{"product_id":"pre-order-richard-pryor-i-hope-im-funny-the-warner-albums-1974-1983-box-set-lp","title":"Richard Pryor - I Hope I'm Funny: The Warner Albums (1974-1983) - Box Set LP","description":"\u003csection class=\"productView-details product-options\"\u003e\n\u003carticle class=\"productView-description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tabs-contents\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tab-description\" class=\"tab-content is-active\"\u003e\n\u003cheader\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e6 Comedy Classics in a Limited Edition 7LP Box Set!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/header\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShocking. Hilarious. Boundary-defying. Fearless. Brilliant. In the world of comedy, few names resonate as powerfully as Richard Pryor. Regarded as one of the greatest and most influential comedians of all time, Pryor's ability to weave incisive social and political observations into his storytelling has left an indelible mark on the genre. His comedic legacy goes beyond awards and accolades; he used humor to explore complex themes like race, addiction, and personal trauma, challenging societal norms while making audiences laugh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a celebration of his comedic genius, the enduring legacy of Richard Pryor is encapsulated in a 7LP boxed set,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eI Hope I'm Funny: The Warner Albums (1974-1983)\u003c\/em\u003e. Each album showcases Pryor's unparalleled humor and thought-provoking social commentary, solidifying his reputation as one of the greatest comedians of all time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe set includes six albums:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThat N*****'s Crazy\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e…Is It Something I Said?\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBicentennial N*****\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWanted: Richard Pryor Live in Concert\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(double LP),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLive on the Sunset Strip\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHere and Now\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScott Saul, a Professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBecoming Richard Pryor\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Harper Perennial), details Pryor's essential recorded output between 1974 and 1983 in the set's enlightening liner notes. Saul takes a deep dive into Pryor's vast and immeasurable influence on the world of comedy, quoting comedian Paul Rodriguez, who once said that \"there are two periods in comedy in America: before Richard Pryor and after Richard Pryor.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Age of Pryor has never ended,\u003c\/strong\u003e\" Saul writes. \"\u003cstrong\u003eAcross the six albums collected here, Pryor blew open what a comedian could do onstage, and it's the rare comedian who is not somehow in his debt.\u003c\/strong\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe set opens with Pryor's third album,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThat N*****'s Crazy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1974). Recorded at Don Cornelius' Soul Train nightclub in San Francisco, the LP includes some of the comedian's funniest – and most poignant – routines from the era, including the thought-provoking \"Wino \u0026amp; Junkie.\" The record was a huge hit in the Black community, soaring to #1 on its R\u0026amp;B\/Soul Albums chart for four weeks. It also won the Grammy® Award for Best Comedy Album for 1974.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNext up:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e…Is It Something I Said?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1975). Another Grammy® winner for Best Comedy Album and chart-topper on the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBillboard\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eR\u0026amp;B\/Soul Albums chart, this release is famous for introducing one of Pryor's most beloved and enduring characters, the extravagant storyteller Mudbone. According to Saul, \"Mudbone is both a fabulist and a moralist, deploying his outrageous imagination in the service of a sidewinding truth.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePryor originally released his sixth album,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBicentennial N*****\u003c\/em\u003e, appropriately enough, in 1976. Despite being assembled in less than two weeks, it's considered among his most impactful releases. Featuring the 10+ minute routine, \"Mudbone Goes to Hollywood,\" the LP found Pryor taking the Best Comedy Album Grammy® award for the third year in a row.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe next LP in the set is the double album\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWanted: Richard Pryor Live in Concert\u003c\/em\u003e. Released in 1978, the Grammy®-nominated set revealed the comedian digging deep and mining painfully intimate details of his own life for material: \"The magic of Pryor's comedy on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWanted\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003elies in how he can make you see his life from so many perspectives at once,\" Saul writes in the liner notes. \"Flipping effortlessly between characters, he makes us see the righteous anger of his grandmother, schooling her errant grandson with force; the wide-eyed terror of the young Richard, dodging her blows; and the bemused perplexity of the adult Richard, wondering from the distance of three decades, how this 'hell of a psychology' has turned him into the man he has become.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePryor's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLive on the Sunset Strip\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1982) came at a moment of personal and creative rebirth. The release found him being brutally honest about his addictions, which led the comedian to a devastating freebasing incident that left him with second and third-degree burns over half of his body. The excruciating rehabilitation from that moment drives much of the material here. Pryor's frank recollections from the Sherman Oaks Burn Recovery Center, and an eye-opening trip to Kenya, created moments both heartbreaking and hilarious, often at the same time. The record brought him another Grammy® nomination and win for Best Comedy Album in 1982.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe last album in the set is\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHere and Now\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1983). Recorded when Pryor was clean and sober for the first time since he was 14 years old, the Grammy®-nominated release saw the comic riffing on the trials of fame, meeting President Reagan, and the trials and tribulations of being a married man. He even revived the beloved Mudbone, with a wild tale of dealing with pubic lice during a stint in the L.A. County Jail. Proof that despite his sobriety, the most dangerous comedian of the past decade and beyond hadn't lost his shocking edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"features\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFeatures\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLimited Edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7LP Box Set\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlbums Included:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThat N*****'s Crazy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1974),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e...Is It Something I Said?...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1975),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBicentennial N*****\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1976),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWanted: Richard Pryor Live in Concert\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1978),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLive on the Sunset Strip\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1982) \u0026amp;\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHere and Now\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1983)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiner Notes by Scott Saul, Author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBecoming Richard Pryor\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplicit Content\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"selections\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSelections\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cem\u003eThat N*****'s Crazy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eSide A:\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Hope I'm Funny\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eN****r with a Seizure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHave Your Ass Home By 11:00\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlack \u0026amp; White Life Styles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExorcist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWino Dealing with Dracula\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eSide B:\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlying Saucers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Back Down\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlack Man\/White Woman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eN****s Vs. the Police\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWino \u0026amp; Junkie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cem\u003e…Is It Something I Said?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eSide A:\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEulogy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShortage of White People\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew N****s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCocaine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJust Us\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMudbone - Intro\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eSide B:\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMudbone – Little Feets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhen Your Woman Leaves You\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Goodnight Kiss\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWomen Are Beautiful\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOur Text for Today\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cem\u003eBicentennial N*****\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eSide A:\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHillbilly\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlack \u0026amp; White Women\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOur Gang\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBicentennial Prayer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eSide B:\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlack Hollywood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMudbone Goes to Hollywood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChinese Restaurant\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBicentennial N****r\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cem\u003eWanted: Richard Pryor Live in Concert\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eSide A:\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew Year's Eve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhite and Black People\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlack Funerals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscipline\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eSide B:\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeart Attacks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAli\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeeping in Shape\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeon Spinks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eSide C:\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDogs and Horses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJim Brown\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMonkeys\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKids\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eSide D:\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNature\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThings in the Woods\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeer Hunter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChinese Food\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeing Sensitive\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cem\u003eLive on the Sunset Strip\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eSide A:\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWomen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrison\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfrica\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eSide B:\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMafia Club\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMudbone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFreebase\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHospital\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cem\u003eHere and Now\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eSide A:\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHere and Now\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSouthern Hospitality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSlavery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMotherland\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Met the President\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFire Exit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMudbone (Part One)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eSide B:\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMudbone (Part Two)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInebriated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne Night Stands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne Day at a Time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Like Women\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeing Famous\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Remember\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/article\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e","brand":"Alliance","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59547513421905,"sku":"603497818396","price":37.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1034\/5778\/3889\/files\/RHILP81839__85959.jpg?v=1779333971","url":"https:\/\/c09u90-kd.myshopify.com\/products\/pre-order-richard-pryor-i-hope-im-funny-the-warner-albums-1974-1983-box-set-lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}