Greatest of All Time!Super Freak
Three Temptations sang backup on Rick James' signature hit -- and its bassline would go on to make more money for James a second time, nine years later, as someone else's No. 1.
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Rick James
Buffalo-born singer, bassist, and producer who built the "punk-funk" sound of his late-1970s and early-1980s Motown records. "Super Freak," from 1981's Street Songs, became his signature hit and, nine years later, the source of the sampled bassline underneath MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This" -- a sample that netted James a songwriting credit and a share of Hammer's 1991 Grammy.
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