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Urban Rapsody
Type:studio
Artist:Rick James
Cover:Rick James - Urban Rapsody album cover.jpg
Released:October 14, 1997
Genre:Funk rap
Length:72:28
Label:Private-I/Mercury/PolyGram[1]
Producer:Rick James, Daniel LeMelle
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Urban Rapsody is an album by the American funk singer Rick James.[2] [3] It was released through Mercury Records and Private-I Records in 1997, and was the final album released in his lifetime. The album combines rap and funk.

Urban Rapsody received a Parental Advisory sticker, James's only album with one. It was his first release since 1988's Wonderful, due to substance abuse problems and an extended period of incarceration.

The album peaked at #170 on the Billboard charts.[4]

Critical reception

The New Rolling Stone Album Guide gave the album 1.5 stars (out of 5), writing that it is a "cannily conservative attempt to recapture the R&B portion of his audience, but it lacks the fire of his early hits."[5]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Rick James, except where noted.

  1. "Urban Rapsody" (James, LeMelle, Rappin' 4-Tay)
  2. "West Coast Thing" (James, Shepherd)
  3. "Somebody's Watching You" (James, Shepherd)
  4. "Back in You Again"
  5. "Turn It Out"
  6. "Good Ol' Days"
  7. "Player's Way" (James, Snoop Dogg, Shepherd)
  8. "Never Say You Love Me"
  9. "It's Time" (James, Shepherd, Neb Love)
  10. "So Soft So Wet" (James, Shepherd)
  11. "Bring on the Love"
  12. "Mama's Eyes" (James, Shepherd)
  13. "Soul Sista"
  14. "Favorite Flava" (James, Shepherd, Neb Love)
  15. "Urban Rapsody (Reprise)" (James, LeMelle)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Freak Out! Rick James Leaves Prison a New Man. Thomas. Conner. Tulsa World.
  2. Web site: Freedom Funk : A Liberated Rick James Isn't Singing Any Folsom Prison Blues. September 27, 1997. Los Angeles Times.
  3. Web site: RICK JAMES /REACHES DEEP INTO HIS PAST FOR SHOW AT THE SHOW AT THE PALACE. Roger. Catlin. courant.com.
  4. Web site: Rick James. Billboard.
  5. Book: The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Nathan. Brackett. Christian David. Hoard. July 11, 2004. Simon and Schuster. 9780743201698. Google Books.

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