About Street Songs by Rick James Album
'Street Songs' is the fifth studio album by American musician Rick James (featuring The Stone City Band. Released on April 7, 1981 by the Motown owned Gordy Records. Produced by Rick James (along with Alonzo Miller). The album contained US R&B & Dance #1 (US Charts #40) hit - "Give It to Me Baby" it was the lead song and single from the album which became James' second number one single on the R&B chart, spending five weeks at the top spot, The US Dance #1 (R&B #3 and overall US #16) was the fifth song on the album - "Super Freak" was also one of James' biggest hits and the R&B #38 (overall US #102) hit was the second track from the album - "Ghetto Life". The album peaked at #1 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Charts (#3 on Billboard 200). The final single and track from the album - "Fire And Desire" was a duet with Teena Marie a 7+ minutes soul ballad about unforgettable love and the condition it brings to the ones that have it, the track recieved heavy airplay and has since become a classic tune (James and Marie would reunite to perform the song at the 2004 BET Awards a few months before James' death). The album had recieved 2 big re-issues by 2014 - the Expanded Edition and the Deluxe Edition. The former edition containing 12-inch extended versions of "Give It To Me Baby - 12" Version" (Instrumental Version) and "Super Freak - 12" Version" (Instrumental Version), the latter edition containing the previous version along with instrumental versions and an additional disc with the live performance of the Long Beach Show (from July 30,1981).
