- 01“There It Is”James BrownBrown would get a true funk band back together in time for albums like There It Is and Get on the Good Foot .from the chapter
- 02There It IsJames BrownBrown would get a true funk band back together in time for albums like There It Is and Get on the Good Foot .from the chapter
- 03“Get on the Good Foot”James BrownBrown would get a true funk band back together in time for albums like There It Is and Get on the Good Foot .from the chapter
- 04Get on the Good FootJames BrownBrown would get a true funk band back together in time for albums like There It Is and Get on the Good Foot .from the chapter
- 05Sho Is Funky Down HereJames BrownHis 1971 album Sho Is Funky Down Here , for example, was recorded with a backing group of younger musicians led by the keyboardist, pianist, and arranger David Matthews.from the chapter
- 06Black CaesarJames BrownIn February, he released the soundtrack album for Black Caesar , which starred Fred Williamson in a (very) loose remake of James Cagney’s Little Caesar and told the story of a lifelong gangster working his way up through the Harlem crime world.from the chapter
- 07Slaughter’s Big Rip-OffJames BrownIn September, he released the soundtrack album for Slaughter’s Big Rip-Off , which starred (a little confusingly) Jim Brown as a Vietnam vet who is trying to live a quiet life in Los Angeles after murdering the cri …from the chapter
- 08“Down and Out in New York City”James BrownThe producers rejected it as “that same old James Brown shit.” What that meant, evidently, was that the songs Brown had recorded for the first record earlier in the year were considered too long.from the chapter
- 09“Mama’s Dead”James BrownBrown’s music was released as a standalone record called The Payback .from the chapter
- 10The PaybackJames BrownBrown’s music was released as a standalone record called The Payback .from the chapter
- 11“Forever Suffering”James BrownIf the producers were wrong that Brown’s previous Williamson soundtrack had stretched the limit of the song form, they were righter than right here.from the chapter
- 12“Time is Running Out Fast”James BrownHe was a James Brown fan, of course, but he also wanted value for his entertainment dollar, and only eight songs on a record, no matter how deep their grooves, meant that this was the moment when he and the Godfather parted ways.)from the chapter
- 13“Stoned to the Bone”James BrownHe was a James Brown fan, of course, but he also wanted value for his entertainment dollar, and only eight songs on a record, no matter how deep their grooves, meant that this was the moment when he and the Godfather parted ways.)from the chapter
- 14“Mind Power”James BrownHe was a James Brown fan, of course, but he also wanted value for his entertainment dollar, and only eight songs on a record, no matter how deep their grooves, meant that this was the moment when he and the Godfather parted ways.)from the chapter
- 15“The Payback”James Brown“The Payback.” I should have mentioned that sooner, but what’s the rush?from the chapter
- 16Django UnchainedJames Brown & TupacQuentin Tarantino, in Django Unchained , scores a scene to a blaxploitation mashup of “The Payback” and Tupac’s “Untouchable.” It’s a brutal anachronism, but entirely intentional …from the chapter
- 17“Untouchable”TupacQuentin Tarantino, in Django Unchained , scores a scene to a blaxploitation mashup of “The Payback” and Tupac’s “Untouchable.” It’s a brutal anachronism, but entirely intentional, his way of linking the Black Cool of the movie, which is set in Texas in the late 1850s, with the …from the chapter