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At around the time of “Mother Popcorn” in 1969, James Brown began to concern himself more and more exclusively with rhythmic distinctions, thus leaving himself ever more open to the all-sounds the-same complaints he’d always been subject to.

August 1, 1980
Robert Christgau

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