Urban Rapsody

{{Infobox album

| name = Urban Rapsody

| type = studio

| artist = Rick James

| cover = Rick James - Urban Rapsody album cover.jpg

| alt =

| released = October 14, 1997

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Funk

| length = 72:28

| label = Private-I/Mercury/PolyGram{{Cite web|url=https://www.tulsaworld.com/archive/freak-out-rick-james-leaves-prison-a-new-man/article_029e8328-2ece-5cc8-8f33-508b2e1ea99e.html|title=Freak Out! Rick James Leaves Prison a New Man|first=Thomas|last=Conner|author-link=:de:Thomas Conner|website=Tulsa World}}

| producer = Rick James, Daniel LeMelle

| prev_title = Kickin'

| prev_year = 1989

| next_title = Deeper Still

| next_year = 2007

}}

{{Album reviews

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |title=Urban Rapsody: Rick James |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/urban-rapsody-mw0000028907 |website=AllMusic |access-date=11 July 2020}}

|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&q=Urban+Rapsody+rick+james+1997&pg=RA2-PA1982|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|first=Colin|last=Larkin|date=May 27, 2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9780857125958|via=Google Books}}

|rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

|rev3score = B−{{Cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/1997/10/24/album-review-urban-rapsody/|title=Album Review: 'Urban Rapsody'|website=EW.com|date=October 24, 1997|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106093907/https://ew.com/article/1997/10/24/album-review-urban-rapsody|archive-date=November 6, 2015}}

}}

Urban Rapsody is the twelfth studio album by the American funk singer Rick James.{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-sep-27-ca-36553-story.html|title=Freedom Funk : A Liberated Rick James Isn't Singing Any Folsom Prison Blues|date=September 27, 1997|website=Los Angeles Times}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1997-12-07-9712080152-story.html|title=RICK JAMES /REACHES DEEP INTO HIS PAST FOR SHOW AT THE SHOW AT THE PALACE|first=Roger|last=Catlin|website=courant.com}} It was released through Mercury Records and Private-I Records in 1997, and was the final album released in his lifetime. The album combines rap and funk.

Urban Rapsody received a Parental Advisory sticker, James's only album with one. It was his first release since 1988's Wonderful, due to substance abuse problems and an extended period of incarceration.

The album peaked at #170 on the Billboard charts.{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/rick-james/chart-history/tsl/|title=Rick James|website=Billboard}}