Article: Soul food: A guide to the essential James Brown.(Arts and Lifestyle)

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The Boston Herald
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December 27, 2006
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Byline: CHRISTOPHER BLAGG

James Brown may have left us, but his supremely funky music is here to stay. If anything, the musical legacy of the soul legend will continue its hip-hop-fueled resurgence. Yesterday, when Snoop Dogg said, "(James Brown's) music and his legacy will live on through me, in every way you can imagine," he wasn't kidding.

But while you can find samples or blatant rip-offs of his music in almost every rap song on the radio, there's nothing like going to the source. Since the sheer amount of James Brown albums and compilations can be daunting, especially for neophytes, here's a tidy James Brown CD guide.

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