James Brown (1933–2006) bol americký spevák a skladateľ, priekopník funku a jedna z najvýznamnejších postáv populárnej hudby 20. storočia. Medzi jeho prezývky patria „Godfather of Soul“, „Mr. Dynamite“ či „Soul Brother No. 1“.
Kompilácia Collected na dvojalbume LP prináša prehľad Brownovej tvorby od 50. rokov až po 80. roky. Nájdete tu rané soulové nahrávky z éry Famous Flames (Please, Please, Please, Try Me), funkové míľniky ako Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, Cold Sweat či Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine, neskôr The Payback alebo hitový návrat Living In America. Brownova hudba mala zásadný vplyv na vývoj soulovej a funkovej hudby a výrazne ovplyvnila zvuk hip-hopu.
Skladby
LP1
1. Please, Please, Please (Featuring the Famous Flames)
2. Try Me (Featuring the Famous Flames)
3. Think (Featuring the Famous Flames)
4. Papa's Got a Brand New Bag (Featuring the Famous Flames)
5. I Got You (I Feel Good) (Featuring the Famous Flames)
6. Ain't That a Groove (Featuring the Famous Flames)
7. It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World (Featuring the Famous Flame
8. Cold Sweat (Featuring the Famous Flames)
9. Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud (Featuring the Famous F
10. Give It Up or Turnit a Loose
11. Funky Drummer
12. Brother Rapp
13. Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine
14. Super Bad (Featuring the J.B's)
15. Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved
16. Soul Power
LP2
1. Hot Pants (She Got To Use What She Got To Get What She Wants
2. Make It Funky
3. Talkin' Loud and Saying Nothing
4. King Heroin
5. Get On the Good Foot
6. I Got Ants In My Pants
7. The Payback
8. Woman
9. My Thang
10. Get Up Offa That Thing
11. Bodyheat
12. Living In America
13. Gravity
