http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.69001&rws=%2Frichard-pryor%2Ftop-tracks.rssRichard Pryor somehow managed to bring comedy to new highs and lows simultaneously. Like Lenny Bruce, he spoke of important social topics with a potty mouth. Like Redd Foxx, he didn't shy away from the more ribald aspects of African-American life. But unlike so many post-Eddie Murphy hacks, Pryor's work was passionate, political, personal, and painful. He owned comedy in the 1970s with a series of movies and extremely influential Stand-Up records, but serious drug problems had him literally bursting into flames by 1980. Pryor survived, but he became more of a nuanced storyteller than comic after that. The early 1980s saw him become more mainstream than ever, but Pryor was unable to enjoy his popular peak (circa <i>The Toy</i>) for long. Advanced multiple sclerosis made this uncontainable genius lose control of his motor functions and speech. As painful as it's been to see Pryor's health decline, his old routines still sparkle with brilliance. Revisit them and find how American injustice can still be fought with laughter. - Nick DedinaStand-Up Comedyen720Wed, 9 Dec 2009 13:44:40 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.69001&rws=%2Frichard-pryor%2Ftop-tracks.rss Richard Pryor somehow managed to bring comedy to new highs and lows simultaneously. Like Lenny Bruce, he spoke of important social topics with a potty mouth. Like Redd Foxx, he didn't shy away from the more ribald aspects of African-American life. But unlike so many post-Eddie Murphy hacks, Pryor's work was passionate, political, personal, and painful. He owned comedy in the 1970s with a series of movies and extremely influential Stand-Up records, but serious drug problems had him literally bursting into flames by 1980. Pryor survived, but he became more of a nuanced storyteller than comic after that. The early 1980s saw him become more mainstream than ever, but Pryor was unable to enjoy his popular peak (circa <i>The Toy</i>) for long. Advanced multiple sclerosis made this uncontainable genius lose control of his motor functions and speech. As painful as it's been to see Pryor's health decline, his old routines still sparkle with brilliance. Revisit them and find how American injustice can still be fought with laughter. - Nick Dedina http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16120541&rws=%2Frichard-pryor%2Ftop-tracks.rss Stand-Up Comedy Fri, 15 May 2009 06:44:17 -0700 Top Tracks by Richard Pryor on Rhapsody Online 16120541 tra.16120541 Richard Pryor art.69001 0.99 Wattstax: The Living Word alb.16114646 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/3/2/1/1871232_170x170.jpg 2007-08-28 00:00:00.0 null true Arrest/Lineup tra.16120541 159000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16120541&rws=%2Frichard-pryor%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16120541&variant=data&rws=%2Frichard-pryor%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16120540&rws=%2Frichard-pryor%2Ftop-tracks.rss Stand-Up Comedy Fri, 15 May 2009 06:44:17 -0700 Top Tracks by Richard Pryor on Rhapsody Online 16120540 tra.16120540 Richard Pryor art.69001 0.99 Wattstax: The Living Word alb.16114646 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/3/2/1/1871232_170x170.jpg 2007-08-28 00:00:00.0 null true N*gg*s tra.16120540 141000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16120540&rws=%2Frichard-pryor%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.16120540&variant=data&rws=%2Frichard-pryor%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.21539474&rws=%2Frichard-pryor%2Ftop-tracks.rss Stand-Up Comedy Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:39:11 -0700 Top Tracks by Richard Pryor on Rhapsody Online 21539474 tra.21539474 Richard Pryor art.69001 0.99 20th Birthday of the Comedy Store alb.21549170 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/8/1/5/1295180_170x170.jpg 2008-06-17 00:00:00.0 null true Getting Married (Live) tra.21539474 204000 http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.21539474&rws=%2Frichard-pryor%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://mp3.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.21539474&variant=data&rws=%2Frichard-pryor%2Ftop-tracks.rss