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DRESSED TO FUNK

Rick James, in CREEM last year, was quoted on the subject of his funkbunny rival, Prince: 'Long as he's in that pantyhose, he can forget it.' Yep, same Rick James who wears 'long-dreadlocked wigs all the time, but ain't no faggot nevertheless, why he's got women practically hanging onto his cock whenever he strides onstage...

February 1, 1983
Richard Riegel

DRESSED TO FUNK

PRINCE

1999

(Warner Bros.)

by Richard Riegel Rick James, in CREEM last year, was quoted on the subject of his funkbunny rival, Prince: 'Long as he's in that pantyhose, he can forget it.' Yep, same Rick James who wears 'long-dreadlocked wigs all the time, but ain't no faggot nevertheless, why he's got women practically hanging onto his cock whenever he strides onstage... Same diff back home, black guy I know doesn't want his teen daughter bringing any Prince records into the house, any brother who'd wear all those bitch garments in public is a bit sus-pect, at least, and yet this same protective pop's a Shriner his own self, he'll jump into his silky-trousered zouave suit and parade down the street on a moment's notice—it seems there's dressing-up, and then there's dressing-up, and Prince has been caught in the latter, with his meat stuffed into the opposite sex's L'eggs.

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