JAMES BROWN

James Brown nasceu na Carolina do Sul nos Estados Unidos e cresceu num ambiente de segregacionismo e discriminação racial. Aos quatro anos foi abandonado pelos pais, aos cuidados de parentes e amigos.

Brown cresceu na rua, onde cantava e dançava para conseguir pagar um quarto no bordel, onde dormia. Aos 16 anos foi preso por roubo de carro e passou três anos num reformatório.

Após a punição, entrou para o grupo de música gospel Three Swanees, tocando bateria e cantando rhythm ’n’ blues. Sua carreira de músico profissional começou em 1953, mas só gravou o primeiro disco em 1959, e depois nunca mais parou, Think, é o segundo álbum de sua extensa discografia.

Após o assassinato de Martin Luther King Jr. em 1968, James Brown entrou ao vivo em uma emissora de rádio de Boston e cantou durante toda noite para conter os ânimos das revoltas geradas naqueles dias de tensões.

Com um sucesso atrás do outro e uma performance arrasadora nos shows ao vivo, James Brown foi alvo de mais preconceitos. O governo norte-americano lhe taxava impostos abusivos e exorbitantes. James Brown vendeu suas casas e foi a bancarrota, mas pagou o imposto ao governo.

A carreira de Brown arrefeceu um pouco, devido ao sucesso das discotecas, onde o disc-jockey (DJ) tocava os grandes sucessos pelos long-plays da época. As performances ao vivo eram dispendiosas e diminuíram consideravelmente.

Com shows ao vivo, cada vez mais espaçados, Brown sofreu novamente com a discriminação, ao ser preso por porte ilegal de armas e drogas. Brown foi condenado a seis anos de prisão.

James Brown era conhecido por vários apelidos, entre eles, irmão do soul número um, padrinho, ou rei, do Soul, mr. Dinamite, ou o homem mais trabalhador no showbusines (hard-working man in showbusines). Brown, além de lançar discos e fazer shows, era dono de várias estações de rádio e de sua própria empresa de produções.

James Brown gravou mais de 800 canções em mais de 50 discos e teve mais de 119 singles nas paradas de sucesso. Todos os discos que ele gravou entre 1960 e 1977 ficaram entre os top 100 nas paradas de sucesso. Entrou no Hall da Fama do Rock and Roll e recebeu um prêmio Grammy pela carreira musical, em 1992.

Após toda essa conturbada trajetória, Brown marcou polêmica até mesmo depois sua morte. Por causa de uma disputa judicial entre os familiares, o corpo de Brown ficou aguardando o enterro, por mais de dois meses. Felizmente tudo já foi resolvido e Brown foi sepultado no dia 10 de março de 2007, na Carolina do Sul, Estados Unidos.

Mesmo depois de morto Brown poderia ter gritado bem alto de sua garganta, “It’s a man’s man’s man’s world!”, que é uma expressão que poderia ser traduzida para o português como, “É um mundo cão!”, ou literalmente, “É um mundo de homens! Homens de verdade!”.

1960 Think (& The Famous Flames)

1. Think
2. Good good lovin’
3. Wonder when you're coming home
4. I’ll go crazy
5. This old heart
6. I know it’s true
7. Bewildered
8. I'll never never let you go
9. You’ve got the power
10. If you want me
11. Baby you’re right
12. So long

http://www.mediafire.com/?ddqjkxygmsu

1963 Live at The Apolo Theatre

1. Introduction
2. I’ll go crazy
3. Try me
4. Instrumental bridge # 1
5. Think
6. Instrumental bridge # 2
7. Lost someone
8. Instrumental bridge # 3
9. Medley: Please, please, please & You've got the power
10. Night train closing
11. I don’t mind

http://www.4shared.com/file/12708517/53caed9c/1963_Live_at_The_Apollo_Theatre_Part_1.html
http://www.4shared.com/file/12708853/38137fd2/1963_Live_at_The_Apollo_Theatre_Part_2.html

1968 I Got the Feelin’

1. I got the feelin’
2. Maybe I’ll understand
3. You’ve got the power
4. maybe good maybe bad
5. Shhhhh (For a little while)
6. Just plain funk
7. If I ruled the world
8. Maybe I'll understand (Part 2)
9. Stone fox
10. It won’t be me
11. Maybe good maybe bad (Part 2)
12. Here I go

http://www.mediafire.com/?42dzh4myloo
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http://www.badongo.com/file/3071518


1969 It’s a Mother

1. Mother popcorn (Part 1)
2. Mother popcorn (Part 2)
3. Mashed potato popcorn (Part 1)
4. Mashed potato popcorn (Part 2)
5. I’m shook
6. Popcorn with a feeling (Instrumental)
7. The little groove maker me (Parts 1 & 2)
8. If I ruled the world
9. You're still out of sight
10. Top of the stack (Instrumental)

http://www.4shared.com/file/12709215/37fd50/1969_Its_a_Mother_Part_1.html
http://www.4shared.com/file/12709458/1e67385b/1969_Its_a_Mother_Part_2.html

1969 The Popcorn

1. The popcorn
2. Why am I treated so bad
3. In the middle
4. Soul pride
5. A new shift
6. Sudsy
7. The chicken
8. The chase

http://www.4shared.com/file/12710028/1647607a/1969_The_Popcorn.html

1970 Soul on Top

1. That’s my desire
2. Your cheatin’ heart
3. What kind of fool am I
4. It’s a man’s, man’s man’s world (Unedited version)
5. The man in glass
6. It’s magic
7. September song (Unedited version)
8. For once in my life (Unedited version)
9. Every day I have the blues (Unedited version)
10. I need your key (To turn me on)
11. Papa’s got a brand new bag (Unedited version)
12. There was a time

http://www.4shared.com/file/29213467/2b6d7d77/1970_Soul_on_Top_Part_1.html
http://www.4shared.com/file/29219001/fce0377c/1970_Soul_on_Top_Part_2.html

1970 Sex Machine

1. Get up I feel like being a sex machine
2. Brother rapp (Parts 1 & 2)
3. Bewildered
4. I got the feeling
5. Give it up or turn it a loose
6. I don’t want nobody to give me nothing
7. Licking stick, licking stick
8. Lowdown popcorn
9. Spinning wheel
10. If I ruled the world
11. There was a time
12. It’s a man’s, man’s, man’s world
13. Please, please, please
14. I can’t stand myself when you touch me
15. Mother popcorn

Parte 1: http://www.mediafire.com/?fyjnnyymgn2

Parte 2: http://www.mediafire.com/?fwzmgj4mwwt

1971 Super Bad

1. Superbad (Part 1 &2)
2. Let it be me
3. Sometime
4. A man has to go back the crossroads
5. Giving out of juice
6. By the time I get the phoenix

http://www.4shared.com/file/29223297/efd867da/1971_Super_Bad.html



1971 Hot Pants

1. Blues and pants
2. Can’t stand it
3. Escape (Part 1)
4. Escape (Part 2)
5. Hot pants (She got to use what she got to get what she wants)
6. Escape (Complete take)

http://www.4shared.com/file/28073503/1f672bc0/1971_Hot_Pants.html

1972 Get on The Good Foot

1. Get on the good foot
2. The whole world needs liberation
3. Your love was good for me
4. Cold sweat
5. I got a bag of my own
6. Nothing beats a try but a fail
7. Lost someone
8. Funky side of town
9. Please, please
10. Ain’t it a groove
11. My part make it funny
12. Dirty Harri
13. I know it’s true

http://www.4shared.com/file/12717901/cfabb96a/1972_Get_on_The_Good_Foot_Part_1.html
http://www.4shared.com/file/12718327/410aeb5d/1972_Get_on_The_Good_Foot_Part_2.html
http://www.4shared.com/file/12719037/e2eb0320/1972_Get_on_The_Good_Foot_Part_3.html

1972 There it is

1. There it is (Parts 1 & 2)
2. King heroin
3. I'm a greedy man (Parts 1 & 2)
4. Who am I
5. Talkin' loud and sayin' nothing
6. Public enemy # 1(Part 1)
7. Public enemy # 1(Part 2)
8. I need help (I can't do it alone)
9. Never can say goodbye

http://www.4shared.com/file/12719733/e0c9d1bc/1972_There_It_Is_Part_1.html
http://www.4shared.com/file/12719927/f42109ee/1972_There_It_Is_Part_2.html

1973 Black Caesar

1. Down and out in New York City
2. Blind man can see it
3. Sportin’ life
4. Dirty Harri
5. The boss
6. Make it good to yourself
7. Mama Feelgood (Lyn Collins)
8. Mama’s dead
9. White lightning (I mean moonshine)
10. Chase
11. Like it is, like it was

http://www.4shared.com/file/12723288/ba3989a0/1973_Black_Caesar_Part_1.html
http://www.4shared.com/file/12724754/9d3d4194/1973_Black_Caesar_Part_2.html

1973 Payback

1. The payback
2. Doing the best I can
3. Take some, leave some
4. Shoot your shot
5. Forever suffering
6. Time is running out fast
8. Stone to the bone
9. Mind power

http://www.4shared.com/file/12725796/673a08d1/1973_Payback_Part_1.html
http://www.4shared.com/file/12732686/df5442ae/1973_Payback_Part_2.html
http://www.4shared.com/file/12733777/96b563a5/1973_Payback_Part_3.html

1973 Slaughter's Big Rip-Off

1. Slaughter's theme
2. Tryin’ to get over
3. Transmorgrapfication
4. Happy for the poor
5. Brother rapp
6. Big & strong
7. Really really really
8. Sexy sexy sexy
9. To my brother
10. How long can I keep it up
11. People get up and drive your funky soul
12. King Slaughter
13. Straight ahead

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?0ymvduqzono

1974 Hell

1. Coldblooded
2. Hell
3. My thang
4. Saying and doing it
5. Please please please
6. When the saints go marching in
7. These foolish things
8. Stormy monday
9. A man has to go back to the crossroads
10. Sometime
11. I can’t stand it
12. Lost someone
13. Don't tell a lie about me

http://www.mediafire.com/?5ytync5yy41


1986 In The Jungle Groove

1. It’s a new day
2. Funky drummer
3. Give it up or turn it a loose (Remix)
4. I got to move (Previously unreleased)
5. Funky drummer (Bonus beat reprise)
6. Talkin' loud & sayin' nothing (Remix)
7. Get up, get into it and get involved
8. Soul power (Re-edit)
9. Hot pants (She got to use what she got to get what she wants)

http://www.4shared.com/file/12927380/489d82/1986_In_The_Jungle_Groove_Part_1.html
http://www.4shared.com/file/12927836/68a0e9d/1986_In_The_Jungle_Groove_Part_2.html