one song was important for the early 80's in "Super Freak" and then fast forward almost a decade later and "U can't touch" this becomes one of the most important songs ever in hip hop. now that is genius and rare 1)

was going to work with diana ross and then flips the script and works with Teena Marie, teaches her things in the studio and the rest is history 2)

has a huge hit with Eddie Murphy and don't act like "party all the time" still don't get some folks hyped? 3)

in the Most sampled and Looped category Ever and He won a Lifetime Ascap award back in 04 because his work has been sampled and looped so much 4)

Bro Man brought SMokey RObinson back with "Ebony Eyes" and that song was gospel. Bro Man had Grace Slick singing the hook on "69 times" 5)

Rick with Street songs went triple platinum with no MTV and just radio play,word of mouth and his live show. 6)

his stuff with Roy Ayers were always on point. Rick tried many diffeent musical styles. 7)

Rick was the last Funkateer who made his Band swing and yet when he switched to Synth Based funk he didn't lose a thing. 8)

even though the Mary Jane girls only made a couple of albums, "In my House" and a few other hits still hold up really strongly. he got the best out of acts he produced and wrote for. 9)

Berry Gordy gave rick a million up front because he knew Rick could always bring the cuts and Rick did for a very long time. 10)

a whole lot of acts bit Rick's thing and he called them out on it. he ain't never gotten his full due for the Punk funk and also for his musical stew. Bro Man sang like Eddie Levert and had a SLy Stone vibe and yet had a street thing going on in between with polish. incredible combination. 11)