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RIP Mr. James Brown, thank you for your amazing contributions both musically and culturally. As a musician myself, I would rank James Brown as one of the top three most influential musicians of the previous century, though he continued touring into the current century. I am saddened to learn of his death as well, but the man lived one heck of a life and I appreciate his work.
i guess that question does make my suggestion of a top three influential artist seem kinda silly, heh. so many artists with so much influence, perhaps i should have said one of the most influential instead of suggesting a top three ranking. there were certainly many masters of their craft... i could think of many that would be up there. i can't think of any off the top of my head that i would rank up there without reservation. the cross genre impact and influence of brown can not be under rated, few artists ever achieve such cross genre influence. rock, funk, soul, fusion, rap, hip hop, electronica, etc. so much of today's music has direct or indirect routes to the man. i have a hard time thinking of many other artists that achieved such influence, none during my life time at least, though i might have a long list of candidates from before my time and most of that list would be pre-60s.
