James Brown, the dynamic, pompadoured "Godfather of Soul," whose rasping vocals and revolutionary rhythms made him a founder of rap, funk and disco as well, died early Monday, his agent said. He was 73.
Brown was hospitalized with pneumonia at Emory Crawford Long Hospital on Sunday and died around 1:45 a.m. Monday
I'm extremely shocked when I heard about this a several hours ago. I'm not particularly a fan of his music but he has definitely influences heaps of musicians and has influence music in general. For that I give him respect.
RIP JB
a mini mix by STEINSKI from 87 featuring some JB stuff and some not so JB
JB was a big influence on the sound of early rap before everyone started sampling P FUNK
nearly every track was sampled from a JB related track back in the day
good times
and a personal fave artist
Never liked him that much, but I respect his place in the music history.
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RIP James Brown
RIP Godfather of Soul
Dec 25th, 2006 01:02 PM
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