’s left to say? His status of living legend to solely ‘legend’ was a sad but inevitable blow when, ever the showman, he passed away on Christmas day of 2006 at the age of 73. A number of tribute mixes appeared shortly after Brown’s passing, his impressive back catalogue providing ample choice for the discerning DJ. Ninja Tune’s DK and Strictly Kev (aka DJ Food) led the charge back in January with their ‘Respect To James Brown’ mix, featuring on Solid Steel radio. The following text is taken from the Ninja site: This week (12th January) we here at Solid Steel pay our own tribute to James Brown, the godfather of soul, a man who has influenced a whole generation of artists, DJs and music lovers alike. DK drops a few gems from his massive back catalogue including ‘King Heroin’, ‘Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose’, ‘Talkin’ Loud And Sayin’ Nothing’ and ‘The Payback’. There’s also a left turn into some of the numerous tracks that have sampled the great man with Gangstarr, Nas 
and Brand Nubian getting the nod amongst others. At the top of the second hour Strictly Kev steps up with some neatly selected cover versions and spoken word in homage to Soul Brother No.1. Finally DK completes the show with some more truly great JB moments including the full length version of ‘Funky Drummer’ and his awesome version of ‘Sunny’. RIP James Brown.
Many thanks to the Ninja Obsession crew for providing the original recording - read on for the download links and tracklist.
DK & Strictly Kev: Respect To James Brown Solid Steel (2hrs, 180MB) [part 1] [part 2]
(the mix is split into 2 .rar files, if you’re not sure what to do with them, find out more here)
Tracklisting
Part 1 (DK)
1. James Brown - King Heroin
2. Coldcut - The Payback Mix
3. James Brown - “Get Up, Get Into It, And Get Involved”
4. Big Daddy Kane - Set It Off
5. Gangstarr - Gotch U
6. James Brown - Give It Up Or Turnit A Loose
7. Mr. K - Rock The House
8. James Brown - Superbad
9. James Brown - The Boss
10. Nas - Get Down
Part 2 (DK)
11. James Brown - Talkin’ Loud And Sayin’ Nothing
12. Masta Ace - I Got Ta
13. James Brown - Just Enough Room For Storage
14. A Tribe Called Quest - Lyrics To Go
15. James Brown - My Thang
16. Lords Of The Underground - Funky Child
17. Gangstarr - What You Want This Time
18. James Brown - Nose Job
19. Gangstarr - Words I Manifest
20. James Brown - Bring It Up
21. James Brown - The Payback
22. EPMD - The Big Payback
23. Brand Nubian - Who Can Get Busy Like This Man
24. James Brown - Popcorn With Feeling
Part 3 (Strictly Kev)
25. Enoch Light & The Light Brigade - Hot Pants
26. Franklyn Ajaye - “Don’t Smoke Dope, Fry Your Hair”
27. Bobby & Betty - Bobby & Betty Go To The Moon Pt. 2
28. Derek & Clive - Bo Duddley
29. Dick Hyman - Give It Up Or Turn It Loose (DJ Harvey Edit)
30. Unknown - Hot Pants - Reggae
31. Nicky Thomas - Soul Power
32. Kenny & The Beach Boys - Big Payback
33. Orchestra Werner Müller - Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine
34. Salam Remi - James Brown 40th Anniversary Mix
Part 4 (DK)
35. James Brown - In The Middle
36. James Brown - Don’t Tell It
37. James Brown - Funky Drummer
38. James Brown - Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag
39. James Brown - Go On Now
40. James Brown - Lowdown Popcorn
41. James Brown - Sunny
