R.I.P. James Brown

aresem · Post by **aresem** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 5:06 am

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/1 ... index.html

... crazy.

Andvil · Post by **Andvil** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 9:48 am

RIP

Funk Docta Bombay · Post by **Funk Docta Bombay** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 11:13 am

I am utterly beyond pissed off at this. I'm not even sure what I'm mad at and I'm sure it'll be replaced by sadness very soon but right now I'm just furiously in shock.

Rest in Peace James Brown

christ...

aresem · Post by **aresem** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 1:06 pm

how the hell did he die

GM Dizzy Skillespie · Post by **GM Dizzy Skillespie** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 4:02 pm

sad news.
time to break out some Brown

Sebastian gets busy · Post by **Sebastian gets busy** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 4:22 pm

wow. igot some thing lastight on akayplayer that he was in a hospital

RacquetballGangsta · Post by **RacquetballGangsta** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 4:28 pm

was it pnuemonia?
im making a compilation today in his honor
:(
if u wanna post songs, u should do it.
i'll post this comp up when i finish.

Sebastian gets busy · Post by **Sebastian gets busy** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 5:41 pm

Name: james brown - the payback - 1973.zip
Size: 99MB

The download link is: http://www.sendspace.com/file/2ru75f

Originally released in 1973 as a sprawling two-LP set, The Payback was one of James Brown's most ambitious albums of the 1970's, and also one of his best, with Brown and his band (which in 1974 still included Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, St. Clair Pinckney, Jimmy Nolen and Jabo Starks) relentlessly exploring the outer possibilities of the James Brown groove. Stretching eight cuts out over the space of nearly 73 minutes, The Payback is long on extended rhythmic jamming, and by this time Brown and his band had become such a potent and nearly telepathic combination that the musicians were able pull out lengthy solos while still maintaining some of the most hypnotic funk to be found anywhere, and on the album's best songs -- the jazzy "Time Is Running Out Fast", the relentless "Shoot Your Shot", the tight-wound "Mind Power", and the bitter revenge fantasy of the title cut -- the tough, sinuous rhythms and the precise interplay between the players is nothing short of a wonder to behold. And even the album's lower-key cuts (such as the lovelorn "Doing The Best That I Can" and "Forever Suffering") sink their hooks into the listener and pull you in; quite simply, this is remarkable stuff, and even Brown's attempts at lyrical relevance (which were frankly getting a bit shaky at this point in his career) are firmly rooted enough to sound convincing. The Payback turned out to be one of James Brown's last inarguably great albums before he hit a long fallow streak in the mid-to-late 70's, but no one listening to this set would ever imagine that this was the work of an artist (or a band) about to run out of gas.