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Baker's Dozen

Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives

10. James BrownBlack Caesar (Original Soundtrack)

I never saw him live. I wish I had. I always played James Brown, coming from that G funk west coast hip-hop thing… he was always there.

This record was the soundtrack for a movie, which I later saw. There was something to the arrangements. It had all the funk but something a little extra to it.

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