Aprofoundly influential figure in African-American music,
James Brown
has, in the space of 40 years, left a recorded legacy that has been universally praised by both critics and the public. Even more remarkably, the unique merger of tight rhythm and rock-solid repetitive bass that he pioneered decades ago has become a conspicuously hip, “modern
” style ubiquitous in late-1990s
rhythm and blues (R&B)
and dance music.
Known to a generation as “Soul Brother Number One,
” BrownBrown...