The top 8 billion James Brown imitations/plagiarizations/influences/samples/ripoffs/etc.

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7,999,999,981 herman hitson "ain't no other way"

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver (hoosteen), Thursday, 28 December 2006 04:37 (seventeen years ago) link

7,999,999,980 the call-and-response on the Time's "Wild and Loose": "Fellas!" "Yeah!" "Where the party at?" "Right here under your shoes!" "Fellas!" "Yeah!" "What time is it?" "Time to get wild and loose!" "Look out!"

― Make a Beck Song #1 (wkwkwk), Thursday, 28 December 2006 19:09 (seventeen years ago) link

7,999,999,979 Phish's sound-check cover of James Brown doing Hanson's "MMMBop" (possibly the pinnacle of their career)

― has been plagued with problems since its erection in 1978 (nklshs), Thursday, 28 December 2006 19:16 (seventeen years ago) link

I should say "cover".

― has been plagued with problems since its erection in 1978 (nklshs), Thursday, 28 December 2006 19:16 (seventeen years ago) link

7,999,999,978 Lexington, KY native Henry Earl, who, until his recent notoriety, was known around town as "James Brown"

quoth the man to me personally, circa 2001: "I know I'm not actually James Brown, I just admire the man. I respect him."

― has been plagued with problems since its erection in 1978 (nklshs), Thursday, 28 December 2006 19:19 (seventeen years ago) link

7,999,999,977 - Shaftman
7,999,999,976 - Jon Spencer
7,999,999,975 - Mrs. Doubtfire

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Friday, 29 December 2006 13:23 (seventeen years ago) link

7,999,999,974 - beyoncé, 'work it out'

― lexpretend (lexpretend), Friday, 29 December 2006 13:41 (seventeen years ago) link

eric b and rakim - paid in full
audio two - make it funky

― thebingo (thebingo), Friday, 29 December 2006 15:21 (seventeen years ago) link

7,999,999,971. The Jungle Brothers - "JBeez Comin' Thru"

― a bulldog fed a cookie shaped like a kitten (austin), Friday, 29 December 2006 16:26 (seventeen years ago) link

7,999,999,991 the only interesting and listenable part of Fergie - "Fergalicious"

Uh, firstly, HUGE slap in the face to Kraftwerk, and secondly, the sample of both James Brown and Kraftwerk are secondhand. That whole Fergie song is simply Afro-Rican's Give it All You Got:

http://www.discogs.com/release/80132

Which is one of the all time greatest Miami Bass songs ever. That Fergie track even sample MD Rock's cuts...

Prince - Sexy MF

― PappaWheelie IV (PappaWheelie), Monday, 1 January 2007 03:41 (seventeen years ago) link

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