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A1	Give It To Me Baby Words By, Music By – Rick James	4:07
A2	Ghetto Life Words By, Music By – Rick James	4:20
A3	Make Love To Me Words By, Music By – Rick James	4:48
A4	Mr. Policeman Words By, Music By – Rick James	4:17
B1	Super Freak Words By, Music By – Alonzo Miller, Rick James	3:25
B2	Fire And Desire Words By, Music By – Rick James	7:19
B3	Call Me Up Words By, Music By – Rick James	3:54
B4	Below The Funk (Pass The J) Words By, Music By – Rick James	2:36

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Record Plant, Sausalito
• Recorded At – Motown Recording Studios
• Mixed At – Westlake Audio
• Mastered At – Allen Zentz Mastering
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Motown Record Corporation
• Copyright (c) – Motown Record Corporation

Credits

• Arranged By [Horn Arrangements] – Daniel LeMelle, Rick James
• Arranged By [String Arrangements] – Daniel LeMelle, Reggie Andrews, Rick James
• Art Direction – Johnny Lee
• Backing Vocals [Singers] – Jackie Ruffin, Jane't DuBois*, Julia Waters Tillman*, Lawrence Hilton Jacobs, Levi Ruffin, Jr.*, Marci Thomas, Maxine Waters Willard*, Melvin Franklin (tracks: A1), Pattie Brooks, Rick James, Teena Marie (tracks: A1, A4, B2), The Mary Jane Band, The Temptations (tracks: A2, B1)
• Bass, Percussion – Oscar Alston
• Concertmaster [String Session] – Charles Veal, Jr.*
• Contractor [String] – Rollace Dale*
• Design – Ginny Livingston
• Design [Logo] – Norman Moore
• Drums – Lanise Hughes, Narada Michael Walden (tracks: A3), Steve Price (tracks: A3)
• Engineer [Assistant] – Michael Johnson , Tony Autore
• Engineer [Mastering] – Chris Bellman
• Engineer [Mixing] – Bobby Brooks, Tom "Super" Flye*
• Engineer [Recording] – Bobby Brooks, Rick "Port Hole"*, Tom "Super" Flye*
• Executive-Producer – Alonzo Miller (tracks: A3, B1, B2)
• Flute [Tenor] – Gerald Albright (tracks: A3, B2)
• Flute, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Daniel LeMelle
• Guitar, Percussion – Tom McDermott
• Handclaps – Aaron Dublin, California St. Clair, Daniel LeMelle, Levi Ruffin, Jr.*, Lisa Sarna, Oscar Alston, Teena Marie, Victor Reed
• Harmonica – Stevie Wonder (tracks: A4)
• Keyboards, Clavinet, Organ [Hammond B3] – Erskine Williams
• Lead Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Percussion, Drums, Timbales, Timpani [Tympani], Cover [Cover Concept] – Rick James
• Percussion – Armando Peraza, Bugsy Wilcox, Nate Hughes, Raul Rekow
• Photography By – Ron Slenzak
• Producer, Written-By, Arranged By – Rick James
• Synthesizer [String Ensemble], Synthesizer [Obx], Backing Vocals – Levi Ruffin, Jr.*
• Trombone, Flute – John Ervin
• Trumpet – Fernando Harkless, Roy Poper
• Trumpet, Piccolo Flute, Flugelhorn [Fluegelhorn] – Cliff Ervin
• Vibraphone [Vibes] – Donny Keider
• Violin – Larry Hansen (tracks: A2)

Notes

Recorded at The Record Plant, Sausalito, California & Motown/Hitsville U.S.A. Recording Studios, Hollywood, California
Mixed Down at West Lake Audio, Los Angeles, California
Mastered at Allen Zentz Mastering, Los Angeles, California

℗ 1981 & Trademark Motown Record Corporation

deadwax info :

side 1 : G8-1002M1A-1G COLUMBIA NY
side 2 : E G8-1002M1B-1G COLUMBIA NY TX

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 6 02547 27100 6

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
G8-1002M1	Rick James	Street Songs ‎(LP, Album)	Gordy	G8-1002M1	US	1981
530 218-2	Rick James	Street Songs ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Motown	530 218-2	Europe	1993
STML 6208	Rick James	Street Songs ‎(LP, Album)	Motown	STML 6208	New Zealand	1981
GB-1002M1B	Rick James	Street Songs ‎(LP, Album)	Motown	GB-1002M1B	Israel	1981
3C 006-64358	Rick James	Street Songs ‎(LP, Album)	Motown	3C 006-64358	Italy	1981

Tracklist

A1	Give It To Me Baby
A2	Ghetto Life
A3	Make Love To Me
A4	Mr. Policeman
B1	Super Freak
B2	Fire And Desire
B3	Call Me
B4	Below The Funk (Pass The J)

Credits

• Written By, Producer – Rick James

Notes

℗ 1981 Motown Record Corporation
© 1981 Canada - Quality Records Limited.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
G8-1002M1	Rick James	Street Songs ‎(LP, Album)	Gordy	G8-1002M1	US	1981
530 218-2	Rick James	Street Songs ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Motown	530 218-2	Europe	1993
STML 6208	Rick James	Street Songs ‎(LP, Album)	Motown	STML 6208	New Zealand	1981
GB-1002M1B	Rick James	Street Songs ‎(LP, Album)	Motown	GB-1002M1B	Israel	1981
3C 006-64358	Rick James	Street Songs ‎(LP, Album)	Motown	3C 006-64358	Italy	1981