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This updated collection of Chuck Brown's hits replaces The Best of Chuck Brown and includes seven tracks not previously available and twelve tracks not on the previous Best Of, all remastered for this definitive collection. Chuck Brown created Washington DC's Go-Go sound in the early 70's and scored his biggest hit with Bustin' Loose in 1978, sampled in Nelly's smash Hot in Herre in 2002. His most prolific period of recording came in the final 12 years of his life, when he released 5 Billboard charting albums including the #1 Billboard Independent, #2 Billboard R&B charting "We're About the Business" in 2007, and the Grammy nominated "LOVE" duet with Jill Scott and Marcus Miller in 2010. A posthumous album "Beautiful Life" was relesaed in 2014. In 2016 BET's UNSUNG released a Chuck Brown episode, Chuck Brown was inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame and a Chuck Brown Lottery Ticket was released. A significant Chuck Brown exhibit lives at the Smithsonian National African American Museum of History and Culture. Washington, DC renamed a street in DC "Chuck Brown Way" during his lifetime, and after his loss the 1.8 million dollar Chuck Brown Memorial Park was unveiled. His music continues to be licensed, including in a recent episode of The Simpsons and Unsolved. The Chuck Brown Band continues to perform, keeping his music and legacy alive.
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