The Payback

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The Payback by James Brown

About The Payback

The Payback is the 37th studio album by American musician James Brown. The album was released in December 1973, by Polydor Records. It was originally scheduled to become the soundtrack for the blaxploitation film Hell Up in Harlem, but was rejected by the film's producers, who dismissed it as "the same old James Brown stuff." A widely repeated story—including by Brown himself—that director Larry Cohen rejected the music as "not funky enough" is denied by Cohen. On the DVD commentary track for Black Caesar (to which Hell Up in Harlem is a sequel), Cohen states that executives at American International .

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Release Date: 1973-12-01T00:00:00.000000Z

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Tracklist

  1. The Payback
  2. Doing The Best I Can
  3. Take Some - Leave Some
  4. Shoot Your Shot
  5. Forever Suffering
  6. Time Is Running Out Fast
  7. Stone To The Bone
  8. Mind Power