''I'm Real'' is the 54th
studio album
An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...
by American musician
James Brown
James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, musician, and record producer. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th-century music, he is referred to by Honorific nick ...
. The album was released in 1988 on
Scotti Bros. Records.
All of the tracks were produced, written and arranged by
Full Force
Full Force is an American music group of hip hop and R&B singers, songwriters and producers from Brooklyn, New York.
Members
*B-Fine (Brian George) – drums and drum programming, backing vocals
*Shy Shy (Hugh Junior Clark) – bass guita ...
, with the exception of "I'm Real" (co-written by Full Force and Brown) and "It's Your Money $" (written and produced solely by Brown).
[James Brown ''I'm Real'' liner notes]
Track listing
All tracks composed by James Brown and Full Force; except where indicated
Personnel
*James Brown - lead vocals
*
Full Force
Full Force is an American music group of hip hop and R&B singers, songwriters and producers from Brooklyn, New York.
Members
*B-Fine (Brian George) – drums and drum programming, backing vocals
*Shy Shy (Hugh Junior Clark) – bass guita ...
(B-Fine (drums), Shy Shy (bass), Paul Anthony (vocals), Bowlegged Lou (vocals), 'Curt-T-T' Bedeau (guitar), Baby Gerry (keyboards)).- music, arrangements, backing vocals
*Baby Gerry (Gerard Charles) - scratches
*
Maceo Parker
Maceo Parker (; born February 14, 1943) is an American funk and soul jazz saxophonist, best known for his work with James Brown in the 1960s, Parliament-Funkadelic in the 1970s and Prince in the 2000s. Parker was a prominent soloist on many of ...
- saxophone on "You and Me", "She Looks All Types A' Good" and "Keep Keepin'"
References
External links
Reviewfrom
''People'' magazine
1988 albums
James Brown albums
Scotti Brothers Records albums
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