Review of Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown (2014) by Geophrey G — 04 Nov 2014
Enjoyed this and after seeing Prince on SNL Saturday, he is in many ways the heir apparent. Brown was neglected as a child which led him to behave the way he did--abusing women, screwing his band out of royalties/pay and endorsing Nixon.
Madison people will enjoy the Clyde Stubblefield stuff, Boston folks the footage of Brown's concert after MLK's assassination (includes Mayor Kevin White's comments). Mick Jagger admits he cribbed many of his moves from Brown, Chuck D.
et al. pay homage to "Mr. Brown"'s contributions to breakbeats & samples in hip-hop. Good stuff.
This review of Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown (2014) was written by Geophrey G on 04 Nov 2014.
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown has generally received very positive reviews.
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