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Damn Right I Am Somebody captures the J.B.'s at the apex of their extraordinary powers. This James Brown-produced set is both their most fiercely polemical and their most musically daring, incorporating otherworldly electronic elements, eccentric time and rhythm shifts, and idiosyncratic studio effects to brilliantly articulate the increasing turmoil and insanity of the times. It's quite possibly the most challenging record ever released under the Brown aegis, favoring open-ended grooves and epic solos rooted in avant-jazz. The rhythms remain surgically precise and hypnotically intense, however, and every cut here, from the funk juggernaut "I'm Payin' Taxes, What Am I Buyin'?" to the righteously mellow "Same Beat," is a marvel. This is funk at its heaviest -- musically, yes, but intellectually as well.
© Jason Ankeny /TiVo
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JAMES BROWN, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley And The J.B.'s, MainArtist
℗ 1974 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley And The J.B.'s, MainArtist
℗ 1974 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley And The J.B.'s, MainArtist
℗ 1974 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s, MainArtist
℗ 1974 Republic Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley And The J.B.'s, MainArtist
℗ 1973 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley And The J.B.'s, MainArtist
℗ 1974 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Hank Ballard, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley And The J.B.'s, MainArtist
℗ 1974 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
JAMES BROWN, Producer - Marvin Gaye, ComposerLyricist - Fred Wesley And The J.B.'s, MainArtist
℗ 1974 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Damn Right I Am Somebody captures the J.B.'s at the apex of their extraordinary powers. This James Brown-produced set is both their most fiercely polemical and their most musically daring, incorporating otherworldly electronic elements, eccentric time and rhythm shifts, and idiosyncratic studio effects to brilliantly articulate the increasing turmoil and insanity of the times. It's quite possibly the most challenging record ever released under the Brown aegis, favoring open-ended grooves and epic solos rooted in avant-jazz. The rhythms remain surgically precise and hypnotically intense, however, and every cut here, from the funk juggernaut "I'm Payin' Taxes, What Am I Buyin'?" to the righteously mellow "Same Beat," is a marvel. This is funk at its heaviest -- musically, yes, but intellectually as well.
© Jason Ankeny /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 00:43:08
- Main artists: Fred Wesley And The J.B.'s
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal Records
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 1974 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1974 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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