New Richard Pryor Box Set Traces The Late Comedian's Legendary Run

Richard Pryor's Legendary Run is Chronicled in the New Box Set I Hope I'm funny: The Warner Albums (1974-1983)out now via Rhino.

The 7-LP Set Features The Late Comedian's Classic Trilogy of 1974's That n **** r's crazy, 1975's Is it Something i Said?and 1976's Bicennnial n **** rThree consecutive Albums That Each Won Him a Grammy for Best Comedy Album.

That n **** r's crazy, Which Was Recently Placed on Rolling Stone'S List of the 74 Best Albums of 1974, Was Recorded at Don Cornelius' Soul Train NightClub in San Francisco in Febangey of That Year. The album Became a Cultural Phenomenon, AS Pryor Shattered Boundaries and Offered Hilarius – and Incredibly Real – Commentary on Sex, Drugs, and Race.

“Whenever they have a list of the 100 Greatest Albums, Richard is Never There,” Chris Rock Once Told Rolling Stone. “He's Not a Musician, But Richard is one of the Greatest Recording Artists Ever. I'm Take That n **** r's Crazy over Frampton Comes Alive! Any Day. ”

Rounding Out The Collection Are The 1978 Double Album Wanted/Richard Pryor Live in Concert1982's Live on the Sunset Strip, and and Here and nowReleased a Year Later. The Latter Marked Pryor's First Time Sober since he was 14 years old. “I Feel a Lot Different,” he told the crowd. “I Had to Stop Drinking, Though. Because I Got Tired of Waking Up in My Car, Driving 90.”

Scott Saul, an English Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of the 2014 Biography Becoming Richard PryorWrote The Box Set's Liner Notes. “The Age of Pryor Has Never Ended,” He Writes. “Across 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.”