CeeLo Green and Dallas Austin give Billboard an exclusive tour of James Brown’s home in Augusta, Georgia, in partnership with Primary Wave.
CeeLo Green
I know between you and I, I’m not the biggest James Brown fan.
Dallas Austin
Yeah.
CeeLo Green
I bet you don’t know his highest-charting hit.
Dallas Austin
I might say like “Living In America,” just because ‘Rocky’ was so big.
CeeLo Green
That’s a good one. But nope, incorrect. “I Got You.”
What’s up, everybody? This is yours truly, CeeLo Green, and I am here transmitting live from Augusta, Georgia, with my big brother, Dallas Austin, and we are, believe it or not, in James Brown’s estate.
Dallas Austin
Wow.
CeeLo Green
And I’m here with Billboard, and we’re gonna take him on a tour. Let’s go.
Dallas Austin
Wow!
CeeLo Green
Check it out.
Dallas Austin
Wow. This is crazy. So everything’s left as is.
CeeLo Green
Yeah this is probably besides the entire property. This one piece of archive history is probably the most important and significant for me, because it’s right when you walk in the front door.
Dallas Austin
Was this the tree that he put up the same Christmas as the Christmas of him passing? Right?
CeeLo Green
Yeah, so James passed in 2006 if I’m not mistaken, and you know, the people that worked underneath him, they just kind of honored his legacy by just leaving everything untouched. So this was really moving for me.
Dallas Austin
This gave me chills myself
CeeLo Green
And it inspired a Gnarls Barkley song called “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul Now.” Oh, it did. I was talking about James Brown, yeah.
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