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In a career spanning over 50 years James Brown became known as a progenitor of funk music and influencing the development of many other genres. All his hit songs, hidden gems and collaborations are now bundled on Collected. It contains 29 songs, including music from his early days with the Famous Flames, the J.B.'s and a wide collection of tracks from his solo career.
Brown began his career as a gospel singer and joined a rhythm and blues vocal group, the Famous Flames, as the lead singer in the 1950s. Later on he formed his own band and released successful singles as "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag", "I Got You (I Feel Good)" and "It's a Man's Man's Man's World". While developing the funk to a new level he created the J.B.'s, with which he scored hits like "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" and "The Payback". Brown was inducted into 1st class of the Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame. During the years he gained different honorific nicknames including "Godfather of Soul", "Mr. Dynamite", and "Soul Brother No. 1".
Tracklist
A1 Please, Please, Please
A2 Try Me
A3 Think
A4 Papa's Got A Brand New Bag (Pt.1)
A5 I Got You (I Feel Good)
A6 Ain't That A Groove (Pt.1)
A7 It's A Man's Man's Man's World
A8 Cold Sweat (Pt.1)
A9 Say It Loud - I'm Black And I'm Proud (Pt.1)
B1 Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose
B2 Funky Drummer (Pt.1)
B3 Brother Rapp
B4 Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine (Pt.1)
B5 Super Bad (Pts.1 & 2)
B6 Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved (Pt.1)
B7 Soul Power (Pt.1)
C1 Hot Pants (She Got To Use What She Got To Get What She Wants) (Pt.1)
C2 Make It Funky (Pt.1)
C3 Talkin' Loud And Saying Nothin'
C4 King Heroin (Pt.1)
C5 Get On The Good Foot (Pt.1)
C6 I Got Ants In My Pants (Pt.1)
C7 The Payback (Pt.1)
D1 Woman (Pt.1)
D2 My Thang
D3 Get Up Offa That Thing
D4 Bodyheat
D5 Living In America
D6 Gravity