Table of Contents
Dedication v
Acknowledgment vii
Preface ix
Introduction. Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll 1
The Beginning 7
A Child's Heart 9
Welcome to the White World 13
Love Thy Neighbor 15
Time for Some Respect 17
Sports, Gangs 19
Oh Happy Day! 23
Failures Make You Stronger 25
Victory 27
The Change 29
Time to Move on 31
Black and Proud 33
One Bad Habit 37
Funk Uncle Sam 39
Oh, Canada 43
Whole New World 49
The Mynah Bird Days 51
Starting Over 55
Motown, Here we Come 59
I Surrender 61
The Escape 65
California Bound 69
Acid Time 73
Busted 77
After The Fall 81
Going Back to Cali 85
C.S.N.Y. 89
On My Own 93
The New Salt 'n Pepper 97
Papa Rick 101
My First Big Band 105
The Drug Smuggler 107
My Own Record Label 119
My First Single 125
Creating An Image 129
"You and I"-the First Hit 131
The Stone City Band 133
Double Platinum 149
Teena Maria 153
The Magical Funk Tour 159
Me and Prince 165
King of Funk 169
Super Freak 173
Beginning a New Era 189
Throwin' Down 199
Germany 207
MTV and Me 213
A Family Affair 217
Process and the Doo Rags 223
Cold Blooded 227
Reflections 249
Eddie and Me 255
Straight and Sober 263
The End of Motown 275
The Lawsuit Years 283
Love Thy Brother 299
Me and Norma Jean 303
Warner Bros. Records 313
Born Again 317
The Devil Rides Again 323
Witches' Brew 329
Folsom Prison Blues 343
Urban Rhapsody 365
The Next Beginning 367
Epilogue 375
Discography 389
Index 397