Richard Pryor, That Nigger's Crazy album, 1974.

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Pryor's first truly funny album, after a series of standard stand-up recordings, finally brings together his cal observations, homespun tales, and vulgar rants. There are some hilarious bits here, particularly "Nigger With a Seizure," "Have Your Ass Home By 11:00," and "Exorcist. The foundation of the era's sharpest funnyman in his natural element.

When his third, breakthrough album, That Nigger's Crazy (1974), was released, Laff, which claimed ownership of Pryor's recording rights, almost succeeded in getting an injunction to prevent the album from being sold. Negotiations led to Pryor's release from his Laff contract. In return for this concession, Laff was enabled to release previously unissued material, recorded between 1968 and 1973, at will. The day after that, Richard walked in, all smiles He appeared in Harlem Nights (1989), a comedy-drama crime film starring three generations of black comedians (Pryor, Eddie Murphy, and Redd Foxx).

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