Rick Ross (The Song!)

 Not only does Rick Ross make music, but people make music about him 

Listen to Soulja Boy's new single, Rick Ross. 

Ric Flair and Hip Hop?

Hip-Hop musician Killer Mike has a new song and video.  And it involves classic Ric Flair videos.   

St. Patrick's Day!

Happy St Patrick's Day!  PVRIS has a song with his name (not really about him...)!  And for a bonus, Irish kids talk about St Patrick!

Rickshaw (The Song!)

Rickshaw is the tenth track on The Desert Session 5/6, a side project by musician Josh Homme (from Queens of the Stone Age)

Listen to it.  Then tell me how you like it.

Rikki Tikki Tavi (song)

Some time ago, we talked about Rikki Tikki Tavi, the animated show.  A somewhat classic cartoon, great for kids.  This is not the same.  It's interesting, though.  This is a rock song by the group Fair to Midland.  They were formed in 1998 and hail from the Dallas, TX area.  They unfortunately have no members named Rick.

http://youtu.be/hc16HBULCf0

Here are the lyrics, if you want.

Rikki Don't Lose That Number

By Steely Dan, Rikki Don't Lose that Number propelled the album Pretzel Logic to #4 on the Billboard charts in 1974. 

Want to know who Rikki is, and why that number is important?  Well, per Wikipedia:

In the March 24, 2006 issue of Entertainment Weekly, in an article titled "Back to Annandale", it was revealed that Rikki Ducornet was the apparent inspiration for the song due to a friendship songwriter Donald Fagen had with Ducornet while he attended Bard College. Ducornet was pregnant and married at the time, but recalls Fagen did give her his phone number at a college party while attending Bard and said that she believed she was the subject of the song. Fagen would not confirm the story.

Ricky (song)

Since we talked about Ricky Ricardo last week, this seems only fitting.
 
"Ricky" is a 1983 Weird Al Yankovic song that parodies the Toni Basil song "Mickey".  The Wikipedia entry says that it was Weird Al's first music video.

"Mickey" after the jump, if you're curious.

Ricky's Theme

(Ed. note:  Had this post made up, but I wasn't sure when I was going to use it.  Due to the death of Beastie Boy MCA today, that time is now.)

Ricky's Theme is a song by the Beastie Boys.  Apparently it was originally on their album Ill Communication, but I know it from their all-instrumental album The In Sound from Way Out!   Below is the song via Grooveshark, and also a youtube clip if you prefer watching your music.