Listen to Pete Rock's "James Brown Tribute Mix"

Pete Rock ends the week with a jamming tribute to James Brown.

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To celebrate the James Brown biopic, Get On Up, hitting theaters today, Pete Rock decided to put together a little tribute mix for the "Godfather of Soul." The over 30-minute mix features a number of Brown's classic hits, all blended together perfectly by Pete Rock himself. Along with the tribute, Pete Rock also shared the story of the time he was able to meet Brown and what it meant to his career. Read what Pete Rock had to say about meeting Brown and listen to the mix below.

“When I met James Brown, I think he passed along something to me when I shook his hand. I look at that today, and I say, “Damn, I think James Brown gave me a piece of his [soul] power.” He came to Mount Vernon and he did a concert with Bobby Bird and The JBS in my hood at a spot called the Left Bank. And I’m telling you I’ve never seen Mount Vernon so poppin’ in my entire life! It was always poppin’–don’t get it twisted–because we used to do little parties in the hood and stuff like that and everybody would come out. But James Brown — I mean I was seven years old, me and my brother Grap, and we walked in the joint and my mother talked to one of James’ bodyguards or managers or something and was asking him, “Yo, can my kids meet James?” And the next thing you know, he came up behind us and I shook his hand and he was like, “God bless you man, God bless you.” And he shook my mother’s hand and he shook my brother’s hand. And it left something with me. This was before he got on stage. He shook our hands and then we watched the show. And I left that place not the same. So you see how strong black music can be. It had a heavy impact on me in my life.”

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