james brown self destructs

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  • Опубліковано 5 сер 2014
  • James Brown, the “hardest working man in show business” redefined soul music with his emphasis on the funk beat and his style would be copied, sampled, and stolen, by many who followed. But his legacy was tarnished by charges of drug use, wife beating, and a police chase that landed him in prison. This is a story I did when he was in prison about his descent into drug use and features footage of some of his bizarre behavior, and a retelling of the police chase by the cops involved. It also contains an interview with boyhood friend & band member Bobby Byrd describing how Brown cheated him out of royalties.

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  • @lanechange2795
    @lanechange2795 5 років тому +525

    I once waited at a red light in Queens around 4 am when a white Rolls Royce pulled up next to me. James Brown was sitting in the back seat drinking cocktails with two incredible looking women. Man, he sure looked happy.

    • @michaelbarbarich3965
      @michaelbarbarich3965 2 роки тому +36

      Even on our very best day, we will still never know the stratospheric fun that it must have been to be James Brown in that moment.

    • @6KOTAKA
      @6KOTAKA Рік тому +23

      They may not have been women. Or even human...

    • @jaykendrickbassist6913
      @jaykendrickbassist6913 Рік тому +11

      ​@@6KOTAKA ?

    • @rickyparrilla2426
      @rickyparrilla2426 Рік тому +19

      @@6KOTAKA Well women or not James Brown looked very happy is what was said and that's all that matters.

    • @EnterpriseNCC-1701
      @EnterpriseNCC-1701 Рік тому +14

      @@rickyparrilla2426
      He a hater, pay him no mind.

  • @freedolphin3077
    @freedolphin3077 6 років тому +792

    Bobby Byrd deserves much more credits than he's got at this point...after his death and all! He's a great musician and deserves much more acknowledgement.

  • @BeatSyncBytes
    @BeatSyncBytes 5 років тому +123

    23 bullets in tyre, but you kept going
    JB : Yes, why should I stop
    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣☺️

  • @desireejones728
    @desireejones728 3 роки тому +235

    Bobby Byrd was is a legend as well. Good guy, one of the best writers and musicians.

  • @angellmariaaxoxo24
    @angellmariaaxoxo24 7 років тому +73

    " when we got him into the jail he started to sing some of his songs " 😭😂

  • @nishani3
    @nishani3 6 років тому +257

    Damn...Byrd got cheated...

  • @marlzz8126
    @marlzz8126 4 роки тому +51

    After his tires were shot and he just had the rims,But you kept going ..” yeah why should I stop” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 classic

  • @laraoneal7284
    @laraoneal7284 3 роки тому +85

    I felt so sad for Mr Byrd. So precious was he.

  • @karlmahlmann
    @karlmahlmann 6 років тому +343

    I met Mr Brown once, in an airport. We talked briefly about music. He was gracious and down to earth, a gentleman. - and a great musician.

  • @MichaelA-fy8fq
    @MichaelA-fy8fq 3 роки тому +92

    Byrd is to Brown what Pippen was to Jordan 💯. Couldn’t have made it without em but got half the credit

    • @oneday5572
      @oneday5572 3 роки тому +6

      Not true at all for Pippen. Pip gets his due love and respect from everyone in the sports world. Jordan himself said he couldn’t have done it without Pippen. Pippen’s name was just as big as Jordan in the 90’s. Pip got ALL his credit

    • @ishmealjackson1212
      @ishmealjackson1212 3 роки тому +1

      When you love someone you just love them you don't put your business in the street
      James was a Boss he gave what was agreed upon he didn't cross anybody if he agreed upon $900 that's what it. Was if he went for it that's his Fault haters doing their job I guess

    • @edwardowens3014
      @edwardowens3014 3 роки тому +1

      Wrong he Got No Credit

  • @cuppyrobertson7164
    @cuppyrobertson7164 3 роки тому +186

    $90,000 a week and you only got $900?!?? JB would've had a well whooped a$z😂😂

    • @darkfeather6857
      @darkfeather6857 3 роки тому +32

      That would have been my first cue to leave. Why stick around for pennies?

    • @Makneuro07
      @Makneuro07 3 роки тому +21

      900 a week was alot back then

    • @christianraines3032
      @christianraines3032 3 роки тому +37

      Not compared to 90,000 😂😂😂

    • @VigiLogic
      @VigiLogic 3 роки тому +30

      $90,000 A NIGHT!

    • @RTDavis0503
      @RTDavis0503 3 роки тому +4

      Real spit

  • @Handsome_Gary_Kamensack
    @Handsome_Gary_Kamensack Рік тому +102

    I've seen hundreds of concerts, but still to this day the best, most energetic, entertaining show by far was Mr Brown in Detroit in 1980. Nobody else comes close. A 2 & 1/2 hour set, a 10 minute break then he comes back onstage in a fresh white satin suit for a 45 minute encore. Incredible!

  • @kevinjames22
    @kevinjames22 7 років тому +79

    Wow! The James Brown movie was spot on!

  • @khrisi9410
    @khrisi9410 3 роки тому +50

    Drug use most likely was a derivative of childhood demons and aches and joint pain from dancing and doing splits for all those years, hell he was in his 50s and still doing full splits.

    • @lolaispure4296
      @lolaispure4296 4 місяці тому +2

      Wth😂 those splits were innate

  • @bamabelle84
    @bamabelle84 3 роки тому +48

    "Aww sh*t Shirley Bule, I gotta go!" 😂😂😂😂

  • @jazzmanchgo
    @jazzmanchgo 4 роки тому +111

    It's such a tragedy that the man who sang "King Heroin" ended up succumbing to drugs himself. Not unlike Gil Scott-Heron, who wrote "The Bottle" and "Home Is Where the Hatred Is" -- and then addiction took him down, too.

    • @BabyPleaseFM
      @BabyPleaseFM Рік тому +5

      Gil died from Pneumonia after being HIV+

    • @jazzmanchgo
      @jazzmanchgo Рік тому +10

      @@BabyPleaseFM That's true -- but he also never really kicked his habit, either.

    • @shanazblacksun7201
      @shanazblacksun7201 Рік тому +1

      I did not know that I was born in the 80s but was and is a big fan of Gil Scott heron and definitely didn't know he had hiv , pain is real in all of us.

    • @jazzmanchgo
      @jazzmanchgo Рік тому

      @@shanazblacksun7201 Gil Scott-Heron, RIP --
      ua-cam.com/video/bujlRZNPh_E/v-deo.html

    • @fritzfxx
      @fritzfxx Рік тому +2

      @@BabyPleaseFM opiate addiction makes pneumonia and HIV more likely. Drug addicts often die from indirect effects of the drugs, like layne Stayley, rather than a direct effect of drugs themself like an overdose

  • @hatsheshupt1
    @hatsheshupt1 7 років тому +69

    she shouldn't went number 2 in his bathroom

  • @thisislaflaretv5250
    @thisislaflaretv5250 7 років тому +93

    I'm high off God" classic!!!

  • @sweetvictory89
    @sweetvictory89 6 років тому +533

    I wanna know who drew James eyebrows like that

  • @partslig123
    @partslig123 6 років тому +126

    James Brown was and will be the greatest soul singer and stage performer for all time.Thank You brother Brown for the music.

    • @peterd9427
      @peterd9427 Рік тому

      I know right! So what he beat a woman, degraded her, made her cower in fear, and beat her up in front of her tiny child. Yeah, she'll be scarred for life, but the woman survived! Just a broken eye socked and some bruises... He played music, a tune we all love! Silly woman, and especially, silly little 8 year old crying for seeing her mumma beat to a pulp. He's an entertainer ya'll!

    • @GatesRapes
      @GatesRapes Рік тому

      @@dirtypokesouthsideofh-town552 OH yeah - WET !!

    • @davidhott6395
      @davidhott6395 Рік тому +1

      And then along came....Prince.

    • @sunwukong7567
      @sunwukong7567 Рік тому +2

      @@davidhott6395 To polish Michael Jackson's loafers.

  • @williamg2552
    @williamg2552 8 років тому +470

    Only younger people , born from the 1980's onward , know him as "The Godfather Of Soul". Those of us who are older, who actually alive to first see his rise to prominence, refer to James as "MR. DYNAMITE" and "THE HARDEST-WORKING MAN IN SHOW BUSINESS" .

    • @kayandaeddings4803
      @kayandaeddings4803 8 років тому +20

      I was born in 78. I was introduced to James Brown through my mother, and grandmother who is no longer with us. But, I thank the both of them for turning me on to James Brown music.

    • @williamg2552
      @williamg2552 8 років тому +17

      Yes, but did you also know that James Brown first began his career as a member of a singing group called the famous Flames? Bobby Byrd, the man being interviewed being interviewed for this story, with his wife, Vicki , was the founder and original leader of the famous Flames . He is also the man who first discovered James Brown.

    • @kayandaeddings4803
      @kayandaeddings4803 8 років тому +7

      +williamg2552 I saw it all in the movie.

    • @Loverrover
      @Loverrover 6 років тому +13

      when he got out of prison and went on a big tour my parents took me to see him in Atlanta. I was 14 at the time and its still one of the best shows I've ever seen!

    • @folksbell5817
      @folksbell5817 5 років тому +2

      williamg2552 that's so true

  • @galedribble9535
    @galedribble9535 Рік тому +122

    Bobby Byrd is a legend too…to those who know

  • @ansonjackson6254
    @ansonjackson6254 3 роки тому +239

    I think James Brown was really affected more by the death of his son Teddy in a car accident than he ever let on. My opinion is that is what turned him to using drugs. This was briefly touched on in the "Get on up" movie. Like many men of his generation, I think he tended to bury his emotions, often through self medicating. Still the 🐐

    • @timmy841212
      @timmy841212 Рік тому +15

      That’s likely what happened cause he used to fire musicians for smoking weed.

    • @6KOTAKA
      @6KOTAKA Рік тому +8

      I think Teddy was a sacrifice.

    • @The1stClassVillain
      @The1stClassVillain Рік тому +29

      I don’t care what the reason is . There is no reason he should’ve been putting his hands on no woman. You not going to use the excuse that your son died to abuse that woman. See women back at that time and further back wasn’t encouraged to defend themselves by use of a firearm. I wish that they would have. Him, just like a lot of bitchass men didn’t want to go get help.

    • @ansonjackson6254
      @ansonjackson6254 Рік тому +30

      @@The1stClassVillain Not sure how you made an assumption that my comment about James Brown mourning the death of his son by self medicating was a defense of violence against women. I do NOT condone violence against women on any level. My point was about "old school" men not knowing how to deal with their emotions and using self destructive behavior to rationalize their feelings. If you want to start a thread about James beating his women, that's fine. That aspect of his personality takes away from his legacy in my opinion. But it has nothing to do with what I originally stated. Stop being triggered so easily.

    • @The1stClassVillain
      @The1stClassVillain Рік тому +7

      @@ansonjackson6254 No maybe you need to clarify yourself in the comment you made. I’m not triggered by shit. I stated my opinion. I interpreted your comment based on what I read and it sounded like you was excusing his behavior. My response to that is still the same. I don’t care what he was going through. That’s never a reason to put your hands on a woman. If that took away from his legacy that’s his fault. It was a legacy he created. All he did was give those white people something to talk about. As we are seeing in this video. When black men do dumb shit, white media can’t wait to talk about it.

  • @jazzmanchgo
    @jazzmanchgo 4 роки тому +23

    Martha High, one of his back-up singers for many years, wrote a memoir called "He's A Funny Cat, Ms. High." She remembers him with love, but her stories definitely reveal his darker side, as well.

  • @maksimilijan5029
    @maksimilijan5029 7 років тому +146

    THAT MUST BE SURREAL, CHASING JAMES BROWN ON PCP IN A CAR
    WITHOUT WORKING WHEELS, CATCHING HIM, AND IN JAIL HE PUTS ON A SHOW. FOR YA.

  • @michaeljoiner2007
    @michaeljoiner2007 4 роки тому +42

    I was cracking up laughing when he got pissed off

  • @Lollii_Popp
    @Lollii_Popp 6 років тому +290

    I just remember the scene from the movie and can't stop laughing at the part when he said, "Oh shit I gots to go "...😂😂😂

    • @dythiaviney6434
      @dythiaviney6434 3 роки тому +29

      White woman dropped a brick in James's private bathroom!He was😱....he was 😡....🤣🤣🤣

    • @OutcastCentral
      @OutcastCentral 3 роки тому +4

      Right!! I literally just kept laughin' at all the references!

    • @KTKZon58
      @KTKZon58 3 роки тому +29

      "Which one-a you gentlefolk hung a number 2 in my commode!?!?!"🤣🤣🤣

    • @lamonthilliard5038
      @lamonthilliard5038 3 роки тому +3

      Wow

    • @ReceyMM
      @ReceyMM 3 роки тому +3

      @@KTKZon58 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @rizzo2476
    @rizzo2476 3 роки тому +37

    Hating on James brown but you'll never come close to his legacy lol gone but not forgotten he was a
    Real one.

    • @clubberlang5593
      @clubberlang5593 3 роки тому +1

      You and him can rot in hell and fuck his music

  • @bbnCRLB
    @bbnCRLB 7 років тому +478

    But why are people using his bathroom though?

    • @WorthlessDeadEnd
      @WorthlessDeadEnd 7 років тому +61

      When you gotta go, you gotta go.

    • @danielj8630
      @danielj8630 7 років тому +3

      BBN - Why pcp?
      Alternative powders keep ya cool.
      Better yet, kick it...

    • @chrisedwards3214
      @chrisedwards3214 6 років тому +29

      nobody used his restroom.jb was so high he thought somebody used his restroom

    • @itsjustnopinionok
      @itsjustnopinionok 5 років тому +27

      He had a strict rule about his bathroom. But use it or not. That PCP had him seeing giant roaches.

    • @nknighton70
      @nknighton70 4 роки тому +11

      She saw an opportunity and took it.

  • @PerlitaHabanera
    @PerlitaHabanera 7 років тому +210

    That where Prince got his splits. I love James Brown though.

    • @spongebob03
      @spongebob03 6 років тому +16

      Didn't think about that! I was thinking about when Michael used to dropped to his knees while performing Man in the Mirror.

    • @Dinaki1998
      @Dinaki1998 6 років тому +27

      funkpunkandroll MJ got a lot of his footwork from James. He was his biggest influence. He was using his moves even as a kid.

    • @itsjustnopinionok
      @itsjustnopinionok 5 років тому +8

      James was not the only one doing splits. Sammy Davis and others were doing them to. You only go so far before your doing something someone else has done before you. That goes for james brown as well.

    • @murphdrag2100
      @murphdrag2100 5 років тому +21

      @@itsjustnopinionok … except Prince admitted that James Brown was his hero....

    • @williamg2552
      @williamg2552 4 роки тому +7

      @@itsjustnopinionok *Little Anthony & The Imperials* and the Motown group *The Contours* were also known for doing splits. but *Jackie Wilson* was doing them TOO... even before James Brown .

  • @thelonious-dx9vi
    @thelonious-dx9vi Рік тому +10

    I met him once. It was summertime in New York, and he was relaxing in a chair by his tour bus before the show. We just walked up, and he was sweet as pie to us, shook hands, etc. We addressed him as Godfather. And the JBs slayed, same as every time we saw them.

  • @SonOfSoulEnt
    @SonOfSoulEnt 6 років тому +154

    James🕺🏿was funny as hell🤣🤦🏽‍♂️, ”High off of God‼️☁️☁️..”

  • @professoroak8532
    @professoroak8532 6 років тому +84

    Get up off Tha thang!!!!!!

  • @davidwade5807
    @davidwade5807 Рік тому +12

    When I was a Corrections officer in Columbia SC I had James Brown in our Segregation unit for 6 weeks due to breaking inmate rules in early 90s. He did 3 years of a 6 year bid before being released.

  • @leyanu733
    @leyanu733 6 років тому +238

    THEY NEVER DO THIS TO JOHN WAYNE

    • @AntiFakeJewsRev2-9-0Zach9-6
      @AntiFakeJewsRev2-9-0Zach9-6 3 роки тому +16

      Politricks Bud

    • @feelyoung79
      @feelyoung79 3 роки тому +37

      John Wayne wasn't high off pcp shooting off guns and acting a fool! Don't get me wrong because I got mad ass love for James Brown but you play you pay.. When your rich and famous and get high as shit and impulsively act out you're going to attract the wrong attention!

    • @realnewsthatmatters9319
      @realnewsthatmatters9319 3 роки тому +21

      Or Elvis............

    • @Gambit22003
      @Gambit22003 3 роки тому +29

      @@realnewsthatmatters9319 There's tons of negative shit on here about Elvis, wth are you talking about??

    • @seandarcy7651
      @seandarcy7651 3 роки тому +5

      What they are trying to take down he’s airport for he’s patriotic views bad long live the Duke

  • @folksbell5817
    @folksbell5817 5 років тому +45

    Maybe it's bcuz I'm from the ghetto, but he looks like a normal pissed off guy in the 1 scene

    • @lauriel.4667
      @lauriel.4667 3 роки тому

      Your rationale may be correct, nothing normal about it. In the ghetto, it’s a legit illness that is ignored, untreated, yet criminalized and stigmatized. Ultimately, if you become accustomed to seeing a disease go untreated, then it becomes normal.

    • @seanwhite506
      @seanwhite506 3 роки тому

      Stay in school

  • @bigpoppa3866
    @bigpoppa3866 7 років тому +125

    I love Bobby Byrd so much! When I first heard his voice I fell in love and wanted to know everything Byrd did!!

    • @jessiem276
      @jessiem276 4 роки тому +5

      He sounded like a very nice man.

    • @kayandaeddings4803
      @kayandaeddings4803 4 роки тому +7

      Jessi Brunson and if I’m correct, he was married to Vickie Anderson until he died in 2007 months apart from James Brown. From what I read, he was with her for at least 30 or 40 years.

    • @kiddchamberline750
      @kiddchamberline750 4 роки тому +15

      Kayanda Eddings brown was making 80,000 a night. And only gave Byrd $900 a WEEK. Dats not a friend at all. He the one who got him out of jail and stuck through his bullshit

    • @brianwilkins1399
      @brianwilkins1399 4 роки тому +2

      Bobby bird was a better dancer than James brown a woman beater he beat tammie Terrell senseless

    • @eddiesoul4890
      @eddiesoul4890 3 роки тому +1

      @@brianwilkins1399 As far as the other you said is true but Bobby was no way a better dancer than James!!...He could barely dance...

  • @FathomlessJoy
    @FathomlessJoy Рік тому +7

    "I was on drugs? You drink coffee? You take an aspirin? You take a Rolaids for relief to go to the bathroom? Is it against the law to go to the bathroom?" Dude just brought the war on drugs to a whole new level. BOOM.

  • @goingincirclespepipepi1088
    @goingincirclespepipepi1088 4 роки тому +27

    TAMMY TERELL ,,,RIP 💐🌷

  • @Saxtafunkta-fecta
    @Saxtafunkta-fecta 3 роки тому +22

    Hope one day Byrd gets his just dues he definitely earned it

  • @angeliquenoelle6651
    @angeliquenoelle6651 Рік тому +8

    I just love me some James Brown!!! I’m 51 and I’m always blasting his music.
    The hardest working man in show business!
    Please, please, please, please (Please, please don't go)
    Please, please, please (Please, please don't go)
    Darling please, don't (Go), whoa oh yeah, oh
    I love you so (Please, please don't go)
    Rest easy Mr. Dynamite, The Godfather of soul! 🙏🏻❤

  • @wizardmix
    @wizardmix 3 роки тому +13

    A rule of life: Be mindful of who you donate your power to. What I mean is we all have a life force. We all have talent. We all have the ability to offer something to this world. If you give your power into someone who is insecure, they'll often try to make you think you don't have anything to give that they didn't give you. They'll control you with abuse, make you think you're nothing without them and they'll take the best for themselves because they're convinced they've earned that right. James Brown is one of the greatest entertainers ever to live but he didn't get there alone. No one ever does.

    • @thefuryofabyss131
      @thefuryofabyss131 Рік тому +3

      Yes.

    • @TheUrbanPrude
      @TheUrbanPrude Рік тому +1

      So many people like this...

    • @michellebracken2566
      @michellebracken2566 Місяць тому +1

      Brilliant ♥️ thank you for this great rule of life! I put my power into loads of ppl you were insecure and didn't know how to socialise or make friends and they all fucked me over big time. Your comment here I can relate to it 100 percent! This is excalty how it turned out for me. But I was young vulnerable at the time and thought I was doing right by helping these fools!!!

  • @thedurants
    @thedurants 3 роки тому +52

    Just thinking about the scene in Get on up and to see the real people behind it makes it even more funny... I mean Chadwick B. Played that role and gave it justice .... 😂 R.I.P James and Chadwick 😔

  • @SPAZZYok
    @SPAZZYok Рік тому +8

    "I'm James Brown bitch!!" "Cocaine's a hell of a drug" -Rick James

  • @WhiskerWhippers
    @WhiskerWhippers 3 роки тому +19

    He’s not out on bond, he’s out on love.

  • @MrDock
    @MrDock 9 років тому +20

    This clip was much better than the movie. James Brown lived a very full and adventurous live. He deserved 3 or 5 part mini-series. Not a 2-hour movie that just had too much missing.

    • @Handle...This.
      @Handle...This. Рік тому +3

      That's what I didn't like about the movie. Chadwick was cool, but unlike Ray with jamie foxx, get on up was too afraid to get into the dirty gritty parts of james's life.
      Then again, he is denying everything here so I'm assuming he or his estate wouldn't have signed off on making him look bad in a movie.

    • @Handle...This.
      @Handle...This. Рік тому +2

      I just realized your comment is 7 years old. Are you even still alive to reply and if so...hi 👋🙂

    • @MrDock
      @MrDock Рік тому +2

      Yes I’m still kicking! 😂😂😂 a true biopic deals with the good the bad and the ugly! To me stuff like that doesn’t make you look bad it makes you look human 😔real JB fans already know the truth! He had his demons and he had his setbacks and he had his triumphs!

  • @hellaacapella
    @hellaacapella 3 роки тому +56

    RIP James!!! So lucky to have seen him a few months before he died. He killed it!! Still got the T-shirt!

    • @peterd9427
      @peterd9427 Рік тому

      I know right! So what he beat a woman, degraded her, made her cower in fear, and beat her up in front of her tiny child. Yeah, she'll be scarred for life, but the woman survived! Just a broken eye socked and some bruises... He played music, a tune we all love! Silly woman, and especially, silly little 8 year old crying for seeing her mumma beat to a pulp. He's an entertainer ya'll!

  • @jsouniss
    @jsouniss 6 років тому +149

    when someone grows in up in that kind of poverty it becomes their inner demon

    • @jodyguilbeaux8225
      @jodyguilbeaux8225 3 роки тому +15

      jb had a very very tight band and of course he sung his ass off too. just because someone is talented does not mean that they are stable.

    • @sweett8725
      @sweett8725 3 роки тому +1

      Tell me about it

    • @vishalramcharan587
      @vishalramcharan587 3 роки тому +6

      Bull shit!!! people are like that cuz they are asshole human beings.James brown was a great entertainer but just an asshole human. There are many that taste poverty and are more caring and generous because they know what it tastes like

    • @Jamie28754
      @Jamie28754 2 роки тому +2

      @@vishalramcharan587 There's a difference between poverty and GROWING UP IN A WHORE HOUSE. He was living far worse than most

    • @vishalramcharan587
      @vishalramcharan587 2 роки тому +2

      @@Jamie28754 ye he did which is why it should have been easier for him to see what kind of result there is from disgusting behvior. He saw ffirst hand what that kind of life and those who lived that kind of life produce. But i do understand , sometimes mentally its not up to the person entirely .Some people just give in to the dark side because of the stress i guess.🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

  • @sherryhunter4765
    @sherryhunter4765 6 років тому +138

    Nobody is perfect.

    • @the1trueblackgod812
      @the1trueblackgod812 4 роки тому +4

      I am.

    • @baderinwa1
      @baderinwa1 4 роки тому +22

      James Brown was an extremely abusive man. He battered every woman that he dated and married. When the late Tammy Terrell dated him, in her late teens, he beat her without mercy. Many of the celebrity fanatics, treat these celebrity as though they were gods. The disclaimer , “Nobody’s perfect”. Is usually reserved for those who are favored by their fanatics. It is rarely used to excuse the behavior of those who do not enjoy the same status.

    • @baderinwa1
      @baderinwa1 4 роки тому +7

      James Brown also bullied and exploited his band members.

    • @Noah-or6ws
      @Noah-or6ws 4 роки тому +17

      @@baderinwa1 what he did was absolutely terrible but that's not going to stop me from enjoying his music and being amazed at his dance moves.

    • @katara6671
      @katara6671 4 роки тому +6

      Baderinwa Fola THANK YOU his music is good and thats that but thats that but the way he personally treated the women in his life especially Tammy is absolutely disgusting but these things are always excused by people that idolize these celebs

  • @goldenrose8069
    @goldenrose8069 8 років тому +185

    May James Brown The "Godfather Of Soul" Rest in Peace.. He was a Genius regardless.

    • @spiritual619
      @spiritual619 7 років тому +10

      And most genius' are "troubled".

    • @ChutheeOriginal
      @ChutheeOriginal 6 років тому +12

      Golden Rose + Ehhh! 😬With all due respect, a Genius would have made better choices in LIFE! However, he was w/o a doubt, outstanding in his talents! 🎤 🎼 A Genius,...🤔..not even close.

    • @672sara
      @672sara 6 років тому +5

      ChutheeOriginal you can be a genius and make mistakes no one's god noone said he was the smartest man but music and performance wise he was

    • @sistiff3719
      @sistiff3719 3 роки тому +4

      He probably not resting.. he did hellish stuff

    • @johnsfelicia
      @johnsfelicia 3 роки тому

      AMEN RIP

  • @AddLoveTM126
    @AddLoveTM126 6 років тому +11

    Mr. JAMES BROWN Awarded Me My FIRST Brand NEW Autographed ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR, BILL; when I was a Child; for having Drawn His Portrait. MY First Professional Mentor, I Respect Him; and His Memory Always.👑❤

  • @scottmasson3039
    @scottmasson3039 2 роки тому +33

    Every great artist is extremely complicated. There has never once been a person who has been able to change the world, while maintaining a normal life and track record. God bless him, and I hope his soul is able to rest easier in another dimension.

    • @BeeepMe911
      @BeeepMe911 Рік тому +6

      Abuse does not fall under this category lol

    • @RacieRain
      @RacieRain Рік тому +4

      That's false.

  • @jonniwebb4701
    @jonniwebb4701 7 років тому +173

    money does strange things to po folks...

    • @shantaviahutchings8277
      @shantaviahutchings8277 6 років тому +1

      Jonni Webb

    • @inkify875
      @inkify875 6 років тому +1

      Jonni Webb oops

    • @charlesjeffery1155
      @charlesjeffery1155 5 років тому +9

      Yeah but I know, snd know of several broke to middle class, to no class n homeless people that get drunk use drugs n beat up on women all the time, a mental disease is just what it is u dont half to havev money nor b James Brown trust me, thats y education is so important for our children and self's so that the real wrold whos not famous can get a career that they love n never have to depend on anybody or live less than, or live by a way thats going to get them thrown in prison u no, education

    • @itsjustnopinionok
      @itsjustnopinionok 5 років тому +1

      To most folks

    • @sugarmomm713
      @sugarmomm713 4 роки тому +3

      To lots of folks

  • @marshee03
    @marshee03 3 роки тому +22

    Interviewer: “But you kept going?”
    JB:”Yea.. why should I stop?!”😂

    • @user-jx7rc4gl6u
      @user-jx7rc4gl6u Рік тому

      Total disregard for society which is a big f u to his fans so no thanks. Lost all respect for him. He didn't say it in the heat of the moment. He meant it. I'm famous you're not you don't count. I disagree.

  • @clementinofrancisco3199
    @clementinofrancisco3199 3 роки тому +42

    That was obvious that all his bad treatment toward his women is rooted in his relationship with his mother, it is very sad, he never got the proper help for his mental instability. He is the greatest!

    • @jazzmanchgo
      @jazzmanchgo Рік тому +5

      It's no mystery that James struggled terribly during his childhood -- hunger, soul-crushing poverty -- and as close as he was with his father in his later years, his father was also very cruel and abusive to James when he was young. Put simply, he carried a lot of anger around inside, and it came out ugly all too often. Not making excuses for the man, not saying it was okay -- just suggesting that that's where a lot of it came from.

    • @seidigriffith2690
      @seidigriffith2690 Рік тому +5

      His childhood should be no excuse for his behavior as a grown man,and if u would hurt someone then don't be in a relationship stay single,those women did nothing to him they didn't deserve the treatment he gave them. Neither are they responsible for his childhood trauma.people always feel that the innocent must pay for the guilty.

    • @anthonysingleton1988
      @anthonysingleton1988 10 місяців тому +2

      Soo true l mentioned that myself

    • @anthonysingleton1988
      @anthonysingleton1988 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@@seidigriffith2690GREAT POINT !!!!
      THAT OFTEN HAPPENS...

  • @bigged313
    @bigged313 5 років тому +73

    Damn he was on something, he didn't even look like himself

    • @dignifiedblackman4742
      @dignifiedblackman4742 4 роки тому +8

      PCP was his drug of choice at the time

    • @228allday
      @228allday 4 роки тому

      He smoking crack right before he died

    • @clubberlang5593
      @clubberlang5593 3 роки тому +1

      Like a piece of shit he was

    • @thestickupkhid_
      @thestickupkhid_ 3 роки тому +5

      @@clubberlang5593 Don’t Talk About Your Mother Like That.

    • @guevara7263
      @guevara7263 3 роки тому +3

      @@clubberlang5593 your father's right son

  • @sosuper7
    @sosuper7 8 років тому +88

    Bad decision to choose drugs Godfather.

    • @OFFICIALFUNUSBAND
      @OFFICIALFUNUSBAND 4 роки тому +6

      nah chose your drugs wisely lol, he should haved smoked a joint or something.

    • @musicdatbang
      @musicdatbang 4 роки тому +4

      Dont forget to tell ya moms too 💯

  • @DustySoulLtd
    @DustySoulLtd 9 років тому +179

    Also listen to the stories that Bootsy Collins and other ex JB's tell of their time in the band. A lot of them quit not because they were underpaid, but they weren't being paid at all! With that being said, genius normally dwells in a house with a lot of demons in it. James, Miles, Michael, Marvin, Donnie and tons of others are all testaments to this. Dosen't diminish their greatness, it just speaks to their humanity.

    • @jeffbenzos6344
      @jeffbenzos6344 3 роки тому +13

      So basically, it’s okay to be human shit as long as you’re an idol

    • @DustySoulLtd
      @DustySoulLtd 3 роки тому +12

      @@jeffbenzos6344 no...it’s ok to be human as long as you are human.

    • @harveygillibrand2014
      @harveygillibrand2014 3 роки тому +2

      Very well put :)

    • @jeffbenzos6344
      @jeffbenzos6344 3 роки тому +13

      @@DustySoulLtd being human isn’t an excuse to be a piece of shit. There’s plenty of genius people that aren’t scumbags.

    • @DustySoulLtd
      @DustySoulLtd 3 роки тому +8

      @@jeffbenzos6344 and that’s NOT the point that I’m making, however thank you for your input, and also big thanks to the vast majority of people who commented and do get it.

  • @gaddyify
    @gaddyify 3 роки тому +393

    He has strong Native American features.

    • @devinbatts722
      @devinbatts722 3 роки тому +7

      I love it😍

    • @MrSivram28
      @MrSivram28 3 роки тому +116

      Strong West African ancestry. He looks like he came straight from Nigeria

    • @dnicelewis5737
      @dnicelewis5737 3 роки тому +6

      Dont it. I said that too.

    • @gaddyify
      @gaddyify 3 роки тому +36

      @@MrSivram28 He has Native American in him.

    • @MrSivram28
      @MrSivram28 3 роки тому +68

      @@gaddyify He has 90 percent West African in him. Looks no different than a Nigerian. If he's Native American so are all the blacks in Africa lol

  • @RadicalforGod
    @RadicalforGod 3 роки тому +12

    James Brown had an eventful life. Godfather of soul!

  • @lorainisrael3674
    @lorainisrael3674 8 років тому +68

    James Brown, thank you for the unique songs, sounds and dancing. Why people hate you is they did not have your unique talent. Jealousy will always be present long as satan exist, for he is the route of all negativity. Jealousy can not touch you any more, Mr. James Brown.

    • @curtisneilson5829
      @curtisneilson5829 7 років тому +19

      some people were just disappointed in James

    • @fonzie5773
      @fonzie5773 6 років тому +14

      He beat women

    • @mysticqueen74
      @mysticqueen74 6 років тому +2

      lorain isra el I don’t know anyone that hates James Brown. Where are you from? Even Prince and Michael Jackson emulated his style. Yes he had personal problems but wasn’t hated.

    • @aggielefurty1860
      @aggielefurty1860 6 років тому +1

      lorain isra el - Exactly. You hit the right word SATAN. When you allow that demon to enter your life and control you that is how you end up. Beating on women, drugs and what not. Smdh!

    • @bigrig0625
      @bigrig0625 5 років тому

      lorain isra el
      Who hates James Brown? He was and still is loved and respected as one of the all time greats!

  • @williamparker6817
    @williamparker6817 7 років тому +213

    I have a question. Why didn't they ever tell about white stars rampant drug use?

    • @tesbuyshouses
      @tesbuyshouses 7 років тому +18

      why ask why when you know? They showed tons on media about rock stars, actors and the sort.

    • @bigpoppa3866
      @bigpoppa3866 7 років тому +41

      William Parker Where the hell you been???? No secret whites love drugs!

    • @MrRalphion
      @MrRalphion 6 років тому +12

      William Parker if #ElvisPresley would have made it to the 80's he would've been a FULL BLOWN CRACKHEAD!

    • @kennyblack8558
      @kennyblack8558 5 років тому +11

      You mean like Lindsey Lohan???? Jim Morrison??? And millions of other whites???? George W. Bush??? Maybe you just want to hear what you want to hear to make your pitiful point. I love James Brown but he did not carry the I AM A VICTIM TORCH like some Black Americans do. He was a man and "say it loud, I'm black, I'm proud" didn't need the (why me) movement!!! I am white, fifty-two and a conservative American from Augusta, Ga. (South Augusta to be exact) and James Brown along with many of my music idols have been arrested and publicly shamed by the media but they do not whine about it and neither did Mr.Brown, may he rest in peace and I hope God himself is singing along to "It's a mans world, but it wouldn't mean a thing without a woman or a girl" in Heaven!!! But give the race crap a rest, please!!!!!

    • @jillimyjilikers2036
      @jillimyjilikers2036 5 років тому +9

      Get fucked. Why do black people always look to blame someone else?

  • @itsjustnopinionok
    @itsjustnopinionok 5 років тому +19

    "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
    Lord Acton

  • @kenhalperin3195
    @kenhalperin3195 Рік тому +5

    I grew up with this guy. He , like all of us just needed the Lord in his life G 💔

  • @Clyde177
    @Clyde177 4 роки тому +21

    it was SO SAD TO SEE MY MAN THIS WAY.....

  • @curtistinemiller1560
    @curtistinemiller1560 5 років тому +21

    Every record you listen to got s Lil of me in it.(James Brown).James influenced a lot of artists Prince,Micheal Jackson,.to name a fewGodfather of Soul.....

  • @jacobhernandez6139
    @jacobhernandez6139 3 роки тому +51

    Still one of the most talented men ever to live

  • @the1trueblackgod812
    @the1trueblackgod812 4 роки тому +19

    James Brown had an inexplicable energy about him. Anyone who attended his concerts will attest to the high energy level in the room. I'd like to relate this story involving Mr. Brown. James Brown visited a correctional facility once and while there, he shook the hand of a white inmate. The white inmate's reaction was as if God himself had touched him. Later on, it was reported that after the inmate got out of jail, he became a model citizen and a testimony to..........Now, I don't know if his brief encounter with Mr. Brown had anything to do with it but..................

  • @allamericanbully2611
    @allamericanbully2611 8 років тому +58

    Man one of the best bands there ever was James Brown and the J.Bs with Bootsy Collins Fred Wesley...they were really tight

    • @Buelligan88
      @Buelligan88 8 років тому +3

      +All American Bully Bootsy obviously did the right thing by leaving, but I doubt he would have had the stellar career he had if it weren't for James Brown.

    • @allamericanbully2611
      @allamericanbully2611 8 років тому +3

      +Buelligan88 I agree with ya Bootsy was pretty young in the JBs days but I'm sure that George Clinton was much easier to work with than James Brown

    • @terrencegriffin6812
      @terrencegriffin6812 6 років тому

      All American Bully On da One

    • @BrotherhoodWilliams
      @BrotherhoodWilliams 6 років тому

      All American Bully Maceo Parker Clyde Stubblefield too right

    • @lennylenz
      @lennylenz 6 років тому

      and "Maceo!!!"

  • @sufyanah
    @sufyanah 7 років тому +83

    No one should be using PCP and James Brown too old for that mess

  • @katesapp6256
    @katesapp6256 Рік тому +4

    Yes I was very upset when they didn’t even mention Bobby’s best hit, “I kno U Got Soul”. Thank u Bobby for sharing Brown with us.

  • @GodfatherJamesBrownbyMrsMichae
    @GodfatherJamesBrownbyMrsMichae 4 роки тому +18

    The Godfather of Soul James Brown was a wonderful, compassionate, generous man. I am so tired of people who concentrate on the negative. No one is 100 percent bad nor 100 percent good. I love the Godfather of Soul James Brown and I am not alone. Everyone globally loves him.

    • @portland9880
      @portland9880 Рік тому

      You are really fuckin weird

    • @Vicky-lv8xb
      @Vicky-lv8xb Рік тому +4

      I understand being a fan but you can't let hero worship make you deny the truth.

  • @sleazyfellow
    @sleazyfellow 6 років тому +70

    He was nothing but energy on stage.

    • @annechris2677
      @annechris2677 Рік тому +5

      Yeah when he's high

    • @brianpeters1326
      @brianpeters1326 Рік тому +1

      And apparently a thief who took from Bobby Byrd. I have no respect for Brown. Zero.

    • @lancewilliams1059
      @lancewilliams1059 Рік тому

      How much was enhanced..... ? ? ?

  • @SRNF
    @SRNF 7 років тому +22

    He literally kept on rolling....Godfather of the universe

  • @feliciamorris2903
    @feliciamorris2903 Рік тому +11

    He will forever be the Godfather of Soul🙏🏽

  • @applejellypucci
    @applejellypucci 3 роки тому +27

    “Do you take a Rolaid for relief? Is it against the law to use the bathroom?”
    “No it isn’t.”
    “OK.” 😅

    • @bredagner4632
      @bredagner4632 3 роки тому +3

      That was the best deflection ever...
      💀😭💀😭💀😭💀😭💀😭

    • @dangelojordan8944
      @dangelojordan8944 3 роки тому +1

      Fucking absolutely hilarious 😆🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @stevemichaels9852
    @stevemichaels9852 3 роки тому +11

    Happy birthday mr brown, you were the greatest ❤️✊🏿

  • @PamelaTaylor
    @PamelaTaylor 6 років тому +29

    he still help out sooo many people back in the day

    • @harrygeorge3220
      @harrygeorge3220 Рік тому

      Hello Pamela
      How are you doing today/

    • @PamelaTaylor
      @PamelaTaylor Рік тому +1

      @@harrygeorge3220 Hope u Are okay have a Good Weekend

    • @harrygeorge3220
      @harrygeorge3220 Рік тому

      @@PamelaTaylor I'm doing just fine thanks for asking
      Where are you from?

  • @louiedangelo3843
    @louiedangelo3843 4 роки тому +20

    Great entertainer who lost his way.

  • @stevemichaels9852
    @stevemichaels9852 3 роки тому +27

    He’s still the greatest of all time 👏🏾❤️

  • @charlespdsimpson9774
    @charlespdsimpson9774 9 років тому +12

    Bobby and Vicki, at the time of this interview believed that James Brown was washed-up. He turned out to be more than anybody knew.

  • @jazzymoni7750
    @jazzymoni7750 8 років тому +40

    Did the splits when he got to jail.

  • @ryunny8983
    @ryunny8983 3 роки тому +39

    I don't care what they say...he's still one of the greatest 👊🏽and that movie was gooooood

  • @angelapowell8313
    @angelapowell8313 3 роки тому +15

    Rest easy James Brown

  • @ellioshiem7892
    @ellioshiem7892 3 роки тому +9

    INCREDIBLE...IRREPLACEABLE..
    LOVE YOU JAMES 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

  • @lindahines9380
    @lindahines9380 3 роки тому +40

    he beat Tammie Terrell down some stairs when she was young. SMH!
    he had a bad life growing up and took it out on
    his women

  • @gijsschubert7901
    @gijsschubert7901 3 місяці тому +1

    2:00 "like Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven, Bach.... and now you say Brown!" James knew his classics!!

  • @Grgaforniateezy
    @Grgaforniateezy Рік тому +2

    I used to see James Brown when I got my haircut next to a record shop called Pyramid music in Augusta. He would always stop for pics and autographs. I’m sure he had his faults like everyone but he loved his people and his town.

  • @legranderaoul
    @legranderaoul 9 років тому +12

    His behavior from about 1980 until the 90s was classic PCP behavior. Erratic, inclined to rage, delusional- these were all a part of JBs life. So ironic that a man who had preached against drugs was hobbled by them.

    • @roberthorton6619
      @roberthorton6619 4 роки тому

      Who cares thou really about the dark side we pay for the entertainment side

  • @bullit1973
    @bullit1973 4 роки тому +31

    He is the God Father of Soul, you never can remove that !!!

  • @Wondertroy1TV
    @Wondertroy1TV Рік тому +2

    I can’t believe he played Bobby Bird like that..

  • @debbiejoseph7532
    @debbiejoseph7532 Рік тому +19

    I cant say nothing bad about james, we all have our torments beginning with childhood, there will never be another james brown, RIP James!!

  • @alexisrose1457
    @alexisrose1457 7 років тому +32

    Dayum adrienne's eye was FAT!! James was wrong for hitting her like that!! 😢😢

    • @williamg2552
      @williamg2552 4 роки тому +10

      That's what he did to ALL of his wives and girlfriends. That's WHY they SPLIT .

  • @greenbyrd3665
    @greenbyrd3665 6 років тому +41

    An incredibly talented man, who was very, very troubled.

  • @emmanuelmoses7249
    @emmanuelmoses7249 5 років тому +20

    James Brown is the 🐐.

  • @williemuhammad80
    @williemuhammad80 Рік тому +1

    He wasn't perfect but Who is? His Music Still makes me Smile and his Dancing? May God be Pleased with Mr Brown 🙏 Who Brought Joy to so many n tough times 🙏

  • @djnaz9591
    @djnaz9591 6 років тому +4

    Byrd didn't leave coz JB was a huge star.even if he couldn't get any royalties,he still had a steady paying job and glamour of being a part of the Famous Flames

  • @solinspired4428
    @solinspired4428 5 років тому +10

    They love to see him messed up

  • @aggielefurty1860
    @aggielefurty1860 6 років тому +10

    Kids this is what happens when you do drugs. LEAVE THE DRUGS ALONE!!!🙄 So sad!🙁

  • @JayLang7
    @JayLang7 3 роки тому +4

    For most only reaching the low of low’s will be the first step to recovery, its cliche but so damn true !!