Rick James on the Late Show With David Letterman

[thefenton77]

it's a celebration bitches . . .

[thefenton77]

cocaine is a hell of a drug!

[AHrudyNowYaSudy]

wow he did the illuminati sign at 6:11 fuck

[AHrudyNowYaSudy]

69 you tasted fine ha ha Rick James is fucken crazy lol

[StiffyBoy56]

rot in hell rick, you insubordinate faggot

[1BassJohn]

@StiffyBoy56 lol where did that come from??

[Brooklyn0merta]

lmao@ "A little something off the Christmas album"

[swazia73]

i like this song

[mgalore]

this is inspiring rick was a hell of a performer he tore this one up great amazing

[coreyj98]

rick learn 2 swing that mike just lookin at alots of bruce lee movies then prince started doin it 2

[no0neiv]

James Johnson seems like an alright dude.

[larrydpetree]

This is horrible and terrible

[SELFproclaimedVIRGIN]

I AM A VIRGIN

[InTupacsArmsForever]

Rick james was sexy lol reminds me of when 2pac had on a wig in "tupacs funny moments" singin super freak

[InTupacsArmsForever]

OMG my computer froze on 2:58 and he makes a mad face lookin in the camera ! I'm scared lol

[npgfunk]

Why is he without his band?

[tom11zz884]

Rick James reminds me of Eddie Murphy for some reason in this video during the interview segment

[daroyalgeneral]

05:43-05:45 "sexual chocolate moment." SEXY CHOCOLATE!!

[HenchMc]

throws up the baphomet 00:27

[djrakman]

"cocaine's one hell of a drug"

[wildbilleee]

rick you the man badd for us you couldnt quit been there rest n FUNK

[Henkehasbeenhere]

3.35 I'm Rick James Bitch

[daroyalgeneral]

@Henkehasbeenhere LOL!! so true...LOL!!

[RochPhotog]

Microphone abuse....buy another one Dave, you rich mofo!

[capablemachine]

@RochPhotog f.. your microphone

[RochPhotog]

Microphone

[RochPhotog]

69 times!

[cuddybang100]

This dude was bad. Talented rip rick you & your music are greatly missed!

[Pied777]

Hey Everyone I think that's Hiram bullock on guitar. Can someone confirm that

[123jk345]

@Pied777 Yes, Hiram and Steve Jordan on drums-both BAD!

[LBJTV]

hes chill because he probably smoke mary jane..and not coke which he's usually associated with

[westdweller]

wow right on. on david letterman too...

[Incalmalixetho8]

Wow Rick James is a very decent guy despite all else said and portrayed about him.I'm pleasantly surprised.

[biggernbetta70]

Wow...Rick was sober!  haha

[MINIMOTOMADNESS]

my names rick james bitch!(well my boat will named in honour of you)

[90038jhon]

no, that's not a weave. no way.

[lilhavin]

This video was great!

[ednoroirika]

What? 3:41... You sure do taste good along with my millier lite! wth!!! lol

[FireitupBedford]

@ednoroirika When Rick did live shows he was raw and he was about to get raw at the 3:41 mark until he realized he was on TV. I'll never forget Rick doing a sky show on Tom Joyner radio show when Rick dropped a few F bombs and Tom was like I guess we'll get fined by the FCC now...lmao I like it when Dave says Ahhh my so alittle something off the Christmas album huh...lol

[SigfridKargElert]

Man, Paul Shaffer is killing that organ! I didn't realize he was cold like that. The drummer is a bad man too.

[willyjsimmons]

@SigfridKargElert Fun Fact: Paul co-wrote "It's Raining Men". LOL

[geektar03]

Least he didn't step on his couches.

[SuperStoney2012]

ESSENTIAL!! were are men like this now aday's? Waz he that much of a rarity? Either way the world was 4 ever changed w him in it..R.I.P. RICK JAMES!!! <3

[DAVlDxx]

Cocain is a hell of a DruG

[Kamboire]

That's My Icons The only Free Man who can talk about sex drugs party Ghetto in A same time !!!! My Son It's Called Rick James And If I have a daughter She We'll Be Called Rick james Too !!!!!

[tdsafff]

LOL "It's looking good."

Long live Slick Rick!

[Jayweezy]

Sexual Chocolate everybody! Tell me you didn't think sexual chocolate when you watched this!

[julio8442]

this dude is a straight up playa, you can tell he's confident and he tells the ladies what they wanna hear.. trust me, true genius. smart dude

[julio8442]

thats awesome!!



[Loosewire2]

Haha! "No.....it's that guy!'

Oh Rick I love you!

[jahlats]

That's my boy.rip Rick love u forever

[rachelminch6]

@jahlats I LOVE ALL RICK JAMES MUSIC HE IS THE MAN

[DAVlDxx]

is the Secred Kokain ???

[MURPHNSPUD]

u know the old line 'it suprises me that ''you'' are suprised...........'

in the 'old days' pre mp3 download etc

you had to go out and buy these 12 inch record thingies

and after a while - u realised how much room they take over

so you had to make sure they were 'good'

Rick James had 2 be at worst 'decent' live, which = millions sold

2day its so easy 2 press 'click' and as music got more digital - the shitier the music

would anyone have heard of Lady Goo if shed been in the 70's or 80's?

[kahuna3901]

i wonder how many times his microphones were flung into the crowd from the lead coming off

[MJRookieRook]

That is my baby!! I love Rick ♥ :D

[ajittffcure]

Interesting interview and quite a funny performance.

[ParataxicD]

Classic RJ on the original Late Night with David Letterman on NBC. Love this performance...

[jpm4444]

I saw him many times as a kid. He had a 4 octave voice and played several instruments. Often he would turn off the mics and sing fire and desire with the amazing Teena Marie. One of the great all time artists. The Man!

[vuman40a]

@jpm4444 I loved Rick but he was the main reason Teena Marie left Motown He made Teena beleive that Motown really didn't want 2 focus on her.Rick wanted all the marketing from Motown which really sucks he bought here into the scene in1979 and they both had the magic together Sometime ego's can get in the way and he sure had a huge egoThen he fizzled and Teena kept going strong1984/85Lovergirl then1988 ooo la la la.Rick toldTeena that it wasn't a good song.Well it hit #1 on the r/b chartsGo Teena

[gittahfiend]

RICL JAMES BITCH !!

[barryjdwyer]

what a hero.

[turntableone]

this is excellent. thank you for posting this. I was a small kid at the time so I wasn't allowed to stay up at night to look at this but i really missed a lot. thanks again for posting this.

[rickames]

I miss this guy.

[4ntonio4guilar]

lalalalalalalalalalalalalalala­lalalalalalalaalaalalaallalall­alalalalalmao

[zackhunt86]

Way to stay true to Buffalo Rick

[hmsheppard]

Just the man and a microphone. This is my favorite clip of R.J. The command. The charisma. The swag. The voice. You had to love the double meanings in his work: "You blew my mind 69 times"; "We'll be together till the 6 is 9"; "In my DIC-tionary--sexy, sexy, sexy"; "C-O-M-E-Come into my life"; "And when I'm feeling low she comes as no surprise...turns me on with her love, takes me to paradise...do you love me Mary Jane?" There will never be another one like him. He was my hero indeed.

[jgk381]

one of the best perfomances on a late night show i've seen, i like this performance better than the record.

[Phelipebrable]

lalalalalalalalala one more for a mind sixty nine times

[kitrik23]

i luv the verse at 3:37 sec, but WTF did he say memenana

[librastar88]

LOL @ 2:32-2:36 GONE HEAD RICK!

[ChickenFaeces]

Cocaine's a helluva drug.

[zapwatt]

Don't believe any of that B.S. from Chapelle's Show.

[JamesChris87]

you could tell rick was feeling hiself on this one boi.....jammin like noone was there but him.

[kitrik23]

Awsome performance, my IDOL comes through with the nice live show again, he was makin up alot as he went and fuckin up the lyrics too, imperfections make him even better!

[supersekemoto]

@drfeelgoodTO cocaine is a hell of a drug.....

[TheArthur0912]

Rick in his prime, there was none better! A great performer/writer/producer.

[josh4380]

THEY SHUDDA NEVA GAVE YOU NIGGAS MONEYYYY!!!!

[fbebeats]

The way he was swinging the mic around was cool as fuck

[Bleumange]

Dave Chapelle played a better rick james than Rick james ever would.

[kotep777]

so classy

[AYMOSproduction]

THE BEST P-FUNK EVER !!!

PEACE TO HIM, THE STONE CITY BAND, MJ GIRLS, !

!_! w!

[unique74muzik]

CAPT BAD ASS!!!

[Esperanza1023]

What a guy!  He really looked like he was having fun!

[TonyNashville]

GOD DAMN !..........that was fuckin AWESOME. he really IS :

".......(im one of the )....One of the baddest motherfuckers of all time..."

[kingfuthark]

We're suing you fo 450.000.000 million dollars BITCHES !!!!!!

[ryohayashi]

first thing that came to my mind was charlie murphy and rick's unity ring hahaha

[ltuomela]

James Johnson like to slap bitches and snort cocaine..haha thats what he really wanted to say..weeeeeeeeeeeee

[SpiffaJ]

@ltuomela How does that make sense retard? The joke was james johnson is the one that DOESN't do that kind of shit.

[ltuomela]

@ltuomela you are to young to get it man..lol..

[hchukuka]

bad ass mutha

[Biffthesurf]

Would have loved the Stone City Band with him on this appearance. It would have been a Big time Jam!

[navyfrog221]

He seems so relaxed and laid back in his interviews. Complete opposite of the stories that you hear.

[clipsryan]

@navyfrog221 He's clearly not high and because even musicians know they gotta be sober for the show atleast. We was a rockstar that's for damn sure.

[nankerphelge718]

@navyfrog221 he started using crack in the 1990s, this interview was in hte 1980s

[drfeelgoodTO]

@navyfrog221

He was fine for a number of years, I think by the early 90's his brain was fried and he started using crack. That just made him act really erratic, his body started deteriorating. It's a shame, he was awesome in the 80's, He should have known better and stopped using.

[kingdl72]

@navyfrog221 Yeah but u know...Cocaine is a helluva drug.

[BoogieKnight1976]

That aura that Charlie Murphy mentioned, I see it myself !!

[TankTube5000]

@BoogieKnight1976 Yeah, it's orange!

[ednoroirika]

Rick is the king of the mic twril!!!!

[xiaoxia5]

thanks sooo much for posting this! been awhile since i saw this. the best version of this song too!

[rawmac7]

Awesome upload!