RUclips is THE TRUTH.....where else can you be watching one thing and then go look up THE THING that the OTHER THING was referencing and then WATCH IT?!?
What a legendary rivalry between Prince and Rick James. Prince forms The Time, Rick forms Process and the Doo Rags. Prince forms the Vanity 6, Rick James forms the Mary Jane Girls.
+Flann Flynn oh yes I saw that episode of Rick James I have no clue about Rick James doing a parody of Morris Day until I saw that clip now it makes sense why Rick James and Prince hated each other
Clearly Prince won that battle. The Time were much more successful. Whereas I didn't even know about this group until Mike Judge's "Tales from the Tour Bus" told me about Process & the Doo Rags. 😂
@@JBSauce Actually the two groups are nowhere similar. All you have to do is clean out your ears and listen. Both groups were very talented and I like their music. Actually Rick James always loved acapella groups and decided to put together a group. Where do you think the idea of Prince's various girl groups came from? Rick James sharing his plans for putting together a girl group while talking with Prince's manager. The Purple One was quick to put out his own girl group soon after. Their rivalry and hatred for each other went beyond music.
If you read Rick's book, Rick claims he told Prince about his plans to create such groups when they were touring together and felt that Prince stole the idea from him.
@@artopuikkonen Actually Rick had told Prince's manager who in turn told Prince. Rick learned to not make that error again. The music business is cutthroat.
This album came out in the 80's when I was stationed in Germany in the Air Force, it was after Purple Rain. I only say that because you no doubt saw process make a Morris Day look in the beginning. This song and most of the album was in heavy rotation in the clubs in Germany. I still play it and most of the songs are on my iPod.
I still love "The Bells". These brothers could harmonize! They use to walk around the Langfield projects, and we loved 'm. I wish they would've made more records.
oh, i thought you was talking about "The Bells" song by The Originals, Marvin Gaye's vocal group at Motown 1969-70 superb harmonizing group. Hit big with "Baby I'm For Real" but maybe this was before your time. Check them out on youtube.
Rick James’ back up band The Stone City Band (who recorded their own albums) were much more comparable to The Time (a self contained band) than Process & The Doo Rags, who were created more in the vein of harmony vocal and choreographed step groups like The Dramatics, The Temptations, The Manhattans, The Dells, Planet Patrol and The Force M.D.’s and the Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis produced group, Solo.
I recently purchased the albums Too Sharp and Colorful Changes on cd. I absolutely love old school music. I've been a Rick James fan since I bought Bustin' Out Of L7 on cassette back in 1979.
@@jakep714 Day can't sing and Process weak as tenor , that's my drift on it. MJ girls are singers and Vanity?hmm. Just keep it real, RJ and Prince case closed
Rick should've had them on some Temptations shit, because they can harmonize and got steps...but to push them as a bootleg version of The Time was incredibly STUPID.
nah chief. this wasnt it. like at all. they was sposed to be an answer to The Time? Going up against Prince? Morris Day? Jimmy and Terry? Jerome? Jellybean? Rick was on one for this.
Michael Jackson would not have touched Rick James with a 10 foot pole. Don't get me wrong, Rick James is only 2nd to George Clinton as the baddest funk master to ever walk this earth. He could write, produce, talent scout, and play a mean ass guitar. But Rick's attitude and work ethic were poor. And then there were the women and drugs. Rick James was way too rough for Michael's image in the 80s.
@@ironroad18 Exactly, MJ was the biggest star in the world, working in RJ's cast offs, I don't think so and yes the drugs and sex would have scared him off - too much time partying and not enough making music like Prince and MJ.
That’s my boy on the left Stacy (RIP) we used to play sports in our hood back in The Kenfield projects Buffalo NY. I remembered he and his siblings will be singing on the stoup almost every night when we were young and they all have beautiful voices! I was not surprise when I learned that he was going to be singing in a group for Rick James because he’s always had that light and he was funny as a m’fka!!!
totally agree! Motown had a group named Dynamic Superiors in 1972-76 who had the best stage presence that would make Doo Rags look silly. "Shoe Shoe Shine" and "Leave It Alone" were their top ten singles. The group was to be Motown's followup to the Temps. All this interest, just saying for fact conversation.
That wonderfully conceived Tour Bus tales bought me hear. These guys were supposed to be Rick Jame's equivalent of The Time. They weren't even close. The Time was an actual band. And they are STILL performing and are STILL funky. Even though Prince wrote most of the music for The Time, you wouldn't even know most of those amazing songs were written by Prince because he was so good at being his own genre...Jungle Love, Cool, 777-9311, Get It Up, Jerk Out...etc. This song by Process and the Doo Rags sounds exactly like a Rick James song that someone else is singing.
Damn Rick James should had stone city band compete against the the time lol Rick James thanks for teaching me to worry about me n be innovator don't worry about the next person success prince win damn rick
Precursor to five heartbeats in hindsight,Rick James wanting a Temptations,Stylistics,Delfonics with funk wasn't happening when this came out, however very adventurous on Rick's part
Mainly to upstage the much more talented Prince, Rick had them, Teena Marie, a singer from the Parlets, the MJ girls and also gave Eddie Murphy a hit - it was all an attempt to be Prince.
Prince was the opener for Rick James during the Fire It Up Tour in 1980 and by all eyewitnesses accounts Prince blew Rick off the stage and basically stole the tour. Prince opened up for the Rolling Stones a year later in 1981 for only a few dates during a break from his own Controversy Tour which he was already headlining. The Rolling Stones audience was very hostile and abusive. They didn't know what to make of Prince. The point is that Prince did not join Rick's tour after being removed ftom the Stones tour. That Tales From The Tour Bus episode got a lot of dates and details wrong and was clearly biased from the Stone City Band's point of view.
Rick James only produced Teena Marie's first album Wild and Peaceful and they collaborated on two more songs "Fire and Desire" and "Happy" Teena Marie joined Rick James onstage for "Fire and Desire" during the Street Songs Tour but that was it. People have this misconception that Teena was Rick's protege like Vanity was to Prince when in truth Teena was a mulit-talented artist and songwriter/producer in her own right. Her career took off after her and Rick's relationship desolved and when she sued Berry Gordy and got emancipated from Motown, She really became successful. Rick stated that he hoped her first album after leaving Motown would fail. The album "Robbery" blew up and became a huge crossover hit in 1983. It was her most successful album up to that point.
Had this come out in 81 or 82 it would have worked and the gimmick possibly more accepted..sadly by 85 the music buying community just wasn't feeling it. They had potential just too late to the scene
I have not seen this since they came out. I think they would've been more successful had Rick not made them a copycat Time group. That was an automatic red flag. The irony of all this is Morris Day was videotaping Prince's performance while Prince was opening up for Rick
Tales from the tour bus brought me here ..Irie !!
Me too
Me too
Got through watching the episode
They be too addictive and too funny not too much
Me too
As a daily du rag wearer, now that I have heard this my life is complete.
But you ain’t never had a friend like me
The Time, The Temptations & The 5 Heartbeats wrapped up in one!! Lol
Rick James was high as fuck when he created this group! A Mix between The Temps and Morris Day LMAO!!!!!!
anybody else here cuz of the youtube thumb nail talking about rick james an prince???
Pretty much
this is a Rick James produced group!
No. MV3 back in the day.
Rick was REALLY jealous of Prince
Temptation dance steps, the Time’s look. Epic fail
Same here. I'm 57 and have never heard of them.
Yep ..I never heard of this group! I thought I heard every group in that era!🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪 in my 50's as well.
I have they came out after "The Time". I'm also 57
You only need to hear about 15 seconds of the intro to know that Rick James was behind this.
Soon as those drum kick in you know Rick James is all over this.....
Wasnt this prince group ??
@@bboymac84 No, this was Rick James' group. You might be thinking of The Time.
@@bboymac84 no the time was prince group, this was a project of Rick James the drums the horns and bass is all Rick all day.
Prince and Rick had little rival going on when these guys came out Prince formed the Time.
RUclips is THE TRUTH.....where else can you be watching one thing and then go look up THE THING that the OTHER THING was referencing and then WATCH IT?!?
If I didn't know better I would've thought this was a deleted scene from The Five Heartbeats.
😂😂😂
What a legendary rivalry between Prince and Rick James. Prince forms The Time, Rick forms Process and the Doo Rags. Prince forms the Vanity 6, Rick James forms the Mary Jane Girls.
This was one over looked group. The guys had good vocals and what made them sound even better was the Stone City Band playing for them...
They should have been overlooked.. It was corny then and it's super corny now...
@@lewisjl9867 😂
@@lewisjl9867 true because this was the 80s and they don't some old shit
This was Rick James answer to Morris Day but it was really his own version of The Temptations
You been watching Tales from the Tour bus?
+Flann Flynn oh yes I saw that episode of Rick James I have no clue about Rick James doing a parody of Morris Day until I saw that clip now it makes sense why Rick James and Prince hated each other
Gee I wonder why this didn't take off?
Prince micromanaged the time, Rick was to high to micromanage his bands
wow. Rick really thought he was making his own version of the Time, huh?? LOL
Clearly Prince won that battle. The Time were much more successful. Whereas I didn't even know about this group until Mike Judge's "Tales from the Tour Bus" told me about Process & the Doo Rags. 😂
@@JBSauce Actually the two groups are nowhere similar. All you have to do is clean out your ears and listen. Both groups were very talented and I like their music. Actually Rick James always loved acapella groups and decided to put together a group. Where do you think the idea of Prince's various girl groups came from? Rick James sharing his plans for putting together a girl group while talking with Prince's manager. The Purple One was quick to put out his own girl group soon after. Their rivalry and hatred for each other went beyond music.
@@JBSauce yeah but Rick won the 2nd battle with the female group.. Mary Jane girls shitted on Vanity 6 💯💯
If you read Rick's book, Rick claims he told Prince about his plans to create such groups when they were touring together and felt that Prince stole the idea from him.
@@artopuikkonen Actually Rick had told Prince's manager who in turn told Prince. Rick learned to not make that error again. The music business is cutthroat.
That 4 man moonwalk ...awesome
The lead singer is the brother of the lead singer of the Mary Jane Girls
Wow! No clue
Came here from Tales of the Tour Bus and this song is actually really good.
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This album came out in the 80's when I was stationed in Germany in the Air Force, it was after Purple Rain. I only say that because you no doubt saw process make a Morris Day look in the beginning. This song and most of the album was in heavy rotation in the clubs in Germany. I still play it and most of the songs are on my iPod.
I was stationed in Germany also in the 80s , Greeting general this is commander Boscoe reporting for duty !
Never heard of them before but they're like a doo wop group. Rick James sang doo wop before he became one of the kings of funk.
That DooRags part kills me! 😂
Charlie murphy brought me here. Wtf
I still love "The Bells". These brothers could harmonize! They use to walk around the Langfield projects, and we loved 'm. I wish they would've made more records.
The dells
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oh, i thought you was talking about "The Bells" song by The Originals, Marvin Gaye's vocal group at Motown 1969-70 superb harmonizing group. Hit big with "Baby I'm For Real" but maybe this was before your time. Check them out on youtube.
...a nice little Rick James production
Rick James was high as fuck when he formed this group
HAD TO BE LOL
Soon as this comes on you know it's a Rick James sound...…..
Rick James’ back up band The Stone City Band (who recorded their own albums) were much more comparable to The Time (a self contained band) than Process & The Doo Rags, who were created more in the vein of harmony vocal and choreographed step groups like The Dramatics, The Temptations, The Manhattans, The Dells, Planet Patrol and The Force M.D.’s and the Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis produced group, Solo.
!!I totally agree!!
Thanks for sharing! Lovely, beautiful and gives me a lot of good old feelings back in these days
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I recently purchased the albums Too Sharp and Colorful Changes on cd. I absolutely love old school music. I've been a Rick James fan since I bought Bustin' Out Of L7 on cassette back in 1979.
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My cousin was the lead singer! Sing( Bunty ) James Hawkins! Fine as hell!
Michelle Jones I remember Bunty
The Mary Jane Girls -In My House
My favorite part of this song come at the 4"50 mark....
This is probably how Robert Townsend got his idea for the film "The Five Heartbeats."
These brothers are tight!!!
KILLED IT! RICK JAMES
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Those guys did the back slide or what some people know as the "moon walk"
I have no idea why this cut randomly popped into my head today, but it did. I remember being conflicted about buying this 45. LOL
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Check out there song Oh What a Night it's a cool ballad with Rick James
Rick James Unsung brought me here
A friend of mine used the doo-wop bit in the beginning as the intro for his answering machine.
This dude sings way better than Morris day.
Nah, Gigalos Get Lonely Too.
Morris actually displays some vocals.
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Ahhh hell no . I know he did not just say that
@@jakep714 Day can't sing and Process weak as tenor , that's my drift on it. MJ girls are singers and Vanity?hmm. Just keep it real, RJ and Prince case closed
Funky dance moves
It brought me here aswell.
Rick should've had them on some Temptations shit, because they can harmonize and got steps...but to push them as a bootleg version of The Time was incredibly STUPID.
Flash “It’s Lonely at the Top”
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Great line hahaha 5:33
tales too, Processing
This was rick james answer to prince's THE TIME.
nah chief. this wasnt it. like at all. they was sposed to be an answer to The Time? Going up against Prince? Morris Day? Jimmy and Terry? Jerome? Jellybean? Rick was on one for this.
1ST SAW THEM ON SOUL TRAIN N THE 80' S , THEY DIDN'T LAST LONG....
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I saw them perform JFK Park Buffalo New York Clinton and Jefferson area
Rick james should have had michael jackson lead the group. I can imagine michael and the doo rags. It would have been michael’s second group.
Michael Jackson would not have touched Rick James with a 10 foot pole. Don't get me wrong, Rick James is only 2nd to George Clinton as the baddest funk master to ever walk this earth. He could write, produce, talent scout, and play a mean ass guitar. But Rick's attitude and work ethic were poor. And then there were the women and drugs. Rick James was way too rough for Michael's image in the 80s.
@@ironroad18 Exactly, MJ was the biggest star in the world, working in RJ's cast offs, I don't think so and yes the drugs and sex would have scared him off - too much time partying and not enough making music like Prince and MJ.
sho you right
Hey vlaidmir, tales from the bus brought me here too.
That’s my boy on the left Stacy (RIP) we used to play sports in our hood back in The Kenfield projects Buffalo NY. I remembered he and his siblings will be singing on the stoup almost every night when we were young and they all have beautiful voices! I was not surprise when I learned that he was going to be singing in a group for Rick James because he’s always had that light and he was funny as a m’fka!!!
This Group That Rick James Brought Out Absolutely Sucked Rick James Was So Jealous Of Prince.
totally agree! Motown had a group named Dynamic Superiors in 1972-76 who had the best stage presence that would make Doo Rags look silly. "Shoe Shoe Shine" and "Leave It Alone" were their top ten singles. The group was to be Motown's followup to the Temps. All this interest, just saying for fact conversation.
That wonderfully conceived Tour Bus tales bought me hear. These guys were supposed to be Rick Jame's equivalent of The Time. They weren't even close. The Time was an actual band. And they are STILL performing and are STILL funky. Even though Prince wrote most of the music for The Time, you wouldn't even know most of those amazing songs were written by Prince because he was so good at being his own genre...Jungle Love, Cool, 777-9311, Get It Up, Jerk Out...etc. This song by Process and the Doo Rags sounds exactly like a Rick James song that someone else is singing.
The Original Silhouette Challenge at 0:42
Who nuff old school goals style clothes vocals choreography kids today should watch this and learn
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Jerry Rainey drums
Look at this dude
After these guys finished The Five Heartbeats came on and won the singing competition
Damn Rick James should had stone city band compete against the the time lol Rick James thanks for teaching me to worry about me n be innovator don't worry about the next person success prince win damn rick
i wonder how long it took them to get the choeragrahy together because they were on point.
mrstanbmw They had it down didn't they...
Say doo rags
@@dinkyb2000 👏🏾😆
Precursor to five heartbeats in hindsight,Rick James wanting a Temptations,Stylistics,Delfonics with funk wasn't happening when this came out, however very adventurous on Rick's part
Tales from the tour bus
This sounds like Mary Jane Girls in your house
They were also produced by Rick James. That's why they sound like The Mary Jane Girls.
And I thought I was the only one thinking like that !👍🏿
Just thinking of this Group and i googled them glad i Did
These guys are like a 45-year old boy band.
Good job uncle bunty
it’s sad rick james tired himself out trying to keep up with prince because this right here is a hot mess
Was this group formed for tax write off purposes? Smh
lmao
I am cracking up with laughter at the tax write off joke😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆
Mainly to upstage the much more talented Prince, Rick had them, Teena Marie, a singer from the Parlets, the MJ girls and also gave Eddie Murphy a hit - it was all an attempt to be Prince.
I dig the lead singers jam.If these dudes had better management they could've stepped to Morris Day and the Time.
The Opensider nah
They would’ve been bigger if rick pushed ( talking promotion and interviews). them more😣..
They look like amateur hour at the Apollo I like son and came rushing out to
Who choreographed this? Ozone (Shabba doo)?
Water down Temptations...
This shit here to funny boi.😁😁
Prince was the opener for Rick James during the Fire It Up Tour in 1980 and by all eyewitnesses accounts Prince blew Rick off the stage and basically stole the tour. Prince opened up for the Rolling Stones a year later in 1981 for only a few dates during a break from his own Controversy Tour which he was already headlining. The Rolling Stones audience was very hostile and abusive. They didn't know what to make of Prince. The point is that Prince did not join Rick's tour after being removed ftom the Stones tour. That Tales From The Tour Bus episode got a lot of dates and details wrong and was clearly biased from the Stone City Band's point of view.
Aww the five heart beats knockoff.
Same
What in the five heartbeats hell
Mut have been Rick's crack buddies
Rick James only produced Teena Marie's first album Wild and Peaceful and they collaborated on two more songs "Fire and Desire" and "Happy" Teena Marie joined Rick James onstage for "Fire and Desire" during the Street Songs Tour but that was it. People have this misconception that Teena was Rick's protege like Vanity was to Prince when in truth Teena was a mulit-talented artist and songwriter/producer in her own right. Her career took off after her and Rick's relationship desolved and when she sued Berry Gordy and got emancipated from Motown, She really became successful. Rick stated that he hoped her first album after leaving Motown would fail. The album "Robbery" blew up and became a huge crossover hit in 1983. It was her most successful album up to that point.
So it's someone else who remembers this video lol
Sorry. The Time wins hands down♀️
Uh yeah
Music was so fresh and multidimensional back then , nowadays music is so one dimensional. You can read the book by its cover.
I remember hearing about them but i had know idea Rick James had any thing to do with group I thought it was prince
Rick hooked the beat up but they could've been one of the groups in the 5 Heartbeats movie.
Had this come out in 81 or 82 it would have worked and the gimmick possibly more accepted..sadly by 85 the music buying community just wasn't feeling it. They had potential just too late to the scene
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They ain’t got nothing on The Time!!!!!!
Funniest shit Ive ever seen in my life
I know right this is Rick James answer to Morris Day and the Time but he was actually paying tribute to the Temptations
this is awful
Does the lead singer kind of remind you of Morris day Rick sure was taking a rip off of the Morris day thing
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I have not seen this since they came out. I think they would've been more successful had Rick not made them a copycat Time group. That was an automatic red flag. The irony of all this is Morris Day was videotaping Prince's performance while Prince was opening up for Rick
Rejected wannabe Five Heartbeats
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Corniest shit I've ever seen! 😂
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