Get On Up: The Story Of James Brown!

The MAN.....Rite cha!

There's a film featuring the great legend of soul and R & B and it starts Chadwick Boseman.

This movie is based on the life of James Brown.

Get on Up is an upcoming American biographical drama film directed by Tate Taylor and written by Jez and John-Henry Butterworth.

The movie is set for release in August.

James Brown was born in South Carolina.  He is the founding fathers of funk music and a major figure of 20th-century popular music and dance, he is often referred to as "The Godfather of Soul". In a career that spanned six decades, Brown profoundly influenced the development of several different musical genres.

 After a stint in prison for robbery, Brown began his career as a gospel singer in Toccoa, Georgia. Joining an R&B vocal group called the Avons that later evolved to become The Famous Flames, Brown served as the group's lead singer.

Promotional poster for Get On Up.

First coming to national public attention in the late 1950s as a member of The Flames with the ballads "Please, Please, Please" and "Try Me", Brown built a reputation as a tireless live performer with singing group The Famous Flames and his backing band, sometimes known as the James Brown Band or the James Brown Orchestra.

Brown's success peaked in the 1960s with the live album, Live at the Apollo, and hit singles such as "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag", "I Got You" and "It's a Man's Man's Man's World". During the late 1960s, Brown moved from a continuum of blues and gospel-based forms and styles to a profoundly "Africanized" approach to music-making that influenced the development of funk music.

By the early 1970s, Brown had fully established the funk sound after the formation of The J.B.'s with records such as "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" and "The Payback". Brown also became notable for songs of social commentary including the 1968 hit, "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm Proud".

Brown continued to perform and record for the duration of his life until his death in 2006 from congestive heart failure and pneumonia. He leaves behind his children and grandchildren.

Are you going to see the movie?

Insurgency: Thad Cochran Got Blacks Picking Cotton!

Insurgency attacks Republican senator Thad Cochran of Mississippi and the constituents who voted for him. Some claimed that Black voter rather be picking cotton than voting for Republicans.

The insurgency continues to be a force of obstruction and misfortune for many Americans.

It seems like those Cliven Bundy types continue to plague America. It seems like Obama isn't the only thing they hate here in the great ol' U-S of A, but Republicans who aren't conservative enough.

I mean the senators from Mississippi are pretty damn conservative. Just not enough conservative for the insurgency. They believe that the embattled senator might as well let us BLACK FOLKS pick our own cotton.

The conservative insurgency has proven that they're a force to be reckoned with. Hopefully they'll realize that the American people are so tired of them. They have managed to uproot Representative Eric Cantor (R-VA) out of his position as House Majority Leader and lawmaker.

Even though they've claimed victory in one major event, the insurgency could win the seat being held by embattled politico Senator Thad Cochran (R-MS).

Now the insurgency partnered up with the defeated Mississippi state lawmaker Chris McDaniel to attack the winner of the Republican primary runoff and those who voted for him.

Cochran press call has turned into a disaster after guy asks why Cochran is "harvesting black votes like black people harvesting cotton"
— Brett LoGiurato (@BrettLoGiurato) July 2, 2014

Chris McDaniel's campaign is calling foul after Cochran surged to victory on the strength of the Black vote.

The Black vote managed to be very successful for Cochran. He won over a typically Democratic stronghold but lost the respect of his conservative brethren.

The Huffington Post reports that during a press conference call for Sen. Thad Cochran's (R-Miss.) re-election campaign turned into a fiasco on Wednesday when an unidentified caller began asking whether Cochran improperly "harvested" votes from African-Americans like "black people harvesting cotton."

The insurgent Chris McDaniel vows to fight Cochran even if it cost Republicans a seat in the U.S. Senate.

According to several reporters, Austin Barbour, a GOP operative and adviser to Cochran's campaign who was speaking before the interruption, shut down the call after repeated interruptions by the unidentified caller. A shouting match ensued with the remaining callers on the line, and some suggested that either the Cochran campaign had "planted" the question, or perhaps "even Obama" was to blame.

On Tuesday, Cochran's campaign denied allegations that he bought black votes in the Senate GOP primary runoff against state Sen. Chris McDaniel, the insurgent who has yet to concede the race. Charles C. Johnson of GotNews.com posted an interview with the Rev. Stevie Fielder earlier this week in which the reverend claimed he was paid to offer black voters $15 each to vote for Cochran. Fielder was compensated for the interview. A Cochran campaign spokesman called the accusations of illegal vote buying "baseless and false."

Johnson urged his followers to join the call and "crash" it on Wednesday.





Here's That Guy Who Helped Obama Win attacking Cochran in his victory.

Don't forget Prom Night in Mississipi on HBO 07/20

Don't forget. Prom night in Mississippi adocumentary about segregated proms in Morgan Freeman's home town airs on HBO 07/20 at 9PM Eastern Time. Learn more and see some clips by using the link below:

http://www.letstalkhonestly.com/blacknewsblackviews.html