The turbulent life of soul legend James Brown lends itself well to a feature film. Brown already sang for money on the street as an eight-year-old boy, was once in a juvenile detention center, but managed to work his way up to an unparalleled singer and performer. The inventor of funk is now honored with a feature film about his life with Chadwick Boseman in the role of James Brown. The soundtrack
… features twenty of Brown's best-known songs, making this compilation CD an excellent introduction to the enormous oeuvre of the self-proclaimed Soul Brother Number One. (PdK)more
