Glow: The Autobiography of Rick James

“A raw and authentic accounting of Rick James' life and times.” (USA Today)“Intriguing as a pipe-filled motel-room breakdown.” (Rolling Stone)“A fast-paced memoir recounting his sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll exploits.” (Publishers Weekly)Unflinching . manages to temporarily separate the story of the monster from the story of Rick James, the way Marvel Comics occasionally pulls apart Bruce Banner and the Hulk. (Alex Pappademas, Grantland )“An engrossing portrait of his life and career.” (Vulture)“As close as we’ll ever get to the real thing.” (Jeff Simon, The Buffalo News )

Rick James was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer, best known for popularizing funk music in the late 1970s and early 1980s thanks to million-selling hits.

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"Not a bad book, but I thought this was another Rick" according to T. Daniels. Not a bad book, but I thought this was another Rick James autobiography. I thought that he covered everything in The Confessions of Rick James: Memoirs of a Super Freak and there was no way he had wrote another before his passing and this was the case. This book is simply an edited version of Memoirs of a Super Freak. If you read the other years ago, there is no need to read this one. Great book written in Rick's words, but it's more tame and doesn't go into every little detail. There was no need for me to finish reading this book, bec. "Good read" according to L. Wright. I just started reading this book, about halfway through. It's enlightening that Rick James didn't take music lessons and that he was a signed artist at Motown 2 times. His mother comes off as an interesting character and I wish we had more mom. He rarely writes about his other brothers and sisters so I assume they were not close. James does a lot of name-dropping and it gets a bit tedious. It's in the first person, and he comes off as in love with himself too much, but he also drops opinion about other musicians and their musicianship.. "Rick James, The Chaotic and Loving Man." according to Amber. This book deserves nothing but resounding applause for being one of the most interesting autobiographies ever written. I could not stop reading it! From start to finish, Rick kept you wanting more and cringing at what would evolve next. I loved how raw, enigmatic, enlightening and jarring it was. His life was truly one of complete indulgence and almost everything you could encompass in one lifetime plus more. Written through his words and thoughts alone, I could absolutely feel each syllable. He was just who he was and he spoke to that