACKING VOCALS TRUMPET
- Lanise HughesBAND , DRUMS BAND, DRUMS DRUMS
- Larry HansenVIOLIN GUEST, VIOLIN MUSICIAN , VIOLIN
46 collectors on Gatefold own this · 96 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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