In 1962, James Brown made the leap from rising star to musical icon with a single performance at midnight in the Apollo ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When we talk about the DNA of hip-hop, three words always come up: James Brown. Breakbeats. From the moment DJs like Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash first looped those funk grooves ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) When I first wrote about James Brown, I thought I’d covered enough ground with the big hits—the songs everyone knows and loves. But not long after that article went live, I started ...
James Brown said this rock icon opened doors for him while simultaneously blocking him from being No. 1, but he didn't mind.