• Artist: Richard Pryor
• Flags: Contains explicit content, Compilation (best of), Box set
• Type: Compilation
• Rating:
• Styles: Satire, Blue Humor, Standup Comedy
• Track Picks: "Girls," "Have Your Ass Home by 11:00," "Super Nigger"

Review

Although some might give the nod to Andy Kaufman, Richard Pryor was arguably the most important, influential, and groundbreaking standup comic in America during the latter half of the '70s. Pryor's brilliantly perceptive, confrontational dissections of racial injustice paved the way for countless African-American comedians to tackle similar subject matter, and his brutal honesty about his personal life lent an extra depth to the edginess of his performances. Much of Pryor's best-known material appeared on the Warner Bros. label, and that body of work is reissued on CD for the first time as the mammoth nine-disc box set ...And It's Deep, Too!: The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings (1968-1992). The leap between the first and second discs (the albums Richard Pryor and That Nigger's Crazy, recorded in 1968 and 1974, respectively) is astonishing when heard back to back; Pryor moves from relatively traditional standup to inflammatory, foul-mouthed, deadly accurate send-ups of white America and its still poor treatment of African-Americans. Pryor only gets sharper over the rest of the box, which also contains the albums ...Is It Something I Said?, Bicentennial Nigger, Wanted: Live in Concert (Parts 1 & 2), Live on the Sunset Strip, and Here and Now, which take you up to 1983. There's also a bonus disc titled "That "African-American" Is STILL Crazy: Good S**t from the Vaults," which compiles recorded outtakes from the '70s, '80s, and '90s, plus an 80-page booklet packed with tributes, informative essays, excerpts from interviews and Pryor's autobiography, and much more. The set may be huge and somewhat costly, but it's also a fitting tribute to one of the true giants of American comedy. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide

Tracks

CD 1

Track Title	iTunes	Composers	Performers	Time
Super Nigger	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(3:15)
Girls	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(3:24)
Farting	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(2:01)
Prison Play	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(9:12)
T.V. Panel Show	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(7:09)
Smells	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(2:43)
Army Life	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(4:48)
Frankenstein	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(:55)

CD 2

Track Title	iTunes	Composers	Performers	Time
I Hope I'm Funny	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(3:28)
Nigger With Seizure	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(5:24)
Have Your Ass Home by 11:00	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(2:30)
Black and White Life Styles	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(3:42)
Exorcist	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(1:53)
Wino Dealing With Dracula	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(2:11)
Flying Saucers	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(1:09)
The Back Down	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(3:36)
Black Man/White Woman	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(:55)
Niggers Vs. The Police	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(1:41)
Wino and Junkie	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(7:06)

CD 3

Track Title	iTunes	Composers	Performers	Time
Eulogy		Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(3:50)
Shortage of White People		Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(1:23)
New Niggers		Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(3:59)
Cocaine		Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(4:10)
Just Us		Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(3:49)
Mudbone (Intro)		Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(5:44)
Mudbone: Little Feets	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(11:49)
When Your Woman Leaves You		Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(6:29)
The Goodnight Kiss		Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(1:48)
Women Are Beautiful		Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(:53)
Our Text for Today		Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(3:48)
Ali	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(3:47)

CD 4

Track Title	iTunes	Composers	Performers	Time
Hillybilly	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(2:14)
Black and White Women	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(4:05)
Our Gang	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(2:48)
Bicentennial Prayer	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(6:42)
Black Hollywood	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(5:24)
Mudbone Goes to Hollywood	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(10:10)
Chinese Restaurant	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(1:18)
Acid	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(4:54)
Bicentennial Nigger	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(2:24)

CD 5

Track Title	iTunes	Composers	Performers	Time
New Year's Eve	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(3:53)
White and Black People	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(7:58)
Black Funerals	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(2:55)
Discipline	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(7:59)
Heart Attacks	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(8:10)
Ali	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(4:11)
Keeping in Shape	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(6:48)
Leon Spinks	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(5:08)

CD 6

Track Title	iTunes	Composers	Performers	Time
Dogs and Horses	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(5:49)
Jim Brown	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(4:44)
Monkeys	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(4:05)
Kids	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(3:50)
Nature	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(3:31)
Things in the Woods	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(3:13)
Deer Hunter	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(3:02)
Chinese Food	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(3:22)
Being Sensitive	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(7:54)

CD 7

Track Title	iTunes	Composers	Performers	Time
Women	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(11:23)
Prison	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(6:24)
Africa	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(10:33)
Mafia Club	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(6:03)
Mudbone	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(7:37)
Freebase	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(8:12)
Hospital	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(10:16)

CD 8

Track Title	iTunes	Composers	Performers	Time
Here and Now	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(3:18)
Southern Hospitality	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(1:37)
Slavery	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(1:14)
Motherland	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(6:37)
I Met the President	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(4:14)
Fire Exit	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(:46)
Mudbone, Pt. 1	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(6:24)
Mudbone, Pt. 2	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(4:40)
Inebriated	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(5:54)
One Night Stands	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(2:53)
One Day at a Time	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(4:56)
I Like Women	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(6:21)
Being Famous	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(2:00)
I Remember	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(1:35)
Interview [#]	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(22:43)

CD 9

Track Title	iTunes	Composers	Performers	Time
Introduction [#]	...		Tom Dreesen	(:46)
Mudbone Goes to Hollywood [Alternate Version][#]	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(9:07)
Fame, Pt. 1 [#]	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(2:53)
Black Messiah [#]	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(:50)
Life [#]	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(:45)
Death [#]	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(3:09)
My Funeral [#]	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(1:09)
Acid [Alternate Version][#]	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(1:35)
Patty Hearst [#]	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(3:53)
Fighting [#]	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(2:38)
The Law [#]	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(4:12)
History Lesson [#]	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(4:37)
I Don't Give a Fuck [#]	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(5:15)
Fame, Pt. 2 [#]	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(3:59)
Therapy [#]	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(1:13)
W.A.S.P.'s [#]	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(1:51)
Getting Older [#]	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(4:02)
God [#]	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(4:53)
Dog [#]	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(2:00)
M.S. [#]	...	Richard Pryor	Richard Pryor	(10:37)

Credits

Tom Dreesen (Performer), Richard Pryor (Vocals), Richard Pryor (Producer), Richard Pryor (Main Performer), Richard Pryor (Concept), Hugh Brown (Creative Director), Jack Crymes (Engineer), Biff Dawes (Producer), Biff Dawes (Engineer), Henry Diltz (Photography), Wally Heider (Remote Recording), Dan Hersch (Remastering), Rudy Hill (Editing), Rudy Hill (Remixing), Rudy Hill (Re-Editing), E. Rodney Jones (Announcer), Gary Peterson (Discographical Annotation), David Banks (Producer), Walter Mosley (Liner Notes), Danny Garcia (Engineer), Hal Landers (Executive Producer), Bobby Roberts (Executive Producer), Kosh (Design), Patrick Milligan (Executive Producer), Bob Hickson (Cover Painting), John Cabalka (Art Direction), Quincy Newell (Project Assistant), Steven Chean (Editorial Supervision), Vanessa Atkins (Project Assistant), Reggie Collins (Producer), Reggie Collins (Compilation), Julee Stover (Project Assistant), Sevie Bates (Art Direction), Sevie Bates (Design), Ron Slenzak (Photography), Steve Pokorny (Producer), Steve Pokorny (Compilation), Paul Sandweiss (Assistant Engineer), Jeffrey Weisel (Design), Bill Broms (Assistant Engineer), Chris Chigaridas (Engineer), Sheryl Farber (Project Assistant), Christine Sauers (Art Direction), Christine Sauers (Design), Shawn Amos (Editorial Coordinator), Daniel Goldmark (Editorial Research), Chris Haston (Photography), Dan Agostino (Engineer), Marta Amos (Project Assistant), Howard Bingham (Photography), Mike Bryon (Illustrations), Charles Carver (Engineer), Jack Curtis (MC), Jim Demetropoulos (Photography), Jeff Dodge (Engineer), Wiley Faselt (Engineer), Gribbit (Design), Ron Jonhson (Sound Concepts), Jennifer Lee (Associate Producer), Michael Leshnov (Photography), Phil MacConnell (Assistant Engineer), Robert Marchese (Producer), Eric Monson (Design), Randy Perry (Project Assistant), Morgan Renard (Photography), Kurtis Roberts (Production Assistant), Nick Taggart (Cover Design), Bruce W. Talaman (Photography), Ed, Thrasherm (Art Direction), Ed, Thrasherm (Design), Ed, Thrasherm (Photography), Spencer Zahn (Design), Jo Motta (Project Coordinator)