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Tuesday, December 26, 2006
James Brown R.I.P.
I didn't expect to come back for another post in 2006 but I have to pay my respects to Soul Brother Number One. Brown's music is ground zero for what good R&B, funk, hip-hop and anything else dependent on a groove should be. In the best songs everything you could need for good dance music is there. The scratch guitar riff in "The Payback" could go on for seven minutes or seventy. It's hypnotic. He worked his band, alumni of which includes Bootsy Collins and Maceo Parker, so hard to make sure they were in the pocket. The result was a sound machine that could hit anyone with blood flowing to get their boogie on. Truly some of the most beautiful music ever recorded.
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