Original: Rick James was the first funk musician of the 1980s to assume the funk mantle dominated by P-Funk in the 1970s . His 1981 album Street Songs with the singles '' Give It To Me Baby '' and '' Super Freak '' resulted in James becoming a star , and paved the way for the future direction of explicitness in funk .
Simplified: Rick James had hits in the 1980s with funk songs such as '' Give It To Me Baby '' and '' Super Freak . ''