(Say it Loud) I’m Black and I’m Proud
James Brown - (Say it Loud) I’m Black and I’m Proud
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How did Social Soul reflect a new vision of African-American identity in the late 1960s and early 1970s?
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James Brown
(1933 – 2006) A monumental figure in the development of Rhythm and Blues, James Brown was a one-of-a-kind musical visionary whose influence is as massive as the larger-than-life stage persona that spawned such superlative nicknames as the Godfather of Soul, Mr. Dynamite, and the Hardest-Working Man In Show Business. In a recording career that spanned six decades, Brown’s innovations helped to build the foundation of Soul, Dance music, and especially Funk, while his electrifying performances established him as one of contemporary music's best-known and best-loved icons. Growing up poor and largely on his own, in and around Augusta, Georgia, Brown was...