Kickin' Explained

Kickin'
Type:Album
Artist:Rick James
Cover:RJKickin.jpg
Caption:Cover of 2014 release
Released:1989 (promo copy)
July 8, 2014 (commercial digital release)
Recorded:1988–1989
Genre:Funk/R&B/Soul
Length:49:34
Label:Warner Bros. Records
Producer:Rick James. Executive Producer: Benny Medina
Prev Title:Wonderful
Prev Year:1988
Next Title:Urban Rapsody
Next Year:1997

Kickin is a Rick James album from 1989, his 11th studio album. Officially shelved at the time, the album was released as a series of promotional copies in the United Kingdom by Warner Bros. Records.

After James' death in 2004, Kickin became available to download via torrent websites. In July 2014, in celebration of the release of his autobiography "Glow," the James' Estate released the album digitally, along with the rest of his discography.[1]

Track listing

  1. "Kickin"
  2. "Day and Night"
  3. "Teach Me"
  4. "Black and White"
  5. "Runaway Love"
  6. "School You" (re-titled "School Me" for commercial release)
  7. "Anything and Everything"
  8. "U Got It Real Good" (re-titled "You Got It Real Bad" for commercial release)
  9. "Get wit It"
  10. "Rock and Roll Eyes"

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rick James' Catalog Re-Released in Digital Form on July 8, to Coincide with New Autobiography, Glow – Yahoo Finance . finance.yahoo.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140715013424/http://finance.yahoo.com/news/rick-james-catalog-released-digital-130000590.html . July 15, 2014.