James Brown

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“Well heyyyyyyyyyyy! I feel good!”

~ James Brown on himself

James Brown, also known as the Godfather of Soul, was the hardest working man in Showbiz. Seriously. The guy never stopped! Where other artists would be content to just sing, James Brown even swept and re-painted the studios he was in while he recorded his songs! This helps to explain the many noises he made during the course of his songs - for years thought to be a sign of how damn funky he was, the "Uh!" noises are actually him straining on the stepladder to reach that awkward corner.

James Brown seen here wearing his special cloak which makes him strongly resemble fellow R&B legend George Clinton.

1 Musical Career
2 Soul Mafia Career
3 Work Ethic
4 See Also

[edit] Musical Career

James Brown, man, legend and high speed sweat generator, maintained his phenomenal work ethic throughout his career. In a musical career lasting over 40 years, the man never took a vacation, never had a break, never even had a single day off! As the man himself observed:

The funk never stops, baby! James Brown can't be stoppin' for anythin' but sleep - hell baby, James even eats on the run! There just ain't enough hours in the year to bring the funk to all James's people baby, yeah!

Towards the end of his career, he was accused of becoming almost a parody of himself - almost conforming to stereotype - which comments such as the above quote did little to change.

In the beginning, however, James was an innovator of soul with attitude - a man who helped put the 'fu' in 'funk'.

[edit] Soul Mafia Career

The Godfather of Soul was more than just another self-publicising nickname Brown bestowed upon himself along with "Soul Brother Number One", "Sex Machine", "Mr. Dynamite", "Minister of The New New Super Heavy Funk",' and "Tiddles" (this last one struggled to catch on as well as the others). It was in fact a cunning double-bluff to disguise the fact that he was really the Godfather of a large criminal organisation known as the "Soul Mafia".

The Soul Mafia specialised in crimes that had a serious groove on - so audacious raids on jewellery stores, for example, were much more their brand new bag than anything as honky as a mugging.

Brown even attempted to boast about many of his gang's achievements in his finest songs, although they were heavily toned down before release by worried advisers. This is evidenced in such original working titles as "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag Of Cash From An Armoured Car Heist", "Get Up Offa That Thing (We're Stealing It), and "Say It Loud, I'm A Criminal Overlord And I'm Proud".

Brown and his cohorts ruled much of the American Underworld with an iron fist and an undeniably funky beat for most of the '60s and '70s.

[edit] Work Ethic

The "Hardest Working Man In Showbiz" tag was well deserved. Seriously, working the crowd, working the band, maintaining the Soul Mafia, working part time swing shift at Wendy's every other friday... How in the hell did the guy keep it up until he was in his 70s?