James brown payback mp31/20/2023 B.I.G.: “I like this young man, because when he came out, he came out with the phrase…” Brown: “You know I feel all right…” B.I.G. The match becomes apparent quickly, as the album’s intro intercuts Biggie’s greeting from “Sky’s The Limit” with snippets of Brown’s onstage hollers to create the illusion of the rapper introducing a collaboration with the Godfather (i.e. While many of these sorts of mashup projects come off as forced, the ease with which the music of these two inimitable showmen fits together is uncanny. That insight comes courtesy of producer/DJ Amerigo Gazaway, who combined the music of hip-hop legend The Notorious B.I.G. and iconic bandleader/performer James Brown on his 2019 mashup album, The Notorious JB’s – The B.I.G. Turns out, “The Godfather of Soul” and “The King of New York” go pretty damn well together.
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