Black Caesar - Down and Out in New York City - James Brown

[EOPOleEarl]

Hip Hop was built on James Brown samples...



[PorknBeanJuice]

@EOPOleEarl

I love when folks tell the truth on YB. I used to think everyone up in here was a tad ignorant. 'Til you spoke the truth.

[sfantop]

@EOPOleEarl The Funky Drummer alone is Hip Hop.

[silverbacgorilla75]

james brown was a bad muthafucker!!!!! after george cliton, isley brothers,boosty collins these are the most sampled artists

[noeticex]

Mr.JB was and always will be considered the best of the best. His penchant for perfection went far beyond his own showmanship and the musicianship he demanded of his bands. From a technical stand point (recording engineer) the way he chose to pan and mix his recordings are way ahead of his time. Listen to this song on a better set up than laptop speakers. It sounds live and in your face, but not loud and the instruments have their own space. Like controlled chaos. Just magic. RIP Mr.JB

[ac2and4]

JB IS THA MAN! R.I.P TO A TRUE LEGEND- THE HARDEST WORKIN' MAN IN SOULBUSINESS!!

[theouter9]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOYEAAAA­AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA­A!!!!!!!!!

[fangouz]

eheheh..scusate,ma penso all'UNICO sfigato incompetente di Musica che ha messo il finger down rosso..non ci posso credere..eheheh..problemi suoi,và,io la ascolto di nuovo.

[MrCleanPolo]

Prodigy had the best song using this sample. It was produced by The Alchemist. Go check it out, Prodigy - Rotten Apple.

[Ayesceau]

Papoose sampled this.... good to hear the origianl to see what the new is doing with the old!

[AlbertaKris]

I like JB and this is a good one. "I was born in New York City on a Monday!!!!" starts off blasting!

[TheMiggitymark]

Seriously...this is one of the most bad ass songs ever written.

[dogdogcatful]

There's only one way to listen to this and that's will the volume cranked all the way up and let your feet do their thing.

[islandslums]

Don't Jay-Z Empire State of Mind sound like a sample of this

[versatilethearcane]

@islandslums not at all...that's "I Found Love On a Two Way Street" by the Moments i wanna say

[sanmar59]

i wish somebody could become all of them from back then, this music today has no meaning at all. i like the old school and i have most of them in my collection.

[Procharmo]

My Dad was Jamaican. He bought this album I can't remember exactly when but I was around 6. He left us (Me, Mum, brother and sister) and went to New York. I was 11. We begged him to leave the album which he did. He returned when I was 16 and got out of the taxi straight from Heathrow airport dressed in a white 3 piece suit, tie, cigar, white shoes and white hat, complete with American accent. Seems like James Brown had more of an influence on him than Bob Marley....LOL!!!

RIP Dad................

[King7Ster]

this is scary....cant get this stuff no more..r.i.p uncle

[gazzi22]

@King7Ster I feel you on that,makes me think of my oldman.

[taxhill]

that is not just music...this is also poetry thrown out from the bowels...

please pay attention to the words...they are another kind of music...

[trojanluck88]

This song was the guts of that era. I was a snot nose kid in '73 and I can tell you, James put his guts in this song. He was a shoeshine boy as a kid and so was I. The times were hard, and the streets were mean, and everyone's future would have something to do with their past!! I get a chill when I hear some of this music again. Power To The People!!!!!!!!

[kalifson]

@trojanluck88 i was 18 years old,and everything you say is true, times was hard as 29, baby boys bein sent to vietnam by judges knowing the kid wasnt comin back, but lawd, did we have a ball damn right, as for james, no one CAN make his music, not. they dont try, because, somethings ya just cant do... now who the hell out there would dare to try to sing please, please ,please? can anoter play brandos godfather? i think not, can da godfather of soul be duplicated? if jesus sends him back.

[zhtraveller]

no this music exists and after many years it will be still here everybody chooses by himself what to listen i think the problem is about how "the message" is spread `cause the media decides on our behalf what is "good"

[St0neLuv]

"So you try hard, or you die hard.. Noone gives a good-damn"

[bjc19199]

@mariobaez, i agree with you, but i don't think we will see another james brown in this lifetime. that's like asking can someone to emulate michael jackson. this music is great, but with this music of today, never, ever!

[lahism7]

you can here the hurt of the poor people from that time in his voice when he sings heres a dime boy give me a shine boy . makes a gangster wanna cry

[ariannadevondria]

No one and I mean no one can ever replace James Brown! He's a true original! Someone may one day come along and sound a little like him, but never truly emulate him. When you hear any of his songs, you actually feel and understand the emotion as if you're that person he's singing about. He had that gift! He will be truly missed! God rest his soul.

[gazzi22]

12th Street all day!

[ILL14LIFE]

I remember being 8yrs old going threw a box of records from my Grandad and seeing this album cover thinking it was cool as hell so i played it and this song came on and me being the performer that i am started acting a plum fool.This soul at it's best.R.I.P. The Godfather of Soul, long live the music!

[foxgirl100]

fantastic track

[daboe0909]

That bongo player's cuttin' a fool...

[bslugg59]

this that shit James Brown is the man

[ElvisPhotography]

james brown is sooo good

[MrBluntRap]

eww narsty

[MetallikIon]

Smoke another one MrBluntRap. xD

[MrBluntRap]

papoose killllled this sample.. ill song both versions

[dvorkru]

yeh he did, and at a time when nobody's sampling jb

[myleswmiller]

James Brown brought it on this one!!!

[mariobaez]

Why doesn't this music exist anymore? Was he that good that there's no one that can emulate him? No disrespect to Fela, but this has a lift and didn't need any political fervor behind it.

This song is so perfect, you just get lost in it. Its nowhere near his best, but it hits you nonetheless.

Can someone become the next James Brown? Please, it would be much needed for music today.

[matzomaniac]

@mariobaez don't think there'll ever be one to replace him...

[joevacane]

@mariobaez cuz ppl are thick as SHIT, that's why

[Postalgrizzley]

@mariobaez Brother Ill say this.. There will never be another God father.. The man was so cold I dont even think that there could be another like him.. if there was they'd be just imitations.. That would be like making another Mona Lisa.. and the funny thing about it when they were making this music they probably never knew that these tracks would be so loved..

[3rdcoastborn512]

@mariobaez check out black joe lewis from austin texas. he sounds a lot like james and has the same style of music, with a new sound.

[HillmanProjects]

@3rdcoastborn512 unfortunately most of his stuff's copied verbatim. Don't get me wrong I like BJL and the Honeybears, "I'm Broke" has to be the gem of the album and the most original sounding track on there

[Landyn99]

@mariobaez Charles Bradley and The Menahan St. Band "The World". They have a full length album coming out on January 25, 2011 titled, "No Time For Dreaming" available on 45. Check it out! If you don't like it... Check your pulse!!

[evygolt1]

@mariobaez .. good times make good music...

[theouter9]

@mariobaez I WILL TRY..LOL..I DONT THINK WE WILL SEE THE LIKES EVER AGAIN...TOOO MUCH...

[theouter9]

@theouter9 HIS MUSIC WAS SOOOOO BAD..NOBODY WOULD DARE TO TRY..ITS ON FIRE ALL THE TIME ALL THE TIME.....HE WORKED THE BAND HARD...

[cAliKidd2468]

"here's a dime boy...gimme a shine boy" 1970's funky soul here.......heroin hit us hard in tha hood though

[blkbrucelee]

i miss you god father a real gritty tune takes me back to my childhood thank god for being a real soul brother

[duncabbin]

this is hard. Pure class.