I'm starting to think that way...

Love James.....but I'd go with Prince.

Not the best, definately one of the most influential.

BT11 said:

Ah, thank you. Those were the words I was looking for.

As much as James is an icon of talent, showmanship, and FUNK, I personally prefer others that came after him in all three categories. Above all, he is a crucial icon of extremely vast influence.

He's right up there.

Maybe the best stage performer ever - few can come close to his stage presence.

Best recording artist ever? He's done some seriously phenomenal stuff, but I'd have to say no. He's above a LOT of great folks, but not THE best.

brotha's got one of the best perms ever, i'll tell ya that much...his music and showmanship are the absolute most, too.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

I don't know...



...looks like a hot comb/curler 'do to me.


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

theAudience said:

yes....the best wife beater ever....look, he's in the hall of fame....

http://www.wife-beaters.c...ffame.html

pkidwell said:

ain't nobody told you to steer clear off of the muthafuckin topic!!!!

theAudience said:

fried, dyed and laid to the side's all the same to me.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

damn.

sinisterpentatonic said:

you shoulda let me borrow your dave chappelle-rick james-slap banner.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

wasn't mine to begin with.

but i found it again just for you.

cut, paste, reply

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

In his day yes he was the best ever, and without him there would have been no Prince, but which I mean not Prince as we know him.
James Brown has not really influenced all of Pop Music as we know it. But also with James the whole was greater than the sum of the parts; the musicians and arrangers, co-song writers and band leaders who were with him in his "hay-day" contributed. James was at his best when his band was also the pick of the crop.
Which is why I feel that what he does today is sometimes almost a travesty of what he once was...but whatever, you ahve to give him credit for the huge influence he had back in the 1960's and the doors that opened for everyone since.
You only have to listen to any classic James Brown to hear that.
(I took this as a serious question!)

I'm pretty sure Hip-hop is basically the Church of James Brown.

Anx said:

Spot on.

James never did shit. He barely plays an instrument. His organ work sucks ass. He kinda screams and barely sings.

HA!
Yall need to go BACK to school.

James IS the best ever.

Why?
Before James.....no funk....did not exist.
After James.....funk is born.

No other artist has revolutionized single handedly,...dance and music.
And when i say revolutionizing...I mean REVOLUTIONIZING!

Remember anytime you hear a funky beat....you ARE HEARING the influence of James Brown.
Period.
Wether its Purple Haze by Hendrix, or the freakin theme song to Dawson's Creek.
Its James, baby.

Try to imagine music today ...or for the past 40 years ...if NO music was FUNKY!!!!

Cause thats the world yall'd be livin in if there had never been JAMES BROWN.







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No.

CinisterCee said:

nice new avatar.

sexyfunkystrange said:

What about THE Meters?

CuntOMatic said:

SHUT YO' ASS UP!!!

I'm not qualified to say. I like a lot of artists better, although I love "It's a Man's Man's World".

sinisterpentatonic said:

"I'm Rick James, bitch!" got old almost immediately, but damn if that slap doesn't still crack me up!


I love James, but Stevie is the best ever.
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of course James is the best. who else could have made "Santa Claus go straight to the ghetto" and then turn around do "i'm real" with those Gheri Curl kings Full Force??? Nobody but James could have pulled that off...

BlaqueKnight said: