When i was a young boy growing up in the ghetto hanging out on corners singin with the fellas lookin for. Michael jackson accused of plagiarizing rick james. Listen free to rick james ghetto life radio iheartradio. February 1, 1948 august 6, 2004 was an american funk and soul musician from buffalo new york, who worked as a singer, keyboardist, bassist, record producer, arranger, and composer during his long career. Listen to both songs on whosampled, the ultimate database of sampled music, cover songs and remixes. Comment below to let me know what you think of this song. Includes unlimited streaming via the free bandcamp app, plus highquality download in mp3, flac and more. Provided to youtube by universal music group ghetto life rick james street songs. Actually, james had been with motown earlier, though.
The music video for this song is classic rick james. Disappointed because garden of love wasnt as well received as it should have been, rick james made a triumphant return to defiant, inyourface funk with the tripleplatinum street songs. When i was a young boy growing up in the ghetto hanging out on corners singin with the fellas lookin for the cute chicks trying to find the big fun looking for some. Rick james licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of body by jake. Listen online to rick james ghetto life and see which albums it appears on. Rick james when i was a young boy growing up in the ghett. James had two children with syville morgan, a former singer and songwriter. Rick james ghetto life gordyuniversalmotown records 1981. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Ghetto life by rick james samples, covers and remixes. Feb 03, 2017 for me one of the most funky songs there is. Such material is made available for educational purposes only.
Apr 23, 2009 rick james licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of body by jake. This constitutes a fair use of any such ed material as provided for. Ghetto life by rick james discover this songs samples, covers and remixes on whosampled. When i was a young boy growing up in the ghetto hanging out on corners singin with the fellas lookin for the gypsy. This was not only his bestselling album ever, it was also his best period, and certainly the most exciting album released in 1981. Aug 2014 3 songs may 2007 11 songs dec 2005 11 songs in the late 70s, when the fortunes of motown records seemed to be flagging, rick james came along and rescued the company, providing funky hits that updated the labels style and saw it through into the mid80s.
Street songs is the fifth album by american musician rick james, released in april 1981 via gordy records. Click on activate alert to receive an email as soon as it is released. The singles superfreak, ghetto life and give it to me baby all topped the dance charts in the us, and the album managed to breathe new life into a motown label. Ghetto life track 2 rick s heartfelt analysis of ghetto life and the beat on this song is the best beat on the album in my opinion. He also produced recordings by teena marie and the mary jane girls. Listen free to rick james ghetto life ghetto life, below the funk pass the j.
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