I'm Rick James: The Definitive DVD
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Actor: Rick JamesBrand: Universal Studios
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 135 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-03-24
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Motown
DVD Reviews of I'm Rick James: The Definitive DVD
DVD Review: Freeze!
Summary: 3 Stars
I've never seen the Dave Chappelle parody of the late Rick James but from what I gather, the comedian plays him as an arrogant version of Little Richard. As we see in the 2009 compilation I'M RICK JAMES: THE DEFINITIVE D.V.D., Rick James had his share of swagger but saved it for the stage, appearing gracious in the interview segments this two-disc set presents. He is unfailingly polite as Dinah Shore interviews him on the DINAH! talk show. In a music awards program acceptance speech Rick James makes via remote video he is all but tongue-tied; rather than appear with groupies, James has his dog with him as he humbly accepts the honor and, picking up an acoustic guitar, recaps his sentiments by improvising a song of thanks.
Someone wore out a pair of shoes compiling the I'M RICK JAMES selections. The D.V.D. presents more than two dozen songs including eight promotional videos, three live concert performances, and numerous television appearances. As Neil Young recalled about his time in a band with him in the 1960s, Rick James takes control, so it may not surprise you to see the three concert songs, where no video director or television producer is telling him what to do, providing the finest moments of I'M RICK JAMES as he leads the audience in call-and-response and shares the spotlight with the musicians of his talented band.
I remember the television show DON KIRSHNER'S ROCK CONCERT allowing groups to play live, but like all such Rick James T.V. appearances on I'M RICK JAMES, they mime to the record in every KIRSHNER performance.
Of the eight promo videos, "Ebony Eyes," "Give It To Me, Baby" and "Super Freak" stand out. The ambitious "Ebony Eyes" sets Rick James and guest vocalist Smokey Robinson marooned on a small island, missing their women. "Give It To Me, Baby" has James and an actress playing out some sort of ritual cat-and-mouse game. And a conventional, typically low-budget early 1980s music video, "Super Freak" commands attention just on the strength of the man's charisma.
Please note that the three concert songs appearing on I'M RICK JAMES are available on another D.V.D., RICK JAMES: SUPER FREAK LIVE 1982, from a show he gave in Germany. If the rest is as good as the three numbers I'M RICK JAMES offers, it is worth seeking.
I'M RICK JAMES presents no music outside of Rick James's Motown career, which ended in 1986. The D.V.D. has at least one song from every Rick James album made for Motown except THE FLAG. However, brief clips of radio interviews include one where promotes his first Warner Brothers album WONDERFUL in 1988.
Long live the music of Rick James. See I'M RICK JAMES: THE DEFINITIVE D.V.D..
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