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Nas Asked, 'Where Are They Now?' AHH Got Answers By Paine and Chuck "Jigsaw" Creekmur In response to Nas’ Hip Hop is Dead song “Where Are They Now?”, AllHipHop.com decided to answer some of Nasir’s questions. Take a jaunt down memory lane, and find out what the greats of yesteryear are doing, the music they’re making, and what we can do to uphold their names. Redhead Kingpin: You know? This fellow was moderately successful in the New Jack Swing era of Hip-Hop with songs like the Teddy Riley-produced "Do The Right Thing." However, after Public Enemy's "Fight The Power" was used as the theme song to the movie Do The Right Thing, it just seemed that the days were numbered for the Redhead Kingpin. Perhaps it is ready for him to do the right thing and show his face every so often. At least Nas remembers him and his crew, The F.B.I. Tim Dog: Nas named-checked Tim Dog, because he's one of the most infamous bullies in rap history. He penned the divisive, incendiary "F**k Compton" in 1991, before aligning with Kool Keith’s Ultramagnetic MC’s. Nas might not know where the dog is, but we do. He's been touring the world and makin' more trouble. In a recent song, rumored to be called "Bronx, We Started Hip-Hop." Tim "the original dog" lashes out at both Snoop and DMX. Penicillin returns in 2007. Kwame: Kwame reinvented himself from the polka-dotted but to Biggie’s joke as one of the more sought-after producers in Hip-Hop right now. Since creating a hit for Lloyd Banks in 2004’s “On Fire,” Kwame’s cooked up beats for Will Smith and 40 Glocc. Moreover, Kwame is reportedly bringing Dana Dane back out, so that’s where he is too. King T: King T has always played a low profile like WC, but he never left. In fact, The Firm’s album is rumored to be one of the reasons that Aftermath got scared and never released Thy Kingdom Come. So the eldest Likwit Junkie bootlegged the Dr. Dre-assisted record himself two years ago, we heard. More recently, he released a mixtape called Boss Up Volume 1 jumping off his new company. The Game, Eastwood, and B-Real got down, maybe Nas can hop on volume 2. King Sun: From what we know, King Sun has been working with producers overseas, trying to stage a comeback. But, those in the New York area (or fans of AllHipHop's flicks area), know that "the god" is known to crash the stage of another rapper. He's also found a partner in crime, Lady Heron – not to be confused of Juggaknots fame. What's next? You never know with King Sun D'Moet! Super lover Cee & Cassanova Rud: Rest in Peace to James Brown! These guys gave The Godfather his own dance with their song "Do the James." Clearly, Nas knows of their often overlooked classic Girls I Got 'Em Locked, which dropped in '88, but was reinterpreted by Jurassic 5 several years ago. Rud is hard to find, but Super Lover Cee, the lead rapper, has quietly been working with a young R&B singer. We don't have the music so we'll have to wait and see. Antoinette: Back in the day, Antoinette was known as the "gangstress" for her serious flow. Her battles with MC Lyte were legendary, but she dropped off the map after a couple ill-fated albums. She briefly resurfaced in 1997 on Cru's Dirty 30 and was gone as quickly as she returned. Still, we'd love to hear her "bloody attitude" one more time. Black Sheep: Both Dres [as “Black Sheep”] and Mr. Long of Black Sheep released solo albums in the ’06. While neither effort had the punch of their early ‘90s classics, you ask “Where are they?” They’re right in front, son. The choice is yours. Group Home: Okay, good question. Lil' Dap and Melachie had one of the hardest debut albums ever in Livin' Proof, when Premier's whole sound first evolved. Four years later, A Tear for the Ghetto, which save for one track, lacked Guru and Premier, was more helpless than when Jeru stepped out of the Gang Starr Foundation. Rumor has is Lil' Dap is in Poland, signed to Prosto Records, working on music and Malachi the Nutcracker tried his had at boxing a few years ago. Still, where is Group Home? Busy Bee: Busy Bee is currently doing speaking engagements with KRS-One’s Temple of Hip-Hop. He, Grandmaster Caz, Kool Herc, and others teach the truth, to the young Black, White, and Brown youth. The Wild Style star remains an active Hip-Hop luminary from the early days, and his battle with Kool Moe Dee invented the diss record as we know it. Ill & Al Skratch: Back in the ‘90s, Ill & Al had a song called "Where My Homiez" and now we ask the very same question. The only thing, we don't know. Just for the 411, Ill was one ill MC. He had the gall to diss Big Daddy Kane at his own birthday party many moons ago. While the name still resonates, we cannot locate these homiez. Special Ed: Last week, your man probably did see Special Ed, especially if your man was in Los Angeles. Ed lives out there, so don’t go there. In 2002, Snoop Dogg reportedly wanted to sign Ed to Doggystyle Records. Despite some collaboration, it never happened. In 2004, Ed released Still Got it Made, revealing his West Coast influence, but a debacle no less. Spice-1: Since 1990-Sick, Spice-1 releases more albums than a Tower Records bargain bin knows what to do with. After three collaborative albums with MC Eiht, plus others with Yukmouth, Celly Cel, and Jayo Felony, Spice keeps busy. Fans should know that Spice-1’s first five albums showed the gangsterism that The Clipse and UGK try best to uphold at Jive. Positive K: Positive K: Good question. "I Got a Man" continues to end up on every crappy rap compilation, while K's contribution on Brand Nubian's "Grand Puba, Positive, and L.G." stays in the AllHipHop boombox. He's been known to take the stage without warning, but its a negative that Positive K isn't around these days. Father MC: Big Daddy Kane wasn't the only rapper to pose nude. Since bearing his assets to Playgirl after his rapping career subsided, the Father vanished from our collective sight. That didn't stop Father MC from his last album, My dropping in 2003. My, my, my. These days, he is still on the West Coast working on grittier music, a far cry from the New Jack Swing era. Skinny Boys: You know, only real die-hard, fanatical fans of Hip-Hop remember the Skinny Boys. They were like the exact opposite of the Fat Boys of New York except they were thin, from Connecticut and had a beatbox named The Human Jock Box. They offered the underground a number of quality songs like "Rip The Cut" and "Jockbox (America Loves the Skinny Boys)" and three full LPs. From what we understand, the Skinny Boys have been vocal about how they weren't properly compensated for their work and were considering dropping some music for the streets. Regardless, they are the toast of Bridgeport, Connecticut. The Original Spinderella: Most people don't even know there was a different female on the cover of Salt-n-Pepa's first album. She soon left the team, but wasn't seen much - until recently. The Original Spinderella has been seen hangin' out with DJ Kay Slay and lookin' hella good. Well, we have to see if this is a case of bad meets evil or the best of both worlds. Lakim Shabazz: We’ve been wondering the same thing. When we spoke to 45 King a few years ago, we asked him if Lakim would ever want a feature. Lakim, wherever you’re at, we salute you as one of the fiercest lyricist to ever grasp the mic. Stones Throw signed Percee P and somebody ought to put out a Lakim LP. Nine: In the midst of Onyx and Flatlinerz, Nine arguably perfected gore rap. “Redrum” became the word of choice in the mid-‘90s as the raspy voiced MC became an underground smash. Nine resurfaced this year on The Juggaknots’ Use Your Confusion album. The track “Never” is grimy as he ever was, but he's never been so invisible as he is now. Fu-Schnickens: A 1990s affiliation with Shaq (lovingly known then as Shaq-Fu) and a martial arts style that pre-dates Wu couldn't keep these guys on the commercial rap radar. All we can find is that Chip Fu is still spittin' verses and is working on his solo debut, Math. Expect collaborations with producers like Oh No, Ali Shaheed, Da Beatminerz, and Needlz. As for Moc-Fu, we heard he has a normal 9-to-5 to feed the family. No shame in that! Buckshot: This one really doesn’t make sense. Not only has Black Moon been one of the only early ‘90s groups to stay together, all three of their albums are undisputed bangers. Last year Buck and 9th Wonder made Chemistry, and this year, Evil Dee remixed and re-released the whole album with that Beatminerz hump. Get familiar. Finesse & Synquis: There is no reason why we shouldn't know what's up with Finesse & Synquis. They were the New York soul sistas that can came after Salt-N-Pepa were big. Decidedly less pop, F-N-S didn't quite catch on even though musically they were more than up to par. Their second single "Straight From The Soul" should have took them over the top (even a young Sean Combs makes a cameo!). Rumor has it Synquis is currently working in entertainment law. Ahhhhhh, we miss them! Rappin’ Duke: Surely Nas was joking with this one! The Rappin' Duke was a novelty act that impersonated John Wayne as a rapper back in the rolling, experimental ‘80s. Biggie’s “Juicy” shout made this name legendary though. You know what Chuck D said about Mr. Wayne, right? Moving along! Body & Soul: in 1990, this female rap group helped bring some peace to the West Coast with "All in The Same Gang," which featured Ice-T, Tone Loc, M.C. Hammer, N.W.A., Young M.C., Above The Law, Digital Underground, King Tee, Oaktown's 3.5.7, Eazy-E and J.J. Fad. Ironically, group member Dee Barnes, who became a TV host, was later attacked by Dr. Dre and sued the bad doctor. But, we ain't really heard from the group since those early days. Oaktown’s 3-5-7: These ladies took spandex to whole new levels as the dancing associates of MC Hammer. Truthfully, they have been absent without leave from the music game ever since Hammer's reign ended. Like Kwame, Biggie gave the gals an honorable shout-out – albeit playfully on his legendary Palladium Mr. Cee freestyle with Big Daddy Kane and Tupac. J.J. Fad: Dr. Dre’s first platinum record was courtesy of these ruthless chicks. Fergie also owes the ladies everything for “Supersonic,” which Will.I.Am stripped to make “Fergilicious.” 40 Glocc told us that Damia of the group had a baby, and lives in San Bernadino County. With rifts between Mobb Deep and 50 Cent though, you’d better ask somebody else. Young MC: Young MC followed Biz Markie to appear on VH1’s Celebrity Fit Club, and he wrote “Bust a Move” [currently appearing in some crappy commercial], as well as “Funky Cold Medina” and “Wild Thing” for Tone Loc. When he's not shedding those pounds, Young reportedly lives in Arizona these days and still dabbles in music. Tone Loc: A dollar bin legend. An original Compton rapper, Tone kept the lights on for years at Delicious Vinyl Records before moving into voice and character acting. His last role of note was in the late ‘90s hit television show News Radio - Rest in Peace to Phil Hartman. Kriss-Kross: Ask Young Dro. He’s best-friends with Chris “Mac Daddy” Kelly. Thank God Dro doesn’t wear his pants backwards though. Even Michael Jackson loved Kriss-Kross…pause. Without the success of this early ‘90s duo, would JD have been as big in the game as he’s become? Nas and Kriss-Kross were Ruffhouse roomies – with Schoolly D. Boss: Boss was shunned from rap, because her gangsta demeanor didn't match her background. She sure could spit and her Def Jam debut was crafted in hardcore heaven. Lichelle "Boss" Laws went through quite a lot of medical difficulty from drinking and was mounting a comeback as of 2004. We even found that her music pretty much represented the life she was leading in the early ‘90s. She was gangsta before chicks were G'd up. Divine Styler: Divine Styler has been on the low the last few years, working primarily with West Coast underground Hip-Hop groups like The Swollen Members. A book is coming out, chronicling the early ‘90s culture, based off a search for Divine Styler. With the depth in his rhymes, Divine paved the way for Aesop Rock, Dilated Peoples, and countless others. Def Jef: For a hot minute, Def Jef was working with Krayzie Bone and manages to stay busy. He remixed “Life’s a B***h” for Illmatic to Stillmatic, odd? His Thug Line Records seemingly folded, but we heard that Jef has been getting checks from network TV. Mic Geronimo: Mic is still doing it heavy. He’s been working with B-Money, who just did Jay-Z’s intro, that’s like four degrees of separation from Nas. Mic has always worked with choice producers, helping start the career of Irv Gotti back in the mid ‘90s. The Pharcyde: The group disbanded around 2003. Bootie Brown and Imani continue to record under the group name, lastly with the dismal Humbolt Beginnings in 2004. Fat Lip enjoyed some solo success with his The Loneliest Punk in 2005. He’s still on Delicious Vinyl too, and many had been asking, “Where are they now?” The Pharcyde’s later works revealed Jay Dee’s genius a decade before Hip-Hop mourned him. Coolio: Coolio released The Return of the Gangsta this past year. Wikipedia reports that the album sold over 100,000 copies, which just goes to show you that Coolio still has fans that will rid and lie for him. Coolio and AllHipHop.com go back to the Curb Servin’ days though. Nevertheless, Coolio stays busy handling biz all over the world! Craig Mack: Right you are, Craig is in the studio, recording for his third album reportedly called The Affiliation. “Mack Tonight” b/w “Hip-Hop Life” was a single Craig released this year on his Mack World Entertainment. Always bringin’ that brand new flavor in ya ear. Funky Four Plus One: Since the group disbanded in the early ‘80s, Rodney Cee and K.K. Rockwell performed as Double Trouble. Rodney also reportedly married Angie B from the early ‘80s R&B group Sequence. Still, when old school cats think about Funky Four’s resonance in Hip-Hop, “That’s The Joint” is the phrase that plays. Force MD’s: In 1998, the group lost two of its members. Charles “Mercury” Nelson reportedly died of a heart attack, while Antoine “T.C.D.” Lundy died from Lou Gehrig’s Disease. We liked the group as the Force MCs, before the industry molded ‘em. Miss Melodie: KRS-One’s ex-wife released an album on Jive called Diva in 1989. Boogie Down Productions rolled deep, and while D-Nice stayed in the fray, Melodie seemingly vanished. Wherever she is, she’s down with us! Roxanne Shante: Roxanne…uh… Dr. Shante has recently been working with MC Shan on reviving the Juice Crew name with new acts. She also owns a dope ice cream spot in Queens, so the next time you’re driving through, get the scoop. And to get super retarded, Roxanne Shante has her PhD in Psychology and has a successful practice in New York. EPMD: EPMD performed at B.B. Kings less than two months ago and are touring. Erick and Parrish still cash checks and snap necks. Erick Sermon laced Busta Rhymes with a banger called “Goldmine,” on Big Bang, plus some joints for Meth. PMD still works with The Hit Squad, and the whole fam appears in tact…except… K-Solo: K-Solo is working construction in California. He’s still rapping, and has a company called Waste Management. He’s signed artists named Buckwheat and Maintain, plus Canibus to a single-deal. Solo’s rolling with Mike Tyson a lot lately, so watch what you say. K-Solo was the only rapper actually signed to the original Death Row East, a piece of what-if history right there. If you are an old school, true school or MIA rapper and we should should know your whereabouts, email us at whereartheynow@allhiphop.com

Well Ghostface is one of the more respected rappers out too, he's doing his part, there's a lot of artists out there that're keeping hip-hop alive, it's just they don't get promo, but with Nas going #1 proves that well if great music got promo it could sell...

Well rappers use metaphors, you gotta understand that KRS speaks with a poetic sense in his interviews, really sorta like Muhammad Ali does, from a poetic standpoint I could definately see the point of James Brown being Jesus of this hip-hop genre, he birthed a whole genre of music that's been around for decades, he didn't like a lot of the crap coming out now either, he wasn't really willing to collaborate with many rappers in the end of his life even when he was still very active, he was really involved with hip-hop in the earlier days though, it probably broke his heart to see where the genre was going, he gave Nas his blessing last week at an event for the release of hip-hop is dead, I'm sure he felt what Will said on "Lost and Found" too, with JB going on Xmas is really poetic too, which KRS is saying, really all of us down with hip-hop should view Xmas day as a celebration of the hip-hop music that James Brown helped give birth too, James Brown represented peace, love, and having fun which is really what the holidays are about, his spirit is gonna live on baby....

http://mchammer.blogspot.com/ Hammer posting pics of the viewing, it says there that he was born in 1928 so that'd made him 78 years old then?? Hammer even wrote a lil' tribute rap to James: James Brown: It's Time To Go Home Determined to make it, His dance a threat, His voice a power, Combined, A Cold Sweat, It's Time To Go Home His face was stone, His hair was whipped, Jaw line was bold, His heart, A warm morning mist, It's Time To Go Home Gifted to touch, He gave so much, Every show, Each night, And never lost his touch, It's Time To Go Home The pain of the struggle, was etched in his face, but the words from his mouth, reflected God's grace, It's Time To Go Home Please Don't Go, Master of the show, Brothers gotta work it out, We free but won't go It's Time To Go Home Say It Loud, We need a theme, Brothers killing Brothers, We still Proud, but we have no hope, No dreams, It's Time To Go Home Dream young man, Dream young girl, Be like The GodFather Of Soul, And conquer this man's world, It's Time To Go Home It official he was prophetic, Hardest working man in show business, proclaimed and vetted, It's Time To Go Home Now be still, sleep and rest, prepare to minister your music, on the highest level yet, It's Time To Go Home The author of melody has required your soul, God knew when he made you, Soul Brother Number One you too cold! It's Time To Go Home

KRS-One: Edutainment By Chris "Milan" Thomas For over a decade, KRS-One has campaigned that “I Am Hip-Hop” in part of his “Rap is something you do, Hip-Hop is something you live” mantra. With that conviction, The Teacha had to feel some kind of way when friend and associate Nas declared Hip-Hop’s death with his recent album title. With his own latest album called Life, this lends itself to a symbolic discussion. Few would contest that KRS-One is a deep thinker. The MC, the man, and the icon discusses his opinions, comments on Hip-Hop’s lineage of respect, defends the South, and honors the late James Brown in a unique fashion. If Hip-Hop isn’t dead, it sure ain’t living right. That’s one thing Nas and KRS-One seem to agree on. Do you? AllHipHop.com: The phrase “Hip-Hop is dead” has been in the vernacular for the last two months. It would be an incomplete conversation if we didn’t have your two cents on the issue. KRS-One: [Laughing] I’ll give you a nickel! AllHipHop.com: The resounding theme has been the death of Hip-Hop. Ghostface, earlier, he blamed Snap for its demise – and a lot of people agreed with him. Then Nas took it a step further, and made an album [Hip Hop is Dead], proclaiming the death of Hip-Hop. You’re someone who has been an inspiration to both of them, so what’s your opinion? Is Hip-Hop dead? KRS-One: No, ‘cause you’re on the phone with Hip-Hop right now, so I would start there. Of course Hip-Hop cannot be dead. We’re looking at poetry, we’re looking at symbolism, we’re looking at vision even. I think Nas is warning us. I think one of the best ways to warn a culture is to shock it. I think Nas shocked Hip-Hop culture by declaring its death. By declaring its death, it means that it will live now. A lot of people don’t like the term “Hip-Hop is dead.” The people that I know, grassroots organizations, universities, and cats that’s livin’ the culture for real, they’re like, “Nah, this is crazy! This is actually the epitome of the apathy, complacency, and money-grabbin’, and bling bling, and pimpin’ – this is the height of it. Nas is pointing it out. The actual song “Hip Hop is Dead” says “Go to the stations and murder the DJ,” That kind of sums it up. Really, Hip-Hop is dead ‘cause nobody is takin’ responsibility for it. DJs have lost their sense of responsibility to the culture. They’re just employees now. They’re not culture-bearers. Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, Flash, Grand Wizard Theodore, Kid Capri, Brucie Bee – these are the priests of the culture – Red Alert, Chuck Chillout – they made us who we are, they broke my records. Chuck Chillout did not wanna sound like Marley Marl [and vice versa]. Both of ‘em didn’t wanna sound like Red Alert, and the three of ‘em didn’t wanna sound like Jazzy Jay. Today, everybody wants to sound like Funkmaster Flex, simple and plain! Even West Coast and Southern DJs think they’re playin’ Dirty South, they’re not. They’re just playing what the program directors are telling them to play, which is what these record company conglomerates are paying for. If we could just look at the truth, we could see what Nas is talking about. The truth is – the Hip-Hop he knew, the Hip-Hop we knew – Latin Quarter Hip-Hop, Rooftop Hip-Hop, Roxy Hip-Hop, Disco Fever Hip-Hop, Danceteria Hip-Hop, The Palladium Hip-Hop, that Hip-Hop is dead. No doubt about it. In his song, Nas says, [paraphrasing] we used to do this, now we do this – and let’s go to the stations and murder the DJs. That is not Hip-Hop dying, that’s Hip-Hop alive! A couple of weeks ago, Nas and I were doing the Nike [Air Force One Anniversary party], and they tried to get him to say “Go to the stations and wreck the DJ,” as opposed to “murder,” I convinced him to say “murda!” Don’t wreck the DJ, murda the DJ! AllHipHop.com: But Kris, this is the early ‘90s class saying this. Could it be that the early ‘90s generation is just reluctant to pass the torch on to the new generation? KRS-One: Nah! I would not even go there, good question though! Let’s just talk about cultural continuity. When Kool Herc started in 1973 – let’s say ’72, ‘cause I was there – Herc says ’73 – in 1973, when Kool Herc came out with the biggest sound system, and there was Pebbly Poo and Clark Kent and everybody that he was influencing, it was called “the next generation of Hip-Hop.” The next generation after Kool Herc was Afrika Bambaataa and Jazzy Jay. Even though Afrika existed during Kool Herc, he’d walk up to Herc and pay homage, and say, “I’m gonna do what you do.” So Herc passes the torch, and Bambaataa and Jazzy Jay get the torch, and Jay gave Herc the highest respect everytime he touched a turntable. Herc didn’t have to wait in line to get into a Jazzy Jay party. If Herc wanted on, in the middle of Jay’s set, he’d put the headphones on Herc’s head. When you say “the torch being passed,” the torch was being passed – right up until we got to [sugarhill Gang’s] “Rapper’s Delight” in 1979. The torch got dropped on the floor. And when the flame was just about out, Russell Simmons picked up the torch and said, “All respect due to Kool Herc, Afrika Bamaataa, Red Alert, The L Brothers.” And Queens had its own crew – Run-DMC, they paid homage and respect to the guys that came before them. Russell Simmons and his Def Jam [Records] has not stopped paying homage to the true-school. He pays respect, he pays for hotels; Russell is a big supporter of people like Kool Herc, Busy B, Brucie B – and it’s not broadcasted everywhere, but Russell is a supporter of people who put him on. We all shared the torch. When I came out in 1986, I came out battling MC Shan, Mr. Magic, and Marley Marl. Now, the torch wasn’t handed to me, I had to fight for it. I demanded it. I had to fight my way to the top. What does that mean? It meant if I want to be in this culture, I’ve got to prove my value to those who came before me. Otherwise, I’m breaking cultural continuity – the line of respect. My first record was “South Bronx,” and in “South Bronx,” I shouted everybody out in the history of Hip-Hop. I’m telling people where I came from and what line of respect you are listening to. It wasn’t like Bambaataa cared. He didn’t care about KRS-One in 1986, ‘cause he didn’t have to. He’s still above me. “When is the next Zulu reunion, Bam? You are my god, you are my lord and savior. I would not be doing what I’m doing if it wasn’t for you, Afrika Bambaataa, so let me stay in my place and in my line of respect.” I stayed there [until] 1989, when I put out the “Stop the Violence” movement, that’s when I got my respect. They gave me a big plaque, and a whole bunch of other stuff – which I have to this day. Not a platinum plaque, not a gold plaque, but Afrika Bambaataa reached in his pocket and paid at a trophy store somewhere to have this made for me. He said, “Here, I am passing the torch.” [Today], the South gives respect. They treat Kool Herc as Jesus, they treat Afrika Bambaataa as Moses, they treat KRS-One as David. I lived in Atlanta for six or seven years, and I could do no wrong there. I could go to any radio station, TV station, club – door open. I go to New York, I gotta wait on a guestlist. I go to HOT97, I’m the voice of the station, you playin’ my drops, and I gotta wait downstairs for you cats to tell me when’s it cool --- get the f**k outta here! That s**t makes absolutely no sense! That’s why the South is now on top – because they stayed true to the culture. Will they continue? That’s a big question mark. Not to reach in the lid – ‘cause I know how AllHipHop.com can get [laughs], I ain’t f**kin’ with y’all – but that was the problem with Nelly. The streets level, not the KRS level – and it’s reflected in the Beef DVD. So you ask, “Where’s the torch?” We’re still holding it! We’re waiting for the real cats to pass it to. But I must say, the torch is passed to the South. I love the South. For instance, Usher. Usher is Hip-Hop, straight up and down! Why would I say that, ‘cause in every single one of his videos, he’s poppin’ and lockin’ and breakin’. Missy Elliot, she got Rock Steady Crew in her video! That means she paid them, flew them out, and put ‘em up in a hotel for her million dollar video, and once again promoted them to the world. You think I care if she got Timbaland or Dr. Dre producing? Missy Elliot gets the ultimate respect. Jay-Z is Hip-Hop. In one line [on “Heart of the City”] he said he was taking back from n***as for what they did to the Cold Crush [brothers]. In one line, he entered the Temple of Hip-Hop. That’s all we lookin’ for! I got a torch, Herc got a torch, Bam got a torch, Nas got a torch. Pick a torch that you want, and try to get us to give it to you. But if you think you gonna challenge us, and make us wait outside, you gonna steal our lyrics, you gonna act like we don’t exist, and takin’ over The Source magazine and XXL. I saw The “New” Source got “The Bible for Hip-Hop”, and you open the magazine and see nothin’ but b***hes and hoes, God is gonna strike these mothaf**kas dead! They’ll never put KRS-One on their cover, even though I was the first one on their cover – after Slick Rick, and paid for The Source to exist. I [taught the founders about] “Music, Culture, Politics” but you won’t put me on the cover? That’s cool, I don’t need the cover – our children do. God’ll strike you, not me. Mark these words. This is not a threat, this is a warning from a prophet in the culture! AllHipHop.com: How will James Brown’s death affect Hip-Hop? KRS-One: James Brown is the Grandfather of Hip-Hop, of course recognizing Kool Herc as the father. You’re talking to a 25 year theologian, and Christ is my s**t. Jesus is my s**t, that’s my n***a! [Laughs] This guy, James Brown, dying on Christmas is very symbolic. Dying on Christmas, we know God is looking at us! We established right here and now. According to Christian tradition, James Brown dying on Jesus’ birthday means that Hip-Hop starts today. If you ask me, I think we should start Hip-Hop over on every Christmas. James Brown dying on Christmas, Lord have mercy! We have the opportunity, right now, to take Christmas [to share a federal holiday for Hip-Hop]. We can use federal law to our advantage. James Brown dying on Christmas Day means that for us, we don’t have to celebrate Christmas no more, that’s over! That “White Christmas” bulls**t is over! Jesus wasn’t born on Christmas, we know that’s a lie now. Christmas has nothing to do with the birth of the Christ, much less gift-giving, commercialism, and consumerism. Now, Hip-Hop has a chance to reestablish what Christmas really about. Christmas is about the birth of the Christ within yourself. You celebrate Christmas and you don’t say, “Jesus is born on this day,” – the ancient reason is Christ is born in you! God is born in you for another year. James Brown passing on Christmas could mean the birth of Soul in you. He is the Godfather of Soul – not Pop, not R&B, not Rock, not Blues, not Jazz – Soul music! We should print the lyrics of “Say It Loud (I’m Black and I’m Proud)” and we should say it every Christmas. [KRS recites lyrics] He summed up the entire Black struggle. James Brown dying on Christ’s birthday shows not only who he was – Christ returned – but that Hip-Hop has a chance, politically, to take a day. Let’s celebrate James Brown! Hip-Hoppers celebrate the birth of their Soul, the birth of their Christ, the birth of their nature. Every Christmas, we gonna play James Brown records. All that White Jesus stuff is over! Matter of fact, I’m gonna call James Brown “James Brown the Christ.” When you look at Jesus, look at James Brown. Why wouldn’t you? The first painting of Jesus – the White man with long flowing hair is not what Jesus looked like – we know this. But we accept the lie out of habit, and it’s destroying us. The Vatican knows this! The Vatican says Jesus could be any color, any faith. Why not James Brown? Hip-Hoppers could say “James the Christ.” Further, Lord have mercy, in The Bible James was the brother of Christ. Hip-Hop could do this so sweetly, and take a federal holiday for itself, establishing what Christmas really means. There is nobody who is more influential to Hip-Hop than James Brown. Kool Herc said that James Brown was the A-1 b-boy, the first MC, the first DJ – ‘cause he had two drummers. The drummer was what the turntable was today. When one finished playing, the other’d start, and sometimes they’d play together! Tell me this man is not the Christ! Tell me this man is not is Hip-Hop, straight up! James Brown is our artistic father. We all sample from him. This is a day where we exchange gifts. The gift exchanged with us from James was our culture. He freely gave his music to our culture. To me, that brings tears to my eyes! That’s some god s**t. That’s the lord and savior. On December 25th, James Brown gives the gift of himself to his children. What’s the gift we should be givin’ back? We should be givin’ back his request. “These record companies stole from me, get it back.” Get it back, children. There should be a James Brown Soul Museum, not a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. James Brown.

Great minds think alike, MC Hammer basically said the same thing I said in my last post, music is basically a reflection of life, the industry's in a rut right now 'cause life is in a rut right now, if life don't improve the popular music sure won't that's for damn sure, and well really Chuck D basically is a student of the game, he knows that really there's always been problems in the industry the way labels treat their artists and a lot of the pioneers get thrown to the side, the original motown artists were treated like the pioneer rappers are treated now, it's a revolving door and tradition ain't celebrated like it should be, this ain't nothing new, believe me if 50 was shot right this minute BET would be doing a 24 hour dedication but where's the love for James Brown now? the music industry's been dead, the real music never died though in the hearts and souls of the fans and artists that love it: http://mchammer.blogspot.com/ Life is a dance. The imperfections, trials, test, adversities and strife, mold and make us. We see the real us when we are tried in the fire. We then have to decide if we like or can live with the man in the mirror or if change is in order. Being made whole is and ongoing and evolving process. The tempo and rhythm of the dance of life changes. We have to adapt. From ballroom dancing to the mash potatoes, time and season always requires a change of step. The void of leadership in Hip Hop became more apparent as the year went on. Hip Hop reflects the current mind set and condition of the community. Rather than complain about the music or debating which region is the hottest, the real question is why is the majority of the songs about the same subject matter, even though the community faces a plethora of challenges. Music program directors need to balance the meals that are being fed to their public, the listeners. Artist make songs that they feel radio will support. In 2007 I hope to help balance the meal and provide leadership. Life did become more violent this year. Wars and rumors of war escalated. Homicides in my hometown reached a ten year high. Homicides in Philadelphia topped the 400 mark. More than a funeral a day. This trend was repeated throughout the country. Unless we raise the awareness level of this new civil war against the system and self, we are doomed to repeat the riots that plagued this nation over thirty years ago. This time it will be more violent and bloody because the people feel there is no hope. The rebellion will be broadcast on demand and generated by the people. Jobs and education are key to resolving the conditions that create this culture of hopelessness.

Well it seems like a sign of great things to come, that's awesome news for real, btw I'm working on reviews right now for both Kel mixtapes, finally got some time to get to it, I never forgot about it

-turned the magic milestone 21 in march -filled out a load of applications for a job but nobody called it seemed, that had me down for a lil' bit, check the lyrics on the first verse of "Decisions", that's actually where my head was at for awhile, actually that whole song reflected my mood of this year, i felt lost for a while but i found myself again, i just keep on and don't let failures discourage me, that's what i'm keeping in mind to make next year more memorable for me -got a job on the boardwalk last spring/summer, met some nice people there, some not so nice too, lol, it was a good experience though, maybe i'll do it again next spring/ summer -well speaking of the not so nice people i met, i almost got in drama with this chick that was married, i had no idea she was until i knocked at her house and her husband answered the door, really that had me thinking girls ain't nothing but trouble, lol, it was basically just my ego getting to me though, i really wasn't feeling that girl much though, sure she got a bangin' body but she really was shallow, really my head was in the wrong direction - got to chat with chuck d a few times through email this year, that's something cool to brag about,getting to chat with a hip-hop legend, it's something that i'll never forget, but really he's down to earth though, i told him to let me know when he's coming to Jersey to perform 'cause I'm gonna go watch him, not only is he a legendary artist, he's a legendary person -really put more time recently into those that're there for me instead of wasting energy trying to impress certain people that just ain't that caring for me the way that i care for them, really you have to watch the company you keep, sorta have a bigger peace of mind over the last month or so, I emailed L. Bennett and thanked him for the messages delivered on those Weekly Breads are very helpful for me, really when I had to do a lot of soul searching I'd sit there at my pc and read them over and over, really looking forward to 2007 in being a fruitful year for me, try to take everything in stride more often though instead of getting too high or low about things, my resolution for the '07 is to be more humble and open minded during my journey

It's just an idea, it's up to him what hwe wants to put on it if he does it, that's what I'd probably personally do if it was me doing the tape, well I'm actually considering making my own tape like that, I ain't no mixmaster but I could tape those songs I got in my CD collection on a blank cassette for myself and play it to honor James Brown's memory...

Yeah I'm gonna be supporting her in anyway that she wants me to, thanks homie

Well that's a good sign, congrats to Nas, it's definately another classic

I posted this on Jeff's board in hopes that he reads it: http://www.djjazzyjeff.com/messageboard/De...=1&tid=2211

Please keep my friend Krystle in your thoughts, she just told me on the phone that her grandfather passed away

Great song for real, I had to put this on repeat a few times just now, my favorite parts are: "For the longest time I wanted u, ever since grade school/ Havin' faith in the beauty that would emerge from u/ Trustin' the dues we'd have from a friendship/ Better connection than that of a ho and her pimp/ " "I'm smooth with it, catch how the other ladies get it/ I'm a full body clincher, not just an in-her incher/ I feel the beats like braille in the atmosphere/ Both ya heart and the music, reactin' clear, yeah" "and make ya feel things that U ain't think was possible/ The difference between serious sex and those that just wanna knock u/ and drop u, instead of tryna interlock wit u/ The glare in ya eyes, like the North Star guide above us/ Tell each other, we belong together as lovers"

Hey y'all I got a great idea for Jazzy's next mixtape, it should be a tribute to James Brown, do a mix with the best songs that samples James Brown on there, have a bonus disc of the original songs on it) I compiled the type of tracklisting it could have, really there could be about 10 hot mixtapes series made off of all the sampling of James Brown that's been done, it'd be only fitting for the magnificent to put his magic touches on this great music: (Sampling “Cold Sweat”(King 1967) 1-Ice Cube “Jackin' For Beats” 2-Public Enemy “Welcome To The Terrordome” (Sampling “Night Train”)(King 1961) 3-Public Enemy “Night Train” (Sampling “Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud” )(King 1969) 4-Pete Rock and CL Smooth “TROY” 5-Eric B.and Rakim “Move The Crowd” 6- West Coast All Stars “We're All In The Same Game” (Sampling “Mother Popcorn”, King 1969) 7-Heavy D “Blue Funk” 8-De La Soul “Me, Myself, and I” (Sampling “Sex Machine” King 1970) 9-Biz Markie “Nobody Beats The Biz” 10- Ice-T “Power” (Sampling “Super Bad”, King 1971) 11-MC Hammer “Here Comes The Hammer” 12-Kool Moe Dee “I Go To Work” (Sampling “Blue Pants”, King 1971) 13- DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince “Too Damn Hype” 14-TLC “Friends” (Sampling “Escap-ism, King 1971) 15-Big Daddy Kane “Raw” 16-Public Enemy “Don't Believe The Hype” 17- TLC “Ain't Too Proud To Beg” (Sampling “Payback Intro”, King 1974) 18-LL Cool J “Boomin' System” 19-Big Daddy Kane “Just Rhymin' With Biz” 20-Common “Payback Is A Grandmother” 21- LL Cool J “Straight From Queens” 22- 2Pac “Souljas Revenge” (Sampling “Mind Power”, King 1974) 23-LL Cool J “Illegal Search” (Sampling “My Thang”, King 1974) 24-DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince “Brand New Funk” 25-Heavy D “We Got Our Own Thing” (Sampling “Papa Don't Take No Mess”, King 1974) 26-Janet Jackson “That's The Way Love Goes”

James Brown Remembered Around the World By HARRY R. WEBER Associated Press Writer ATLANTA - "Godfather of Soul" James Brown remained the hardest working man in show business to the end, telling friends from his hospital bed that he'd be in Times Square on New Year's Eve, even though he had pneumonia. His heart gave out a few hours later, on Christmas morning. All Christmas day, famous fans from Mick Jagger to Snoop Dogg to the Rev. Al Sharpton shared memories of their mentor and idol, while lesser known fans left candles on Brown's Hollywood Walk of Fame star in Los Angeles and streamed to his statue in his boyhood hometown of Augusta, piling mementos and flowers at its base. "Y'all lost the Godfather of Soul, but I lost my father. I know the whole world loved him just as much as we loved him, so we're not mourning by ourselves," Brown's daughter Venisha Brown told The Augusta Chornicle as she stood near the statue, fighting back tears. The 73-year-old pompadoured dynamo, whose classic singles include "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag" and "I Got You (I Feel Good)," died of heart failure less than two days after he had been hospitalized with pneumonia and only three days after leading his annual holiday toy giveaway in Augusta. "I ain't got the same energy," Brown had told the New York Post a week earlier as he discussed his planned concert tour, "but I'm sharper." "Father Time, knowledge and prayer - I pray a lot," Brown had said. He described himself as "like Will Rogers: I love everybody. So this is not a hard job for me." The entertainer with the rough-edged voice and flashy footwork also had diabetes and prostate cancer that was in remission. But he initially seemed fine at the hospital and talked about his New Year's Eve show at B.B. King Blues Club in New York, Copsidas said. "Last night, he said 'I'm going to be there. I'm the hardest working man in show business,'" Copsidas said Monday. Brown was himself to the end, at one point saying, "I'm going away tonight," said friend Charles Bobbit, who was with Brown when he died. "I didn't want to believe him," he said. A short time later, Brown sighed quietly, closed his eyes and died, Bobbit said. "His thing was 'I never saw a person that I didn't love.' He was a true humanitarian who loved his country," Bobbit said. One of the major musical influences of the past 50 years, James Brown was to rhythm and dance music what Bob Dylan was to lyrics. From Jagger to Michael Jackson, David Bowie to Public Enemy, his rapid-footed dancing, hard-charging beats and heartfelt yet often unintelligible vocals changed the musical landscape. "He was a whirlwind of energy and precision, and he was always very generous and supportive to me in the early days of the Stones," Jagger said. "His passing is a huge loss to music." Rapper Snoop Dogg called him "my soul inspiration." Brown was one of the first artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, along with Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and other founding fathers. "He made soul music a world music," said Sharpton, who toured with Brown in the 1970s and imitates his hairstyle to this day. "What James Brown was to music in terms of soul and hip-hop, rap, all of that, is what Bach was to classical music. This is a guy who literally changed the music industry. He put everybody on a different beat, a different style of music. He pioneered it." Sharpton will officiate at Brown's funeral service, details of which were still incomplete, Copsidas said. Brown's daughter-in-law Diane Dean Rouse told The Augusta Chronicle she hoped the funeral would be open to the people of Augusta. "He would want it open because he would want everybody to get there and because that's who he loved," she said. Brown won a Grammy for lifetime achievement in 1992, as well as Grammys in 1965 for "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" (best R&B recording) and for "Living In America" in 1987 (best R&B vocal performance, male.) He had a brief but memorable role on the big screen as a manic preacher in the 1980's movie "The Blues Brothers." Brown, who lived in Beech Island, S.C., near the Georgia line, also had a turbulent personal life that included charges of abusing drugs and alcohol. After a widely publicized, drug-fueled confrontation with police in 1988 that ended in an interstate car chase, Brown spent 15 months in a South Carolina prison and 10 months in a work release program. From the 1950s, when Brown had his first R&B hit, "Please, Please, Please" in 1956, through the mid-1970s, Brown went on a frenzy of cross-country tours, concerts and new songs. He earned the nickname "The Hardest Working Man in Show Business" and often tried to prove it to his fans, said Jay Ross, his lawyer of 15 years. Brown's stage act was as memorable, and as imitated, as his records, with his twirls and spins and flowing cape, his repeated faints to the floor at the end. With his tight pants, eye makeup and outrageous hair, Brown set the stage for younger stars such as Jackson and Prince. And the early rap generation overwhelmingly sampled his music and voice as they laid the foundation of hip-hop culture. His trademark moment of each performance was at the end: A weary, spent Brown begins to leave the stage, a cape thrown over his shoulders, then suddenly stops, shakes the cape off and rushes back to grab the microphone, his voice and feet moving at top speed all over again. "Disco is James Brown, hip-hop is James Brown, rap is James Brown; you know what I'm saying? You hear all the rappers, 90 percent of their music is me," Brown told The AP in 2003. Brown was born in poverty in Barnwell, S.C., in 1933, and abandoned as a 4 year old to the care of relatives and friends. He grew up in Augusta in an "ill-repute area," as he once called it, learning how to hustle to survive. By the eighth grade in 1949, Brown had served 3 1/2 years in reform school for breaking into cars. While there, he met Bobby Byrd, whose family took Brown into their home. Byrd also took Brown into his group, the Gospel Starlighters. Soon they changed their name to the Famous Flames and their style to hard R&B. "He was dramatic to the end - dying on Christmas Day," said the Rev. Jesse Jackson, a friend of Brown's since 1955. "Almost a dramatic, poetic moment. He'll be all over the news all over the world today. He would have it no other way." Brown is survived by his partner, Tomi Rae Hynie, one of his backup singers, and at least four children - two daughters and sons Daryl and James Brown II, Copsidas said.

Legendary Singer James Brown Dies, President Bush, Various Rappers React By Nolan Strong Date: 12/25/2006 10:54 am Pioneering R&B legend James "The Godfather of Soul" Brown died early today (Dec. 25) from an unknown illness in Atlanta, GA. According to his representatives, Brown, 73, was admitted to Emory Crawford Long Hospital on Sunday, suffering from pneumonia. He died around 1:45 a.m. with manager Charles Bobbitt by his side. "We really don't know at this point what he died of," Brown's agent Frank Copsidas told the Associated Press. Rapper Nas, who incorporated a portion of Brown's song "Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved" on the song "Where Are They Now" from his latest album Hip-Hop Is Dead, was lucky enough to meet Brown before his passing. "I spoke in front of hundreds in his honor," Nas told AllHipHop.com in a statement today (Dec. 25). "I looked directly at him. He smiled while I told him how I used his music with mine and how much he's done for us and how I love him. I'm lucky to have had that moment, shook his hand. He was pure greatness." The news of Brown's death evoked a statement from United States president George W. Bush Jr. "Laura and I are saddened by the death of James Brown," Bush said in a statement. "For half a century, the innovative talent of the "Godfather of Soul" enriched our culture and influenced generations of musicians. An American original, his fans came from all walks of life and backgrounds. James Brown's family and friends are in our thoughts and prayers this Christmas." Rapper Snoop Dogg labeled Brown his "soul inspiration." "I am hurt. That's my Godfather," Snoop Dogg said. "The hardest working man in show business of all time. He'll be missed, but his music and his legacy will live on through me, in everyway you can imagine." Rapper Ice Cube acknowledged Brown's iconic status within the Hip-Hop industry as well, as he influenced nearly every rapper or producer that participates in the craft. "James Brown was the first solo singer that I loved as a kid," Ice Cube admitted. "He was not only the Godfather of Soul, but the Godfather of Funk and Rap. Music will never be the same." Like many rappers, Brown's story is one of triumph, as the singer was born in extreme poverty in 1933 in Augusta, GA. In the late 1940's, Brown was arrested for armed robbery. He gained parole with the help of Bobby Byrd and formed a gospel group. After unsuccessful stints as a baseball player and a boxer, Brown joined Byrd's group The Avons. The pair later went on to form their famed group, The Famous Flames in Macon, Georgia in 1955. Brown and The Famous Flames released a number of seminal records as artists on Syd Nathan's historic Cincinnati, Ohio based label, King Records. In the 1950's, Brown rode the charts with singles like "Please, Please, Please," "Try Me" and others. In 1963, Brown released what many consider the most important record in his career - Live at the Apollo. The album captured the live energy of a James Brown concert and reached #2 on the charts. Live at the Apollo was the start of Brown's fight for artistic control over his music career. In 1964 he released the hit single "Out of Sight" for Smash Records, while he was still under contract to King Records. A following lawsuit prevented Brown from recording until King finally capitulated and granted Brown more artistic freedom. The result was a spate of hit records, including crossover hits like "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag," "I Got You (I Feel Good)," "I Got the Feelin," "It's A Man's World," "Licking Stick-Licking Stick" "Funky Drummer," "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud" and others. In 1969, Brown's band walked out on him due to his demanding nature as a bandleader. Brown recruited a young group from Cincinnati named the Pacemakers, which featured Catfish Collins and legendary bassist Bootsy Collins, who became members of the Parliament/Funkadelic collective. Brown has had over 100 hits throughout his career in the United States. He also embraced Hip-Hop music early in the genre's evolution. His records have been incorporated into the fabric of Hip-Hop music since the genre's inception in 1973. Since then, Brown's has been sampled countless times. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlst1n7z4Xk He teamed with Hip-Hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa to release the hit single "Unity" in 1984 and in 1988, Brown teamed with R&B/Hip-Hop group Full Force to release "Static, Pts. 1 & 2." Brown was also an entrepreneur, as the owner of several publishing companies, radio stations and record labels, including the legendary People imprint, which included acts like The JB's, Maceo [Parker] & The Macks and Lyn 'The Female Preacher' Collins, who's James Brown produced single "Think (About It)" was turned into a Hip-Hop classic titled "It Takes Two" by Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock. In 1998, Brown sold $100 million in "James Brown" bonds to undisclosed insurance companies with the help of securities company The Pullman Group. The bonds were secured against Brown's 750-song catalog, allowing him to use his works as collateral to help feed the poor and to finance the production of his Christmas album, Christmas for the Millennium & Forever. Brown became a pioneer of digital music with the release of Christmas for the Millennium & Forever. The album was released via an exclusive deal with Emusic.com in 1999. Emusic.com licensed the album from Brown and sold the songs as digital downloads exclusively online, while Brown retained the master recordings and publishers and writer's rights. http://www.allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/?ID=6538

Chuck D just came on the Public Enemy site with a special terrordome dedicated to James Brown, I turn on Hot 97 quite a bit today to see if they'd play any James Browen songs or James Brown songs that were sampled by rappers but they ain't playing nothing, it really is sad, James Brown paved the way for black music, I guess if they don't play James Brown's music on the day he died then I guess we'll never hear a Will Smith song on black radio, if the hip-hop industry don't respond after James Brown died then I guess Nas is just right, it's actually fitting that thwe hip-hop is dead album came out the same week that the #1 soul brother left us: Here's Chuck D's terrordome: http://www.publicenemy.com/index.php?page=page3 Mr James Brown; May God Rest His Funky Soul December 25, 2006 Got the news Christmas eve from Davey D on the Westside of the country; we'd just left there. Thus at 3AM in the East, it's too early and too late to call anybody like my man KYLE JASON who, together with me, did our damnedest to catch his tour three years back. I had heard things like Mr. Brown was pushing it real hard, defying gravity and time itself. I myself saw a seventy year old man wear an Atlanta stage out, as well as the crowd. It was good to see some black folks in the audience for a change, checking out our classic creator of funky soul himself. Now this news. It makes one really understand that time is God itself. Thus we shall praise God and cherish the time. James Brown is somewhat woven into my professional and entertainment regimen. In my travels on the tour bus from Sacramento to Spokane, I'd just picked up yet another JB CD; this one from Universal Millennium MASTERS 'JAMES BROWN and FRIENDS' for my drive time groove pleasure, in the hotel the BLUES BROTHERS were on AMC where JB did that scorching preacher scene in the church backed by the JAMES CLEVELAND CHOIR. While everybody seemed to relish in the now of comedian KATT WILLIAMS on the long bus ride, I locked my DVD player and headphones to Mr. Brown's classic SOULTRAIN and PARIS performances. When talking music, JB was/is just part of the day, thank God for recordings. As a 70's B-boy I recall panic on the floors of hip hop while GIVE IT UP TURN IT LOOSE roasted off the 1969 SEX MACHINE LIVE LP transfixing the forming rap nation ten years later, as if it were a discovered oil well. While the rest of the disco and rock country had not a clue. As barely a social hum registered at the recent passings of ATLANTIC RECORDS founder AHMET ERTEGAN and ATLANTIC RECORDS star R&B artist RUTH BROWN, I as a music student felt those losses. Good peer and buddy GERALD LEVERTS passing was a shock and largely just black folk's pain at the loss, like a family member ... nationally only a few sentences because an Anglo-nation couldn't possibly understand. Now MR. JAMES BROWN is entirely another magnitude, a seismic passing - the level of a KING, the Cincinnati record label he recorded on or a very funky president, the title of his 1975 political hit. Recently I covered some ground being interviewed for a movie documentary his latest wife TAMI RAYE was producing. I myself felt extremely honored to have been asked to be interviewed for that and his prior SOUL SURVIVOR special and DVD. I promised myself to reach and do all I can when the legends callout. I missed out on MR. RAY CHARLES, wanting to catch any show during 2002, then I heard he got sick. The founders of rock and roll are still doing gigs - LITTLE RICHARD, CHUCK BERRY, BO DIDDLEY, and we almost lost FATS DOMINO to Katrina. JERRY LEE LEWIS just released a new album, and IKE and TINA TURNER continue to defy time. Still MR. JB is it for me. I have yet to meet MR. MUHAMMAD ALI, and only met RICHARD PRYOR one brief two minute period at the 2000 BET AWARDS in LAS VEGAS. I met MR. JAMES BROWN. Backstage in the concocted green room looking at the screens - just me and another gentleman were checking it out. I was behind this man dressed in a bluish suit, but I could tell it was James Brown. Reading everything about the man beforehand I knew to address him as MR. BROWN. I tapped him on the shoulder and said "Hello, er, MR. BROWN" and introduced myself. He asked my name again and when I answered it must've registered, because he let out a "Whoa", and smiled with a hug. I didn't have a damn camera and asked him to hold on. When I came back a minute later he was gone, on stage doing his thing with singer GINUWINE. Off stage he left through another way.... and that was the one time for me. Man, no lie, whenever I see a frozen pond, I take myself to 1967 when us kids did the James Brown I Feel Good dance on any patch of ice. Global warming has somehow produced fewer patches of ice, just as soul loses a bit of itself every ten years. The sheer magnitude of SAY IT LOUD I'M BLACK AND I'M PROUD was an implanted, soundtracked theme into understanding that our minds, bodies, and souls were black and beautiful. ALI, PRYOR and JB were our snap, crackle and pop from the transcendent, previously silenced black male in 60's-70's Amerikkka. It ain't never left me. Never will. This is why spreading the word is our jobs as modern day griots. I've had phone conversations with HUEY NEWTON before he passed, KWAME TURE respected my works of words, and Minister Farrakhan and the Nation Of Islam have introduced PE to parts of the darker earth where few like us had gone before. Yes time is God indeed, and all of our words and deeds are in passing, but the passing down and forward is so important. My children know MR. JAMES BROWN's music, as well as LEVI STUBBS of the FOUR TOPS and REVEREND AL GREEN (whereas it was a trip at the SCREAM TOUR 5 in Madison Square Garden NYC hearing 16,000, mostly young black girl, teenagers finishing off singing LETS STAY TOGETHER during YOUNG JOCs DJ set as if it was a clear channel hit). In the fifty years of MR. BROWN's recorded music, since his 1956 hit PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE; we PUBLIC ENEMY head into our 20th year of existence with full dedicated honor to the fabric MR. James Brown provided for hip hop's co-founders AFRIKA BAMBAATAA, KOOL DJ HERC, and GRANDMASTER FLASH to weave. Expect the utmost respect for the architect. Again I expect the executive asses of the record industry ashes to say little, and do less. The radio stations are eerie in their silence , proving there ain't no such thing as black radio, just robot fuel from white corporations who continue to argue that race ain't an issue. And in the end there will be folks who will dedicate and play 50 years of soul, that realize that black is important to say it loud and proud because amerikka continues to discredit it and strip it away But this should make us realize how lucky many of us are to have witnessed, experienced, and infused the work and pride ethics of the godfather of soul into our daily lives. For that alone we are all better for it. Probably the hardest working man in heaven right now ...but may his funky soul R.I.P ... Mr. Dynamite ......JAAAAMES BROWWWWN mistachuck@rapstation.com

Well basically anybody that's a hip-hop fan has heard James Brown through sampling on their favorite songs, he's just influenced so many, the legacy he's left behind is mindblowing with generations of fans growing up on him, btw I found a list of all the artists that've sampled him: http://www.the-breaks.com/perl/full.pl?genre=1&page=B Brown, James Night Train: (King 1961) * “Night Train” Carlito’s “Fame Game” Kool Moe Dee’s “How Ya Like Me Now?” Public Enemy’s “Night Train” W.I.S.E Guyz’s “Do the Eygyptian” West Coast Rap All Stars’s “We're All in the Same Gang” Out of Sight: (King 1964) * “Out of Sight” Them’s “Out of Sight” Papa's Got a Brand New Bag: (King 1965) * “Papa's Got a Brand New Bag” JAMS’s “Candyman” Kool Moe Dee’s “How Ya Like Me Now?” Kool Moe Dee’s “I'm a Player” No Face’s “Stole My ****” Pharcyde’s “I'm That Type of Nigga” Salt-N-Pepa’s “Swift” I Got You (I Feel Good): (King 1966) * “I Got You (I Feel Good)” GangStarr’s “Gotch U” LeJuan Love’s “I Got You (I Feel Good)” Public Enemy’s “Contract on the World Love Jam” It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World: (King 1966) * “It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World” (Intro) Alicia Keys’s “Fallin'” Big Daddy Kane’s “Mortal Combat” Black Moon’s “Black Smif-N-Wessun” Heavy D’s “You Ain't Heard Nuttin' Yet” Ice Cube’s “Jackin' for Beats” Ice Cube’s “This is a Man's World” Luke’s “Arrest in Effect” Nature’s “Man's World” Tupac ft Dramacydal, C-Bo & Storm’s “Tradin War Stories” Cold Sweat: (King 1967) * “Cold Sweat” 3XDope’s “Straight Up” Chubb Rock’s “What's the Word?” Cookie Crew’s “Bad Girls (Rock the Spot)” DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince’s “Takin' it to the Top” Ice Cube’s “Jackin' for Beats” King T’s “Bass” Public Enemy’s “How to Kill a Radio Consultant” Public Enemy’s “Prophets of Rage” Public Enemy’s “Welcome to the Terrordome” Sweet T’s “I Got the Feelin” Terminator X’s “Juvenile Delinquintz” UTFO’s “Wanna Rock” James Brown Sings Raw Soul: (King 1967) * “Bring it Up (Hipster's Avenue)” Brothers Like Outlaw’s “Kickin' Jazz” GangStarr’s “Manifest” Kid 'N Play’s “Gittin' Funky” UMC’s “See the Man on the Street” * “Don't Be a Dropout” Red Hot Lover Tone’s “Like a Virgin” I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me): (King 1968) * “I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me)” Schoolly D’s “It's Like Dat” Spacey B Experience’s “Run That Go-Power Thang” Say it Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud: (King 1969) * “I'm Black and I'm Proud” 2 Live Crew’s “Ya Bad Self” Big Daddy Kane’s “Long Live the Kane” Blackstreet’s “Good Lovin'” Brand Nubian’s “Dedication” Cypress Hill’s “Insane in the Brain” Divine Styler’s “It's a Black Thing” EPMD’s “Brothers on My Jock” Eric B and Rakim’s “Move the Crowd” Intelligent Hoodlum’s “Black and Proud” LL Cool J’s “Nitro” Non Step’s “Keep 'em Steppin'” Pete Rock & CL Smooth’s “T.R.O.Y.” Real Roxanne’s “Her Bad Self” Run-DMC’s “Naughty” Salt-N-Pepa’s “Do You Really Want Me?” Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Cold” West Coast Rap All Stars’s “We're All in the Same Gang” Ain't it Funky: (King 1969) * “Ain't it Funky” Beastie Boys’s “Hey Ladies” Black Rock & Ron’s “My Hometown” D-Nice’s “D-Nice Rocks the Spot” Mysterme’s “Unsolved Mysterme” * “Nose Job” 3XDope’s “No Words” Boogie Down Productions’s “The Racist” GangStarr’s “What You Want this Time?” The Popcorn: (King 1969) * “The Chicken” 2 Live Crew’s “I Ain't Bull****in'” Big Daddy Kane’s “Calling Mr. Welfare” CEO’s “Hit Me with the Beat” Main Source’s “Think” * “In the Middle” Chubb Rock’s “Organizer” * “Soul Pride” Digable Planets’s “9th Wonder (Blackitolism)” Mad Flava’s “Gotz ta Flow ta This” Mr. X & Mr.Y’s “1956” Peshay’s “Psychosis” Peshay’s “Vocal Tune” Roni Size’s “Hot Stuff” * “Why Am I Treated So Bad” The Associates’s “From the Ground Up” It's a Mother: (King 1969) * “Mother Popcorn” Antoinette’s “Hit 'em with This” Doug E Fresh’s “On the Strength” Heavy D’s “Flexin'” * “Popcorn with Feeling” Brand Nubian’s “Who Can Get Busy Like this Man. . .” Convicts’s “1-900-Dial a Crook” Heavy D’s “Blue Funk” Run-DMC’s “Bob Your Head” * “I'm Shook” C + C Music Factory’s “Things That Make You Go Hmm” * “The Little Groove Maker Pt I” De la Soul’s “Me, Myself and I” single: (King 1969) * “The Funky Drummer (Part 2)” Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.’s “Psyko Funk” Its a New Day So Let a Man Come in and Do the Popcorn: (King 1970) * “Let a Man Come in and Do the Popcorn” Flavor Unit’s “Flavor Unit Assassination Squad” * “It's a New Day” DJ Magic Mike’s “Cause it's Funky” EPMD’s “Gold Digger” Mr. Lif’s “New Man Theme” Overweight Pooch’s “Ace is a Spade” YBT’s “Loud and Hard to Hit” Sex Machine: (King 1970) * “Get up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine” Biz Markie’s “Nobody Beats the Biz” Illegal’s “Crumbsnatchers” Jaz’s “Black Man in Charge” Lord Finesse’s “Isn't He Something?” Mistress & DJ Madame E’s “Get Pumped” * “Brother Rapp” X-Clan’s “Holy Rum Swig” * “Give it up or Turnit a Loose” 2 Live Crew’s “Ya Bad Self” Antoinette’s “Who's the Boss” Jungle Brothers’s “Straight out the Jungle” Schoolly D’s “It's Like Dat” * “I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothin' (Open up the Door. . .)” Bobby Konders’s “Bad Boy Dance” De la Soul’s “Ladies Nite Decision” Guy’s “Gotta Be a Leader” Ice T’s “Power” K-Solo’s “K-Solo Rocks the House” * “Licking Stick- Licking Stick” Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five’s “Cold in Effect” Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five’s “This is Where You. . .” Queen Latifah’s “Fly Girl” Roxanne Shante’s “Big Momma” * “Lowdown Popcorn” Organized Konfusion’s “Audience Pleasers” * “Spinning Wheel” Color Me Badd’s “Slow Motion” * “There Was a Time” Downtown Science’s “Keep it On” * “Sex Machine” A Tribe Called Quest’s “Money Maker” Big Daddy Kane’s “Get Down” CEO’s “Hit Me with the Beat” Coldcut’s “Say Kids, What Time is It?” Double D & Steinski’s “Lesson 2” Everlast’s “Syndication” Fat Boys’s “Sex Machine” Hammer’s “They Put Me in the Mix” Heavy D’s “Big Tyme” Kurtis Blow’s “Still on the Scene” Mr. Lee’s “Pump That Body” Redman’s “Jam 4 U” Slum Village’s “I Don't Know” * “Soul Power-Live” Schoolly D’s “It's Like Dat” Super Bad: (King 1971) * “Super Bad” 3XDope’s “I Got It” Color Me Badd’s “Color Me Badd” Hammer’s “Here Comes the Hammer” Kool Moe Dee’s “I Go to Work” Kurtis Blow’s “I'm True to This” Sho is Funky Down Here: (King 1971) * “Just Enough Room for Storage” A Tribe Called Quest’s “Lyrics to Go” Tony Touch ft Pete Rock, Masta Ace & Large Professor’s “Out Da Box (Intro)” * “Can Mind” Brand Nubian’s “All for One” Skoolbeats’s “All for One” Terminator X’s “Juvenile Delinquintz” * “You Mother You” Main Source’s “Just a Friendly Game of Baseball” * “Sho is Funky Down Here” KC Da Rockee’s “Got that Thing” Hot Pants: (Polydor 1971) * “Hot Pants” ('Original JBs' press) Compton's Most Wanted’s “The Final Chapter” DJ Magic Mike’s “I Ain't Finished Yet” EPMD’s “Hit Squad Heist” Eric B and Rakim’s “Paid in Full” Eric B and Rakim’s “Paid in Full” Fokus’s “On Line” GangStarr’s “2 Steps Ahead” Heavy D’s “Gyrlz, They Love Me” Insane Poetry’s “Angel of Death” Kool Moe Dee’s “Funke Wisdom” Marley Marl’s “The Rebel” Nookie’s “Moments in Space” Professor Griff’s “Pawns in the Game” Tragedy’s “The Rebel” * “Blues and Pants” Cypress Hill’s “The Phuncky Feel One” DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince’s “2 Damn Hype” Geto Boys’s “Scarface” Grand Daddy IU’s “Dominoes” Ice T’s “New Jack Hustler” Masta Ace’s “Ain't You Da Masta” Notorious BIG’s “Dreams” Pete Rock & CL Smooth’s “If it Ain't Rough, It Ain't Right” S Lover C’s “Do the James” Soul II Soul’s “Get a Life” Soul IV Real’s “Love You So” Steady B’s “Anyway You Want It” Super Cat’s “Ghetto Red Hot” Terminator X ft the Interrogators’s “Back to the Scene of the Bass” TLC’s “Friends” * “Escape-ism” Afrika Bambaataa ft Family’s “Mind, Body and Soul” Audio Two’s “What More Can I Say?” Big Daddy Kane’s “Raw” Craig Mack’s “Get Down” Cypress Hill’s “How I Could Just Kill a Man” Freddie Foxx’s “The Ladies Jam” Heavy D’s “The Overweight Lovers in the House” Hip-Hop against Apartheid’s “Free South Africa” Ice T’s “Home of the Bodybag” Ice T’s “Street Killer” Illegal’s “Crumbsnatchers” Kool Moe Dee’s “Deathblow” Kool Moe Dee’s “Here We Go Again” Kris Kross’s “Warm it Up” Lords of the Underground’s “Psycho” Masta Ace’s “Ace Iz Wild” MC Shan’s “Freedom” Mellow Man Ace’s “River Cubano” Onyx’s “Throw Ya Gunz” Paris’s “The Days of Old” Pete Rock & CL Smooth’s “Escapism” Public Enemy’s “Don't Believe the Hype” Run-DMC’s “Back from Hell” TLC’s “Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg” Wascals’s “Hard Rhymes” Wee Papa Girls’s “You've Got the Beat” Revolution of the Mind: (Polydor 1971) * “Album Intro” Pete Rock ft Inspectah Deck & Kurupt’s “Tru Master” * “It's a New Day” (Live) Artifacts’s “Dynamite Soul” Big Daddy Kane’s “Calling Mr. Welfare” Big Daddy Kane’s “The House that Cee Built” Black Moon’s “Enta Da Stage” DOC’s “Funky Enough” Doug E Fresh’s “World's Greatest Entertainer” Lord Finesse’s “Isn't He Something?” Public Enemy’s “Who Stole the Soul?” Youngstas’s “Iz U Wit Me” Soul Classics: (Polydor 1972) * “Soul Power Pt I” Audio Two’s “Build up Back Up” Boogie Down Productions’s “Poetry” Das EFX’s “Mic Checka” Das EFX’s “Undaground Rappa” Demon Boyz’s “Rougher than an Animal” EPMD’s “Total Kaos” Hip-Hop against Apartheid’s “Free South Africa” Kool Moe Dee’s “Let's Get Serious” Kurtis Blow’s “Suckers in the Place” Overweight Pooch’s “Ace is a Spade” Public Enemy’s “Caught, Can We Get a Witness?” Public Enemy’s “Night of the Living Baseheads” Public Enemy’s “What Kind of Power We Got?” Scarface’s “Body Snatchers” Stetsasonic’s “Speaking of a Girl Named Suzy” Two Kings in a Cipher’s “Daffy Wuz a Black Man” There it Is: (Polydor 1972) * “Talkin Loud and Sayin' Nothing” Big Daddy Kane’s “Keep'em on the Floor” Brothers Like Outlaw’s “Trapped into Darkness” De la Soul’s “Down Syndrome” Divine Styler’s “Ain't Sayin' Nothin'” Everlast’s “Syndication” Geto Boys’s “Talkin' Loud Ain't Sayin' Nothing” Leaders of the New School’s “Sobb Story” Masta Ace’s “I Got Ta” MC Tee & Lord Tasheem’s “Talkin' Loud” Rebel MC’s “Black Meaning Good” Run-DMC’s “Beats to the Rhyme” * “There it Is” CEO’s “Hit Me with the Beat” Ice Cube’s “AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted” Jungle Brothers’s “J. Beez Comin' Through” Masta Ace’s “Simon Says” Prince’s “Gett Off” Public Enemy’s “Anti-Nigger Machine” Sister Souljah’s “State of Accomodation” Terminator X ft the GodFather of Threatt’s “Sticka” Zhigge’s “No Time to Fess” * “Make it Funky” A Tribe Called Quest’s “What Really Goes On” Audio Two’s “Make it Funky” Coolio’s “Geto High Lites” Craig G’s “Droppin' Science” DJ Magic Mike’s “Magic Mike Cuts the Record” Double D & Steinski’s “Lesson 2” Ice T’s “Make it Funky” Kool Moe Dee’s “Funke Wisdom” Public Enemy’s “Who Stole the Soul?” Rebel MC’s “Cockney Rhythm” Slum Village’s “I Don't Know” * “Public Enemy No. 1” Brand Nubian’s “Punks Jump up to Get Beat Down” * “I Need Help” Eric B and Rakim’s “No Omega” LL Cool J’s “Why Do They Call it Dope?” * “Never Can Say Goodbye” DJ Shadow’s “In/Flux” Massive Attack’s “Better Things” Get on the Good Foot: (Polydor 1972) * “Get on the Good Foot” 2 Live Crew’s “Break it on Down” 3XDope’s “From Da Giddy Up” Big Daddy Kane’s “Mister Cee's Master Plan” Boogie Down Productions’s “Jack of Spades” Buckshot LeFonque’s “Breakfast at Denny's” CEO’s “Hit Me with the Beat” Classic Two’s “New Generation” De la Soul’s “Freedom of Speak” Derek B’s “Derek B's Got. . .” DJ Magic Mike’s “Exile Via Freestyle” EPMD’s “Jane 3” Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five’s “Gold” Hammer’s “Pump it Up” Kool Moe Dee’s “Deathblow” Kool Moe Dee’s “Gangsta Boogie” Kool Moe Dee’s “They Want Money” Leaders of the New School’s “Shining Star” Mr. Lee’s “Pump That Body” Original Flavor’s “Grip Da Mic Tight” South Central Cartel’s “Neighborhood Jacka” Stetsasonic’s “The Hip Hop Band” Stetsasonic’s “To Whom it May Concern” Ten Tray’s “Raise Your Fist to. . .” * “I Got Ants in My Pants” Big Daddy Kane’s “Get Down” Black Rock & Ron’s “Getting Large” Cypress Hill’s “How I Could Just Kill a Man” Double D & Steinski’s “Lesson 2” Father MC’s “Dance 4 Me” Public Enemy’s “Don't Believe the Hype” Public Enemy’s “How to Kill a Radio Consultant” Rappinstine’s “Scream” Black Caesar: (Polydor 1973) * “Down and out in New York City” Eastern Conference’s “All in Together” Masta Ace’s “The Count” Mr. Complex ft L Fudge’s “New York Minute” Rakim’s “New York (Ya Out There)” * “Blind Man Can See It” Blackstreet’s “No Diggity” Coolio’s “Sticky Fingaz” Das EFX’s “They Want EFX” Eric B and Rakim’s “?” Larry Larr’s “My Own Style” Lord Finesse’s “Funky Technician” MC Mell 'O’s “A Total Eclipse of the Art” Mellow Man Ace’s “Hypest from Cypress” Peanut Butter Wolf’s “I Will Always Love H.E.R.” Punch & Words’s “Da Cipher” Snoop Dogg’s “The Vapors” Steady B’s “Use Me Again” Sting ft Puff Daddy and Pras’s “Roxanne 97” * “The Sporting Life” Scarface’s “The Pimp” * “The Boss” Big Daddy Kane’s “Niggaz Never Learn” Das EFX’s “Undaground Rappa” Ice T’s “You Played Yourself” Lord Finesse’s “Bad Mutha” Mr. Bigg’s “Black Cesar” Nas’s “Get Down” Penthouse Players Clique’s “Undaground Boss” Poor Righteous Teachers’s “Word to the Wise” ShowBiz & A.G.’s “Giant in the Mental” Willie D’s “Kick that ****” Young Black Teenagers’s “Proud to Be Black” Youngstas’s “Who's the Mic Wrecka” Zhigge’s “?” * “Make it Good to Yourself” CPO’s “Somethin' Like Dis” Kool G Rap’s “Play it Again, Polo” Public Enemy’s “1 Million Bottlebags” Redhead Kingpen’s “Scram!” Sons of Bazerk’s “Part One” Ultramagnetic MCs’s “You Ain't Real” * “White Lightnin' (I Mean Moonshine)” GangStarr’s “I'm the Man” Grand Daddy IU’s “I Kick Ass” Leaders of the New School’s “Sobb Story” * “Chase” Run-DMC’s “Back from Hell” Run-DMC’s “The Ave” Slaughter's Big Rip Off: (Polydor 1973) * “Slaughter's Theme” Ice T’s “This One's for Me” Lord Finesse’s “Isn't He Something?” Real Live’s “Pop the Trunk” * “Transmograpfication” Afros’s “This Jam's for You” The Payback: (Polydor 1974) * “Take Some. . . Leave Some” 2 Bad Mice’s “2 Bad Mice” Crusaders for Real Hip-Hop’s “Real Rhymers” D-Nice’s “Send this Out” EPMD’s “Mr. Bozack” Ice Cube’s “A Bird in the Hand” Lord Finesse’s “Funky on the Fast Tip” Lord Finesse’s “Here I Come” Master Ace’s “Letter to the Better” Pete Rock & CL Smooth’s “All the Places” Salt-N-Pepa’s “Solo Power (Syncopated Soul)” Soul IV Real’s “You Just Don't Know” * “The Payback” (Intro) Alkaholiks’s “Last Call” Almighty RSO’s “Badd Boyz” Big Daddy Kane’s “Just Rhymin' with Biz” Black Moon ft Smif N Wessun’s “Headz Ain't Redee” Bonny & Clyde’s “Homey Don't Play Dat” Boss’s “Born Gangsta” Brandy ft MC Lyte, Yo-Yo and Queen Latifah’s “I Wanna Be Down” Chi-Ali’s “Shorty Said Nah” Common’s “Payback is a Grandmother” Compton's Most Wanted’s “The Final Chapter” Coolio’s “Sticky Fingaz” Criminal Nation’s “Mission of Murder” Da Lench Mob’s “Guerillas in the Mist” Das EFX’s “Brooklyn to T-Neck” Das EFX’s “Hard Like a Criminal” Das EFX’s “Mic Checka” Das EFX’s “They Want EFX” Das EFX’s “Wontu” Def Squad ft Biz Markie’s “Rhymin' wit' Biz” En Vogue’s “(My Lovin') You're Never Gonna Get It” En Vogue’s “Hold On” EPMD’s “Boon Dox” EPMD’s “I'm Mad” EPMD’s “Mr. Bozack” EPMD’s “The Big Payback” Erick Sermon’s “Safe Sex” Greyson & Jayson’s “Livin' Like a Troopa” Heavy D’s “Black Coffee” Ice Cube’s “Jackin' for Beats” Ice Cube’s “The Wrong Nigga to **** Wit” Jodeci’s “In the Meanwhile” Karyn White’s “Hunger” King T’s “Payback's a Mutha” Knuckleheadz’s “Hed Rush” Kool Moe Dee’s “Mo' Better” LL Cool J’s “Boomin' System” LL Cool J’s “Straight from Queens” Low Profile’s “Comin' Straight. . .” Mary J. Blige’s “Everything” Massive Attack’s “Protection” MC Lyte’s “Ruffneck” MC Ren’s “Mr. **** Up” MC Shan’s “Go for Yours ('Cause I'm Gonna Get Mine)” Me Phi Me’s “Keep it Going” Mr. Lee’s “Pump That Body” NWA’s “Sa Prize, Pt 2” Pete Rock & CL Smooth’s “For Pete's Sake” Po Broke & Lonely’s “The Sex is On” Professor X’s “The Definition of a Sissy” Queen Latifah’s “If You Don't Know” R Kelly’s “Hump Bounce” Redhead Kingpen’s “A Shade of Red” Redman’s “A Day of Sooperman Lover” Redman’s “Blow Your Mind” Redman’s “Tonight's da Night” Shaq’s “I'm Outstanding” Silk’s “Happy Days” Slick Rick’s “Slick Rick - The Ruler” Terminator X’s “Buck Whylin'” Total ft Notorious BIG’s “Can't You See?” Tupac’s “Souljah's Revenge” Ultramagnetic MCs’s “Chorus Line” Ultramagnetic MCs’s “Yo! Black” Wreckx-N-Effect’s “Wreckx Shop” Yo-Yo’s “Put a Lid on It” * “Stoned to the Bone” 3rd Bass’s “Steppin' to the A.M.” Del’s “Mistadobalina” DOC’s “It's Gettin' Funky” Finesse & Synquis’s “Soft but Deadly” MC Ren’s “Same Old ****” NWA’s “Alwayz into Somethin'” Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud’s “I Got a Good Thing” Terminator X’s “Homey Don't Play Dat” Whodini’s “Day to Day” * “Mind Power” Black Rock & Ron’s “Stop the World” Brother Alphonzo Greer’s “Situation Realistic” Christopher Williams’s “Every Little Thing You Do” D-Nice’s “And it Don't Stop” D-Nice’s “Kick the Science” D-Nice’s “Send this Out” De la Soul’s “Stakes is High” Ice T’s “Mind over Matter” K-9 Posse’s “Turn That Down” Kool Moe Dee’s “To the Beat” Lady of Rage’s “Breakdown” Lil' Shawn’s “Hickeys on Your Chest” LL Cool J’s “Illegal Search” Pete Rock & CL Smooth’s “All the Places” Slick Rick’s “Get a Job” Soul IV Real’s “Stay” Terminator X’s “Back to the Scene of the Bass” WC & the Maad Circle’s “U Don't Work, U Don't Eat” Yo-Yo’s “Put a Lid on It” * “Shoot Your Shot” Pete Rock & CL Smooth’s “All Souled Out” Public Enemy’s “Night Train” Hell: (Polydor 1974) * “Coldblooded” Lord Finesse’s “Baby, You Nasty” Notorious BIG’s “Gimme the Loot” Schoolly D’s “Who's Schoolin' Who?” Ultramagnetic MCs’s “Chorus Line Pt 2” WC & the Maad Circle’s “A Crazy Break” * “My Thang” DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince’s “Brand New Funk” DJ Magic Mike’s “Def and Direct” Downtown Science’s “If I Was” EPMD’s “Gold Digger” Heavy D’s “We Got Our Own Thang” Jeru’s “Thoughts of a Frustrated Nigga” Kool Moe Dee’s “I'm a Player” LL Cool J’s “Murdergram (Live at Rapmania)” Lords of the Underground’s “Funky Child” Slum Village’s “I Don't Know” Ultramagnetic MCs’s “Poppa Large” * “I Can't Stand It (76)” DJ Mark the 45 King’s “?” Everlast’s “Pass it On” Lord Finesse’s “Funky on the Fast Tip” Schoolly D’s “D is For” Schoolly D’s “Your Worst Nightmare” WC & the Maad Circle’s “?” * “Sayin' it and Doin' It” Schoolly D’s “Who's Schoolin' Who?” * “Don't Tell a Lie about Me and I Won't Tell the Truth on You” Low Profile’s “Easy Money” * “Papa Don't Take No Mess” 7A3’s “Mad Mad World” Biz Markie’s “The Vapors” Choice MC’s “HIV Positive” Downtown Science’s “If I Was” Eric B and Rakim’s “Move the Crowd” Janet Jackson’s “That's the Way Love Goes” KAM’s “Stereotype” Kool Moe Dee’s “How Kool Can One Black Man Be?” Kool Moe Dee’s “I'm a Player” Mary J. Blige’s “You Don't Have to Worry” New Kids on the Block’s “Dirty Dawg” Snoop Dogg’s “The Vapors” Reality: (Polydor 1975) * “Funky President” 2 Live Crew’s “So Funky” 2nd II None’s “More than a Player” A Tribe Called Quest’s “Oh My God” A Tribe Called Quest’s “Show Business” Akinyele’s “Exercise” Beastie Boys’s “Hey Ladies” Big Daddy Kane’s “Give it to Me” Big Daddy Kane’s “Word to the Mother (Land)” Brand Nubian’s “All for One” Brand Nubian’s “To the Right” Capitol Tax’s “Mista Wonka” Cash Money & Marvelous’s “The Mighty Hard Rocker” Cash Money & Marvelous’s “The Music Maker” Craig G’s “Duck Alert” Da King & I’s “What's up Doc” Dan the Automator’s “Get Down to the Funky Sound” Dan the Automator’s “Music to be Murdered By” Dana Dane’s “Little Bit of Dane” Das EFX’s “East Coast” Das EFX’s “Looseys” Das EFX’s “They Want EFX” De la Soul’s “Brain-Washed Follower” DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince’s “Jazzy's n the House” DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince’s “Who Stole My Car?” Eric B and Rakim’s “Eric B is President” Eric B and Rakim’s “Eric B Made My Day” Eric B and Rakim’s “The Rhyme Goes On” Fam-Lee’s “She's So Real” Funkmaster Flex’s “Live from the Palladium” GangStarr’s “Gotta Get Over” GangStarr’s “Knowledge” Geto Boys’s “Read These Nikes” Ghostface Killah’s “Deck's Beat” Ghostface Killah’s “Mighty Healthy” Grand Daddy IU’s “Sugar Free” Group Home’s “Supa Star” Guru’s “Take a Look (At Yourself)” Guru’s “Trust Me” Heavy D’s “Gyrlz, They Love Me” Heavy D’s “We Got Our Own Thang” Hip-Hop against Apartheid’s “Free South Africa” Ice Cube’s “Horny Lil' Devil” Ice Cube’s “I Wanna Kill Sam” Ice Cube’s “Jackin' for Beats” Jazzy Grooves’s “Scat Jam” Jimmy Z’s “Funky Flute” Joint Ventures’s “Interview” Kid 'N Play’s “Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody” Kid 'N Play’s “Friendz” Kid 'N Play’s “Last Night” King Just’s “Warriors Drum” King T’s “E Get Swift” KRS-One’s “Outta Here” Kurtis Blow’s “Still on the Scene” Large Professor’s “I Juswannachill” LL Cool J’s “6 Minutes of Pleasure” LL Cool J’s “Ain't No Stoppin' This” LL Cool J’s “Fast Peg” LL Cool J’s “To Da Break of Dawn” Lord Finesse’s “Hey! Look at Shorty” Low Profile’s “Easy Money” Marley Marl’s “Duck Alert” MC Breed’s “Gotta Get Mine” Mica Paris’s “More Love” Michel'le’s “Nicety” Mistress & DJ Madame E’s “Get Pumped” Naughty by Nature’s “Guard Your Grill” Naughty by Nature’s “Hip Hop Hooray” Nice & Smooth’s “Sex, Sex, Sex” NWA’s “**** tha Police” P-King’s “Wicked and Nasty” Pete Rock & CL Smooth’s “Anger in the Nation” Pete Rock & CL Smooth’s “Da Two” Pete Rock & CL Smooth’s “Skinz” Pete Rock & CL Smooth’s “Tell Me” Poor Righteous Teachers’s “Rock Dis Funky Joint” Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power” Rebel MC’s “Black Meaning Good” Rebel MC’s “Culture” Red Hot Lover Tone’s “Da Gigolow” Red Hot Lover Tone’s “Wanna Make Moves” Richie Rich’s “Rockin' on the GoGo Scene” Rumpletilskinz’s “Hudz” Run-DMC’s “Not Just Another Groove” Salt-N-Pepa ft E.U.’s “Shake Your Thing” Schoolly D’s “Sometimes It's Got” Shabaam Sahdeeq’s “Soundclash” Silk X Leather’s “The Woman in Me” Slick Rick’s “Why, Why, Why” Spoonie Gee’s “Spoonie is Back” Stetsasonic’s “Uda Man” Ten Tray’s “I Convey!” Terminator X’s “Homey Don't Play Dat” Terminator X’s “Vendetta. . . the Big Getback” The Gyrlz’s “Jam Jam If You Can” Trends of Culture’s “Mad Flavor Mad Style” Tupac ft Richie Rich’s “Lie to Kick It” Ultramagnetic MCs’s “I Like Your Style” UMC’s “One to Grow On” Wee Papa Girls’s “You've Got the Beat” * “All for One” Brand Nubian’s “All for One” * “I'm Broken Hearted” Slick Rick’s “Mistakes of a Woman in Love with Other Men” * “Reality” RRA’s “That's My Nigger” Everybody's Doin' the Hustle and Dead on the Double Bump: (Polydor 1975) * “Your Love” Boogie Down Productions’s “The Kenny Parker Show” Ed OG’s “Let Me Tickle Your Fancy” Queen Pen’s “Man Behind the Music” Hot!: (Polydor 1976) * “Hot (I Need to Be Love, Love Loved)” Above the Law’s “Livin' Like Hustlers” Downtown Science’s “Fat Shout” Ice Cube’s “Alive on Arrival” MC Lyte’s “When in Love” Steady B’s “Attitude Problem” Get up Offa That Thing: (Polydor 1976) * “Get up Offa That Thing” Beck’s “Diskobox” Boogie Down Productions’s “South Bronx” CEO’s “Here We Go Again” Double D & Steinski’s “Lesson 2” Hengee & Evil E’s “Lil Trig Fat Mix” Ice T’s “Killing Fields” Masta Ace’s “Can't Stop the Bumrush” Public Enemy’s “Rebel Without a Pause” Schoolly D’s “How a Black Man Feels” WC & the Maad Circle’s “Get on up on That Funk” Body Heat: (Polydor 1976) * “Don't Tell It” Akinyele’s “30 Days” Boogie Down Productions’s “Poetry” Eric B and Rakim’s “Move the Crowd” Kool G Rap ft DJ Polo’s “Money in the Bank” * “Body Heat” Greg Osby’s “Flow to the Underground” Sons of Bazerk’s “Part One” Mutha's Nature: (Polydor 1977) * “Give Me Some Skin” South Central Cartel’s “Pops Was a Rolla” Jam 1980's: (Polydor 1978) * “The Spank” Tupac’s “Trapped” Take a Look at Those Cakes: (Polydor 1978) * “For Goodness Sakes, Look at Those Cakes” De la Soul’s “Afro Connections at a Hi 5 (In the Eyes of a Hoodlum)” In the Jungle Groove: (Polydor 1986) * “Give it up or Turnit a Loose” (Remix) Black Rock & Ron’s “Act Like You Know” CEO’s “House Time, Any Time” Def Jef’s “Poet with Soul” Doug E Fresh’s “Guess Who?” Everlast’s “Syndicate Soldier” Freddie Foxx’s “The Master” GangStarr’s “Gotch U” Ice T’s “Power” Intelligent Hoodlum’s “Keep Striving” Kurtis Blow’s “Back by Popular Demand” Miles Davis’s “Blow” NWA’s “100 Miles and Runnin'” Paris’s “Wretched” Professor Griff’s “Pass the Ammo” Public Enemy’s “Burn Hollywood Burn” Public Enemy’s “Welcome to the Terrordome” Rah Digga’s “What They Call Me” Rob Base’s “Creation” Schoolly D’s “Who's Schoolin' Who?” Sister Souljah’s “The Hate That Hate Produced” Special Ed’s “Come On, Let's Move” Steady B’s “Let the Hustlers Play” Tone Loc’s “Freaky Behavior” Trey Lewd’s “Hoodlums Hoo Ride” Twin Hype’s “Tales of the Twins” Ultramagnetic MCs’s “Give the Drummer Some” Willie D’s “**** Rodney King” YBT’s “Loud and Hard to Hit” * “I Got to Move” Cypress Hill’s “How I Could Just Kill a Man” Double XX Posse’s “Headcracker” Hard Knocks’s “Strictly from the Bronx” ShowBiz & A.G.’s “Diggin' in the Crates” * “Funky Drummer” (Drums) 2 Live Crew’s “Coolin'” 808 State’s “Pacific 202” A Tribe Called Quest’s “Seperate / Together” Above the Law’s “Murder Rap” Above the Law’s “Untouchables” Above the Law’s “What Cha Can Prove” Allison Williams’s “Sleep Talk” Awesome Dre’s “Frankly Speaking” Beastie Boys’s “Shadrach” Big Daddy Kane’s “Mortal Combat” Biz Markie’s “Spring Again” Black Rock & Ron’s “Stop the World” Breeze’s “Great Big Freak” BWP’s “A Different Category” Cash Money & Marvelous’s “Drawers” Choice MC’s “Bad A-s Bitch” Chubb Rock’s “Bump the Floor” Chubb Rock’s “Talkin' Loud, Ain't Sayin' Jack” Coldcut’s “Say Kids, What Time is It?” Compton's Most Wanted’s “The Final Chapter” Compton's Most Wanted’s “Wanted” Convicts’s “I Like Boning” CPO’s “Flow to the Rhythm” Criminal Nation’s “I'm Rollin'” Criminal Nation’s “Insane” Criminal Nation’s “It's a Black Thing” Criminal Nation’s “The Right Crowd” De la Soul’s “Oodles of O's” Deep Forest’s “Deep Forest” Depeche Mode’s “My Joy” Derek B’s “Get Down” Derek B’s “Human Time Bomb” Digable Planets’s “Where I'm From” DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince’s “2 Damn Hype” DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince’s “Hip Hop Dancer's Theme” DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince’s “Jazzy's Groove” DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince’s “Magnificent Jazzy Jeff” DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince’s “Pump up the Bass” DJ Mark the 45 King ft Lakim Shabazz’s “When a Wise Man Speaks” DJ Master T’s “Wind Me Up” DOC’s “Let the Bass Go” Domination’s “Back at it Again” Dr. Dre’s “Let Me Ride” Eazy-E’s “We Want Eazy” Enigma’s “Carly's Song” Eric B and Rakim’s “Lyrics of Fury” Eric B and Rakim’s “Relax with Pep” Father MC’s “Ain't it Funky” Fine Young Cannibals’s “I'm Not the Man I Used to Be” Freddie Foxx’s “F. F. is Here” Fresh 4’s “Wishing on a Star” GangStarr’s “2 Deep” George Michael’s “Waiting for That Day/You Can't Always Get. . .” Geto Boys’s “Mind of a Lunatic” Geto Boys’s “Read These Nikes” Goats’s “TV Cops” Gus Gus’s “Purple” Guy’s “I Like” Hard Knocks’s “A Blow to the Head” Heavy D’s “Peaceful Journey” Heavy D’s “We Got Our Own Thang” Hi-C’s “Take a Ride” HWA’s “Trick is a Trick” Ice Cube’s “Endangered Species” Ice Cube’s “Jackin' for Beats” Ice T’s “I Ain't New Ta This” Ice T’s “Original Gangster” Ice T’s “Radio Suckers” James Brown’s “She Looks All Types A' Good” Jaz’s “The Originators” Kid 'N Play’s “Foreplay” Kid 'N Play’s “Slippin'” Kid Sensation’s “Emergency” King Sun’s “King Sun with the Sword” Kool G Rap’s “It's a Demo” Kool G Rap’s “The Butcher Shop” Kool Moe Dee’s “Bad, Bad, Bad” Kool Moe Dee’s “I'm Blowing Up” Kool Moe Dee’s “Knowledge is King” Korn & the Dust Brothers’s “Kick the P.A.” Kris Kross’s “Jump” Kris Kross’s “Lil' Boys in Da Hood” Kwame’s “The Rhythm” Lakim Shabazz’s “Black is Back” Leaders of the New School’s “Sobb Story” Leaders of the New School’s “Teachers, Don't Teach Us Nonsense” LL Cool J’s “Boomin' System” LL Cool J’s “Fast Peg” LL Cool J’s “Mama Said Knock You Out” LL Cool J’s “Nitro” LL Cool J’s “Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?” Low Profile’s “Make Room for. . .” Maestro Fresh Wes’s “Let Your Backbone Slide” Mantronix’s “Fresh is the Word” Mantronix ft Wondress’s “Got to Have Your Love” Marky Mark’s “Good Vibrations” Masters at Work’s “Jus' a Lil' Dope” MC Lyte’s “Brooklyn” MC Shan’s “So Def” MC Shan’s “So Fresh” MC Smooth’s “Blow the Whistle” Mellow Man Ace’s “Hypest from Cypress” Mellow Man Ace’s “River Cubano” Michel'le’s “No More Lies” Michie Mee’s “Jamaican Funk Canadian Style” Ministere Amer’s “Traitres” Mistress & DJ Madame E’s “Hypergroove” Mistress & DJ Madame E’s “Show 'em How We Play” MMG’s “Only the Strong Survive” Mobb Deep’s “Flavor for the Non-Believes” Nas’s “Get Down” Naughty by Nature’s “Hot Potato” Naughty by Nature’s “Ready for Dem” New Order’s “Ruined in a Day” Nikki D’s “Freak Accident” Nikki D’s “Gotta up the Ante for the Panties” Nine Inch Nails’s “Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)” No Face’s “Half” NWA’s “**** tha Police” NWA’s “Quiet on tha Set” P-Funk All Stars’s “Dope Dogs” Paperboy’s “The Nine Yards” Paris’s “I Call Him Mad” Paris’s “On the Prowl” Paris’s “The Devil Made Me Do It” Pete Rock & CL Smooth’s “Go with the Flow” Pharcyde’s “Officer” Prince’s “Gangster Glam” Prince’s “Gett Off” Prince’s “My Name is Prince” Prince Johnny C’s “Comin' to Get Ya” Prince Johnny C’s “Kevey Kev is a Dancer with Soul” Public Enemy’s “Bring the Noise” Public Enemy’s “Bring the Noise” Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power” Public Enemy’s “Hazy Shade of Criminal” Public Enemy’s “Rebel Without a Pause” Public Enemy’s “She Watch Channel Zero” Public Enemy’s “Terminator X to the Edge of Panic” Public Enemy’s “The Enemy Assault Vehicle Mixx” Queen’s “We Are the Champions” Redman’s “Rated R” Roxanne Shante’s “Have a Nice Day” Run-DMC’s “Back from Hell” Run-DMC’s “Beats to the Rhyme” Run-DMC’s “Run's House” Run-DMC’s “Word is Born” Salt-N-Pepa’s “Let the Rhythm Run” Scarface’s “Born Killer” Sinead O'Connor’s “I Am Stretched on Your Grave” Sir Mix-A-Lot’s “No Holds Barred” Slayer & Atari Teenage Riot’s “No Remorse (I Wanna Die)” Slick Rick’s “The Moment I Feared” Smooth Ice’s “I'm Coming” Smooth Ice’s “Without a Pause” Sons of Bazerk’s “One Time for the Rebel” South Central Cartel’s “Neighborhood Jacka” Stetsasonic’s “DBC Let the Music Play” Stetsasonic’s “Sally” Stetsasonic’s “Speaking of a Girl Named Suzy” Stetsasonic’s “The Hip Hop Band” Stop the Violence Movement’s “Self-Destruction” Style’s “Victim to the Vinyl” Sublime’s “Scarlet Begonias” Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud’s “Do the James” Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud’s “Let the Drummer Get Ill” Sweet T’s “My Beat” Tim Dog’s “Goin Wild in the Penile” Tim Dog’s “Low Down Nigga” TLC’s “Shock Dat Monkey” True Mathematics’s “For the Lover in You” Tung Twista’s “No Peace Sign” Tupac ft Richie Rich’s “Lie to Kick It” Ultramagnetic MCs’s “Give the Drummer Some” Ultramagnetic MCs’s “Moe Love on the One & Two” Vanilla Ice’s “Stop That Train” Wagon Christ’s “Filthy Drummer” WC & the Maad Circle’s “Ghetto Serenade” Yomo & Maulkie’s “Mockingbird” YZ’s “Return of the Holy One” Z-Trip’s “Rockstar” Z-Trip’s “Rockstar 2” * “Get Up, Get into It, Get Involved” (First appearance on album) 2 Live Crew’s “Do the Bart” 2 Live Crew’s “Drop the Bomb” 3XDope’s “No Words” Arabian Prince’s “Get On Up” Beastie Boys’s “Sounds of Science” Big Daddy Kane’s “Get into It” Big Daddy Kane’s “Raw '91” Big Daddy Kane’s “Set it Off” Biz Markie’s “The Gator (Dance)” Black Rock & Ron’s “Getting Large” Boogie Down Productions’s “South Bronx” Coco Lee’s “So Crazy” Def Jef’s “On the Real Tip” DJ Magic Mike’s “The Dynamic Duo” GangStarr’s “Gotch U” Heavy D’s “Flexin'” Ice T’s “Home Invasion” Joe Public’s “Live and Learn” Joint Ventures’s “**** What Ya Heard” 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Your A-s and Get Involved” Schoolly D’s “Godfather of Funk” Schoolly D’s “Peace to the Nation” ShowBiz & A.G.’s “Giant in the Mental” Special Ed’s “Come On, Let's Move” Stezo’s “Jimmy's Gettin' Funky” Stezo’s “Put Your Body into It” Terminator X’s “Vendetta. . . the Big Getback” Tim Dog’s “**** Compton” Tony Scott’s “Get Into It” UB40’s “Can't Help Falling in Love” Ultramagnetic MCs’s “Blast from Our Past” Yvette Michelle’s “Crazy” Motherlode: (Polygram 1988) * “You Got to Have a Mother for Me” DJ Quik’s “Tear it Off” LL Cool J’s “Why Do They Call it Dope?” Schoolly D’s “Gangster Boogie” * “Untitled Instumental” Scarface’s “Murder by Reason of Insanity” Schoolly D’s “Godfather of Funk” West Coast Rap All Stars’s “We're All in the Same Gang” * “Can I Get Some Help” Ice T’s “Freedom of Speech” Kool G Rap ft DJ Polo’s “Play it Kool” Schoolly D’s “Peace to the Nation” Shyheim’s “Here Come the Hits” Tim Dog’s “**** Compton” * “Baby, Here I Come” EPMD’s “The Big Payback” Insane Poetry’s “Angel of Death” Red Hot Lover Tone’s “I Like” single: (Tommy Boy 1984) * “Unity” (ft Afrika Bambaata) Beastie Boys’s “Shake Your Rump” Fresh Gordan’s “Feelin' James” ?: (? ?) * “Can I Get Some” Stetsasonic’s “Getto is the. . .” * “Maybe the Last Time” Pharcyde’s “I'm That Type of Nigga” * “Honky Tonk Popcorn” Beatnuts’s “Are You Ready?” Big Daddy Kane’s “Mortal Combat” * “Please Please Me” Ice Cube’s “Horny Lil' Devil”

Yo this is freaky as **** that James Brown dies the same week that hip-hop is dead album comes out, maybe if the hip-hop community could come together to preserve James Brown's memory it could be the rebirth of hip-hop, there could be life after death here for the industry, now is the time...

MC Hammer shows love to James Brown: http://mchammer.blogspot.com/ The GodFather Of Soul Moves On: James Brown We Love You The man that influenced many of the greatest artist of all time has passed away. James Brown passed away this Christmas morning and I am saddened. I will mourn for yet a while and then I will celebrate his legacy and our friendship. I called him GodFather and he called me God Son. I am so glad that I honored him while he was living. The memories of our times together I will always cherish. His contributions to society and the African American community are numerous and significant. When we were weary during our journey and struggle for our civil rights and the country was a powder keg about to explode, when oppression and injustice burned like a wet log on an open fire, when the word "colored", was followed by the words," to the back" and "not served", James Brown gave us our pride, self-esteem and dignity with the song,"Say It Loud" which was followed by the words,"I'm Black and I'm Proud". This was during a time when full lips, and afros where not in vogue and were not considered a fashion statement and a movie look. It took a strong man to make the statement that the GodFather Of Soul made. I was a young kid and I was amazed at the dance moves and energy that The GodFather put down. He was a one man showstopper! A master of the stage. His songs resonated throughout the community. Please, Please, Please, This is A Mans World, Cold Sweat, Hot Pants, Super Bad, Try Me, and many more. From our many conversations and numerous performances together, I had my own personal relationship with the man I was influenced by and whom I held in the highest regards. He would prove over and over again his love and concern for me and I appreciated him for it. Whenever he requested my presence I would make sure to get wherever he wanted me. I felt it was the least I could do to show my respect for a legend who did so much for his people and this country as well as world relations with his life and music. For the past 50 years James brown has performed around the world and continued to create hot and meaningful music. From Michael Jackson, Prince, and MC Hammer to Usher, Chris Brown , Ne-Yo and Justin Timberlake the James Brown effect and legacy lives on. In 1991 when I wrote the treatment for my Too Legit to Quit short film, I thought it would be a good time to honor my legend and hero, especially since he had just went through a tough time and being incarcerated. My perspective was that no one is perfect and his mistake did not take away one bit from his many sacrifices and contributions to music and society. I also filmed a special for HBO in Oakland called, "Influences" and chose The GodFather as my greatest influence. I even honored him on the, "Please Hammer Don't Hurt'em", album and tour with my theme song ,"Here Comes The Hammer", remixed to "Super Bad" and put his images in the video. I did a James Brown solo every night. I loved my God Father. I remember him asking me about some evil looking statues in the video we did together and he questioned the meaning of the symbols on the Kings chair I got him for the video. He was concerned that it could be sacrilegious and I said we on the same page thank you Jesus. GodFather would call me and check on me throughout the years and I'm going to miss his voice and laugh. From now on every year I will play James Brown on Christmas Day and honor his memory. It's fitting that the King would pass into the King Of Kings arms on Christmas morning. He deserved such an honor. I love you GodFather.

This is devastating for me, I was in such a great mood over the past few days, everything been looking up for me lately, the funny thing is the other day I emailed Krystle and told her how me and my papa like to chill at night and listen to James Brown tapes sometimes, music has been a bond between me and my papa, he's definately the greatest artist ever, every hip-hop artist in history deserves to pay respect that man, he was a trialblazer and he was going strong till the end, he's definately an inspiration to live life to the fullest, may soul brother #1 rest in peace forever, as a young hip-hop artist that respects the history I'm gonna do the best to protect his legacy, his family is in my prayers... 'Godfather of Soul' James Brown dies By GREG BLUESTEIN, Associated Press Writer 6 minutes ago James Brown, the dynamic, pompadoured "Godfather of Soul," whose rasping vocals and revolutionary rhythms made him a founder of rap, funk and disco as well, died early Monday, his agent said. He was 73. Brown was hospitalized with pneumonia at Emory Crawford Long Hospital on Sunday and died around 1:45 a.m. Monday, said his agent, Frank Copsidas of Intrigue Music. Longtime friend Charles Bobbit was by his side, he said. Copsidas said Brown's family was being notified of his death and that the cause was still uncertain. "We really don't know at this point what he died of," he said. Along with Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan and a handful of others, Brown was one of the major musical influences of the past 50 years. At least one generation idolized him, and sometimes openly copied him. His rapid-footed dancing inspired Mick Jagger and Michael Jackson among others. Songs such as David Bowie's "Fame," Prince's "Kiss," George Clinton's "Atomic Dog" and Sly and the Family Stone's "Sing a Simple Song" were clearly based on Brown's rhythms and vocal style. If Brown's claim to the invention of soul can be challenged by fans of Ray Charles and Sam Cooke, then his rights to the genres of rap, disco and funk are beyond question. He was to rhythm and dance music what Dylan was to lyrics: the unchallenged popular innovator. "James presented obviously the best grooves," rapper Chuck D of Public Enemy once told The Associated Press. "To this day, there has been no one near as funky. No one's coming even close." His hit singles include such classics as "Out of Sight," "(Get Up I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine," "I Got You (I Feel Good)" and "Say It Out Loud — I'm Black and I'm Proud," a landmark 1968 statement of racial pride. "I clearly remember we were calling ourselves colored, and after the song, we were calling ourselves black," Brown said in a 2003 Associated Press interview. "The song showed even people to that day that lyrics and music and a song can change society." He won a Grammy award for lifetime achievement in 1992, as well as Grammys in 1965 for "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" (best R&B recording) and for "Living In America" in 1987 (best R&B vocal performance, male.) He was one of the initial artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986, along with Presley, Chuck Berry and other founding fathers. He triumphed despite an often unhappy personal life. Brown, who lived in Beech Island near the Georgia line, spent more than two years in a South Carolina prison for aggravated assault and failing to stop for a police officer. After his release on in 1991, Brown said he wanted to "try to straighten out" rock music. From the 1950s, when Brown had his first R&B hit, "Please, Please, Please" in 1956, through the mid-1970s, Brown went on a frenzy of cross-country tours, concerts and new songs. He earned the nickname "The Hardest Working Man in Show Business." With his tight pants, shimmering feet, eye makeup and outrageous hair, Brown set the stage for younger stars such as Michael Jackson and Prince. In 1986, he was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. And rap stars of recent years overwhelmingly have borrowed his lyrics with a digital technique called sampling. Brown's work has been replayed by the Fat Boys, Ice-T, Public Enemy and a host of other rappers. "The music out there is only as good as my last record," Brown joked in a 1989 interview with Rolling Stone magazine. "Disco is James Brown, hip-hop is James Brown, rap is James Brown; you know what I'm saying? You hear all the rappers, 90 percent of their music is me," he told the AP in 2003. Born in poverty in Barnwell, S.C., in 1933, he was abandoned as a 4-year-old to the care of relatives and friends and grew up on the streets of Augusta, Ga., in an "ill-repute area," as he once called it. There he learned to wheel and deal. "I wanted to be somebody," Brown said. By the eighth grade in 1949, Brown had served 3 1/2 years in Alto Reform School near Toccoa, Ga., for breaking into cars. While there, he met Bobby Byrd, whose family took Brown into their home. Byrd also took Brown into his group, the Gospel Starlighters. Soon they changed their name to the Famous Flames and their style to hard R&B. In January 1956, King Records of Cincinnati signed the group, and four months later "Please, Please, Please" was in the R&B Top Ten. While most of Brown's life was glitz and glitter, he was plagued with charges of abusing drugs and alcohol and of hitting his third wife, Adrienne. In September 1988, Brown, high on PCP and carrying a shotgun, entered an insurance seminar next to his Augusta office. Police said he asked seminar participants if they were using his private restroom. Police chased Brown for a half-hour from Augusta into South Carolina and back to Georgia. The chase ended when police shot out the tires of his truck. Brown received a six-year prison sentence. He spent 15 months in a South Carolina prison and 10 months in a work release program before being paroled in February 1991. In 2003, the South Carolina parole board granted him a pardon for his crimes in that state. Soon after his release, Brown was on stage again with an audience that included millions of cable television viewers nationwide who watched the three-hour, pay-per-view concert at Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. Adrienne Brown died in 1996 in Los Angeles at age 47. She took PCP and several prescription drugs while she had a bad heart and was weak from cosmetic surgery two days earlier, the coroner said. More recently, he married his fourth wife, Tomi Raye Hynie, one of his backup singers. The couple had a son, James Jr. Two years later, Brown spent a week in a private Columbia hospital, recovering from what his agent said was dependency on painkillers. Brown's attorney, Albert "Buddy" Dallas, said singer was exhausted from six years of road shows. Copyright © 2006 The Associated Press ================================================= Obituary: James Brown James Brown on stage in 2000 The self-confessed Godfather of soul When James Brown styled himself Soul Brother Number One, for once, this was no idle showbusiness exaggeration. His influence on popular music was, quite simply, enormous. He transformed gospel music into rhythm and blues, and soul music into his own creation, funk, with its driving rhythms and insistent beat. His performances remain unsurpassed for their urgency of expression and raw physicality, influencing later white rockers like Mick Jagger and Iggy Pop. Born James Joe Brown Junior in 1933 in a one-room shack in the backwoods of South Carolina, by seven, he was boarding at a brothel in Augusta, Georgia. Delighted and outraged audiences He helped to pay the rent by shining shoes and tap-dancing on sidewalks. Nine years later, he was harshly punished for trying to steal a car. Sent to prison for between eight and 16 years, he eventually served only three years and a day. James Brown on the stage in the 1960s Brown was a charismatic frontman On his release, he joined a gospel group. While pursuing a promising but ultimately abortive career as a semi-professional boxer, he rose to become the leader of the James Brown Revue. Audiences were delighted and outraged by the group's tight R&B sound, fronted by the charismatic Brown, whose stage antics caused him to shed up to seven pounds a night. In 1956, Brown wrote the song Please, Please, Please. It sold a million copies and propelled the singer to stardom. Other hits followed, as Brown worked up to 350 nights a year, earning himself another name, the hardest-working man in showbusiness. Mould-breaking show Though the financial returns were scant - Brown and his band members earned a derisory $150 each for Please Please Please - he refused to compromise on the quality of his performances. His reason was simple. "When you're on stage, the people who paid money to get in are the boss, even if it cost them only a quarter. You're working for them." The success: James Brown in the 1970s The success: James Brown in the 1970s He treated his band like an army, imposing fines for lateness, scruffy costumes and poor playing. By the early 1960s his growing reputation saw him playing to packed crowds at the Mecca of black music, Harlem's Apollo Theatre. In 1961, realising that the essence of his music could only be captured live, Brown personally financed the recording of an album at the theatre. The result, the mould-breaking James Brown Show Live at the Apollo, was a sensation. Establishing his reputation throughout the United States, it remains one of the most critically acclaimed live albums ever recorded. His status was enhanced by a succession of worldwide hits like Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, I Got You (I Feel Good) and Get Up (I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine). Thanks from the president Artistically, James Brown was breaking new ground with a whole new musical form, funk. Songs like Cold Sweat, where the brass section and guitars drove the rhythm, exemplified the stylistic change which Brown wrought. Success brought great wealth. James Brown owned radio stations, fast food restaurants and a private jet. He embraced "black capitalism" even before the phrase was coined, urging his fellow countrypeople to live the American Dream. The prisoner: James Brown in jail in the late 1980s The prisoner: In jail in the late 1980s He gave back, too, sponsoring food stamps for the poor and giving money and land to those in need, especially in Africa. Some radicals, though, criticised him for his patriotism and he received death threats after playing to US troops in Vietnam. Such was James Brown's influence that, when Martin Luther King was assassinated in 1968, the order went out to broadcast Brown's show in Boston live across the United States. Punctuated by his pleas for calm, the show helped to stem the tide of anger and Brown earned the personal thanks of President Johnson. Living in America The 1970s were bad times for James Brown. His son, Teddy, died in a car accident, he himself was beset by tax problems and disco music threatened to eclipse his career. Sheer hard work on the club circuit brought him back from the brink. A cameo roll as a singing preacher in the cult 1980 film The Blues Brothers brought his music to another generation. James Brown performing in 1999 Brown was still strutting in his sixties His song Living in America, a paean to the American Dream, was chosen as the theme music to Rocky IV and James Brown was among the first group of inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. But James Brown's capacity for self-destruction was a constant danger. In 1988 an incident with a shotgun led to a high speed police chase and he spent two and a half years in jail. His release coincided with a huge upswell in rap, and hip-hop music, both of which borrowed freely from Brown's work. His role as a pivotal musical innovator was recognised as never before. Even with his faults, James Brown was an important role model to a whole generation of African Americans. Triumphing over poverty and racism, his outlook is best summed up by the title of one of his greatest hits - Say it Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud. http://www.godfatherofsoul.com http://www.godfatherofsoul.org/samples.htm

i'm a lil' upset that i didn't get that nas cd in the mail yet, i won't be able to listen to it by christmas like i thought i woulds, i put the damn cd on preorder, hiphop ain't dead, just in a sleep, i think there are enough real artists and fans out there to wake it up though, everybody gotta step it up, fans have to support quality music, artists need to step it up...

Looking at this rhyme I did bringds back memories of when I performed this song in school for my friends that year, I'll never forget that moment, enjoy everyone, merry Xmas: "Christmas Rhyme" Written In December 2001 Verse One: Yo Christmas comes once a year So you spread the holiday cheer When you spend time with family and peers And there's a lot of aniticipation when it's near That means it's obvious to tell when it's here 'Cause you can see all the decorations That'll put a smile on everybody's faces And you can see the Christmas vibration In all nations With all races and all ages And whether you're Indian, Afican, Jamican, or Haitian It's still Christmas no matter what language you speak That vibe is felt by people like me So I decided to record a Christmas CD To bring the Christmas creativity With the lyrical Christmas delivery This album ain't really about me And this album ain't really about beating mcs 'Cause for this moment, I'm at eaze Feelin' the chill in the breeze Checkin' out the winter scene Sippin' on an icee Gettin' a brain freeze Taking a glance at the Christmas trees Keepin' it true with my peeps, repeatedly So... Chorus: Let me spit a Christmas rhyme That's legit and on time With the Christmas time So y'all could feel the Christmas vibe And un-stress your mind 'Cause we don't need any mess at Christmas time Just relax with my Christmas rhyme And feel the Christmas vibe Verse Two: No matter what age You're always a child at heart No matter what way You could see Christmas is always on par And no matter what place You're at, you know that the Christmas love ain't that far 'Cause it's Christmas And that's the way it is There's no day like this And there's no way you could fight this When the jolly ol' Santa says “Ho, Ho, Ho” You already know That it's Christmas yo I wanna kiss a fly honey under the mistletoe So things could be poppin' for sho' 'Cause things like this are a part of the Christmas flow Even a hardcore thug Can feel the love There's not a way you can explain How this day can be off the chains Maybe it's the candy canes You don't feel no pain But you get some gain 'Cause the Christmas love ain't ever lame Y'all know what I'm trying to say In this hot lyrical display [Repeat Chorus] Verse Three: Even though I'm making a Christmas song It doesn't mean I have to sing on the entire song I'm a slanger 'cause my rap fire's strong Like word iz bond Nothing's changed, when I'm on the mic 'Cause on Christmas day I'll be rockin' the mic With this song I'll recite You hear the bells jinglin' The carols that people are singin' Well here's a new song, you'll be singin' 'Cause Christmas has a special meaning to it Over 2000 years ago on that day, there was a major movement When Jesus was born And yo, if he wasn't born, Big Ted wouldn't be an element That's straight up real Somethin' that y'all should feel There's a deeper meaning, that y'all can't avoid Christmas is more than just new clothes and toys That's why it's better to give than to receive 'Cause the holidays ain't about the money The ultimate gifts are free Yo, believe me Just kick it wit ya peeps, you n'ah mean And enjoy this CD [Repeat Chorus]

Oh yeah there was this song I wrote about her 4 years ago the first Christmas holiday after I mwet her, all these thoughts are still relevant to now, knowing that she wants to see me soon makes me feel lighted like a Christmas tree, my wishes are coming true, I was always too nervous to share it with her but this year I decided to call her up and perform it to her over the phone on Friday, she enjoyed it too: “Your Love For Christmas” Written By Big Ted on December 20, 2002 Chorus: You don't know how much I'd do for you Your love for Christmas I wish that I'd told you That all I want is your love for Christmas All I need is your love for Christmas Verse One: I would love to spend time with you There ain't much presents that I could buy you Don't worry 'bout it though 'cause I'll make everything all right for you There ain't much money that I have to spend Trust that I'll make sure we have happiness You don't have to buy me anything As long as I'm with you, I don't need anything Reality sets in since right now I'm alone This pain kills me deep I try to maintain but I feel chills in my sleep My life's so cold around me More than if the ground's snowy You don't know what I'd give for you to hold me You could never imagine such a strong dawg like me have all this sensitivity You were the girl that did this to me I would trade in my presents quickly If you said you wanna spend time with me This is more than a rhyme that I'm spittin' Since you're the one thing during this time that I'm missin' [Repeat Chorus] Verse Two: At my age, I don't need toys And at my age, I can't no longer avoid That I need to penetrate after a stronger joy What happens to us when we get older is That we get a bigger sense Of what we want, the bigger perspective The whole pictures occurs to progress Love is something that becomes more cherished Most material things just perish This could be hard for a person like me to confess There's different words that this mc can express Now I yearn for love So I have to come with words of love I started to think about this before I met you But now the plan's more set through On how I can effect you I don't know what the future is No doe can buy the perfect thing It's so hard to find the words to give You an idea of what I'm trying to say I don't know if I cross your mind today Or the other times you're away You probably don't know that you're on my mind everyday The feeling is incredible It's hard to find something to let this go [Repeat Chorus] Verse Three: I don't want you to get it twisted This song's more than just about Christmas It's about the love I now envision I would feel more life than a lighted Christmas tree If you decided to spend time to get at me A miracle is what I need This is the time of year where it could happen It's in my mind so clear to be darin' for passion I won't get my hopes up Unless you feel something that won't hold up I'll be ready if you show up, to give me some of your love Right now it seems like it's only a fantasy But the main thing I guess is that you enjoy this time with your family Like I will mine, just the thought to know that you're happy brings me life even though I ain't your #1 guy Recognise that you don't have to be shy You know that if you get with me sparks will fly 'Cause you'll feel something you won't deny Especially around the holidays I'm ready to drown the drama away You and me kissing under the mistletoe Would fulfill all the needs of the wish list I wrote [Repeat Chorus]