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Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 - Birth of a Super Freak
2 - Out to Sea
3 - Toronto Was Cold but Its Music Was Hot
4 - A Defiant Rick Forms the Sailor Boys and Becomes Rick Jagger
5 - Rick James, Thief
6 - Rick Joins a Flock of Mynah Birds
7 - Rick James, International Drug Smuggler
8 - Rick James and the Birth of Buffalo Springfield
9 - From Yorkville to Motown
10 - Rick Is Court-Martialed . . . Twice
11 - Rick Goes a Second Round with Motown
12 - Rick Quits Motown in Disgust and Forms Salt ’n Pepper
13 - Rick Has Two Children with One Woman and Marries a Second
14 - Rick Creates Heaven and Earth . . . and Then Destroys Both
15 - Rick Breaks His New White Cane
16 - Rick Continues the Pursuit of Glory
17 - Shadowy Investors Make Rick a Motown Star
18 - The Emergence of the Stone City Band
19 - Rick Creates Punk Funk
20 - Rick Helps Save Motown
21 - Rick Writes a Song about Himself and Kelly
22 - Hash and Cash
23 - Rick Uses White Slang to Bust Out
24 - Rick and Teena Marie Make Beautiful Music Together
25 - The Magical Funk Tour
26 - A Bottomless Pool of Female Flesh
27 - Rick Writes a Song about His Penis
28 - Rick and Prince Duke It Out for Sex and Glory
29 - Rick Takes a Nap in the Garden
30 - Rick Absolutely Hits the Freakin’ Top with Street Songs
31 - “Super Freak”
32 - “Fire and Desire” Highlights Rick’s Messy Relationship with Teena Marie
33 - Rick Sings about Sex and Poverty
34 - Rick Denies He’s Gay and Confronts the Cops
35 - The Street Songs Tour
36 - Cocaine Begins to Take Its Toll
37 - Rick Scores as a Minor TV Personality and Dreams of Hollywood Stardom
38 - Rick Scores Big-Time as a Songwriter and Producer . . . for Other Musicians
39 - The Mob Comes Calling
40 - Rick Denounces the Reagan Recession While Throwin’ Down
41 - Rick Struggles to Integrate MTV
42 - Rick Fantasizes the Mary Jane Girls into Existence
43 - Rick Romances Linda Blair in Cold Blood
44 - Jailbait
45 - Rick Involves Himself in a Murderous Family Feud
46 - Rick and Eddie Murphy “Party All the Time”
47 - Rick Tries and Fails to Shake Off the Drug Yoke
48 - A Glowing Rick Chases a Woman Along a Beach
49 - Rick Lets His Freak Flag Fly
50 - Rick and Motown Duke It Out in Court
51 - Rick Meets the Love of His Life
52 - Rick Makes Loosey Feel Wonderful
53 - Rick Kicks Out
54 - Please Hammer, Help Him!
55 - Trouble
56 - Rick and Tanya Strike Again
57 - Tanya Pleads Guilty
58 - The Prosecutors Summon Their Star Witness
59 - Guilty . . . Sort Of
60 - Shocking New Allegations
61 - The Prosecutors Accuse an Investigator
62 - Rick and Tanya Attempt to Marry
63 - Rick Busts Out!
64 - Rick Takes the Train to Folsom Prison
65 - Rick Tries Again
66 - Organized Crime Makes Rick a Post-Prison Star
67 - Rick Revels in an Urban Rapsody
68 - Rick and Tanya Finally Marry . . . and Then Divorce
69 - The Super Freak Becomes a Senior Freak
70 - Comeback
71 - “I’m Rick James, Bitch!”
72 - Rick Works to Publicize the Phrases That Would Outlive Him
73 - Deeper Still
74 - Rick Dies Alone with Drugs in His Veins
75 - Reactions Run the Gamut
76 - Two Funerals
77 - Rick’s Legacy
Sources
Index
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