Hustle!!! (Dead on It)
| "Hustle!!! (Dead on It)" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by James Brown | ||||
| from the album Everybody's Doin' the Hustle & Dead on the Double Bump | ||||
| B-side | "Dead on It Part II" | |||
| Released | 1975 | |||
| Genre | Funk | |||
| Length | 4:58 | |||
| Label | Polydor 14281 | |||
| Songwriter | James Brown | |||
| Producer | James Brown | |||
| James Brown charting singles chronology | ||||
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| Audio video | ||||
| "Hustle!!! (Dead On It)" on YouTube | ||||
"Hustle!!! (Dead on It)" is a song written and recorded by James Brown. Released as a single in 1975, the song charted #11 R&B.[1] "Hustle" was the lead track on his album Everybody's Doin' the Hustle & Dead on the Double Bump. The song's title refers to the popular dance the Hustle.
The track is a jam session and features a spoken interlude from Brown in which he discusses his lack of commercial success in the singles chart: "Now when we finish this session, they'll know where the funk come from."[2]
References
[edit]- ^ White, Cliff (1991). "Discography". In Star Time (pp. 54–59) [CD booklet]. New York: PolyGram Records.
- ^ Vincent, Rickey (1995). Funk: The Music, The People, and The Rhythm of The One. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 85. ISBN 0312134991.
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