That moral dilemma is not the least bit lost on the creators of the new Showtime documentary Bitchin: The Sound and Fury of Rick James, who confront James’s notorious demons head-on. The Buffalo, N.Y., native also lived a famously destructive lifestyle, and his long, dark struggles with substance abuse - often involving benders and orgies that lasted days at a time - tarnished his musical legacy, particularly when it came to a pair of arrests from ugly drug-fueled incidents involving violence against women, one of which landed James in jail for three years. Rick James is one of the most dynamic, incomparable and multifaceted American musicians of all time - the Godfather of “Punk Funk” whose '70s and '80s megahits like “Super Freak,” “Give It to Me Baby,” “You and I” and “Mary Jane” are firmly entrenched as staples more than 40 years after their release. ![]() Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James is the new documentary about the legendary musician.
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