His music remains timeless, and his impact continues to be felt even today. Here are 12 James Brown songs that everyone ...

writing hit songs calling for Black pride. As a progenitor of funk music, Brown with his band created a stripped-down, rhythmically driven aesthetic that has influenced world music from reggae to ...

The One: The Life and Music of James ... plaintive songs like “Please, Please, Please,” and, later, in funk-infused tunes like “Get Up (I Feel Like Being) a Sex Machine,” Brown’s music ...

James Brown ... in multiples: Brown boasted of the Lear jets and furs and radio stations he owned, how in a year he would perform more than 600 hours onstage, play more than 960 songs on at ...

With that in mind, here are seven iconic James Brown songs and the artists who sampled them. 'The Boss' was taken from the soundtrack album 'Black Caesar' that accompanied the Blaxploitation film ...