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Fred Wesley & the JB's - Damn Right I Am Somebody

Primary Artist
Fred Wesley & the JB's
Album Title
Damn Right I Am Somebody
Release Date
1974 
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Review by Jason Ankeny
Damn Right I Am Somebody captures The J.b.'s at the apex of their extraordinary powers. This James Brown-produced set is both their most fiercely polemical and their most musically daring, incorporating otherworldly electronic elements, eccentric time and rhythm shifts, and idiosyncratic studio effects to brilliantly articulate the increasing turmoil and insanity of the times. It's quite possibly the most challenging record ever released under the Brown aegis, favoring open-ended grooves and epic solos rooted in avant-jazz. Read More