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James Brown

It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World
1966 · via 2Pac
James Brown – It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World
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Check the credits on 'Tradin’ War Stories' and you'll find James Brown and Betty Jean Newsome sitting next to 2Pac, because the 1966 record is running underneath. Follow Brown and that song keeps traveling. Even the Grateful Dead took a run at it.

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Liner notes

Written by James Brown, Betty Jean Newsome.

First recorded by James Brown in 1966.

Also recorded by Jeanie Tracy & Bobby Womack (1995), Grateful Dead (1997), Renée Geyer (1974).

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2Pac's 'Tradin’ War Stories' on All Eyez on Me samples 'It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World.' Who first recorded that song?James Brown
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