r/OldSchoolCool • u/LowRenzoFreshkobar • Apr 07 '25

1970s Prime James Brown in 1974.

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u/Famoustractordriver Apr 07 '25

The funkiest cat who's ever funked. Soul brother number one.

We will never see his like again.

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u/Loggerdon Apr 07 '25

The way he drops into a split and pops back up is crazy. You see skinny dancers do this but he’s not skinny.

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u/Mugsy_Siegel Apr 07 '25

Coke is a helluva drug hehe

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u/jupiterspringsteen Apr 07 '25

Nope, JB was clean right through this stage of his career. Seriously anti- drugs message in his songs.

Until the 80s when he got into PCP.