The Museum Of UnCut Funk Presents c-dub's Rick James Interview - Part One - Excerpt 2 - Videos

I always hoped that one day I'd at least meet Rick James. In 1987 I began an internship at W-B-L-S in NY. This was the station that played his music. Years pass and I eventually get a job at MTV as a journalist. I'm now a writer, not based on a degree from any college mind you, but because of my wealth of knowledge and appreciation for "Urban" music, Black music, R&B, FUNK music. By this time, Rick has been arrested and released and done a concert at the House of Blues in LA, which I naturally attended. I interviewed him there for the first time. My second interview with him was a phoner, both of these were done during my tenure with a radio syndication company called MJI. After that Rick fell victim to a stroke. I prayed for his recovery. Once he got well, he recorded his last release Urban Rapsody in 1997. A few years later, I had the fortune to interview him one more time. He came to MTV during his last tour in 2002, we kicked it for over an hour like old friends.This is a second excerpt from that interview...You can hear c-dub's entire interview at The Funkalicious Blog or the UnCut Funk Basement Lounge, at The Museum Of UnCut Funk -www.museumofuncutfunk.com or go directly towww.funkaliciousblog.com or http://museumofuncutfunk.ning.com/

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