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3.0 out of 5 stars
Everybody's got to start somewhere..., December 2, 2000
This review is from: Are You Serious (Audio CD)
I won't lie to you--I was a little disappointed with this album, which was released much later than it was actually recorded (which was early in Richard's career, somewhere around the release of his first album; there's some overlap in material). But it's Richard during his cleanest hours, and it's still quite funny.
In this outing, he relies more on long-winded anecdotes (played fairly straight), more slightly amusing than drop-dead hilarious, but my favourite bit is the 'Silk-on-silk healer', and especially 'Leroy.'
I'd only recommend this album to completists rather than casual fans, but it still fits in nicely as a companion piece to his first three albums and the "Live & Smokin" video. By the time this was recorded, the best Richard Pryor material had yet to arrive.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Pryor - the GENIUS still lives!!!!!!, July 21, 2008
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What can I say? Here is some older Pryor stuff. If you love him and cannot get enough, get this older one. Comedy genius at its best. Old comedians never really die.
Irene
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